All Multiplatform articles – Page 33
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NewsClarkson & Co name Amazon series
Amazon’s new motoring format, featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, is to be called The Grand Tour.
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NewsAmazon opens up to content creators
Conde Nast and StyleHaul are among the first publishers to take advantage of a push by Amazon to allow content creators to offer videos direct to the online giant’s customers.
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NewsRightster rebrand puts focus on original video
Multi-platform video network Rightster is to place original content production at the heart of its business after rebranding as Brave Bison.
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NewsNetflix orders first competition format
Netflix has ordered its first competition format - a strongman series starring and produced by Sylvester Stallone.
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NewsBBC reveals online sign-in stats
Almost 6.5m people have signed in to the BBC’s online services since the launch of Tony Hall’s MyBBC strategy – offering encouragement to the corporation as it steps up plans to require all visitors to log-in.
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NewsFood Tube eyes fresh outlets
Jamie Oliver-owned YouTube network Food Tube is eying expansion onto other platforms to better position the business for growth.
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NewsESG digital arm eyes expansion
Endemol Shine Beyond is drawing up plans to grow its digital channels network to include services dedicated to travel, comedy and men’s lifestyle.
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NewsAmazon UK acquires Hulu comedy
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Casual, an original comedy produced for US streaming rival Hulu.
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NewsNetflix boards BBC's Watership Down
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
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NewsAmazon hunts UK content chief
Subscription VoD service Amazon is hunting for an original programming chief to run its UK production division.
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NewsC4 reveals how data informs commissioning
Channel 4 data chief Pedro Cosa has provided an insight into how his team helps inform commissioning decisions.
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Behind The ScenesLord Montagu
How did a Texan come to make a feature-length doc about an aristocrat he had never heard of? Luke Korem explains
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NewsFremantle & Discovery back sport start-ups
Traditional TV firms have continued to push into digital sports content with FremantleMedia investing in a football-based start-up and Discovery backing a rugby SVoD service.
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CommentBBC needs to be braver online
Is the BBC becoming ‘old media’, just as it tries to embrace the globalised future, asks Tony Garnett
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NewsBBC3 orders ‘anarchic’ music format
BBC3 has commissioned a short-form music show from Greenbird-network indie Rumpus Media and Phil McIntyre Television.
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CommentBuilding the long tail of TV drama
Letting viewers choose how to watch your shows expands their reach over time, says Gary Davey
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NewsThe Tunnel box-set sparks 600k downloads
Sky Atlantic drama The Tunnel: Sabotage has been downloaded almost 600,000 times after the entire series was made available on-demand to binge-watch.
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NewsFacebook bets on live content
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that a “golden age” of online video is dawning and said the company is betting big on live content.
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NewsC4 indie wins major Netflix order
Channel 4-backed indie Lightbox Media has won a landmark factual series from Netflix, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsNetflix to boost in-house production arm
Netflix is to expand its in-house production division to compete with the likes of Amazon and HBO.