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Al Jazeera debuts mobile app
Al Jazeera English viewers can now instantaneously submit and share content as well as live stream 24-hour news broadcasts using its first iPhone app.
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NewsSky names IPTV service Now TV
Sky has revealed that its new internet TV service will be titled Now TV.
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NewsBBC iPlayer launches on Xbox
BBC iPlayer users can find and play programmes using hand gestures and voice recognition for the first time following a distribution deal with Microsoft Xbox.
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NewsThe hunt for a 21st century DG begins
The BBC Trust is updating the director general role to attract candidates who can tackle 21st century challenges.
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NewsITV relaunches news website
ITV has relaunched its news website as part of plans to compete with BBC and Sky’s online news output.
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NewsNick digital director Edmonds departs
Roy Edmonds, the digital director at Nickelodeon UK who developed the first dedicated Spongebob Squarepants mobile app and website, is leaving the broadcaster after almost four years.
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Livity hires DocuMovie for C4 Education films
Livity has appointed indie DocuMovie on behalf of C4 and Barclays to produce five short films for The Stake.
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NewsAll3Media launches connected TV app store
All3Media is launching UK and US direct-to-consumer connected TV apps that will allow viewers to rent shows including The Only Way Is Essex and Peep Show.
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NewsYouView to order players by popularity
Connected TV service YouView will rank non-PSB services in order of popularity, it has revealed.
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CommentA Quick Download on Project Barcelona
The BBC’s director of archive content, Roly Keating, provides the latest on the proposed pay TV download service Project Barcelona.
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NewsBBC signs 3D app deal for Wonders content
The BBC has struck a deal with publisher HarperCollins under which two-and-half hours of video featuring Professor Brian Cox will be included in a 3D iPad app called Wonders.
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NewsZeebox hires Time Warner exec to lead US push
Zeebox has appointed Time Warner senior vice president Jason Forbes to head the second screen companion app’s business in America.
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NewsIndies to benefit from BBC pay download plans
The BBC’s plans to create a paid-for download service will open up a new revenue stream for specialist factual and fact ent indies, Pact has said.
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NewsSky and STV plan launches on YouView
Sky is preparing to launch its forthcoming internet TV service via YouView as the connected TV platform gears up for launch.
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NewsC4 Education switches focus from gaming to TV
Channel 4 Education is to begin commissioning TV content again after 18 months of “bearing the weight of games innovation” for the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC confirms pay TV download service
The BBC will submit proposals for a paid-for TV download service to the Trust this year, it has revealed.
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NewsJane Mote joins short film firm
Jane Mote former managing director of Current TV has been appointed non-executive director of short film community The Smalls.
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NewsFME secures Hulu deal
FremantleMedia Enterprises has struck a first look deal with VoD service Hulu for the international distribution rights to its original programming.
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NewsSmiths drummer fronts online pilot
Mike Joyce, former drummer for The Smiths, is to make an online video pilot of radio feature ‘Blueprint Studio Sessions.’