Is a double dip still a double dip when it has an all new version of a film? Well the answer is obviously yes but that doesn't mean we're not interested.

Right so we've had standard definition DVD and high definition (1080p) blu-ray, now it's time for 4K to take the spotlight.

It’s been four months since Batman: Arkham Knight was pulled from Steam because it was so buggy, but its re-release doesn’t seem to be much better.

After a disastrous launch, Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC version will go back on sale this month.

The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song Happy Birthday To You for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune that is one of the mostly widely sung in the world, a US judge has ruled.

If good news is music to your ears, then you’ll get a kick out of My Song To You. The newly-released app, also known as MSTY, lets users communicate through 30-second music clips.

Those hoping to play Batman: Arkham Knight on PC will have to be patient; leaked e-mails suggest that Batman: Arkham Knight won’t be released until spring in Australia, which is two months away.

Jack Warner’s legal battle against extradition to the United States on corruption charges could ’possibly last years’ and even end up being heard by the Privy Council, the Attorney General of Trinidad has said.

Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.

Google is remixing the music on its YouTube video site with the addition of ad-free subscription service Music Key and a new format designed to make it easier to find millions of songs that can still be played for free.

Age ratings for raunchy pop videos shown online in the UK are to move a step closer this week as movie classification chiefs launch a pilot scheme.

Martin Phillips wasn’t sure he wanted to come back. It’s 15 years since his band, the Chills, toured Europe. He worried whether anyone still cared — if the 40-hour flight from his home in Dunedin, New Zealand, was worth the inconvenience and expense.

Sony is bringing its PlayStation TV video- and game-streaming device to North America and Europe in the autumn.

Eircom is winding up its MusicHub downloading service just over two years after it was launched to combat the growth of illegal music sites.

IF IT’S summer, it must be Warners.

Staff at collapsed music and entertainment chain HMV used the company’s official Twitter account to announce their own “mass execution” as administrators axed nearly 190 jobs.

Irish music fans have the chance to vote for the Meteor song of the year for 2012 after the shortlist was announced yesterday.

Attempts to salvage music chain HMV will continue this week as attention turns to the prospect of a new stock deal with suppliers.

ROBERT Levine, one-time features editor at Wired magazine and former editor of Billboard, has written an excellent introduction, Free Ride: How the Internet is Destroying the Culture Business and How it can Fight Back, to the huge gap that divides media and technology counterparts.

Hollywood studios are uniting in a rare show of solidarity to give their weekend box office reporting a rest because of the shootings in Colorado at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises.

IT WAS a plush affair for the mid-80s, an era when record sales had already begun to decline, and when music writers had already begun to reminisce about the good old glory days when lavish promotional parties and international flights were commonplace.

WARNER Bros, leading a push to spur movie purchases by delaying the availability of DVD rentals, is running into resistance in the US from two of its biggest customers.

Controversial actor Charlie Sheen says he may be reunited with his sitcom 'Two And A Half Men'.

Charlie Sheen was fired from the TV situation comedy 'Two and a Half Men' by Warner Bros Television following the hard-living actor’s bouts of wild partying, repeated hospital stays and a bitter media campaign against his studio bosses.

CBS’ chief executive described the future of crisis-ridden sitcom 'Two And A Half Men' as uncertain as its troubled star Charlie Sheen spoke of a drug-free life with two “goddess” girlfriends at his home dubbed Sober Valley Lodge.

Warner Music Group’s search for a buyer of its publishing arm Warner/Chappell is partly intended to clear a path to buy all of British recording giant EMI, a person familiar with the matter said.

U2 MANAGER Paul McGuinness warned Ireland has an extremely badreputation for protecting artists’ works after a judge exposed inadequate lawsto combat illegal downloads.

U2 manager Paul McGuinness today warned that Ireland has an extremely bad reputation for protecting artists’ works after a judge exposed inadequate laws to combat illegal downloads.

Several record company giants have failed in their High Court bid to force UPC to block illegal internet downloading.

Actor Hugh Laurie is swapping House for blues – after signing a record deal at the age of 51, it was announced today.

Hollywood media giant Time Warner is in talks to take over 'Footballers’ Wives' and 'Supernanny' television producer Shed Media, it was confirmed today.

AN important High Court decision yesterday allowing Eircom proceed with cutting off internet access to illegal music downloaders, mainly peer-to-peer music sharing groups, has major implications for all other internet service providers.

EMI’s recorded music division appeared to be back in the sights of Warner Music today after a report said the rival US firm had joined forces with private equity giant KKR to consider plans for a bid.

THE major music labels are planning a new digital album format that will debut with a tablet-like personal computer from Apple in September, sources close to the plans have revealed.

Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall has filed suit against another major record label - a year after resolving a seven-year legal battle with another music company.

Four record companies have settled their action against Eircom - the state's largest broadband provider - in relation to illegal downloading.

Boy wizard Harry Potter has finally been defeated, by an Indian soundalike called Hari Puttar.

Promotional life-size cardboard cut-outs of Madonna have sparked a thieving spree across Hong Kong by fans of the star, according to reports.

Toshiba looks set to lose the battle over next-generation DVDs after reports suggested the Japanese electronics giant is to scrap its HD DVD.

AT DAWN yesterday a chorus of 25 million free and legal songs were supposed to herald a new revolution in music.

In 1996 Kenneth Branagh starred and directed the classic Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. Now Hamlet SE (Warner, e24.99) introduces the film to DVD in a double-disc edition.