NBC Cause Controversy With Olympic Opening Ceremony Cuts BBFC Dropped In Favour Of PEGI For Games Ratings As a means of streamlining the process of age-rating video game titles in the UK market , PEGI Pan-European Games Information have confirmed that as of today 30 July they have taken over as a singular ratings panel in the region , in place of a former joint role alongside BBFC British Board of Film Classifications Under a change that has been scheduled for several months , video game boxes released from now on will now only see ratings from PEGI included , rather than a packed box including BBFC and PEGI classifications alongside each organisation’s reasoning for doing . so The PEGI system is one which receives a lot of praise around the world for its relative simplicity in its
Modern Family Win And Inspire Kid Cast To Strike BBFC Dropped In Favour Of PEGI For Games Ratings NBC Cause Controversy With Olympic Opening Ceremony Cuts While early ratings from the UK 22.4m average , 26.9m peak and USA have put the 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony from last week 27 July on record-breaking figures in both territories though a worldwide audience number are still to be confirmed the coverage in America has already been heavily criticized at both home and . abroad Despite claiming an average audience of 42 million the highest audience ever attained for an Olympic Opening Ceremony held outside of the USA Olympic broadcaster NBC were held in poor regard after deciding to broadcast the action on tape delay as a means of being able to accommodate adverts into proceedings and
Dancing Dog Pudsey Takes On Movie Role NBC Cause Controversy With Olympic Opening Ceremony Cuts Modern Family Win And Inspire Kid Cast To Strike The cast members of popular ABC sitcom Modern Family are said to have received the planned result of their recent strike , as production company 20th Century Fox Television gave in to their salary . demands Formerly on an average of 65,000 per episode , the group consisting of Julie Bowen , Ty Burrell , Jesse Tyler Ferguson , Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara will now be paid around 175,000 every episode for the fourth season , settling more on a structure set out by Fox which included raises to 350,000 by season 8 and a small cut’ of back-end profits Said to be inspired by The Big Bang Theory cast’s pay model , the actors have also agreed to
Netflix Most Popular But Movie Selections Suck Says Survey Modern Family Win And Inspire Kid Cast To Strike Dancing Dog Pudsey Takes On Movie Role After his success on Britain’s Got Talent with handler owner Ashleigh , the world’s newest celebrity dog Pudsey is likely to be taking up show boss Simon Cowell’s offer of a place to stay in Los Angeles USA on a regular basis , as reports claim that he has been signed up for a Hollywood movie . role While it is unknown whether his dedicated trainer Ashleigh will have a role , Pudsey is set to have the headlining place of a blockbuster with the working title of Superdog It is currently rumoured that the film’s format will take on a classic comic book double life’ plot line , as Pudsey’s character will be a dog with a double life’ , going from
Modern Family Look For Loophole To Sue Producers Dancing Dog Pudsey Takes On Movie Role Netflix Most Popular But Movie Selections Suck Says Survey Out of all the streaming services online , Netflix are probably most popular , but a new survey shows that subscribers do not rate the limited selection of movie and TV show titles . available Netflix streaming choice dissapoints The report by Consumer Reports polled around 15,000 of their subscribers and found that 52 made use of an internet streaming service within the last month , 81 had used the Netflix instant streaming service . But when it came to satisfaction , all the main rivals such as iTunes , Vudu and Amazon Instant Video all got higher . marks The respondents biggest gripe with Netflix which also affects other subscription
Google Fiber Offers Fastest TV Download Speeds On Earth Netflix Most Popular But Movie Selections Suck Says Survey Modern Family Look For Loophole To Sue Producers ABC sitcom Modern Family are currently in the midst of some tense negotiations with their cast , as the stars have teamed up and filed to sue the producers of the series 20th Century Fox Television following a breakdown in contract . renewal negotiations Aiming for 200,000 per episode compared to the network’s latest offer of 150,000 plus a raise each season a group consisting of Julie Bowen , Ty Burrell , Eric Stonestreet , Jesse Tyler-Ferguson , and Sofia Vergara have taken matters into their own hands in Los Angeles USA looking towards a court to render their current contracts void after a loophole was . discovered The cast
Apple Attempt To Sue Samsung For 2.5 Billion Modern Family Look For Loophole To Sue Producers Google Fiber Offers Fastest TV Download Speeds On Earth Google have now unveiled their mega speed broadband and TV service in Kansas offering blistering one gig per second download speeds that are the fastest on earth . The new service means that Google will , within the next month or so , be supplying live and on-demand TV to Kansas City residents via optical fiber , with the service rolling out to other cities . later The Google Fiber offering will make residents pay for the speed advantage though , costing an eye watering 120 per month for TV services , 1 gigabit per second Internet speeds and 1 terabyte of cloud based . storage Included in the deal will be TV channels from companies that
Global Networks Hit Starting Blocks And Hype Up 2012 Olympics Coverage Google Fiber Offers Fastest TV Download Speeds On Earth Apple Attempt To Sue Samsung For 2.5 Billion In the latest potential courtroom battle between major technology companies , Apple are seeking a huge retribution of $2.525 billion 1.6b from South Korean company Samsung , citing the copying of designs as the reason for filing the case on . Monday Filed in a federal court in San Jose USA the more local company claim that Samsung owe them substantial monetary damages’ after they decided to compete by copying Apple’ , which enabled Samsung to follow up and overtake their rivals as the largest smartphone maker in the world and earn billions of dollars in . profits’ Apple also claim that the moves from Samsung have caused
NBC Boss Hints At More Voice For Future Years Global Networks Hit Starting Blocks And Hype Up 2012 Olympics Coverage Roku Receives News Corp Cash Boost High-profile set-top box streamer Roku have revealed that they have taken in a large windfall this week , as they announced 45m worth of strategic investment’ given to them from a consortium led by media giant News Corp . Roku gets backing BSkyB Also including a company subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting BSkyB along with previous Roku investors Globespan Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures , with an unnamed strategic investor’ the final part of the group providing the . backing The gift obviously does not come without its conditions , though , as plans to capitalise on the relationship between the two such as Sky now being rumoured to
YouTube Aim To Create With London Studio Roku Receives News Corp Cash Boost NBC Boss Hints At More Voice For Future Years NBC reality music show The Voice could be set to offer a double dose to it’s fans every year , as network chairman Robert Greenblatt claimed that the plans to air seasons 2 and 3 in the same calendar year as a means of moving the show to compete with Fox’s The X Factor which has a fall’ airdate is not an uncommon process , adding that he has has no concerns about the new season of the Dutch format Speaking during the TCA Television Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills USA yesterday , Greenblatt took aim at The X Factor and fellow Fox series American Idol as an off-the-cuff means of proving his point , stating : Almost every reality franchise does two cycles
Stephen Merchant Given HBO Comedy Pilot NBC Boss Hints At More Voice For Future Years YouTube Aim To Create With London Studio Google have revealed their intention of adding to the recent technological influx reaching the city of London England as they reveal their plans to launch a ’YouTube studio’ in the . city Set to be created within the Google regional offices in the area of Soho , the creator space’ will enable YouTube partners’ from around the world presumably mainly within England and Europe to apply booking a slot online and have the chance to produce videos in a state-of-the-art professional environment , as part of a drive to give the online video platform some highest-quality headlining . clips Google also claim that the service will be able to allow the partners to collaborate
Netflix Not Getting Into Bed With Cable Says HBO Boss YouTube Aim To Create With London Studio Stephen Merchant Given HBO Comedy Pilot After recently shelving a decision to create a fully-original fourth series of animated podcast The Ricky Gervais Show American premium cable network HBO have commissioned a new series featuring one of the stars of the English audio-bites , ordering a pilot that will feature heavily around Stephen . Merchant Merchant , most notable for his role in co-creating BBC sitcoms The Office Extras and Life’s Too Short along with his supporting roles in travel series An Idiot Abroad and voiceover work for video game Portal 2 is now set to feature in a format as the writer , executive producer , and lead actor , scheduled for filming later this . year
Virgin TiVo Hit 1 Million Customers Stephen Merchant Given HBO Comedy Pilot Netflix Not Getting Into Bed With Cable Says HBO Boss There have been rumors that Netflix want some of cable TV’s enormous income by striking a deal , specifically with HBO . But now that idea has been dismissed by HBO’s vice . president No future for HBO and Netflix partnership Speaking to Netflix shareholders on Tuesday , CEO Reed Hastings said , While we compete for content and viewing time with HBO , it is also possible we will find opportunities to work together just as we do with other networks , they wrote . Consumers who are passionate about movies and TV shows are quite willing to subscribe to multiple services . The response from HBO was not quite so enthusiastic however , Jeff Cusson , HBO senior vice
Vizio Release Co-Star Box Online Netflix Not Getting Into Bed With Cable Says HBO Boss Virgin TiVo Hit 1 Million Customers 2 years after the launch of the Virgin Media TiVo hybrid set-top box’ in the UK region , the company have revealed that they have installed their millionth . set Under a promotional campaign to support the milestone , the landmark customer recieved a specially-commissioned golden version of the set-top box , which as a further part of the promotion was installed by the customer’s favourite TV personality presumably within reason as actor Martin Kemp former cast member of EastEnders was sent round to set up the unique . device While the more recent success could be attributed to a series of advertising campaigns for the cable internet TV service that have included Sir
BARB Expand Online Audience Measurements System Virgin TiVo Hit 1 Million Customers Vizio Release Co-Star Box Online Going into its launch as the self-proclaimed and statistically backed-up cheapest new Google TV set-top box’ , the Vizio Co-Star’ box backed by the Google TV operating system , has revealed that it is now on sale exclusively through its website at the price of 99.99. A pocket size square box measuring 4.2-inches’ , the Co-Star will contain regular features for a device of its kind including web browsing and content streaming through providers such as YouTube , Amazon , Netflix , and the Google Play store though their headlining selling point is expected to be their integration of the OnLive cloud gaming service , allowing users to play online video games without a . console
Ofcom Claim Faulty Voting App Unintentionally Misled’ Viewers Vizio Release Co-Star Box Online BARB Expand Online Audience Measurements System TV ratings body BARB Broadcaster’s Audience Research Board responsible for collecting data of TV audience figures , recently revealed their plans to expand further into online measurement as they look to feature laptop and PC viewers under a new category of . figures Now installed in 400 additional households in addition to 100 from an initial trial run’ in June 2011 from within the core BARB panel’ of 5,100 homes representing 11,500 viewers the web TV meter’ created alongside Kantar Media Audiences is set to move forward with their expanded series of 500 meters , hoping that it will give them a greater overview of the cross-section of online
Liverpool FC Add Another Channel To Reality Series Ofcom Claim Faulty Voting App Unintentionally Misled’ Viewers LeTV Internet TV Box Launched In China To Compliment Website The Chinese online streaming website , LeTV which has launched a complimentary set-top box for users to watch streaming content on the big screen . TV LeTV TV1 Set-top-box Based in Beijing , the LeTV Mobile Media Technology Co . Ltd , supplies legal streaming of TV shows and movies . The new STB is called the LeTV T1 is HD enabled and Android based with it’s own app . store The box can also run 3D content , link to external hard drive and connect to the home network . The device has an app store available from the desktop for downloading apps and . games As is the case with most android devices , a smartphone or PC can
American Idol Reveals 17m Mariah LeTV Internet TV Box Launched In China To Compliment Website Liverpool FC Add Another Channel To Reality Series In a fairly unusual move for football teams , English club Liverpool FC earlier this year revealed plans to allow a camera crew from American cable and satellite network Fox Soccer to film the team behind-the-scenes for a fly-on-the-wall documentary series Being Liverpool with the channel now confirming that audiences in England will also get the chance to watch the show through terrestrial network Channel 5. The six-part series , which begun filming near the end of last season 2011-12 in April , is to continue to follow the players and management of the club for the early part of the 2012-13 season in the Barclays Premier League . The content
The production team of American Idol have reportedly completed the recruitment of their first new judge for season 12, with renowned diva Mariah Carey said to be on a huge $17m contract to appear on next year’s run of the reality show. Said to be the biggest single-season contract for a reality TV show judge [...]
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LeTV Internet TV Box Launched In China To Compliment Website BARB Expand Online Audience Measurements System Ofcom Claim Faulty Voting App Unintentionally Misled’ Viewers ITV have come under fire by broadcasting regulators Ofcom , following the discovery that a voting app created for hit reality contest Britain’s Got Talent struggled under high demand , and processed less than half of all interactive votes ordered’ through the . service As of the first live show semi-final , the viewers of the contest were able to download a free app where they could pay 1.49 for a batch’ of three votes to use , though the system collapsed on that first voting session on 6 May due to overload and a firewall processing’ error . This led to the app service being suspended the following night , and the
Emmerdale Plan Live Episode With Backstage Special American Idol Reveals 17m Mariah WWE Raw Hits 1000 By With Episode Length Expansion Celebrating a landmark 1000 episodes since premiering in January 1993, the WWE Raw brand have revealed that the start of their next millenium’ will feature a new direction for the franchise , as their weekly installments of Monday Night Raw are expanded from two hours to three . worldwide Airing on its local home of the USA Network , American audiences saw the three-hour format applied in special’ episodes used to celebrate the landmark in St Louis USA though it was also announced in the months leading up to the episode that installments of that length will be available 52 weeks a year , and that the brand are now offering a range of ways to influence the
Smart TVs Most Desired Device For Internet TV Says Research WWE Raw Hits 1000 By With Episode Length Expansion Emmerdale Plan Live Episode With Backstage Special It has become a trend in recent years to air episodes of British soap operas live , and long-running ITV1 rural-based drama Emmerdale are planning to do the same as a means of celebrating 40 years on-air , recently confirming that they plan to extend the party’ by giving their first-ever live episode a follow-up backstage special’ on ITV2. The special , to be called Emmerdale Uncovered : Live will be aired straight after the main show on ITV1 in October , with the content set to include backstage interviews and reaction as well as a featured studio audience of the show’s . superfans’ While further details such as a presenter have
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