All Multiplatform articles – Page 245
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NewsAd channel to launch on Sky
A new 24-hour channel dedicated entirely to adverts is to launch on Sky in September.
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NewsHoax Sci Fi doc comes to UK
Sci Fi UK has acquired the hoax documentary that earned its sister US channel a severe reprimand from owners NBC.
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New suite for IBF
IBF has created a dedicated compression and authoring facility within its Covent Garden operation. The suite will provide high-definition and standard definition digital video capture, filtering, encoding and transcoding using the Boxx HD Pro Dual Opteron system.
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Kemistry exhibition
Design agency Kemistry is due to open a gallery at its Shoreditch office to present the work of three influential title designers whose work during the 1960s laid the foundations for the industry today. The exhibition, which is called Timeframes - Lodge/Jeapes/ McGhie TV Title Pioneers, will combine stills, slides ...
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Function does Downloaded look
Function Design has designed titles and in-show graphics for One More Production's Downloaded. The programme showcases footage of the weird and wonderful from the near limitless library of the internet. Function Design's Tobin Goffe was creative director on the project and Oasis head of ...
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Hadlow start date
New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow will take up the role on 26 July, the BBC has confirmed. However, because of holiday commitments she will not be at her desk full-time until the beginning of September, meaning she will also not be attending the Edinburgh Television Festival. Hadlow, previously Channel 4 ...
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Fox Kids chief exec in shock exit
The board of Fox Kids Europe surprised executives this week by removing chief executive Bruce Steinberg after 18 months at the helm.
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NewsFox to launch reality channel
Rupert Murdoch's Fox Networks is building up its channel portfolio by launching a reality channel in the US.
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NewsFox Kids offloads Steinberg
The board of Fox Kids Europe has surprised executives by announcing the departure of chief executive Bruce Steinberg after 18 months at the helm.
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NewsSky reviews music channels future
BSkyB head of music channels Jo Wallace has been moved to oversee all original programming on Sky One, as the broadcaster admits it is reviewing its options for its music services.
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London TV goes on air
London TV, the new London listings channel produced by Enteraction TV for Visit London, is launching next week with a programming budget of£2m for the first year. All the programmes will be produced in-house by Enteraction TV. Programming strands include what's on broadcasts every hour and ...
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£60m Teachers TV gets government green light
Teachers TV, the planned£60m TV service for teaching professionals, has been signed off by the government and will launch in the first quarter of next year.
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NewsElstein in£500m bid for Hallmark
David Elstein has launched a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel's international business with an offer believed to be worth£500m.
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NewsTen O'Clock News goes interactive
The BBC is to launch a new digital interactive service for the Ten O' Clock News bulletin.
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NewsBBC explores selling off commercial arm
The sale of BBC Worldwide is one option being explored as part of a review of the BBC's commercial operation ordered by new chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsBBC axes websites
The BBC has axed a handful of websites following a critical government report into the scope and scale of the corporation's on-line services.
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NewsOfcom bans Top Up TV ads
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview customers, has been forced to change its advertising campaign after Ofcom said it was misleading.
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NewsSky & Disney discuss sports channel
Disney is in discussions with BSkyB about introducing a new 24 -hour sports channel in the UK.
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Phipps switches to Sky News from ITV
ITV Evening News programme editor Nick Phipps has been poached by Sky News to executive produce its flagship Live at 5 strand. Phipps will replace outgoing Live at 5 editor Mark Calvert, who has been appointed editor of Five News, which Sky will produce from ...
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UKTV to recruit first head of acquisitions
UKTV is to appoint its first head of programme acquisitions in a bid to pre-empt a potential shortfall in BBC shows made by independent producers, who may now opt not to place their secondary rights with BBC Worldwide.