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Which Star Wars planet would you like to visit?

Planning your summer holiday or more of a permanent move? We take an imaginary look at the Star Wars destinations that would probably be more desirable than those on the ‘green’ travel list right now. Sometimes life on earth gets you down. Especially at the moment as we’re all still locked down – at least…

20 May 202126 May 2021 Chris Price Movies, News

Netflix hits 50m global subscribers as profits double

Streaming video may not have supplanted broadcast TV, DVD or Blu-ray quite yet, but it appears to be well on its way. Online TV and movie streaming service Netflix announced this week that it now had more than 50 million subscribers in more than 40 countries worldwide. Releasing its results for the second quarter of…

22 July 201422 July 2014 Stuart Internet, Movies, Netflix, TV, Uncategorized

Anti-piracy campaign set to kick off in UK

In an effort to fight digital piracy, the movie and music industries have announced a deal with the UK’s leading ISPs to send warning emails to alleged copyright infringers. Called the Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme, the campaign will focus on alerting people to the fact that their activities infringe copyright. Starting next year, up to…

21 July 2014 Stuart Intellectual Property, Internet, Movies, music, Piracy

BT brings films to YouView on the same day as the cinema release

Posh cinema chain Curzon have signed a deal with BT to bring their Curzon On-Demand service to YouView and BT TV customers – showing films on the same day that they are released into cinemas. According to BT, the first…

4 October 2013 James O'Malley Movies

Netflix nabs new Disney streaming rights: Wall-E and Dumbo now, Avengers Assemble later

A host of fresh Disney titles will be coming to the Netflix UK and Ireland TV and movie streaming platform, with the service announcing the acquisition of a new batch of streaming rights from the Mouse House. As of today,…

13 May 2013 Gerald Lynch Online TV, Tech Digest news

Lovefilm gets exclusive rights to hit US show Vikings

Lovefilm are bringing the fight to rival movie and TV streaming service Netflix, by securing the exclusive streaming rights for hit US TV show Vikings for their Lovefilm Instant platform. The longboat-loving warriors will hit Lovefilm's UK and German streaming…

10 May 2013 Gerald Lynch Online TV, Tech Digest news

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Which Star Wars planet would you like to visit?

Netflix hits 50m global subscribers as profits double

Anti-piracy campaign set to kick off in UK

BT brings films to YouView on the same day as the cinema release

Netflix nabs new Disney streaming rights: Wall-E and Dumbo now, Avengers Assemble later

Lovefilm gets exclusive rights to hit US show Vikings

Vimeo On Demand lets film makers sell their movies to viewers

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Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher to premiere at Sundance in January 2013

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