Entertainment One shares rise on boost from Peppa Pig September 30, 2016 Shares in Entertainment One ticked up 0.10 per cent to 213.30p this morning after the Peppa Pig maker revealed it was on track to meet expectations this year. The film and TV distributor, which recently rebuffed a £1bn takeover bid by ITV, revealed an independent valuation of its library had risen to $1.5bn (£1.2bn) from $1bn. This was driven by [...]
Here’s how much more dough Paul Hollywood has than Mary Berry September 29, 2016 Paul Hollywood created quite a fuss last week when it emerged he would be judging the Channel 4 version of Bake Off. Mary Berry quit the show after it was announced Channel 4 would be taking Bake Off from the BBC. She said her decision was out of "loyalty" to the BBC. Much-loved hosts Mel and [...]
We are entering the age of peak smartphone. What happens next? September 26, 2016 A decade ago few of us imagined we would have a compact, sleek device that we could and would use for email, ordering groceries, taking and sharing photos and videos, tracking children, paying for the bus, catching Pokemon and occasionally making calls. Yet, nine years on from the launch of the first full touch-screen smartphone, [...]
Revealed: The nocturnal habits of 15m smartphone users September 26, 2016 We may now be living in a world of peak smartphone but that doesn't mean we're still not totally obsessed by our devices – as this one chart shows. Astonishingly, a third of us check our phones if we wake up in the middle of the night according to new research doing everything from looking at emails and social media [...]
A stake in Rolling Stone magazine has been sold to a startup September 25, 2016 The owner of iconic music magazine Rolling Stone has sold a stake in the publication to a Singapore startup to push it beyond media and into live events and more. BandLab technologies, a social music making startup, will take a 49 per cent stake in the music magazine owned by Wenner Media, which also publishes US Weekly and Men's [...]
BBC defends Brexit bias accusations September 25, 2016 The BBC has defended itself against claims that it was bias in its coverage of Brexit. The broadcaster's head of news James Harding has hit back at claims by the Leave camp that post-referendum coverage has been "gloomy or hysterical" while Remainers have accused it of being too impartial. "The BBC’s coverage of the EU referendum was [...]
Brand Britain: How will Brexit affect our image abroad? September 23, 2016 WE’RE used to the echo chamber of post-referendum woes from the worlds of business and politics, but what does Brexit mean for marketing Brand Britain abroad? The drop in sterling has been great news for UK exporters. Figures out last week show that foreign demand for British vehicles has boomed for example, producing the best [...]
Newspapers warn over threat to democracy of Google and Facebook taking advertising revenues September 22, 2016 National newspaper publishers have warned the government that news aggregators like Google and Facebook are threatening the UK’s democracy by taking their advertising revenue. The News Media Association (NMA) said in a letter to ministers that it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to fund quality journalism, with advertising revenues at news organisations plummeting. Read more: Guardian [...]
“Farewell to soggy bottoms”: Mary Berry won’t be moving to Channel 4 with Great British Bake Off – but Paul Hollywood will September 22, 2016 Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry has stepped down from the programme – but fellow judge Paul Hollywood has announced he will stay on after the show was bought by Channel 4. Berry said today she will stay with the BBC out of "loyalty", adding that it had been a "privilege and an honour" to spend [...]
Pinewood Studios wants to make it in China September 20, 2016 Forget making it in Hollywood – one of the biggest names in UK film is off to break…. China. Pinewood, the studio best known as the home of James Bond and Star Wars, said today it has opened an office in Beijing. The venture will be led by the company's international project executive, Amanda Halliday. Read [...]