All Multiplatform articles – Page 198
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NewsAffinity TV channel site
Website operator Affinity Media has launched a site that enables users to create their own online TV channel featuring content from videosharing sites such as YouTube and Google Video.
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FeaturesCONTENT FOCUS: DISPATCHES LATE NIGHT & LIVE
Newly launched online show discusses the issues raised in Dispatches in greater depth.
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NewsDicks to head Somethin’ Else interactive
Indie Somethin’ Else has hired the man behind the BBC’s online soap Wannabes to head its interactive division.
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CommentBlog: Making money with online content
Jon Anthony on why television producers should look at what is actually working on the web rather than try to replicate their traditional business online.
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NewsBebo signs major content deals
Broadcasters including the BBC, BSkyB and Channel 4 and production companies such as Endemol are to offer free content to social network Bebo’s 40 million users in a global deal announced today (13 November).
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NewsBBC Trust unsure over Gaelic service
The BBC’s plans for an£18m tri-media digital Gaelic language service are in doubt after the BBC Trust questioned its wider public value.
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NewsBBC kicks off multimedia news era
The BBC has launched its multimedia newsroom today with its boss Peter Horrocks admitting it faces questions over how to cover fewer stories in-depth while still retaining the distinct qualities of TV, radio and web news.
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NewsBBC to include music in podcasts
The BBC is launching its first podcasts to feature music clips following a deal with royalties body Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).
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NewsOnline ad measurement moves step closer
Broadcasters have moved a step closer to measuring the effects of online advertising after joining forces to develop a common standard for streamed, simulcast and downloaded content.
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NewsFuller in Google TV talks
Simon Fuller, the creator of Pop Idol, is understood to have had secret talks with Google over the past year regarding a TV-over-the-internet joint venture.
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NewsNew friction.tv webcast for Tory leader
Tory leader David Cameron is to make weekly video webcasts on a Conservative-branded channel on video debating website friction.tv.
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CommentWhy we must embrace our multiplatform future
Carole Dunlop on why there has never been a more exciting time to be a content creator.
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FeaturesThe Tate online
Tate Media is driving art lovers to its website by offering artist interviews and videos.
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NewsC4 and Kew plan online cures guide
Channel 4 has teamed up with Kew Gardens to build an online repository of alternative medicines and folklore cures to accompany its upcoming documentary Medicine Men.
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NewsSkinkers secures venture funding
Live video streaming specialist Skinkers is gearing up to launch its latest platform, which will offer linear TV programming online, after securing $16m (£8m) in funding.
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Babelgum to air Encounters
Online TV network Babelgum is to screen films shown as part of Bristol’s Encounters short film festival this month.
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Orange IPTV imminent
Orange’s IPTV service is set to launch before the end of the year and the telecommunications company is planning to offer a hybrid VoD and Freeview package.
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Blinkx to offer anime films
Video search engine Blinkx has partnered with Japanese on-demand animation network Gong to offer its anime content.
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Voting application launch
Mobile development consultancy Future Platforms has launched a downloadable mobile application to enable real-time audience voting and participation in gameshows.
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CommentDealing with content theft
Intellectual property solicitor Joel Smith discusses who should be responsible for stopping internet piracy.