All Multiplatform articles – Page 152
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NewsC4 and Talk Talk join Project Canvas
Channel 4 and ISP Talk Talk have become partners on IPTV joint venture Project Canvas.
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NewsProducers poised to take control of public sector project IP
Pact is hailing a breakthrough in copyright ownership after the launch of a pilot scheme that aims to help producers control the rights to content made for digital public sector projects.
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Cake and Blue Zoo animate children’s chat
Children’s specialist Cake Entertainment has teamed up with Blue Zoo Productions for its first web only production.
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NewsBBC ditches Siemens from £80m DMI scheme
The BBC’s £80m Digital Media Initiative is floundering so severely that the corporation has ditched technology partner Siemens.
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NewsBBC hires first iPlayer scheduler
The BBC has appointed its first “head of content release” – a new addition to the scheduling team that will oversee how content is launched on iPlayer as well as on linear TV.
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NewsSTV ties with Facebook
STV has inked a deal with Facebook to integrate the social networking site with its online offering.
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NewsRDF hires Bebo sales director
RDF Media has hired Bebo’s Simon Podd as head of sales at its “brand-facing” digital arm, RDF Contact.
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NewsFive follows C4 with YouTube deal
More than 3,000 hours of full length Five shows including Neighbours and Home and Away will join YouTube’s new UK Shows channel.
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NewsITV2 shows launched on iTunes
ITV has soft launched a range of programmes for download on Apple iTunes, to test whether consumers are willing to pay for online content.
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News4iP funds web app that shows impact of bad habits on looks
Channel 4 is backing a web application that will show users how a lifetime of smoking, drinking or eating junk food could affect their physical appearance.
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NewsHoller goes independent following MBO
Digital agency Holler has bought out the 51% stake owned by digital services company BlueFreeway.
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NewsSeeSaw signs with BBC Worldwide
Video-on-demand service SeeSaw has inked its first content deal with BBC Worldwide to broadcast shows including classic Doctor Who, Cranford and That Mitchell & Webb Look online.
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NewsCowell, Green reveal X Factor internet push
Simon Cowell and Topshop chairman Sir Philip Green are set to create a pay-per-view internet channel showing The X Factor live from Las Vegas.
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NewsBlessed plays Henry VIII in BBC web comedy
Monkey Kingdom is producing an online comedy series for the BBC starring Brian Blessed as an internet-obsessed Henry VIII.
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BBC Radio 5 live to Answer Me This!
BBC Radio 5 live have rewarded Sony Award-nominated podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann by giving them their own national show.
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NewsShed Media to make web soap for CTVC
Not-for-profit religion and ethics specialist CTVC has commissioned Shed Media to make a 20-part web soap opera.
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NewsEastenders: E20 cast revealed
EastEnders chiefs have cast four relative unknowns to star in the soap’s online spin-off, EastEnders: E20.
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NewsC4 launches full-length shows on YouTube
Channel 4 shows including The Inbetweeners and Hollyoaks make their official debut on YouTube today in a new section of the site that pulls together 3,000 hours of programming from 60 content providers.
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NewsVera forms multiplatform joint venture for Jongleurs talent
Rory Bremner’s indie Vera Productions is forming a sister production company with comedy club group Jongleurs to make and develop multiplatform content.
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NewsPact agrees VoD terms of trade for MSN Video Player
Microsoft’s MSN Video Player has become the first video-on-demand platform to agree to terms of trade for producers.