All articles by Alex Farber – Page 137
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NewsHat Trick in HIGNFY Twitter trial
Hat Trick Productions is trialling transforming Have I Got News For You’s Twitter account into an ongoing satirical profile.
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NewsSky finalises European mega-merger
BSkyB has been renamed as Sky after it completed its £7bn acquisition of Sky Italia and purchase of a majority stake in Sky Deutschland.
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NewsDiagonal View in long-form move
Online network Diagonal View is planning a shift into longer-form content after revealing its revenues will pass £3m this year.
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NewsYouview set to launch dedicated app section
YouTube and Spotify could be among the next wave of services to follow Netflix on to Youview, as it prepares to launch a dedicated app section.
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NewsCall for risk-taker to be handed BBC3 role
The BBC has been urged to appoint a digital controller for BBC3 who is prepared to take risks and engage closely with multiplatform producers and young audiences.
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RatingsMTV EMA Awards hit 800k peak for C5
SUNDAY: The MTV EMA Awards 2014 hit a peak of 800,000 viewers on Channel 5 as Downton Abbey bowed out with its lowest overnight series average yet.
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NewsYouview eyes app push
YouTube and Spotify could be among the next wave of services to follow Netflix onto Youview, as it prepares to launch a dedicated apps section.
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RatingsThe Great Fire doused by 24 Hours in A&E
THURSDAY: Peaky Blinders bowed out with 1.5m on BBC2 as Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E drowned out The Great Fire’s finale of on ITV.
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NewsBBC Worldwide hires global formats chief
BBC1 and BBC3 channel executive Kate Phillips has joined BBC Worldwide to lead its global formats strategy.
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NewsITN strikes wireless broadcasting deal with BT
ITN has agreed a multi-year technology deal with BT that will allow its news teams to broadcast wirelessly from sites across London without the need for an OB truck.
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NewsWhistle Sports scores Sky deal
Whistle Sports is to work closely with Sky Sports to help online talent make the jump to TV after the pay-TV broadcaster invested £4.3m in the multiplatform network (MPN).
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NewsBBC Worldwide ready to open Store
BBC Worldwide has revealed its launch and commercial plans for BBC Store after hiring a former Virgin Media and BT executive to lead the download-to-own service.
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NewsSky Sports set for BT Youview launch
Sky Sports is to be made available on BT’s Youview service for the first time following a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal after four years of legal wrangling.
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RatingsThe Missing holds steady
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The Missing returned with a performance only narrowly below last week’s opener as Professor Brian Cox’s Human Universe bowed out with 1.5m.
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NewsUKTV operations and technology boss steps down
UKTV operations and technology director Ben Hine is leaving the broadcaster as it restructures the division and creates three new roles.
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NewsRTL acquires majority stake in StyleHaul
RTL Group has spent more than $107m (£67m) to take control of a fashion, beauty and lifestyle multi-channel network that features talent such as Zoella and Pixiwoo.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing embraces Vine
Strictly Come Dancing has generated a record number of Vine video views and plans to adopt Twitter’s live content editing tool for the show’s final.
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NewsDazed renews push for talent
Youth publisher Dazed & Confused is entering the next phase of its online commissioning drive to unearth emerging talent and help them break through with international broadcasters.
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NewsVice plans to help 1m subscribers get involved
Vice News is drawing up plans to help viewers become actively involved in the issues raised in its reports as it passes 1 million YouTube subscribers
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NewsMaverick eyes brand-funding boost for YouTube channel
Maverick TV, Little Dot Studios and talent agency Gleam are planning to create more brand-supported content on Daily Mix after the YouTube channel passed 500,000 subscribers.