All articles by Alex Farber – Page 168
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News5 Live, Absolute & Talksport retain FAPL rights
Absolute Radio, BBC Radio 5 Live and TalkSport have retained their respective Barclays Premier League commentary rights for a further three years.
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NewsTwitter flocks to Dogging Tales
Channel 4’s Dogging Tales doc was the second most tweeted about TV show of the past week, narrowly beaten by ITV2’s The Only Way Is Essex.
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NewsZeebox to extend service to on-demand content
Social TV service Zeebox is preparing to revolutionise its proposition to allow viewers to follow the online conversation around shows they are watching on demand.
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NewsYesterday fires up World's Weirdest Weapons
UKTV has acquired a series investigating the world’s strangest weapons including a suitcase-sized aircraft and a smart bomb piloted by pigeons.
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NewsThe Voice outperforms ITV's Takeaway on Twitter
The return of BBC1 talent contest The Voice was easily the most tweeted about show of the last seven days, generating over 100,000 more messages than ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
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RatingsJonathan Creek & Game Of Thrones magic up big audiences
The return of magical detective Jonathan Creek drew 7m to BBC1, while Sky Atlantic’s supernatural drama Game Of Thrones pulled in over 700, 000.
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NewsYouView to add pay TV channels to EPG
YouView is planning to beef up its EPG to include linear streamed pay-TV channels such as the Disney Channel, Sky Sports and UKTV.
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NewsApple ditches C4 Education’s Sweatshop app
Apple has removed the Channel 4 Education-funded mobile game Sweatshop from its App Store after claiming it was “uncomfortable” with the game’s themes.
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NewsFreeview hits 11m homes milestone
Freeview is being used as the primary TV service in 11m homes, its highest ever figure, further to the completion of digital switchover.
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NewsVice strikes first 4Music series deal
4Music is planning to kick off a late night strand following its acquisition of a “sex, drugs and rock & roll” series from multiplatform publisher Vice.
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NewsDaniel Danker exits BBC for Shazam
BBC director of programmes and on-demand Daniel Danker has joined Shazam as the audio recognition service tightens its focus on TV.
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NewsParade's End leads Bafta Craft nominations
BBC2 period drama Parade’s End has been nominated five times at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, closely followed by The Girl, The Hour and Ripper Street.
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NewsSimon Cowell set for X Factor return
Simon Cowell is set to return to ITV’s The X Factor after a two year absence from the show.
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NewsThe Voice launches playalong game
The BBC and Wall To Wall have launched a playalong game ahead of the second series of The Voice.
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NewsVideo Hacker revs up online motorcycle series
Northern Irish production company Video Hacker is preparing to launch a comedy web series about a gang of geeks who form an outlaw motorcycle club.
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NewsYahoo! on the hunt for more original content
Yahoo! is hunting for content ideas around the portal’s key news, finance, sport and lifestyle areas as it continues its push into commissioning original online video.
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NewsAll3 indie concentrates on YouTube
All3Media has created an indie to focus on YouTube channels and content, led by commercial and digital director Andy Taylor.
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NewsS4C Commercial hires former Universal Music exec
S4C Commercial has appointed the former chief financial officer of Universal Music UK to the new position of head of commercial development.
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NewsFremantle to release The Bill on YouTube
The first series of classic ITV series The Bill is to be distributed via YouTube as FremantleMedia UK Interactive beefs up its presence on the platform.
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NewsTwofour Digital hires development director
Twofour Digital has hired Alex Moore from Zodiak Media further to the departure of Martin Trickey.