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FilmOn is threatened by UK broadcasters 
Posted on  08-12-2010 12:38:28 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  By Antonis Christodoulou

By Antonis Christodoulou

TV service website FilmOn, is being threatened with legal action by leading UK broadcasters for illegally broadcasting UK channels online.

FilmOn.com which was founded by billionaire Alki David lost a legal case last month to US broadcasting networks Fox, CBS, ABC and ...


  
Online music news site moves ahead of "mainstream" media 
Posted on  08-12-2010 11:42:32 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Online music news website has recorded a milestone with Comscore ranking www.gigwise.com #20 making it the biggest music news website in the UK, according to figures for October 2010.

The latest Comscore Key measure statistics for October 2010 have now confirmed Gigwise as one ...


  
Troubled O2 superclub to reopen 
Posted on  03-12-2010 04:37:38 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Troubled O2 Superclub Matter is to reopen after a seven month hiatus.

The North Greenwich club under the Dome will welcome revelers in the new year after AEG entertainment group took control.

Managers of the 2,600 capacity venue blamed endless weekend Jubilee line engineering work for ...


  
Music board helps small business with rights wavier 
Posted on  27-11-2010 03:08:55 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Good news for owners of B&B's with three bedrooms or fewer will no longer need a licence from PRS For Music if you play music on your premises.

The move follows negotiations between the collecting society and tourism body Visit England, and is designed to remove ...


  
Kinks man to curate Meltdown Festival 
Posted on  27-11-2010 02:48:36 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Former Kinks man Ray Davies will curate next years Meltdown Festival.

The Lola singer will follow in the footsteps of Elvis Costello, and Morrissey, for the nine day music, arts, cinema and performances event at the Southbank Centre.

Earlier this week Davis was forced to cancel ...

  
Another music venue plays out – Kilburn Luminaire to close 
Posted on  25-11-2010 05:56:03 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

London’s live music industry took another blow today as Kilburn’s Luminaire has announced it will shut its doors at the end of the year.

Commercially speaking, it said, there is "no sense" in keeping the live music space open. The independent venue was popular with many London music ...


  
Akon 'threatens to burn' Michael Jackson tapes 
Posted on  25-11-2010 01:33:26 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Having firmly defended his posthumous Michael Jackson collaboration last week, after Will.i.am dubbed the whole new Jacko album "disrespectful", Akon has now announced that he may destroy remaining unfinished songs he recorded with the late king of pop.

Countering Will.i.am's claims that Jackson would not have been ...


  
Criminal gangs to “target small music festivals" in 2011 
Posted on  19-11-2010 02:03:23 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Smaller music festivals may become targets for criminal gangs in 2011, organisers have warned.

Security experts at the Festival Conference in London yesterday feared that the success of the bigger events like Reading or V in cracking down on crime would “push” thieves to smaller events.


  
Simon Cowell 'reports Heat Magazine to Press Complaints Commision' 
Posted on  18-11-2010 03:35:38 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

Simon Cowell has reportedly lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission over Heat magazine's recent claims that he knows the exact percentages of the weekly 'X-Factor' votes.

The gossip mag reckons that, because he knows how close things are each week between different 'X-Factor' contenders, Cowell can ...


  
Advertising Board ban Beyonce 'just too sexy' ad 
Posted on  18-11-2010 03:25:21 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Entertainment Desk

A new TV ad for Beyonce's perfume Heat has been deemed too raunchy for daytime broadcast.

The Advertising Standards Authority received fourteen complaints about the revealing advert it ordered that the ad only be aired after 7.30pm, presumably because that's when all easily offended children go to ...


  
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