Competition watchdog to investigate fairness of UK streaming

ITV Secures Adele Special 

An animal rescue charity says it is the victim of a “cyber troll smear campaign” after a watchdog received multiple complaints about its conduct.

EXCLUSIVE: Popcornflix, the streaming service owned by Crackle parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, has acquired its first original documentary feature, Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman.

Comcast has set a streaming distribution deal that will put its Xfinity Stream and Sky Go apps on Apple TV and integrate Apple TV+ on a number of Comcast platforms.

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Jon Wright’s (Grabbers, Robot Overlords) horror film, Unwelcome, with plans to release it in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2022.

Duran Duran are one of the most important bands of the new-wave movement of the 1980s, and show no sign of slowing down. 

William Earl Warner Bros. Pictures’ $160 million sci-fi spectacle “Dune” could be facing a fate worse than giant sandworms: online leakers.As confirmed by Variety, at least three major illegal streaming sites are hosting HD quality streaming copies of “Dune,” complete with bells and whistles such as English, Danish, Spanish and Arabic subtitles.

The Scottish Government yesterday revealed that it is monitoring a new strain of the Delta Covid variant.

Facebook Fined £50m By UK Competition Authority

streaming revolution. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the sector had changed "beyond recognition" as it took the first steps towards regulatory action by launching a market study.

Discovery+ has picked up North American streaming rights for Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions’ Handmade: Good With Wood format.

LONDON -- Regulators are stepping up scrutiny of the United Kingdom's music streaming market to see whether there is enough competition after lawmakers outlined concerns that major online platforms like Spotify may be too dominant.The U.K.'s competition watchdog said Tuesday that it will carry out a “market study” to assess whether fresh measures are needed to improve streaming competition.The Competition and Markets Authority is taking action after an inquiry by lawmakers, who said in a report

British singer-songwriter Adele has returned in style, setting a new Spotify single-day record for streams on her forthcoming album’s first single, “Easy On Me.”

Discovery+, which has launched in the UK, Europe and the U.S., will light up in Canada on October 19.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will round off a trilogy of heavyweight tussles on Saturday night in Las Vegas.