YouTube is expanding its subscription-based music and video services to the UK and a further 11 countries. The “premium” facilities strip ads from the platform’s content and allow it to be downloaded rather than just streamed. The music service is priced at the same rate as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal’s basic service. However, the […]
Lionsgate has announced that it will kick off its international tour of “The Hunger Games in Concert” with a July 12th world premiere in Manchester, UK. The live music experience will feature a 60-piece orchestra performing the acclaimed The Hunger Games score from Grammy Award-winning and Emmy Award and multiple Academy Award-nominated composer James Newton Howard and will […]
Uber has had its licence suspended in Sheffield after it failed to respond to official requests about its management, the city council has said. The firm failed to respond to requests, made by Sheffield’s licensing team, about the management of Uber. The firm, also fighting a ban in London, can still operate in Sheffield until […]
The first week sales of Xbox One X is over 80,000 in the UK, GamesIndustry.biz revealed. Retailers have shared data that reveal that Microsoft’s new super-powered console has sold as many units in its first week as Nintendo Switch did in March. The majority of sales were for the special Project Scorpio version of the […]
The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport revealed a new Data Protection Bill that aims to protect consumers’ personal information. The goal of the bill is make it clearer how that data you give to business is used or how you can control of it. The Data Protection Bill would also: Enable parents […]
Sir Roger Moore, whose is longest serving actor in the title role of the James Bond series of movies, has died. He was 89. Moore’s family confirmed on social media early Tuesday that the veteran actor died after a “short but brave battle with cancer.” His pre-Bond work included the UK TV series Ivanhoe (1959-1959) […]
Dead by Dawn is the UK’s longest-running genre film festival and celebrates the finest in independent film-making.The 24th year of the fest runs from April 20th – 23rd. Screening at the home of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, Dead by Dawn is showcasing 49 films from 14 countries in this year’s programme. At Dead by Dawn […]
Some 40% of British gaming companies say they are considering relocating some or all of their business because of Brexit, per a report by the BBC. firms said losing access to talent and funding as major risk when Britain leaves the European Union. Some gaming firms get funding from EU programmes such as Creative Europe. The Ukie polled […]
The payments processing service Square is launching in the UK. It will compete against iZettle, SumUp and more elaborate till systems. The man behind the product – Twitter’s Jack Dorsey.
British Home Secretary Amber Rudd wants WhatsApp to give intelligence agencies access to encrypted messages following last week’s Westminster attack that left four dead. Appearing on the BBC’s “The Andrew Marr Show“, Rudd also called for social media giants to ensure that they don’t “provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other.” […]
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