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is the UK Film Council’s new guide to help to legal downloads
Responses published in October 2009
Wednesday, 31th March 2010
Websites face blocks over content
Plans to allow ministers to modify copyright law and block websites that offer unauthorised copies of music and film content have been reintroduced to the digital economy bill. The bill is likely to pass into law with opposition support in the period after an election is called when government tries to rush through legislation before parliament is dissolved.
Sources: FT
Wednesday, 31th March 2010
French “3-Strikes” Actually Increasing Copyright Theft
Researchers at the University of Rennes have found that illegal downloading has actually increased by 3% since France’s “Creation and Internet” law was passed.
Sources: Zero Paid
Wednesday, 31th March 2010
French “3-Strikes” Actually Increasing Copyright Theft
Researchers at the University of Rennes have found that illegal downloading has actually increased by 3% since France’s “Creation and Internet” law was passed.
Sources: Zero Paid
Wednesday, 31th March 2010
Lords communications committee call for part privatisation of BBC worldwide, a ban on cam-cording in cinemas and bigger tax breaks to support UK film and TV industries
A proposal to part privatise BBC Worldwide is today put forward in a report by the all party House of Lords Select Committee on Communications. The Committee, who took evidence on both the British television and film industries, also call for a law banning camcording in cinemas and bigger tax breaks for low budget films to support the British film industry.
Sources: Parliament
Wednesday, 31th March 2010
Regulator sets the fuse for shake-up of pay-TV
After a three-year investigation, Ofcom has revealed it is ready to publish its final statement on the investigation into the pay TV market in Britain today.
Sources: The Independent
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
44% of children think free downloading should not be illegal
Following the launch of the Music Matters campaign, a new survey by Ofcom has found that almost half of young people believe filesharing should be legal. In total, 44% of those aged 12-15 polled in the Children's Media Literacy Audit believed that downloading content, including movies and music, for free should not be illegal. 38% believed it should be illegal, while 18% said they had no view either way.
Sources: Music Week
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
3D content a great copyright theft buster, says James Cameron
Avatar film maker James Cameron says his move to 3D was also designed as a way to fight copyright theft.
Sources: IT Business
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
Warner Bros. recruiting students to spy on file sharers
Warner Bros. Entertainment UK are providing internships to students with a computer/IT related degree to be actively part in reducing copyright theft on the web.
Sources: ZD Net
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
In Spain, internet copyright theft is part of the culture
Illegal downloading of movies and TV shows is so prevalent in Spain that studios may give up selling DVDs there.
Sources: LA Times
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
Newzbin loses downloading court battle
A website that causes "immense damage to the creative sector in the UK and worldwide" has been ruled liable for copyright breaches.
Sources: The Mirror
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
Teen joy as music trial is dropped
A landmark test case against a teenager accused of illegally downloading music was dropped yesterday. Matthew Whyatt, 19, had faced a 10-year jail term for sharing just three albums and one single on the OiNK website.
Sources: The Mirror
Monday, 29th March 2010
Introducing UK broadband's first customer, 10 years on
The UK's first broadband customer celebrates 10 years with the faster internet connection this week.
Sources: BBC News
Monday, 29th March 2010
Sharkey calls for musical backing from ministers
Britain has the chance to leapfrog America as the world's biggest music producer over the next decade, but it needs government help to realise this ambition, according to UK Music, the umbrella group which represents UK labels, artists and managers. Feargal Sharkey, the former Undertones frontman and now UK Music chief executive, said the music industry – and other parts of the creative industries – are vital to the country's economic recovery and need to be taken seriously by government.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday, 29th March 2010
Digital switchover needs greater clarity, say Lords
The Lords communications committee said there was "public confusion and industry uncertainty" over the switchover. Consumers are still buying analogue radios owing to the lack of public information about the government's plans for digital radio. Car manufacturers are still fitting vehicles with FM radios despite the fact that in a few years' time they will only be able to receive local and community radio.
Sources: The Guardian
Friday, 26th March 2010
The internet copyright theft that is taking a free ride as jobs disappear
Sarah Freeman at The Yorkshire Post reports on the problem of copyright theft and illegal downloading.
Sources: Yorkshirepost.co.uk
Friday, 26th March 2010
LG targets quarter of 3D TV sales
LG Electronics yesterday unveiled an aggressive goal of capturing a quarter of sales for the 3D TV segment this year.
Sources: FT
Friday, 26th March 2010
Biz to Obama: Put teeth in copyright theft plan
A coalition of studios, record labels and labour unions has urged the White House to deploy a broad range of techniques to combat copyright theft.
Sources: Variety.com
Thursday, 25th March 2010
Music matters to new anti-copyright theft campaign
A campaign to change attitudes to music copyright theft has been launched this week, backed by the music site Spotify and retailers Amazon, HMV and Tesco.
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 25th March 2010
Music matters, especially online
A new campaign, Music Matters, launched this week to remind people of the power of music and to encourage them “to consume music in an ethical way”. Backed by artists, retailers, record labels and others from the music industry, the campaign will provide a Music Matters Trustmark to websites that offer legal music.
Sources: Telegraph
Thursday, 25th March 2010
White House Urged to Step Up Efforts to Protect Intellectual Property
A wide coalition representing American film, TV, music industry and labour groups today urged the American Government to bolster its efforts to protect intellectual property and protect the jobs and wages lost because of copyright theft.
Sources: Hip Hop Press
Wednesday, 24th March 2010
Faster cheaper broadband for all to become a reality
Regulator Ofcom has drawn up a blueprint to force communications giant BT to share its new £1.5billion fibre optic network with rivals. It will enable firms such as Sky, Carphone Warehouse and Virgin Media to offer speeds of at least 24MB, which make it quicker to download movies, watch 3D-TV or play high-definition computer games.
Sources: Mirror
Wednesday, 24th March 2010
Payne’s warning over copyright theft threat to actors’ jobs
Equity general secretary Christine Payne has warned that the illegal downloading of television series is threatening actors’ livelihoods, and could see vast numbers of performers forced out of the industry.
Sources: The Stage
Wednesday, 24th March 2010
Joining forces to fight copyright theft
Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms last week to fight copyright theft, with the announcement of a coalition between the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world’s largest film markets.
Sources: Dispatch.co.za
Tueday, 23rd March 2010
3D: cinematic revolution or just a trick of the light?
Film studios say that 3D dramatically enhances the audience’s viewing experience. But sceptics claim it is merely a ploy to make viewers pay more at the box office. Jonathan Brown and Kevin Rawlinson report on 3D cinema.
Sources: Independent
Tueday, 23rd March 2010
Accused filesharers will have right of appeal, says minister
The government will allow people and companies accused of illicit filesharing to appeal before they are disconnected, under measures to be introduced in the digital economy bill.
Sources: The Guardian
Tueday, 23rd March 2010
Government ignoring business cost of Digital Economy Bill
Rosalie Marshall reports that copyright legislation could have serious ramifications for industries such as hospitality.
Sources: v3.co.uk
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Brown pledges super-fast broadband for all by 2020
Super-fast broadband will be available to every home in the UK by 2020 under Labour plans set out by Gordon Brown. In a speech, the prime minister called super-fast broadband "the electricity of the digital age" which "must be for all - not just for some".
Sources: BBC News
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Rush to pass digital bill will 'sidestep democracy'
A group of senior public figures have called on the government to abandon its plan to push through controversial digital economy bill before the election, amid claims that the move could "sidestep" the democratic process.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Digital economy bill: what you need to know
The murmuring in parliament is that the digital economy bill will get its second reading on Tuesday 6 April . The timing is precise: by getting its second reading in the Commons, the bill becomes eligible to go into the "wash-up" – the dirty process by which bills that have run out of proper parliamentary time are hurried through to royal assent via a series of backroom deals. But what shape is the digital economy bill in now, compared to what we were offered by the Digital Britain report (DBR) last June, and the first reading of the digital economy bill (DEB) in the House of Lords last December?
Sources: The Guardian
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Zoo Digital claims it's just a click away from success
Aim-listed Zoo Digital, which makes software it says can speed the time it takes for a film to get to the DVD market, with the extras packages and language translations put together in about a week, rather than the average 10, reckons it could be getting close.
Sources: Independent
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Broadband speed and Spotify
Faster broadband speeds are changing the way we access music and watch video over the internet, Andrew Cave talks to Gustav Soderstrom of music download company Spotify.
Sources: Telegraph
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Join the download nation
Movies, TV shows and music are available on demand via the internet. Accessing them is simply a matter of knowing where to look, says technology editor Claudine Beaumont
Sources: Mediagen
Monday, 22nd March 2010
ITV: Beginning of the future
In his first interview as ITV chairman, Archie Norman tells Kamal Ahmed his plans to overhaul the broadcaster: "Norman, who has previously admitted that ITV "trails the competition" when it comes to online, uses the example of Susan Boyle to make his point about the broadcaster's somewhat clog-footed approach to the digital world. "The famous clip of Susan Boyle which played out on YouTube, nobody made any money out of that," he says. ... "Until it got 18m hits in four days nobody thought that an episode of Britain's Got Talent could become a global brand. "All these things are very instructive. Our market is changing so fast. We've got programmes now where already 30pc of the viewing is video on demand, most of that by young people on computers. Now, video on demand total share of market is tiny but that is a glimpse of the future."
Sources: Mediagen
Friday, 19th March 2010
'Four In Five People Download Illegally'
Sky News reports that online copyright theft seems to have become a way of life for Brits, with 82% of people surveyed admitting illegal downloading.
Sources: Sky News
Friday, 19th March 2010
Viacom accuses YouTube of deliberately using unauthorised copies of TV clips
Viacom's dispute with YouTube has escalated with the allegation that the unauthorised use of copyrighted television clips was central to the website's business model.
Sources: Times
Friday, 19th March 2010
Lovefilm to offer movie rentals direct to TV sets
Lovefilm, which rents DVDs through the post, will bring its internet library of films direct to the television set through new deals with Sony and Samsung.
Sources: FT
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Online copyright theft ‘costs 39,000 jobs per year’
Illegal downloading of music, films and television programmes cost Britain 39,000 jobs, a report has claimed.
Sources: Metro
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Net copyright theft puts 1.2m EU jobs in peril, study shows
Across the EU, as many as 1.2 million jobs are in jeopardy as copyright theft looks set to strip more than €240bn (£218bn) in revenues from the creative industries by 2015, unless regulators can stem the flow.
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Illegal-file sharing could ‘cost billions’ by 2015
The growth of illegal file-sharing could cost European countries 1.2m jobs and 240bn euros (£215bn) by 2015, an industry report claims.
Sources: BBC News
Thursday, 18th March 2010
O2 condemns lawyers targeting alleged file-sharers
Mobile firm O2 has stepped into the row over thousands of controversial letters that are being sent to alleged illegal file-sharers in the UK. The row centres around UK law firm ACS:Law and its client DigiProtect, an anti copyright theft firm which represents a series of content owners.
Sources: BBC News
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Hugh Cornwell approves of net fans who download music
Hugh Cornwell, best known for his days with punk group The Stranglers, thinks sharing his music with the digital downloaders can be a good thing. His call comes as many in the music industry cry foul over the illegal downloading of music on the web and the government plans legislation to crack down on file-sharing.
Sources: BBC News
Wednesday, 17th March 2010
Keeping the internet copyright thieves at bay
Copyright theft has plagued musicians for more than a decade – and now the games industry is under attack. David Crookes reports on what can be learned from the record business.
Sources: The Independent
Wednesday, 17th March 2010
Digital economy bill: Online copyright theft law unlikely to face major scrutiny
Richard Wray reports that in a move that will dismay ISPs, websites with unauthorised copies of content could be blocked as the Conservatives collaborate with the government to rush the digital economy bill into law before the election.
Sources: The Guardian
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Internet copyright theft bill clears lords
Legislation to combat internet copyright theft, including internet bans for persistent illegal file-sharers, has cleared the Lords and now goes to the House of Commons. Peers passed Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill, which has cross-party support, after his junior minister Lord Young of Norwood Green promised further concessions on a controversial "catch-all" clause.
Sources: Google
Tueday, 16th March 2010
Music artists discuss unlawful file-sharing
Artists including Billy Bragg, Kate Nash, and X Factor judge Louis Walsh discuss the Digital Economy Bill and the impact of unlawful file-sharing on their livelihoods and the music industry in general.
Sources: BBC News
Monday, 15th March 2010
File-sharing clampdowns won't stop p2p music downloads
Digital music fans will not be deterred by filesharing clampdowns introduced by the Digital Economy Bill, a survey by broadband service provider Talk Talk has found. Instead, eighty percent of the 18-to-34-year olds said they would defy lawmakers and continue accessing music for free. As a result, says Talk Talk, the proposals contained in the Digital Economy Bill, will be "an ultimately futile deterrent".
Sources: PC Advisor
Monday, 15th March 2010
Peers 'set to offer digital economy bill concessions'
Peers will reportedly offer concessions over controversial anti-piracy legislation that would lead to websites being blocked without due judicial process, following criticism from internet companies including Google, Facebook and Yahoo. The Liberal Democrats are planning to publish changes to an earlier amendment to the digital economy bill, 120A, that seek to address concerns about the anti-piracy proposals raised by internet service providers and leading web companies.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday, 15th March 2010
The demise of the music industry is visible everywhere but in the facts
Illegal downloads continue to be a huge problem within the music industry and a source of endless fascination outside. Business leaders still regularly moan that illegal downloads are destroying their livelihood, especially if representatives of government are within hearing range. At the first Music 4.5 conference in London last week, speakers took it as read that "kids are not buying music anymore" and that they must look elsewhere for revenues. Evidence of the demise of purchased music is everywhere to be seen, except for one place: the statistics.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday, 15th March 2010
Should you buy a 3D TV?
The key question for consumers is a simple one, in two parts: what’s the big deal about 3D TV, and is it worth spending money on? This week four major manufacturers have unveiled the British versions of their flagship sets. LG, Samsung, Sony and Panasonic are betting the house on this new technology eventually becoming ubiquitous. And long-term they’re probably right to do so – who now goes out to buy a TV and can even find one that isn’t at least HD-ready? But a recent survey suggested that Britons have paid for £52 billion’s worth of features on their gadgets that they’re not using.
Sources: Telegraph
Thursday, 11th March 2010
Film industry frets that DVDs could lose best supporting role
Gideon Spanier reports on the health of the DVD market, talking to BVA director general Lavinia Carey, who says "Most films don't make any money at the box office," and that the rental market for DVDs has been holding up better than retail sales as some consumers economise in recession.
Sources: Evening Standard
Thursday, 11th March 2010
Alice in Wonderland's box-office triumph masks a grim portent
David Cox argues that “the rocky road to cinemas for Tim Burton's 3D adventure shows cinemas will suffer as their grip slackens on the right to show films first”.
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 11th March 2010
James Murdoch: illegal downloading no different from stealing a handbag
James Murdoch has called on governments to get tough on illegal downloading, which he said was no different from "going into a store and stealing Pringles or a handbag".
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 11th March 2010
Online community slams Digital Economy Bill
Leading technology players including Google, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo! and British Telecom have warned that U.K. government plans to shut down websites that encourage illegal downloading will "disrupt the Internet" and were a "bitterly disappointing" attempt to tackle the problem of copyright infringement.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
Thursday, 11th March 2010
Microsoft challenges BBC’s iPlayer with its new MSN Video Player
Murad Ahmed reports on the launch of the MSN Video Player, an iPlayer-style IPTV service which will feature a thousand hours of television programming aimed at young people, young families and professionals.
Sources: Times
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
Illegal file-sharing policy criticised by BT boss
British Telecom's chief executive, Ian Livingston, says illegal file-sharers should be fined rather than have their internet accounts cut off.
Sources: BBC News
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
UK hails the year of catch-up
The rapid growth in catch-up viewing in the UK is likely to expand even further this year, reports Nick Clark, as Freeview HD, Freesat and Project Canvas promise to bring IPTV onto TV sets.
Sources: The Independent
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
From goggle to Google: TV meets the internet
Stephen Foley comments on the ongoing process of convergence, following Google's announcement that it is trialing a new TV project with the No 2 satellite broadcaster in the US, Dish Network, which will install the search giant's software in set-top boxes.
Sources: The Independent
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
3D TV
The Lex Column comments on the rapid growth of the 3D market.
Sources: FT
Tuesday, 9th March 2010
ISPs 'could make up to £200m from legal downloads'
The British music industry trade body the BPI estimates that the UK's major ISPs – BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB, O2, Orange and TalkTalk – could make between £100m and £200m a year between them by 2013 by bundling legal download services with the broadband packages they already offer.
Sources: The Guardian
Tuesday, 9th March 2010
Music industry failing to promote legal alternatives to copyright theft
Consumer Focus, the Government-backed watchdog, sees the growth of the legal online music market as the best way to tackle online copyright infringement, but it claims that the music industry is failing to promote the many legal alternatives.
Sources: Telegraph
Tuesday, 9th March 2010
4 in 5 believe internet access is a human right
Nearly four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, according to the new BBC World Service survey.
Sources: uk.msn.com
Monday, 8th March 2010
Bill will censor internet, providers claim
The UK's largest internet service providers have fired a broadside at last-minute changes to a law dealing with copyright piracy on the internet, condemning the measures as "dangerous" and "unworkable". They are calling for all parties to scrap a surprise amendment to the government's digital economy bill, which was passed by the House of Lords this week. The changes would give TV and music companies the right to demand that internet service providers block access to websites that host pirated material.
Sources: FT
Monday, 8th March 2010
Music industry failing to promote legal alternatives to piracy
Nine out of ten consumers that are aware of music services, have only heard of two established brands – iTunes and Amazon, according to the research. Consumer Focus, the Government-backed watchdog, sees the growth of the legal online music market as the best way to tackle online copyright infringement, but it claims that the music industry is failing to promote the many legal alternatives.
Sources: Telegraph
Monday, 8th March 2010
Internet access is 'a fundamental right'
Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.
Sources: BBC News
Monday, 8th March 2010
Sky and Ofcom: the pay TV review will turn into a battle
The media regulator Ofcom will later this month publish its final word on its Pay TV Review, one of the longest-running consultations in the history of media regulation in the UK. The review could allow several competitors to challenge Sky in the £4bn pay-TV market, leading to lower consumer prices for Premier League football.
Sources: The Guardian
Friday, 5th March 2010
UK pro copyright body launches cinema trailers
A series of anti piracy trailers, voiced by Noel Clarke, will screen in UK cinemas from Friday 5th March.
Sources: ScreenDaily
Friday, 5th March 2010
UK film industry targets cinema-goers with pro-copyright message
The UK film industry has launched a series of cinema ads spoofing classic movie scenes to promote its anti-piracy message to young cinema-goers.
Sources: NMA
Friday, 5th March 2010
Industry Trust sets more ‘You Make the Movies’ shorts
The Industry Trust for IP Awareness on Friday will launch a second wave of “You Make the Movies” short films to thank moviegoers for supporting the film and television industries by going to cinemas and buying legal downloads and genuine DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
Sources: Cueentertainment
Friday, 5th March 2010
Digital economy bill likely to be pushed through before election
Senior industry figures expect measures against illegal filesharing to become law before the general election.
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 4th March 2010
Anti-piracy ads target digital-savvy youth over illegal downloads
The UK film and television industry is to launch a series of anti-piracy ads that spoof classic films such as Jerry Maguire, Reservoir Dogs and The Sixth Sense.
Sources: The Guardian
Thursday, 4th March 2010
Ofcom to set out stance on net neutrality
Broadband providers' ability to charge media owners for preferential passage of video and other high-bandwidth services across their networks will come under regulatory scrutiny this year, the head of Ofcom said yesterday.
Sources: FT
Thursday, 4th March 2010
Virgin Media attacks BBC Trust
The chief executive of Virgin Media will today attack the BBC Trust over its handling of the BBC's plan to bring online TV from the PC to the living room. Neil Berkett, Virgin's chief executive, will describe the Trust's consultation on Project Canvas as a "shameless whitewash" which calls into question the very existence of the BBC's independent governing body.
Sources: Telegraph
Wednesday, 3nd March 2010
Broadband speed probe launched by Ofcom
An investigation to see if super-fast broadband connections are running at their advertised speeds has been launched by Ofcom. Deals boasting of "up to 8MB" were found by a previous probe to be crawling along at just 3.9Mb. And the new inquiry comes as Virgin Media announced it will be launching the "Concorde of the broadband world" - a 100Mb deal by the end of the year, making it the fastest in Britain.
Sources: Mirror.co.uk
Wednesday, 3nd March 2010
Is it time to defend our rights?
Bill Thompson argues that copyright is not the only thing that matters online. “We are on the verge of building so many restrictions into online activity that the creativity, inventiveness and sheer joy of life on the net will be squeezed out”.
Sources: BBC News
Wednesday, 3nd March 2010
AFL-CIO chiefs back copyright theft fight
Hollywood's fight against copyright theft has received the official backing of the AFL-CIO executive council, which has stressed that theft of intellectual property leads to job losses.
Sources: Variety
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
Internet copyright theft crackdown by US studios
Internet users suspected of illegally downloading films, music or games would face prison sentences and substantial fines under a deal being thrashed out between Hollywood corporations and European governments.
Sources: The Independent
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
Music industry needs clear strategy and control over illegal downloads
Alexi Mostrous discusses the new business models in the music industry which it is hoped will save music from the twin ravages of illegal downloading and a lack of strategic direction.
Sources: Times
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
Lords angered over three strikes rule for filesharers
The government's plans to disconnect file sharers from the internet have come in for heavy criticism in parliament, amid claims that ministers are attempting to rush legislation through without proper oversight.
Sources: The Guardian
Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
New British Cinema Quarterly
Soda Pictures announce their ‘New British Cinema Quarterly’, a brand new programme of distinctive and original films from British filmmakers. Selected from the UK's major film festivals, a new film will be screened each quarter and accompanied by a Q&A from the filmmakers involved. NBCQ will showcase and celebrate Britain's film craft and provide an opportunity for audiences around the UK to discover new films and hear directly from the talent behind the camera.
Sources: nbcq.co.uk/
Monday,1st March 2010
Internet piracy crackdown by US studios
Internet users suspected of illegally downloading films, music or games face prison sentences and substantial fines under a deal being thrashed out between Hollywood corporations and European governments. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is being negotiated between the EU and countries including the United States, Mexico, Korea and Japan. The powers being discussed go much further than those contained in the UK's Digital Economy Bill which places the responsibility of detecting and identifying minor infringements firmly with the copyright holder, not the ISP.
Sources: The Independent
Monday,1st March 2010
Film industry sees fall in demand for downloads
Hollywood's hopes for a future built on digital film downloads have been severely undermined by research showing cooling consumer demand for movies online. The film industry was banking on digital distribution eventually replacing the income it generates from sales of DVDs, which have been in steep decline for the past two years.But while sales of digital films rose sharply in 2007 and 2008, growth stuttered in 2009, according to a new report by Screen Digest.
Sources: FT
Monday,1st March 2010
Internet piracy becomes national pastime as French students take on computer giants
Studies suggest that 42 per cent of software programmes are copied illegally in France, compared with 26 per cent in Britain and 27 per cent in Germany. In the southwest, the piracy rate was 49 per cent. The cost to business in France is estimated at £1.8 billion — by far the highest in the European Union.
Sources: Times
Monday,1st March 2010
Will internet TV be the norm?
Media Guardian today features a new supplement called ‘Viewing the Future’ which looks at digital television, addressing the key issues of content, delivery and revenue, looking ahead to 2015.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
What is the right way to secure rights?
Will the television industry learn from the mistakes of the music industry? No one wants a repeat of the music industry's experience where, in the UK alone, the British Phonographic Industry estimates illegal peer-to-peer file sharing costs £200m a year in lost revenues. At the same time, there is little appetite for suppressing technological innovation and consumer choice with excessive regulation.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
Raise your glasses to 3D television
Currently being trialled in pubs around the country, 3D television may be the desired format of the future, particularly for viewing sport
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
The future of wireless connected television
The big challenge for the TV industry will come when we get wireless -enabled, internet--connected TV in the -living room. You'll just turn on your TV and it will talk to your wireless router. You won't automatically go the channel you were last watching but you'll have more of a computer desktop experience with a suite of icons available for you to click on.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
Will we all be watching TV online in 2020?
The huge popularity of BBC iPlayer, ITV player and 4 on Demand has led many to believe that the writing is on the wall for conventional television, however, this might just enhance broadcast services.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
Video-on-Demand
Letter on the Guardian media sections says that statistics have shown that contrary to popular belief, the most common times for watching video-on-demand are during peak time, around 8pm.
Sources: The Guardian
Monday,1st March 2010
Blockbuster's bleak picture
DVD and computer game rental firm, Blockbuster, has suffered from growing pressure from film-streaming websites, with auditors saying the future of the company is in doubt.
Sources: DailyExpress
