U.K. Streaming Audiences Outnumber Traditional Pay-TV Viewers for First Time

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.

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

Spotify give a fair deal to users, and comes after dramatic changes over the past decade in the way music is consumed.Streaming now accounts for more than 80 per cent of all music listened to in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the music industry had evolved “almost beyond recognition”.

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.”

MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die stormed the UK when it opened on September 30, going on to become the market’s highest-grossing film of 2021 across just its launch frame.

Thursday is curtain up on an entertaining new version of Don Juan, a comedy drama at Perth Theatre where the legendary flirt is set for a whole lot of romantic hot water - on a Scottish Island.

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.

Actor Sadie Frost turns director with Quant, an engaging documentary about the British fashion designer Mary Quant, showing at the London Film Festival. Known for her bold, vibrant designs and pioneering spirit, Quant became associated with the liberating fashions of the 1960s, ditching the style of the fitted ’50s and raising eyebrows along with hemlines.

K.J. Yossman Alongside the Beatles, fashion designer Mary Quant was one of the pioneers of the 1960s “British invasion,” which saw the world go nuts for U.K.

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UK audiences are to be taken Inside Beverly Hills: The Land Of The Rich And Famous as broadcaster Channel 4 acquires Operation Royal Wedding producer Spun Gold TV’s three-parter.

“No Time To Die” is already on screens in the United Kingdom and will be Daniel Craig‘s last outing as the British spy, James Bond, allowing a new actor to fill those well-tailored suits. He’s already done multiple promotional rounds for the massive action film that had been delayed multiple times starting in the fall of 2019.

Married At First Sight UK fans can't get enough of Luke's dog. Viewers witnessed Luke holding his dog as he returned home to talk to his mum about his marriage to Morag in the finale episode.

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Channel 4 has apologised to angry Married At First Sight UK fans as the channel continues to have streaming issues.The broadcaster said that they are “working hard” to solve the issue and that viewers can expect “further updates tomorrow” on the problem.The channel has been suffering from technical issues for several days now, meaning that some shows have not been broadcasting correctly and viewers are having issues accessing the channel’s streaming services.The issues have meant eager fans have

Amazon have launched their free IMDb TV streaming service in the UK.The service, which is related to the film/TV industry database IMDb, launched three years ago in the US as a free service supported by advertising.The new UK version is currently available via Amazon Prime Video – though a subscription to Amazon Prime is not required to access the service – and it will soon be available as a standalone app via Fire TV.Alongside a host of the service’s own productions, the likes of Pulp Fiction,

Music Creators’ Earnings In The Digital Era, has been released by the UK Intellectual Property Office, which analyses streaming services data between 2014-2020.Alongside data gathering and analysis the report also includes focus groups as well as interviews with musicians.A particular finding points to artists making a “sustainable living” from streaming alone, revealing that approximately 720 British artists are able to.