Press Coverage
Read the latest coverage in the press here.
29 September 2009
Toronto Star:
"Fashion and intrigue...and it's mobile"
29 September 2009
iPhone Hacks:
"Indie Movie Releases Via iPhone App - Is This The Future?"
29 September 2009
O Globo:
"Trailer do curta 'Rage' mostra Jude Law interpretando um travesti"
29 September 2009
The Huffington Post:
"Interview with Sally Potter, Director of Rage"
29 September 2009
Cineman:
"Movie distributed via cell phone"
29 September 2009
USA Today online:
"Sally Potter's 'Rage': Watch the film online this week"
28 September 2009
Entertainment Weekly:
"Jude Law in drag and other fashion fun from Sally Potter"
28 September 2009
ReadWriteWeb:
"A New Venue for Indie Films: Your iPhone"
28 September 2009
Daily Online:
"Кинопремьера на мобильном телефоне ('Film premieres on mobile')"
28 September 2009
Sole 24 Ore online:
"Rage: e Babelgum esordisce nel lungometraggio"
28 September 2009
MSN (UK edition):
"Rage becomes first 'mobile phone' movie"
28 September 2009
TechRadar:
"Rage becomes first 'mobile phone' movie"
27 September 2009
TrustMovies:
"Sally Potter's RAGE opens all around us -- and TM gets a private Q&A w/filmmaker"
24 September 2009
Hosokinema.com:
"Interview with sally Potter"
24 September 2009
Paste Magazine:
"Jude Law, Steve Buscemi and Eddie Izzard: On Your Phone for Free"
24 September 2009
PEOPLE.com:
"Who's That Girl? It's Jude Law - in Drag!"
24 September 2009
Channel 4 News:
"'Rage' premieres on mobile phones"
23 September 2009
Gaydarnation.com :
"Sally Potter"
23 September 2009
FILM NEWS BRIEF:
"FNB Innovators: Sally Potter"
23 September 2009
CBS:
"Movies go mobile"
23 September 2009
Montages:
"Spillefilm pa mobil – hva er Sally Potters Rage?"
22 September 2009
Style.com:
"Anger Management "
22 September 2009
Sundance Channel:
"RAGE premiere"
22 September 2009
PerezHilton.com:
"Jude Law Is Coming To Your Cell Phone"
22 September 2009
Thefader.com:
"Sally Potter's Rage Goes Live, Jude Law in Drag"
22 September 2009
IFC.com:
"All the Rage"
22 September 2009
ELLE News Blogs:
"Jude Law's Latest Film is All the Rage"
22 September 2009
Corriere.it:
"Rage, il film debutta su telefonino"
21 September 2009
Pagina 12:
"Sally Potter estrena en los celulares"
21 September 2009
Wired online (UK edition):
"Rage against the multimedia future"
21 September 2009
Mobilized TV:
"RAGE: First Made-for-Mobile Feature Debuts Today"
21 September 2009
The Wall Street Journal:
"Rage Director Sally Potter on Movies, Mobile Content and World of Fashion"
19 September 2009
The Times (UK):
"Sally Potter explains why her new film will go direct to our mobile phones. Please switch on your phones, the film is about to start"
18 September 2009
Netribution:
"Sally Potter: The beginning of a new way of looking at film"
18 September 2009
Repubblica.it:
"La rabbia di Sally Potter "Faccio un cinema semplice"
17 September 2009
Independent (UK):
"Lily Cole: The catwalk queen who conquered Hollywood"
14 September 2009
Folha de S. Paulo:
"TV pela internet mostra arte urbana no mundo"
14 September 2009
New York Times:
"A Movie Reveals a Lot by Eliminating the Fashion"
11 September 2009
The Independent:
"Rage: Are you ready for their close-ups?"
5 September 2009
The Independent Magazine:
"Cold comfort: Can the man who gives away free ice creams turn his frozen assets into a working business?"
3 September 2009
The Apple Blog:
"Movie Set to Premiere on iPhone and iPod Touch"
3 September 2009
Ad Week:
"Film Set for Mobile Phone Premiere"
2 September 2009
Hollywood Reporter:
"Film to premiere via mobile phone"
2 September 2009
Screen:
"Babelgum releases Rage in pioneering mobile launch"
2 September 2009
Variety:
"'Rage' to receive new-media premiere"
2 September 2009
Reuters :
"Potter's film "Rage" to premiere via mobile phone"
2 September 2009
New York Times:
"Indie Films, Children's Books Coming to iPhone"
2 September 2009
IndieWIRE:
"Babelgum and Liberation Set Plan For Potter's 'Rage'"
13 May 2009
Yuppy:
"9 site-uri unde poti vedea filme, absolut gratuit! (Nine websites to watch movies on, absolutely free of charge)"
12 May 2009
Tree Hugger:
"The "Extinction Sucks" series and Other Ecological Films : TreeHugger"
12 May 2009
Screen:
"Rage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release"
11 May 2009
indieWIRE:
"Potter’s “Rage” Finds Unique Home"
11 May 2009
The Hollywood Reporter:
"Babelgum attracting original productions"
8 May 2009
WalletPop:
"Best sites online to watch movies for free"
7 May 2009
Il Sole 24 Ore (Nova):
"Babelgum all'italiana (Italian style for Babelgum)""
5 May 2009
IGN.com UK:
"Bananaz online"
30 April 2009
Repubblica.it:
"Cinema online in gara al Babelgum Due siciliani premiati da Spike Lee (Films compete online on Babelgum - 2 Sicilians awarded by Spike Lee)"
30 April 2009
IlSole24Ore.com:
"Spike Lee annuncia i vincitori del Babelgum On Line Film Festival: tre premi all'Italia (Spike Lee announces winners of the Babelgum Online Film Festival: 3 awards for Italy)"
28 April 2009
Variety:
"Sperandeo nabs Babelgum prizes"
28 April 2009
Screen:
"Babelgum's second online film festival presents $130,000 in prize"
27 April 2009
Mediapost:
"Babelgum Targets US Audience With Flash Player"
24 April 2009
The Independent:
"Gorillaz tale makes tracks online"
20 April 2009
Wired:
"The Linguists Battles Language Extinction on Web"
20 April 2009
Pitchfork:
"Gorillaz: Bananaz"
19 April 2009
New York Times (NYTimes.com):
"Italians Look to Small Screen"
16 April 2009
Wired:
"Win Gorillaz Prize Pack and Go Bananaz"
1 April 2009
Screen:
"Babelgum takes on Downstream and The Linguists"
1 April 2009
Tree Hugger:
"Tar Sands Documentary Causes "Big Stink" in Alberta: Now Online"
30 March 2009
Music Week:
"Bananaz on the menu at launch of online platform"
30 March 2009
The Guardian:
"Damon Albarn's studio tricks revealed"
30 March 2009
Entertainment Weekly:
"The Gorillaz' 'Bananaz' documentary: An exclusive preview"
28 March 2009
New York Times:
"Goodnight Burbank Spins Off to Babelgum"
24 March 2009
USA Today:
"New Gorillaz doc will premiere online"
24 March 2009
Screen:
"Babelgum offers mobile video application to US users"
23 March 2009
Pocket-lint:
"Babelgum updates mobile video app and launches in US"
23 March 2009
indieWire:
"Babelgum Relaunches; Cinetic Offers 'Hamilton'"
23 March 2009
The Hollywood Reporter:
"'Bananaz' goes online with Babelgum"
23 March 2009
PaidContent :
"Babelgum Rejigs Again, Takes Mobile App To US"
20 March 2009
International Herald Tribune:
"Babelgum bids to break into US mobile video market"
18 February 2009
Filmmaker Magazine:
"Gondry and Ford announce winners of first Babelgum Music Video Awards"
15 February 2009
Repubblica.it:
"Spike Lee nella giuria del Babelgum. Il cinema cerca nuovi talenti in Rete (Spike Lee on the Babelgum jury. The film industry seeks new talent on the web)"
9 February 2009
Screen:
"Babelgum gets 24 from Content Republic"
2 February 2009
The Hollywood reporter:
"Babelgum online film festival boots up"
26 January 2009
Repubblica (Affari & Finanza)
"Babelgum, la tv mobile è pronta per l'America (Babelgum, mobile TV is ready for the US)"
15 January 2009
Electricpig
"Vodafone users get free babelgum mobile video trial"
13 January 2009
Pocket-Lint
"Babelgum Mobile launches on Vodafone Live!"
13 January 2009
MacWorld
"Vodafone mobile phone users promised six months of free Internet TV"
13 January 2009
PC Advisor
"Vodafone users get free trial of internet TV"
11 December 2008
Sole 24 Ore
"Babelgum presenta l’Internet TV gratuita (Babelgum presents free Internet TV)"
10 December 2008
International Herald Tribune
"Babelgum launches free video to mobile"
10 December 2008
paidContent
"Babelgum To Do Over-The-Air Mobile VOD; Vodafone Partners For iPhone, Nokia"
18 October 2008
The Mystic Geek
"Weekend Fun Watch Online Videos With Babelgum"
18 October 2008
The Wall Street Journal Europe
"Coming to a small screen"
23 October 2008
International Herald Tribune
"Babelgum launches online music video award"
15 October 2008
Variety
"Babelgum chews over extinction "
5 October 2008
Screen
"Martesko-Fenster joins Babelgum as GM, publisher of film division"
19 September 2008
The Hollywood Reporter
"Babelgum, Spike Lee renew digital film fest"
7 September 2008
Variety
"Spike Lee launches Babelgum Online Film Festival 2"
31 July 2008
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Keiner glaubt es, aber alle wollen dabeisein (No one believes in it but everyone wants a piece of it)"
28 July 2008
C21 Media
"Babelgum Brings In New Indie Films"
18 July 2008
PaidContent.org's Contentsutra
"Babelgum launches new Bollywood channel with WEG India Pictures"

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16 July 2008
International Herald Tribune
"Babelgum web TV poised for US expansion, seeks greater content, more advertisers"

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10 July 2008
World Screen
"BBC Worldwide in Global Deal with Babelgum"

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03 June 2008
Corriere della Sera
"Telefono e Internet. Arriva la nuova tv (Internet and Phone: Here comes the new TV)"

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22 May 2008
MSNBC
"Spike Lee champions online films"

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21 May 2008
Le film Français
"Spike Lee remet les prix Babelgum. (Spike Lee hands out Babelgum awards)"

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20 May 2008
Screen
"Babelgum gives $187,500 to six first online fest winners"

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21 May 2008
The New York Times
"Spike Lee at online film festival"
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21 May 2008
Yahoo!
"Spike Lee at online film festival"

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21 May 2008
MSN
"Spike Lee at online film festival "

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21 May 2008
ABC
"Spike Lee at online film festival"

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21 May 2008
Il Sole 24 ore
"Babelgum, paradiso del nuovo cinema (Babelgum: The new film-making heaven)"

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21 May 2008
AOL
"Spike Lee at online film festival"

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20 May 2008
The Hollywood Reporter
"Italian director wins main Babelgum award"

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16 May 2008
Rotten Tomatoes
"Cannes 2008 Exclusive: Michel Gondry Joins Babelgum Jury"

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04 May 2008
South China Morning Post Magazine
"It’s a small world"

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2 May 2008
The Guardian
"The web heralds a new era in film-making"

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27 March 2008
The Irish Independent
"World's first online film festival goes live"

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20 March 2008
Il Sole 24 Ore (Nova)
"Con Spike Lee il cinema riparte dal web (With Spike Lee, cinema starts from the web)"

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10 March 2008
Repubblica (Affari & Finanza)
"La sfida di Babelgum Internet diventa la tv. (Babelgum’s challenge is the TV)"

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10 March 2008
International Herald Tribune
"Prime time on the web"

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10 March 2008
Silicon Republic
"World's first online film festival goes live"

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5 March 2008
Folha de S. Paulo
"Cineasta Spike Lee é júri em festival de filmes na internet (Cineaste Spike Lee to judge film festival on the web)"

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5 March 2008
Repubblica
"Girate film solo per Internet ho capito che il futuro è sul web (Make films for the Internet: the web is the future)"
13 February 2008
The Hollywood Reporter
"Babelgum sticks online"

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15 November 2007
L'Espresso
"Si accende Babelgum (Babelgum is 'on fire') "

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15 September 2007
La Repubblica
"Spike Lee: Il cinema via Internet è aperto anche agli studenti (Spike Lee: online cinema opens to students)"

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10 September 2007
La Stampa
"Il Festival di Spike Lee scopre talenti da lanciare sul web (Spike Lee champions talent on the web)"

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05 September 2007
C21 Media
"Babelgum courts factual indies"

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04 September 2007
Business Week
"Spike Lee on Internet TV's Reach"

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04 September 2007
The Guardian
"Spike Lee launches online film festival"

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03 September 2007
The Hindu
"Spike Lee will head jury of Babelgum Online Film Festival"

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03 September 2007
Variety
"Spike Lee backs online film fest"

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01 September 2007
El Pais
"Spike Lee presenta en la Mostra un festival de cine en internet (Spike Lee present the online film festival at Cannes) "

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02 August 2007
New Media Age
"Indipendent streak"

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24 July 2007
Business 2.0
"It's a Web, Web, Web 2.0 world"

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5 July 2007
San Francisco Chronicle
"Besides Joost, there's Babelgum"

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13 June 2007
Les Echos
"Babelgum fait le pari de la télévision à la demande (Babelgum places its bets on TV on demand)"

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12 June 2007
PaidContent.org
"Interview: Silvio Scaglia, Founder, Babelgum"

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11 June 2007
Business Week
"Babelgum's Big Bet on Internet TV"

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09 May 2007
CNN Money
"Spike Lee, Italian billionaire take on YouTube"

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17 April 2007
Variety
"Spike Lee touts Babelgum at Mip"

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26 March 2007
Red Herring
"Battle of the Billionaires"

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06 March 2007
Forbes
"Scaglia Set to Launch Free Internet TV"

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08 March 2007
Il Sole 24 Ore
"Babelgum cerca il business (Babelgum is looking for business)"

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05 March 2007
The Irish Time
"Internet TV firm to locate global HQ in Dublin"

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04 March 2007
International Herald Tribune
"FastWeb founder turns his attention to Internet television and video-on-demand"

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02 March 2007
The Times
"Multimillion backing for the latest bright idea in online video"

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02 March 2007
Broadcast
"Babelgum in studio talks over content"

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17 January 2007
NewTeeVee
"Hey Joost, Have Some Babelgum "

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15 January 2007
Financial Times
"Supplying more air for online TV's bubble"

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Press Releases
To keep up to date with what's going on in Babelgum, read the latest press releases.
3 December 2009
Babelgum Present Razorlight In 'Rock And Roll Lies'
25 November 2009
Babelgum Releases Exclusive Cmj Music Festival Footage from Hype Machine, Green Owl, Terrible Records and the Iamsound Showcase
17 November 2009
Babelgum Partners With Ringtales to Exclusively Premiere New Dilbert and New Yorker Animated Series
12 November 2009
Warp and Babelgum Present "Nyc", a 30-Minute Film Featuring Live Performances from Battles, Jamie Lidell, Flying Lotus, Clark & More
11 November 2009
Babelgum and Vice Present Vice Versus
4 November 2009
Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize Attracts over 450 Video Entries
26 October 2009
Babelgum Launches New Exclusive Sci-Fi/Horror Block on Its Web and Mobile Comedy Channels
22 October 2009
"The Yes Men" Get Exclusive Broadband Channel On Babelgum
22 October 2009
Weezer - Global Video Exclusive On Babelgum Web And Mobile
19 October 2009
Metacafe and Babelgum Partner to Deliver On-The-Go Video Entertainment
14 October 2009
Scope Art Fair/Perpetual Art Machineʼs Lee Wells Joins Judging Panel for Babelgum Metropolis Art Prizes
13 October 2009
Season Two of Sci-Fi Comedy "the Crew" Launches Today on Babelgum
7 October 2009
"Radar" Season Two Premieres October 28, 2009 on Babelgum
6 October 2009
Babelgum Sponsors the Golden Starfish Competition and Powers Online and Mobile Video at the Hamptons International Film Festival
5 October 2009
Editors Live in London – Exclusive
30 September 2009
"Dirty Oil" world premiere at Hamptons International Film Festival
30 September 2009
Road Trippin With Ice Cream Man
24 September 2009
Merge Records to Feature Exclusively on Babelgum
16 September 2009
Mew Special Premieres Exclusively on Babelgum Web and Mobile
15 September 2009
Critically Acclaimed Graffiti Art Documentary Bomb It Launches on Babelgum
2 September 2009
Sally Potter's Rage To Premiere On Mobile Devices Via Babelgum
2 September 2009
Babelgum Launches Art Video Competition
18 August 2009
Exclusive Competition To Win Artic Monkeys Tickets
31 July 2009
Babelgum Launches Coldplay Customized Mobile Application Today
30 July 2009
Babelgum Brings Funny or Die to Mobile
30 July 2009
Babelgum to Air Exclusive Live Films from Warp20 Events, Featuring Warp Records Artists & Produced by Multi-Bafta Winning Warp Films
23 July 2009
Babelgum and Good Announce Global Brainstorm to Save the World
23 July 2009
Arctic Monkeys New Video Premieres Exclusively on Babelgum
14 July 2009
Global Premiere of New Coldplay Video Strawberry Swing Launches July 20Th on Babelgum Web and Mobile
2 July 2009
Award Winning Entertainment News Series Your Geek News Launches on Babelgum Mobile and Web Platforms
1 July 2009
Peter Doherty Unveils His New Video and Unique Performance Footage Exclusively on Babelgum
25 June 2009
Babelgum Launches New Us Music Series Road Trippinʼ With Ice Cream Man
22 June 2009
Babelgum Goes on the Road With the Prodigy
19 June 2009
Award-Winning Comedy Series Turbo Dates and Soap Opera Parody Horrible People Premiere on Babelgumʼs Comedy Channel
8 June 2009
Babelgum partners with producers of The End of The Line to present worldwide mobile & web exclusive series based on feature documentary
12 May 2009
Babelgum Partners With Cinetic Rights Management to Present Sally Potterʼs Rage
6 May 2009
Babelgum Partners With Urban Screen to Premiere Its Films on the Media-Facade in Piazza Duomo, Milan
27 April 2009
2nd Babelgum Online Film Festival Winners Announced
27 April 2009
Stolichnaya Vodka becomes Babelgumʼs first launch sponsor
9 April 2009
2nd Babelgum Online Film Festival closes Audience Voting
30 March 2009
First online wildlife TV series "Extinction Sucks" premieres on Babelgum web and mobile
30 March 2009
Babelgum expands Comedy Channel with critically acclaimed comedy series
26 March 2009
Controversial Oil Sands documentary "Downstream" by Oscar® nominated director Leslie Iwerks premieres on Babelgum web and mobile
25 March 2009
Babelgum partners with WBP labs, a division of the Workbook Project, to present the original weekly 3 minute made-for-mobile video series, "Radar"
23 March 2009
Babelgum launches first, global online premiere "Bananaz" about virtual cartoon band Gorillaz
23 March 2009
Babelgum launches in the United States with an integrated digital TV platform for mobile and web
17 February 2009
Award-Winning Director Michel Gondry and Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter David Ford Announce Winners of "Babelgum Music Video Awards" Launched in Partnership With Music Nation
09 February 2009
Babelgum Partners With Content Republic to Present 24 Independent Film Classics As Online Exclusives
02 February 2009
2nd Babelgum Online Film Festival Kicks off With Pioneering Cross-Platform Web and Mobile Viewing and Voting
12 January 2009
Babelgum launches with Vodafone UK a "free tv" service for 3g mobile phones
10 December 2008
Babelgum and Vodafone italia present the first "no pay-tv" for mobile phones
22 October 2008
"BABELGUM MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS"TM launched in partnership with Music Nation, with Michel Gondry heading the jury.
14 October 2008
Babelgum partners with off the fence and WWF to produce second film from its digital studio initiative.
6 October 2008
"indieWIRE co-founder Karol Martesko-Fenster joins Babelgum as General Manager & Publisher of the company's Film Division
5 September 2008
Spike Lee launches 2nd edition of the Babelgum online film festival.
18 July 2008
Babelgum to offer largest free to view collection of Bollywood films online.
16 July 2008
Babelgum establishes us presence.
10 July 2008
BBC worldwide and Babelgum sign global content deal.
20 May 2008
Babelgum Online Film Festival winners announced.
16 May 2008
Michel Gondry Joins Babelgum Online Film Festival
1 May 2008
Seattle International Film Festival Signs Up With Babelgum
29 April 2008
Babelgum Strikes Worldwide Content Deal With PBS
16 April 2008
Babelgum Announces Three New Content Deals for Over 160 Hours of Programming
7 April 2008
Babelgum commissions first film from its digital studio initiative
31 March 2008
Babelgum and Paranormal TV go bump in the night
26 March 2008
Toseland and Babelgum join forces
20 March 2008
Three new content channels from leading film festivals available on Babelgum
11 March 2008
Babelgum Online Film Festival Content Launch
11 March 2008
Babelgum Launches New TV Platform
29 January 2008
Babelgum sees web revamp - Babelgum accelerates interactivity and improves usability withrelaunch
29 November 2007
New channel offering comprehensive highlights of Serie A kicks off with mouthwatering games betweenInter and Juventus v AC Milan
29 November 2007
Film-lovers given opportunity to view the work of some of this year's award-winning directors
20 November 2007
Babelgum launches dedicated Encounters channel on platform
14 November 2007
Babelgum Online Film Festival - Now open for submission
9 November 2007
Multiple upload function now available
1 November 2007
Babelgum partners with Leading Short Film Festival Encounters
30 October 2007
Babelgum Turns to CacheLogic for Web TV Streaming
9 October 2007
Babelgum and Ministry of Sound Bring Dance Music to the Masses
8 October 2007
Babelgum introduces free direct upload facility to professional content producers and rights owners
4 September 2007
Babelgum to launch major Online Film Festival - Spike Lee named honorary judge of the festival
19 July 2007
Babelgum and Off The Fence strike deal for 200 hours of non-fiction programming
12 July 2007
Babelgum Giffoni Film Festival
5 July 2007
Babelgum Announces Partnership With GONG
27 June 2007
Valerio Zingarelli appointed CEO of Babelgum
13 June 2007
Babelgum Announces Deals With 25 Independent Content Partners
13 June 2007
Soho Shorts Premiers on Babelgum
12 June 2007
Babelgum Kicks Off A Season Of Festival Broadcasts
8 June 2007
Babelgum Delivers Niche Programming to the World New Beta Opens to the Public
5 June 2007
Babelgum And Ministry Of Sound Going To Ibiza
4 May 2007
3DD Goes Global With Babelgum
18 April 2007
Babelgum MIPTV
7 March 2007
Babelgum Launch Press Release