All articles by Alex Farber – Page 188
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NewsSky signs five-year SPL deal
Sky Sports has signed a five year deal with the Scottish Premier League which will include five Rangers games from the Football League.
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NewsCreative England launches £1m multiplatform fund
Creative England has put a £1m fund up for grabs for small and medium sized businesses based outside of London looking to develop multiplatform TV services.
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NewsOlympics helps BBC Sport and iPlayer smash records
The triumphant opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games has broken viewing records on the BBC iPlayer while the BBC Sport website has recorded its busiest ever day with 8.3m global unique users.
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NewsRicky Gervais launching web series to teach English
Ricky Gervais is developing a web series with Karl Pilkington that will aim to teach viewers to speak English.
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NewsFreeview adds local TV and HD slots
Freeview platform manager DMOL has finalised plans for an EPG reorganisation which will see a dedicated slot at channel 8 for local TV services and 20 HD spaces opened up.
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NewsTern kicks off games quest with Nonsense
Tern Television has established a digital division, The Story Mechanics, to develop original games and produced a prototype based on Edward Lear’s Book Of Nonsense.
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NewsLime in talks for third series of TOWIE shorts
The online spin-off of The Only Way Is Essex achieved 750,000 video views for its first two series.
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NewsTV App Agency launches Olympics service for RTVE
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has launched an Olympics connected TV app built by UK-based developers TV App Agency.
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RatingsDynamo conjures up strong series
Dynamo: Magician Impossible ended its second run on a series low - but managed to top the first series average by nearly 200,000 viewers.
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NewsHeggessey's £7m Boomerang buy-out finalised
The Lorraine Heggessey-led MBO of Boomerang Plus has been finalised with new indie Boom Pictures officially established.
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NewsSky acquires Parthenon Media
Sky has acquired Parthenon Media Group to distribute the international rights to its original commissions.
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NewsTalkTalk offers free YouView box for £14.50 monthly fee
Emerging triple-play provider TalkTalk is to offer its phone and broadband subscribers a free YouView set-top box for a £14.50 monthly fee with access to Sky content costing an additional £15.
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NewsSky profits hit £1.2bn
Sky has boosted pre-tax profits 17% to £1.19bn as its spend on entertainment costs increased by £70m.
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NewsSky strikes YouView deal with TalkTalk
Sky’s portfolio of entertainment, sport, movies and news channels will be available via YouView as part of a range of TV distribution deals agreed with ISP shareholder TalkTalk.
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NewsSilver River doubles size of creative team
Silver River Productions has made three executive producer hires, including Dragonfly’s former head of development and a CBBC exec, to double the size of its senior creative team.
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NewsFlame TV firms up two-year output deal with the BBC
Flame TV has secured a two-year output deal with BBC Daytime that will guarantee it 45 hours of content.
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NewsC5 orders Extraordinary spin-offs
Channel 5 has ordered two spin-off series from its Extraordinary People strand and remains on the hunt for factual shows for its 10pm slot.
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NewsC4 Education targets teens with growing games portfolio
Channel 4 Education has ordered three free mobile phone games to address teen issues including happiness, bullying and sleep patterns.
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NewsDownton indie to produce Dracula drama for Sky and NBC
Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is to produce a new version of classic vampire story Dracula for Sky Living and US network NBC.
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NewsBT Vision boost subscribers ahead of YouView launch
BT has added a further 21,000 customers to its BT Vision TV service in the quarter as it prepares to roll-out its YouView boxes this autumn.