Discovery Enterprises International to Introduce the Beauty of Oceanic Wildlife with THE MAGIC OF THE BIG BLUE: SEVEN CONTINENTS
Updated: 2012-03-31 23:39:05
(Cannes, France) Discovery Enterprise International, the program sales and licensing arm of Discovery Communications, today announced a new unique seven-part series, THE MAGIC OF THE BIG BLUE: SEVEN CONTINENTS, which documents an extraordinary expedition through the oceanic wonders of the seven continents, will be made exclusively available at MIPTV 2012 ...
20th Century Fox Claim Blu-Ray Is Not Dead Are Netflix Attempting To Seperate DVD And Streaming Again It may still be a sore point with Netflix , but the idea of seperating their DVD Blu-ray and streaming service has once again reared it’s head after news comes that Netflix have purchased the comain name . DVD.com Is Qwikster coming back Netflix has already attempted to part the DVD by mail and streaming video divisions with the creation of the Qwikster website for DVD rentals . That idea was quickly shot down by angry subscribers . The plan meant that customers of both services had to log-in to two seperate websites , pay twice etc . and gave the impression that DVD rental was regarded as somehow less . important It became a PR nightmare leaving Netflix to backpedal , apologise and
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Total Wipeout Falls From BBC Schedule 20th Century Fox Claim Blu-Ray Is Not Dead Hulu Plus Expanded To 7 New Tablets Hulu Plus have revealed an expansion to their service that sees their online streaming offerings come to more Android tablets , coming to seven Android-supported devices , and with each supporting the service’s new ’super deluxe’ user . interface Having previously been featured as an app on Apple’s iPad , Amazon’s Kindle Fire , the Vizio tablet and the Nook Tablet as well as a most recent update to the Nintendo Wii games console Now Android users can finally get their hands on the premium video service , with applicable devices from Acer , Asus , LG , Motorola , and Toshiba , along with a number of Android-backed phones that already featured Hulu The Hulu Plus app is now
Is Apples New iPad A Sign of Complacency Hulu Plus Expanded To 7 New Tablets Total Wipeout Falls From BBC Schedule BBC1 gameshow Total Wipeout is set to be dropped after the completion of its next series , claiming that the assault course format has served its purpose’ , and is being cancelled mainly to save money and to use the timeslot for other . programming The series , hosted in a studio by Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond and on-site in Argentina by Amanda Byram , has run for four years since January 2009 and produced five series 10 episodes of the final one still to be aired later this year as well as spin-offs such as Winter Wipeout one series and numerous special episodes under the name Celebrity Wipeout with a total of 57 episodes across all guises aired . to-date Wipeout
Samsung Galaxy Tab Breaks Five Million Sales Total Wipeout Falls From BBC Schedule Is Apples New iPad A Sign of Complacency The Apple range of products have been some of the most wanted products in recent years , with many of their releases selling out even before their products have been released . With all the popularity and influence Apple has had , have they become complacent in their business , marketing and devices Are Apple losing the plot The latest Apple device to be released was the new iPad 3 While this is designed to be a new device , many people feel it’s more of an iPad 2.5 rather than something innovative . Many of the features aren’t innovations , and it seems that the iPad has only changed it shirt colours rather than anything more . Rather than being creative , new and
Only Way Is Essex Sued For Stealing Idea Is Apples New iPad A Sign of Complacency Samsung Galaxy Tab Breaks Five Million Sales Samsung have reason to celebrate , after they announced that the five millionth version of their Samsung Galaxy Tab has been sold worldwide , around five months after its initial release date , in spite of the company’s recent internal difficulties While the records pale in comparison to numbers that Apple might get on the release of one of their products (such as the iPhone 4S which sold 4 million copies in just three days after its release it is considered a very strong achievement for the South Korean technology company , with an estimated 2b of revenue coming from the sale of 5 million . smartphones Considered even more impressive for the product is the lack of
Entertainment Out-Plays Games On Xbox 360 Samsung Galaxy Tab Breaks Five Million Sales Only Way Is Essex Sued For Stealing Idea Former Big Brother winner Brian Belo is said to be suing the producers of ITV2 reality’ TV show The Only Way is Essex claiming that the concept was originally his . idea He has made the legal challenge towards broadcaster ITV and production company Lime Pictures , on the basis that they have breached a copyright formed by a format he created alongside Sassy Films and Massive TV , entitled Totally Essex which had a pilot episode produced involving Belo as a member of the . cast’ Filing the the claim to the High Court on the behalf of the prosecution himself and the two production companies involved Belo claims that he lost out on earnings’ of up to 100,000 on the
Quickflix Online Streaming Service Launches In New Zealand Only Way Is Essex Sued For Stealing Idea Entertainment Out-Plays Games On Xbox 360 Statistics released by Microsoft have claimed that in the USA , users of their Xbox 360 games console are now using the platform’s entertainment services’ more frequently than playing games the purpose that it was originally built for indicating a key change in the way that people use . consoles The statistics suggest that on average in America , Xbox Live Gold’ subscribers spend 84 hours a month using the online services , and while full details of game-playing have not been confirmed , Microsoft insist that at least with online application , multiplayer gaming is now a less-used feature than connected TV , video , and music services accessed
News Corp Plan To Rival ESPN With Planned New Sports Channel Entertainment Out-Plays Games On Xbox 360 Quickflix Online Streaming Service Launches In New Zealand Streaming fans in New Zealand can now watch the Quickflix online video service , after it migrated across the water from Australia . The subscription and pay-per-view service works in a similar way to Netflix and iTunes , allowing on-demand movies and TV shows on web connected . equipment Quickflix brings streaming to New Zealand At launch the service will run on computers both mac and PC connected TV sets from Bravia and the PS3. Support is coming for other smart TV’s as well as iPad and iPhone , with promised support for other devices in the coming . months Prices for the unlimited streaming’ Quickflix service will cost an
US Navy Wants To Hack Data of Gaming Consoles Quickflix Online Streaming Service Launches In New Zealand News Corp Plan To Rival ESPN With Planned New Sports Channel Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp . are reportedly planning the creation of a new sports broadcasting network in the USA , as an attempt to cash in on the dominance of purpose-made ESPN in the . market Murdoch is said to be a long-term admirer of the nationwide format that the Disney-owned sports channel which includes over 10 nationwide networks in the USA and has plans on creating his own contender for cable and satellite TV services , looking to use some of the rights recently gained to the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournaments and the NCAA Pac-12 college athletics conference’ as the cornerstone of a new . network
Hon Hai Set For Payout As Apple Enlist Sharp For TV Service News Corp Plan To Rival ESPN With Planned New Sports Channel US Navy Wants To Hack Data of Gaming Consoles After news that new smart TV sets may be watching you comes the news that the US Navy is looking to be finding a way to hack into used games consoles to find out user’s online data , such as chat room . logs But luckily for the privacy of US citizen’s , but not the privacy of anyone else , the Navy is claiming it will only use the technologies on overseas nations , and only on the consoles which have been deemed dirty’ says a report in Innovation News Daily The company the Navy is working with is based on California and is Obscure Technologies . This partnership has yielded results before , and Obscure Technologies have found
No Shortcuts Made As Ricky Gervais Renews Travel Show US Navy Wants To Hack Data of Gaming Consoles Hon Hai Set For Payout As Apple Enlist Sharp For TV Service Sharp have been reportedly been lined up to produce a version of their AMOLED display technology as part of Apple’s planned connected TV product with Taiwanese company Hon Hai Presicision Industry set to cash in as a result of a bold investment into the better-known Japanese business , as well as a means of raising their own profile in the . industry Hon Hai own around 10 of Sharp Corp . from a move that saw company founder Terry Gou put up his own money toward the shares purchase , a partnership that Apple are said to be interested in contacting due to Sharp’s advanced TV technology’ and with Hon Hai’s prior experince in dealing
Apple Face Australian Legal Challenge Over 4G Advertising Hon Hai Set For Payout As Apple Enlist Sharp For TV Service No Shortcuts Made As Ricky Gervais Renews Travel Show Ricky Gervais has confirmed that a spin-off series of hit travel-based documentary series An Idiot Abroad will return in spin-off form , as he reveals that he has managed to get Karl Pilkington , the reluctant star of the reality series , to film The Short Way Round alongside English actor Warwick . Davis Keeping in line with his generally controversial and politically-incorrect mannerisms , Gervais has announced the format of the show to be Pilkington cycling to destinations around the world while 1.07m-tall Davis , most notable for acting roles as elves , goblins , leprechauns , and Yoda motion capture amongst others ,
BGT And The Voice Still Unseparated With TV And Online Ratings Level No Shortcuts Made As Ricky Gervais Renews Travel Show Apple Face Australian Legal Challenge Over 4G Advertising While Apple continue to prepare for a series of courtroom showdowns in China over naming rights and patent disputes , they could be set for legal problems in another country , as the Australian Competition Consumer Commission ACCC are planning further action against the American technology retail giant , after their latest iPad was considered to contain false advertising in the . country The ACCC have described Apple’s subtitle of the newest iPad (‘WiFi 4G’ as ’misleading’ towards Australians , in that it : represents to Australian consumers that the product , with a SIM card , can connect to a 4G mobile data
Xbox Live Confirm Introduction Of HBO Go and Comcast Apple Face Australian Legal Challenge Over 4G Advertising BGT And The Voice Still Unseparated With TV And Online Ratings Level While the weekend’s near head-to-head launch and relaunch of BBC1 s The Voice UK and ITV1 s Britain’s Got Talent respectively was billed as a decisive ratings battle of the year’ between the two channels and shows , the results have proven to be inconclusive , as while it was the new format that was edged out on TV ratings on Saturday night , Simon Cowell’s show was beaten in a number of other aspects was considered to have a more powerful online . presence The Voice UK easily had the higher quality of contestants although an aim of the show appears to be not airing joke acts’ in the TV auditions , removing a
Terra Nova Set To Become Extinct As Netflix Decline Renewal BGT And The Voice Still Unseparated With TV And Online Ratings Level Xbox Live Confirm Introduction Of HBO Go and Comcast An update to the viewing services offered by the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 is set to see some new additions to their list of integrated content , with HBO Go set to launch tomorrow after a deal was agreed last month while the premium network’s in-house offering will be joined by connected services from Comcast Xfinity TV and Major League Baseball (MLB TV The change for HBO’s launch from 1 April is said to be almost entirely down to the fact that Xbox Live does not update on Sundays where HBO were planning to launch the HBO Go’ app to coincide with the return of their hit series Game of Thrones meaning
Sky Anytime+ Arrives For Everyone With Or Without Sky Broadband Terra Nova Set To Become Extinct As Netflix Decline Renewal MOG Release iPad Streaming Music App MOG , an online streaming music company , has release its own iPad app . The app gives MOG users access to their music library and other features . MOG is rumoured to be bought out by Beat Electronics , a headphone company that is backed by . celebrities According to MOG’s blog post , We’re proud to be the music service that brings our listeners the largest high-quality music catalog on the planet , 8221 the company wrote . Now we’re thrilled to announce our greatest achievement yet : the MOG app for iPad . Features of MOG’s app include access to over 14 million songs that can be streamed or downloaded direct to the iPad , quick
BBC Being Human Brought Back For Fifth Series MOG Release iPad Streaming Music App Sky Anytime+ Arrives For Everyone With Or Without Sky Broadband After a long wait , Its finally arrived . Sky Anytime+ which lets you watch live and on-demand content is now available to every Sky subscriber , and its not dependent on you having Sky’s own Broadband internet . service Sky Website says Sky Anytime+ is our TV on demand service , which brings you a whole world of entertainment that’s ready to watch whenever you want . And it’s now available with any broadband provider . Once you’ve activated and connected your compatible Sky+ box to any broadband . router” One thing that has not changed is that you have to activate it by going to Sky’s website and sign in to your account and choose Anytime+ at
Netflix Defend Sky And Offer Fair Competition Sky Anytime+ Arrives For Everyone With Or Without Sky Broadband BBC Being Human Brought Back For Fifth Series BBC Three supernatural comedy’ Being Human has been renewed to carry on for a fifth series , with the move formally announced a day after the fourth had . ended The final episode (the show’s 31st episode overall of a fourth season which averaged 950,000 viewers seemed to give the channel’s executives confidence in extending the show , though it will only be for 6 episodes as opposed to the usual 8 this time . around The series focuses on supernatural beings living together , though with the departure of Lenora Crichlow as ghost Annie Sawyer , she joins her character’s original flat-mates John Mitchell (a vampire played by Aidan Turner
Netflix Set To Save The River If ABC Cancels BBC Being Human Brought Back For Fifth Series Netflix Defend Sky And Offer Fair Competition Corporations in any form will usually look towards gaining any slender advantage over their rivals that they can get their hands on , wherever it arrives from , but it seems as though Netflix are attempting to oddly buck this trend with their UK regional division , pleading with authorities to stop plans that would force rivals Sky Movies to give up some of their first-run rights , in order for the two companies to have a fair fight’ in the movie broadcasting . market Reed Hastings , the CEO of the company as a whole , made an admission that the Competition Commission should not impede on Sky’s business practices , despite a planned ruling potentially
Streaming Movies Beats DVD , But Makes Less Revenue Netflix Defend Sky And Offer Fair Competition Netflix Set To Save The River If ABC Cancels Netflix are looking to diversify in gaining content . Apart from buying streaming rights , they also are running around making original content and renewing cancelled TV shows . The latest show that may be in danger and could need the Flix rescue treatment , is ABC’s The River’ which has just finished an 8 episode . series Is the River moving from ABC to Netflix It was not a great hit in rating figure terms and their is a question mark over whether it will be renewed . The River is a supernatural tale of missing’ and world famous explorer , Dr Emmet Cole lost somewhere in the Amazon . After an emergency beacon starts transmitting , his wife ,
, Apple And Its Newly Launched Product Issues Netflix Set To Save The River If ABC Cancels Streaming Movies Beats DVD , But Makes Less Revenue The habits of US consumers are changing in regards to how they view movies and television series’ . In the past , the majority of US consumers enjoyed watching their movies on formats such as DVD and blu-ray . However , this is the first year that utilising the internet for streaming movies , television shows and other content has outperformed the physical formats of DVD and blu-ray . discs Internet TV beats DVD for first time Well , it somewhat outperformed the older technologies . More people than ever used the internet for movies and television series , but more revenue was to be made through DVD and blu-ray rentals . According to data collected
Apple Attempt To Patent A Universal Virtual TV Remote Streaming Movies Beats DVD , But Makes Less Revenue Apple And Its Newly Launched Product Issues When Apple release products , there’s always some bug or problem with their device or operating system that causes users headaches and dramas . While most of these are small problems that are easily fixed , it’s a wonder that Apple allows itself to release products that still have glaring , albeit small , . flaws The new iPad launches but with problems The newest iPad 3 or The new iPad’ has been released and as usual the internet is filled with commentary from both sides of the Apple debate , the haters and the . fanboys This latest offering from Apple , the iPad 3 has been declared to have overheating issues for some devices and a researcher
Tencent Go Online With China Network Television Apple And Its Newly Launched Product Issues Apple Attempt To Patent A Universal Virtual TV Remote Apple have reportedly filed for a US patent over a new design of universal remote control , with the filing claiming that the service will have the ability to control multiple electronic household products via an iPad or . iPhone The rumored key feature of the product is reported as being the ability to take a photo of a current television or device’s remote control , which is then uploaded to the iCloud’ for online analysis , before using data such as make and model’ gathered from the image to form a virtual copy’ of the scanned remote , which is then stored on the Apple device for future use , though it is unknown how long the scanning process