All Nippon Airways unveil Star Wars jet as Japanese airliner adds to Pokemon planes April 17, 2015 It might not take you to a galaxy far, far away or zoom you into hyperspace like the Millennium Falcon, but All Nippon Airways' Star Wars jet will nevertheless excite your inner geek more than anything else in the skies. As part of a five-year Star Wars project, the Japanese carrier will deck one of its brand-new Boeing [...]
eSports firm Gfinity teams up with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK April 17, 2015 Rupert Murdoch's News UK has recognised the booming appeal of eSports by agreeing a two-year commercial partnership with professional video gaming firm Gfinity. Aim-listed Gfinity has a rapidly expanding online user base in excess of 300,000 and boasts of the UK's first eSports-dedicated arena which hosts weekly professional competitions of games such as Fifa '15, Counter-Strike: [...]
Netflix share price soars after membership passes 60m April 16, 2015 Netflix's share price soared by 13 per cent in early trading in New York on Wednesday after the company announced it had surpassed 60m global users. The video streaming website's seemingly unstoppable growth was enough for investors to ignore earnings per share of 38 cents that came in much lower than the expected 63 cents [...]
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice trailer released but it’s only teasing another teaser April 16, 2015 The first Batman v Superman movie trailer is here. Time for film and comic book fans around the world to get excited. Except, there's not really that much to get excited about. A 20 second clip released by the film's director Zack Snyder on Twitter is more of a teaser trailer for a teaser trailer [...]
Rise of Spotify positive for Taylor Swift and music industy as a whole April 14, 2015 The global music industry suffered a drop in sales in 2014, despite strong growth in digital sales and in particular the streaming market. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) annual report into the digital music industry paints a familiar tale record companies and artists struggling to transition to an increasingly digital-dominated world. [...]
Game of Thrones torrent leak won’t stop HBO profiting off fantasy phenomenon April 13, 2015 The majority of "Game of Thrones" fans in the UK are gearing up for the return of their favourite fantasy programme to TV screens tonight, but thousands will have already seen the first episodes of the series’ fifth season following a massive leak. The first four episodes have been illegally downloaded well over a million [...]
Daredevil: Netflix’s Marvel adaptation receives rave reviews following Friday’s release April 11, 2015 Just like the binge-watchers who gorge on its endless trove of TV shows, Netflix never stops. Fresh off the back of phenomenally popular shows such as the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul and season three of House of Cards, Netflix has teamed up with comic book studio Marvel for the first time to bring a [...]
Furious 7’s stunning box office sends Universal roaring towards a record year April 10, 2015 After Furious 7 roared to a record box office last weekend, its distributor Universal is on track to enjoy its best-ever year in 2015. So far, the five films put out by the iconic Hollywood studio have made almost $410m (£280.5m) thanks to the runaway success of both Furious 7 and Fifty Shades of Grey, [...]
Bafta TV awards 2015: Benedict Cumberbatch wins third leading actor nomination for Sherlock April 8, 2015 Benedict Cumberbatch received his sixth Leading Actor nomination at the Bafta Television Awards today, the third for his starring role in Sherlock. Other BBC dramas Happy Valley and The Missing also featured prominently in Bafta's nominations, with both receiving nods in the best drama series and leading actress and actor categories for Sarah Lancashire and [...]
ITV eyes new $950m deal with television arm of The Weinstein Company April 7, 2015 After buying Talpa in March, ITV is looking to the US again to expand its content creation arm. It has been less than a month since ITV’s acquisition of Talpa Media, the production company of BBC1’s The Voice. But already the broadcaster is back in the limelight – this time over talks to buy the [...]