All articles by Alex Farber – Page 153
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NewsSky woos youngsters to politics with digital initiative
Sky News is planning a multiplatform initiative to engage young people with politics ahead of next year’s general election.
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NewsFreesat taps into mobile devices with app launch
Freesat is launching an app that allows users to browse the previous seven days’ listings before ‘flicking’ a show to watch it on their television.
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NewsDiscovery names Hollinger replacement
Discovery’s chief digital officer JB Perrette is to become the broadcaster’s next international president following the departure of Mark Hollinger.
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NewsRIG seeks first MD
Trade body the Radio Independent Group (RIG) has kicked off a hunt for its first managing director to represent its members.
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NewsSky rolls out personalised TV ads
Sky has struck agreements with 40 major brands including Audi, Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco to deliver personalised ads via its AdSmart service.
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NewsBT Sport greenlights WRC
Live TV coverage of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) is to return after rights holders struck a deal with BT Sport.
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CommentMultiplatform content in 2014: what's in store?
Interactive formats and YouTube content are here to stay - but remote controls are out
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NewsTony Jordan to pen Motown musical
Red Planet Pictures is planning a 10-part musical drama drawing on the Motown sound, having struck a deal with EMI Music Publishing.
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NewsBBC bolsters entertainment commissioning team
Former ITV Studios entertainment executive Rachel Ashdown has been appointed as a commissioning editor by the BBC.
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NewsC4 removes all shows from YouTube
Channel 4 has removed its entire catalogue of long-form programming from YouTube as it focusses on its own VoD service 4oD.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother storms to 4m
Celebrity Big Brother returned with a peak of 4.2m viewers for Channel 5, meaning it beat all competition apart from BBC1’s Silent Witness.
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NewsDoctor Who and Sherlock lead festive Twitter chat
Doctor Who and Sherlock were the most tweeted about shows over the festive period as BBC1 led the TV-related chat on the social network site.
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NewsWall to Wall to supercharge The Voice game
Fans of The Voice will be able to compete against each other via a mobile app that will award them points for correctly guessing the opinion of its on-screen judges.
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NewsNetflix tests pay-per-user pricing
Netflix is testing a new pricing model which allows multiple users to login simultaneously to a single account from a variety of devices.
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RatingsMrs Brown's Boys takes Xmas Day consolidated crown
Mrs Brown’s Boys’ position as Christmas Day 2013’s top show has been confirmed, after recorded viewing added a further 2m viewers to its overnight total.
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NewsGovernment amends rules governing kids on TV
Broadcasters and indies have welcomed an update to a 50-year-old law that will make it simpler for children to appear in TV shows.
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NewsYellow House strikes CCTV deal
Kids producer Yellow House English has secured a deal with Chinese broadcaster CCTV to air its animated TV series Baby Beetles across the country.
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NewsAnimal Planet joins C4 on Nile walk
Discovery Networks’ Animal Planet has partnered with Channel 4 on its ambitious documentary Walking The Nile.
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NewsCBBC debuts first show on iPlayer
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up by over a quarter year-on-year - as CBBC revealed plans to debut comedy drama series 4 O’Clock Club via the VoD service.
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NewsSherlock set for mobile game
Fans of Sherlock will given the chance to help the detective solve a series of cases via a mobile game due to launch after the BBC1 series has aired.