LOVEFILM SIGNS FIRST CLASS DEAL WITH FOX June 25, 2012 Lovefilm, the Amazon-owned movie rental service, yesterday unveiled a deal which will give its users exclusive access to Twentieth Century Fox films – such as X-Men: First Class and Black Swan (above) – in the so-called second pay window, with Sky owning rights to the first pay period. Fox joins Warner Bros, Universal and Sony in [...]
Amazon joins Bango in vague new agreement December 8, 2011 TECHNOLOGY provider Bango has agreed to provide services to internet retail giant Amazon but refused to elaborate further. The Aim-listed mobile phone payments company said in a statement: “The terms of this agreement are not being disclosed. “The Board believes it is too early in the relationship to accurately forecast the level of business which [...]
Waterstones to stack Kindles on its shelves May 21, 2012 WATERSTONES yesterday unveiled a partnership with Amazon that will see the iconic British bookshop sell the Kindle e-reader and e-books. The high street retailer, which celebrates its 30th birthday this year, said the deal is part of its major refurbishment programme, which will see its stores decked out with new coffee shops, free wifi access and [...]
Bloomsbury sees ebook sales surge by 70pc in market shift July 11, 2012 EBOOK sales have jumped by 70 per cent at Bloomsbury, the publishing house announced yesterday, as the company heralded a “seismic shift” in publishing. The rapid rise in year-on-year digital sales for the three months to June means that the publisher now sells more ebooks than hardback editions in America. Print sales fell by two [...]
Sky’s Now TV launches to rival Netflix July 16, 2012 SKY launches its own internet television service Now TV today in an attempt to compete with film-streaming rivals Netflix and LoveFilm. The broadcasting giant, which is trying to reach the 13m British households without a paid TV subscription, will charge £15 a month for on-demand access to hundreds of movies, and offer a pay-per-view service [...]
Roughing it in style in Peru July 15, 2012 OF ALL the things one might expect to find at the bottom of a steep dell in the Peruvian rainforest, the rusted iron hulk of an ancient steamboat would not be high on the list. And yet I’m looking at just that scene: decades after the boat somehow came to rest here, its old funnel [...]
Government must think fast and big to make Britain a tech haven September 20, 2012 THE Prime Minister says he wants the UK to be the best place in the world to start, run and grow a high-tech company. As a strategy for rebalancing the economy, this makes a lot of sense. The internet is where the growth is. It accounts for a greater share of UK GDP than in [...]
NOW YOU HAVE THE CAMERA May 23, 2012 Vanguard Pro Kit | £300 | amazon.co.uk This tripod and case is a great way of taking your pictures to the next level. The tripod has vibration and shock control and can pack up to 10 kilos. The bag also comes with plenty of space for all your gear. Joby Gorillapod | £25 | amazon.co.uk [...]
Universal and Warner go head to head before the US Senate June 21, 2012 UNIVERSAL Music Group yesterday pitched the case for its £1.2bn takeover of EMI’s record label to a US Senate judiciary committee just hours after New Zealand authorities approved the bid. Universal chairman and chief executive Lucian Grainge and EMI boss Roger Faxon led the charge, arguing that the deal would benefit the debt-ridden music firm. [...]
Amazon launches its video on demand service Lovefilm on Microsoft’s Xbox December 6, 2011 LOVEFILM, Europe’s largest subscription service, today becomes available on Microsoft’s video games console Xbox. The company, which was originally established in May 2002 as Online Rentals Limited and was acquired by Amazon in February 2011, has traditionally operated as a mail-order DVD rental service. However, in the last two years Lovefilm has enabled its customers [...]