Paramount+ comes to UK for £6.99 a month

Top Gun: Maverick will be one of the first films shown on Paramount+. Image: Paramount Paramount+, the global streaming service from Paramount is now available to audiences in the UK and Ireland for £6.99 a month. The streaming service brings together blockbuster films and iconic series across every genre from Paramount’s…

Paramount exploits use of widgets for upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull film

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Paramount has taken advantage of all the internet has to offer, with the release of their second trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull employing the use of a widget for fans to embed into their blogs and social networking profiles.

Whilst it reeks of astro-turfing, Paramount clearly knows what they’re doing, offering a contest where fans can win trips to the world premiere of the film if they manage to embed the ‘Skull’ widget onto as many sites as they can. They’ve also…

Rumours abound that Paramount is the latest studio to drop HD DVD in favour of Blu-ray

paramount-logo-2.jpgFurther hammering the nail into HD DVD’s coffin, it appears Paramount is the latest film studio to drop the high-def format, after reports today from the Financial Times suggested they’re following Warner Brothers’ decision on Friday to back Blu-ray.

Paramount, DreamWorks Animation and Universal are the only real feathers to the format’s cap, and to lose another…

Transformers Director Michael Bay puts all his money on Blu-ray as victor, forgets his film is on HD DVD

transformers-photo.jpgTransformers geeks have probably already learnt of the accolade the film has acquired, being the fastest selling high-def release in history. In fact, they’ve probably already cut the article out of the paper, framed it, and stuck it on the wall.

It was released on the HD DVD format on October the 16th, with 100,000 copies sold on the first day it was made available. However, the Director Michael Bay has spoken out against the format, saying he would’ve preferred it to have been on Blu-ray. Ouch. “As a director, my critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is. Consumers are smart, and they are going to wait it out.”

He went even further, lashing out on his personal site, saying “I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For…