BBC's download plans get backing
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BBC shows are expected to be made available to download later this year as on-demand plans get initial approval.
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The world's biggest music firm, Universal, has given its backing to a free music downloads service.
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The pan-European bureaucracy backs a BitTorrent-minded project and points the way toward the monetization of digital downloads.
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Record labels say no deal has been finalised with site which promised legal downloads of over 25m tracks
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Ofcom must act to prevent subs-service domination Broadcasters the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five, along with manufacturers Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and Alba, and Dixons owner DSGI have begun lobbying UK regulator Ofcom to guarantee bandwidth on the Freeview digital TV system for HD broadcasts. And they want consumers to help.â¦
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Internet access could be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.
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The BBC's online services will be made available free of charge at thousands of wi-fi hotspots.
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By Fergus Sheppard Media correspondent and Eben Harrell  THE computer giant Apple last night moved to strengthen its grip on the digital media market with the launch of a film download service - plus a device to link it with television sets.
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The commercial arm of the BBC announces a tie-up with file-sharing company Azureus to distribute titles in the US.
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iTunes customers in the UK can now purchase and download hit television programming from ABC Studios, the Disney Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Comedy for Â£1.89 an episode. The programming includes such shows as the Emmy Award-winning series âLost,â âDesperate Housewives,â âGreyâs Anatomy,â and âUgly Betty,â as well as locally-produced UK series, including MTVâs âBarrio 19,â Nickelodeonâs âGenie in the House,â and Paramount Comedyâs âComedy Blue.â
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Trailer park The BBC played down a new agreement to license content to Google's YouTube website today. Corporation executives admitted that the initial scope of the deal doesn't expand on what the Beeb already offers through its website.â¦
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Internet access may be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.
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British viewers will be able to download  a selection of BBC programs from Apple's digital store iTunes,  under a deal announced by the public broadcaster's commercial  arm on Tuesday.
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The British Department for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a "Music Manifesto" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they also teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various artists) to make this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area.
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Technology that allows content-protected movies to be downloaded and burned to DVDs received official approval.
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The BBC will step in to subsidize some of Channel Four's digital transmission costs in a bid to ease Channel Four's funding shortfall, sources said Monday.
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'Managed copying' license would support users' fair use right to move content across devices.