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BSkyB’s Arse Saved by Netflix and LoveFilm in Movie Distribution Monopoly Investigation

The long-running investigation into BSkyB's possible monopoly of film services in the UK is over, with the Competition Commission finding that Sky doesn't have an unfair stranglehold on distributing Hollywood blockbuster movies in the UK, thanks in part to the new wave of digital streaming services. Read More >

London 2012 Olympics
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The BBC Is Going to Stream 24 Live Olympic Events Simultaneously

The BBC seems to be pulling out all the stops when it comes to delivering Olympic content this year, with coverage not just limited to the television. Oh no, we're talking cross-platform, full HD streaming of a massive amount of events to make sure you don't miss out on anything that's happening in the capital during the games. Read More >

Gotye
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Streaming Music Has Finally Made It With Its Very Own UK Top 100 Chart

The UK top 100 singles chart is about to get some stiff competition from the streaming legion. It seems Spotify and its kin are just so damn popular these days that the music chart makers just can't ignore them any more. They're getting their own top 100 with play statistics pulled from audio-only streaming sites and services. Read More >

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tv
Would You Watch MTV for £2 a Day?

Because that's the big idea of MTV UK's new streaming service, which gives users a pay-as-you-go option when it comes to watching its range of intellectually stimulating documentary programming about the history of World War II. Read More >

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Now Amazon Is Planning to Make Original TV Content

Rumours have been floating around for the past couple of months that Amazon was looking to produce sitcoms and children's television. Now All Things D is confirming it: Amazon is looking to pay £6,000 to option scripts and £34,000 if a show is greenlit. Furthermore, shows are expected to "look and feel like 'real' TV shows." Read More >

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Spotify’s Got Yet More Competition as Rdio Sneaks Across the Pond to the UK

As rumoured, one of our American cousins' favourite music streaming services has finally made the leap across the pond. Apart from lacking the whole ad-supported streaming thing, Spotify's taster drug, Rdio matches our original music-streamer on price, with unlimited desktop streaming for £5 and mobile for £10 a month. Read More >

Spotify iPad App
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The Spotify iPad App Is Finally Here

We’ve waited long enough, but now Spotify’s iPad app, which we caught a glimpse of last month, is finally available in the App Store and it’s a looker. Brimming with Twitter app-esque sliding panes just like its Android cousin, this might just be the best way to use Spotify yet. Read More >

YouView
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Despite What Lord Sugar Says, YouView’s Pushing On Hard With In-Home Testing

We heard yesterday that Lord Sugar had essentially panned the YouView set-top box and said it just wasn’t ready for prime time. Although Sugar is technically the boss of YouView, it seems the rest of the YouView folks might disagree somewhat – some boxes are already out in the wild for testing, with thousands more coming soon. Read More >

NowTV
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Sky’s New PAYG Streaming “Now TV” Service Will Pop In the Coming Two Months

Good news for those looking to take their TV over-the-top and cut those pricy pay-TV subscriptions – Sky’s streaming pay as you go TV service, Now TV, is on track for the “first half of this year”, which should mean we’ll see it any time in the next month or so. Read More >

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tv
Lord Sugar: Don’t Hold Your Breath For YouView

Bad news streaming fans -- those looking forward to a May launch for the "revolutionary" YouView streaming TV service will be sorely disappointed. According to Lord Sugar, it’s not in any shape to launch before the end of 2012, let alone before the Olympics. Read More >

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Sony Screws Older BRAVIA Owners Out of Sony’s Entertainment Network Netflix Launch

There's some good and some quite remarkably poor news out from Sony today, which has just announced the arrival of Netflix content through its Sony Entertainment Network connected devices. The bad news is, only owners of 2012 BRAVIA models can join in on the TV side. Read More >

Netflix
netflix
Netflix Reckons It’s Got LoveFilm Licked In the Streaming Wars

Netflix is being pretty bullish over its UK expansion, citing a record jump in subscriber numbers and saying that, on the movie-front at least, it has Amazon’s LoveFilm beat. Read More >

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streaming
You Know What We Really Need? Another Streaming Video Service

Just in case you're not already causing your entire exchange to grind to a halt thanks to all the video streaming you've been up to with Netflix and LoveFilm, there'll soon be another online film rental option available, from US retail giant Walmart. Read More >

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music
Six Reasons Why Recorded Music Should Be Free

Grooveshark is getting it from all angles. Not only did its only major label deal (with EMI) collapse, but the company is now being sued by all four major labels for large-scale copyright infringement due to its policy of letting users upload music into its system, where over 30 million people stream it for free each month - mostly in the absence of licenses from artists, labels, and publishers. Read More >

Anontune
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Anonymous Takes the Fight to the Music Industry With Its Own Social Music Platform

Anonymous has been acting up recently. Apparently bored with simple hacking it’s been branching out with its own dubious OS and now a music service? Anontune aims to pull in every streaming song from around the web, letting you create and share playlists, all while dodging the inevitable lawsuits from the music industry. Read More >