Category: media

“People who watch television online without a licence have been prosecuted for the first time despite uncertainty about how the law works, the BBC has disclosed.”

“Bend it like Beckham has become the first western-made film to be broadcast on television in North Korea – but the broadcast, monitored in Seoul on Boxing Day, was edited down to just an hour long, instead of the original 112 minutes.”

“Is British television daring enough? With the industry having undergone a long period of financial uncertainty and programme budgets tightly controlled, have commissioners and channel controllers lost their nerves? Many viewers noticed the results in the uninspired Christmas schedules.”

“Nicolas Sarkozy’s war on illegal downloading has begun in earnest, with the state internet surveillance body dubbed “Big Brother” warning more than 100,000 French internet-users that they have been caught accessing pirate material.”

A Google translation of the advisory suggests adults protect young players by setting a code to block the 3D function, a view that “has a potential impact on the growth of children’s eyes.”

“Last week, the Los Angeles Times described her recent film, Somewhere, as ‘a kind of road movie of the soul, a delicate, meditative look at a particular state of mind in a particular time and place.’ The New York Post, that same day, wrote, ‘[I]magine a film called ‘Wanna See Me Crack My Knuckles?’ ‘ Both are typical reactions.”

“Monday night’s finale, according to Univision, was the top-rated program in the 9 p.m. hour among broadcast stations in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Francisco — markets with sizable Latino populations. Nationwide, the Univision soap opera generated higher ratings than programs on NBC, ABC and Fox.”

“Total movie-ticket sales will reach $10.556 billion, the tracking agency Hollywood.com said Tuesday. That’s a slight decrease from the $10.6 billion total from 2009, but it’s also only the second time that the annual box office has crossed the $10 billion mark.”

3D is coming everywhere, but some wonder if it will become the default version of movies…

“France’s government is trying to find ways to cut public spending amid Europe’s deepening economic crisis, but a state television channel has been spared the knife. Indeed, the channel, Arte … will be getting even more money next year. Not everyone here is happy.”