BBC film-footage licensing arm, BBC Motion Gallery, has released a Dashboard widget for Mac OS X that allows users to search its online film archives without a browser. The widget is available now for download and BBC Motion Gallery says the release underlines its commitment to providing creatives with fast, easy access to its extensive catalogue of digital assets. The catalogue includ…

  ioko, a specialist in digital and on-demand media, today announces the impending launch of ib.tv, the first independent broadband television network to offer a secure “try before you buy” platform over the Internet.

The sequel to one of the web's most popular  campaign films - the Meatrix, which looks at the reality behind modern farming practices - on Wednesday night premiered simultaneously in New York and online. With over 10 million downloads, a 2005 webby award and translation into 25 languages, The Meatrix has vividly illustrated the potential of  funny virals on the web to cr…

Canadian Mounties, known by reputation that they "always get their man," are monitoring a website promoting a movie based on accused serial killer Robert Pickton. The families of several women who disappeared from Vancouver's downtown Eastside were told about the film in January. Since then the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been checking the website to determine if an…