media

Google To Withdraw News In Canada After New Law

Search engine giant Google becomes second tech firm to block news on its platform in Canada, after new law passed

1 year ago

Facebook To Identify State-Controlled Media From Russia, China

State-controlled media organisations from Russia, China and other countries will be labelled as such by Facebook from the summer

4 years ago

Labour Proposes Tax On Tech Giants To Boost Media Independence

A 'digital licence fee' paid for by the biggest tech firms could help fund investigative, public interest journalism, Jeremy Corbyn…

6 years ago

Media Groups Accuse Google Of GDPR Power Grab

Publishers say Google's new ad rules claim 'broad rights' over the data they collect, while leaving them exposed to data…

6 years ago

Why The Tech Demands Of Golf’s European Tour Are ‘Unique’ In Sport

INTERVIEW: European Tour CTO Michael Cole explains why running 47 golf tournaments in 50 weeks of the year is a…

6 years ago

Sky Details Plans For Shift To Streaming IPTV And UK Mobile Growth

Sky plans to introduce IPTV across all its markets, while its UK mobile network gains more customers

7 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Promises Major Shakeup Of Facebook Newsfeed

More personal posts and less commercial content will be promoted on users' Facebook Newsfeed, CEO says

7 years ago

Apple Buys UK Music App Shazam For £300m

UPDATED: Apple 'confirms' acquisition of music identification app Shazam in move that could boost Apple Music

7 years ago

Why HBO Chose Kubernetes To Help Stream Game Of Thrones

Kubecon CloudNativeCon: HBO engineers explain the challenges and the process they went through to decide and use Kubernetes, to help…

7 years ago

Behind The Scenes At BT Sport: How Tech & Social Media Are Changing Live Football

IN-DEPTH: Silicon sees how social media and technology is changing how sport is broadcast and helping BT Sport differentiate itself

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Napster

Napster may have been shortlived, but its impact on the music industry was monumental

7 years ago

IT LIFE: James Nesfield, Chirp CTO

Audiophile James Nesfield talks us through his career in IT and the work he's doing at Chirp

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Tech At The Movies

With Blade Runner 2049 out, we decided it was time to test your movie knowledge!

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Nokia N-Gage

In 2003, at its peak, Nokia tried to conquer the handheld gaming market with a console phone hybrid called the…

7 years ago

Vevo Hackers Release Then Delete 3TB Of Internal Files

The white-hat hacking group OurMine said it released the files after a Vevo employee allegedly told them, 'f-- off, you…

7 years ago

Data Protection Bill To Include Journalist Safeguards

Government says journalists and researchers to be given safeguards under proposed data protection bill

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Winamp

Cross platform media player that formed part of the MP3 revolution in the 1990s and early 2000s

7 years ago

BT Sport: From Young Upstart To UK Sports Broadcasting’s Top Innovator

INTERVIEW: From the start, BT Sport has used tech to differentiate itself. COO Jamie Hindhaugh talks about its strategy and…

7 years ago

AWS Powers Hulu Live TV To Strengthen Media Cloud Credentials

AWS SUMMIT NEW YORK: Amazon secured Hulu Live TV as a customer while it also signs up financial analytics firm…

7 years ago

HBO Hackers Leak More TV Shows But Not Game Of Thrones As £5m Ransom Isn’t Met

Hackers release more TV episodes and could release more, alongside contact details of actors and legal documents unless HBO pays…

7 years ago

O2 To Track Music Fans’ Movements & Behaviour At Academy Venues

O2 extends agreement to sponsor Academy Venues, getting more Priority Tickets and to install tech that will monitor gigs and…

7 years ago

Glastonbury Festival Goers Consume 54TB Of 4G Data

Revellers at Glastonbury 2017 smash previous 4G data record as streaming, Instagram and Snapchat more than double consumption

7 years ago

BT Offers Free BT Sport To Business Broadband Customers

BT looks to sweeten the deal for business subscribers by giving them free BT Sport. Productivity issues ahoy?

7 years ago

How The Sports Industry Can Benefit From Digital Transformation

INTERVIEW: Digital transformation is taking place in the sports industry, but what are the goals and preconditions for a technological…

7 years ago

Sky And Virgin Media Take On Web Giants With Targeted TV Advertising

Sky and Virgin Media look to offer safety and prestige of TV with targeted nature of online advertising in new…

7 years ago

Glastonbury 2017: EE Builds Permanent 4G Network To Cope With 40TB Demand

EE builds permanent masts at Glastonbury 2017 as it expects a third increase in the amount of 4G traffic

7 years ago

VLC & Kodi Subtitle Vulnerability Could Give Hackers Control Of 200M Devices

Security researchers warn of a subtitle vulnerability that affects VLC, Kodi and other popular media software

7 years ago

BT Sport To Broadcast Champions League Final On YouTube In VR

BT Sport gives away free Google Cardboard devices for UEFA Champions League VR final broadcast

7 years ago

Watson to Enable In-Game Voice Interaction In Star Trek VR Game

Players in the new "Star Trek: Bridge Crew" virtual reality game will benefit from in-game voice interaction powered by IBM…

7 years ago

Hackers Steal, Release New Netflix ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Episodes

ANALYSIS: Attackers leak new season of the Netflix show "Orange Is the New Black," exposing a weakness in the distributed…

7 years ago