All articles by Alex Farber – Page 193
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NewsThe Voice digital head joins rival The X Factor
FremantleMedia UK Interactive has hired the digital production head of The Voice UK, to head up the multiplatform activity for rival talent show The X Factor.
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NewsNo rise in take-up of connected TVs
There has been no growth in ownership of connected TVs or the number of people engaged in two-screen activity in the past 12 months, according to the latest MediaTel Connected TV Tracker survey.
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NewsBT plans to offer Premier League channel on Freeview
BT plans to make a dedicated Premier League channel available across a wide network of platforms, including Freeview and YouView, following its shock acquisition of rights to 38 games a season.
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NewsIMG to make ICC cricket show in three-year deal
IMG Media has picked up the contract to produce the International Cricket Council’s weekly TV show until the end of 2015.
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NewsC5 tests truth of disaster films
Channel 5 has ordered a series that will test if disaster movies are realistic, and another that will again reunite Big Brother contestants Paddy Doherty and Sally Bercow.
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NewsGold brings back Comic Strip for 30th
The Comic Strip will celebrate its 30th anniversary on UKTV’s Gold after the pay-TV channel ordered a new film in its Famous Five series.
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NewsBBC trials mobile streaming ahead of London 2012
The BBC is to offer ‘red-button-style’ video streaming to mobiles from a live event for the first time at the Hackney Weekend, as it readies its technology for the Olympics.
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NewsBBC kicks off beta of 55 radio station sites
The BBC has rolled out a series of beta websites across its portfolio of radio stations in a bid to prove a consistent experience across the network.
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NewsDavid Mitchell's Soapbox to return
ChannelFlip Media is to produce a fourth series of online series David Mitchell’s Soapbox that will also be made available to download via mobile.
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NewsNick poaches Disney digital director
Nickelodeon UK has hired Disney’s digital director to take charge of its output across platforms from apps to social media.
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NewsNat Geo to stream on BT Vision
Fox International has extended its deal with BT Vision to start offering National Geographic Channel channels via the entertainment portal.
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NewsSky unveils board changes
Sky has appointed Standard Chartered Bank’s Tracy Clarke to its board of directors following the retirement of Dame Gail Rebuck.
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RatingsMark Wright solo falls short of TOWIE
The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright failed to match the success of the ITV2 reality series as his first solo outing drew just 400k viewers.
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NewsUBC writes down business by £3m
UBC has been forced to write down the value of its production business by £3.1m due to margin pressure on its ad-funded and content creation business.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsYouTube weighing up 150 channel bids
YouTube has received more than 150 pitches from UK content producers keen to secure funding for original content channels and is now selecting successful bids.
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RatingsBedlam returns with 217k
Sky Living’s first scripted drama Bedlam returned for a second series with an above slot average audience but over 100,000 viewers down on the first series opener.
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NewsDigital channels up comedy stakes
British TV’s comedy renaissance is pushing deeper into the multichannel world, with UKTV’s Gold and Comedy Central investing in series spanning classic and cult content.
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NewsDiscovery to air Yahoo! shorts as six-part series
Yahoo! web series Bumps, Babies And Beyond has been re-edited for TV and picked up by Discovery Networks Western Europe to air around the region.
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NewsSky Arts extends IoW 3D but cuts other festivals
Sky Arts has ordered Sky’s longest ever non-sport 3D broadcast from this year’s Isle of Wight festival, but has halved the number of music events it will cover this summer.