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CommentGoogle TV: the verdict
Following a MacTaggart lecture from Google boss Eric Schmidt, Nigel Walley offers a second opinion on Google TV having reviewed and researched it with consumers and industry players alike.
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VideoVIDEO: Eric Schmidt's MacTaggart lecture
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt addresses delegates of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsTwitter reveals TV production golden rules
Twitter director of business development Glenn Brown has outlined best practice principles for TV producers wanting to make the most of the burgeoning social network.
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NewsVirgin: YouView “missed the boat”
EDINBURGH: A Virgin Media executive has slammed YouView for “missing the boat” as a result of the numerous delays to the internet connected TV project.
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NewsGoogle: regulation is crippling British TV
EDINBURGH: Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has warned that the UK TV industry is being stifled by having to “jump through endless hoops”. [Includes full speech]
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NewsITV to launch Red or Black? online games
ITV has struck deals to launch a raft of games around new million pound, Simon Cowell-produced gameshow Red or Black?.
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NewsHunt urges Virgin and YouView to support local TV
The government is in talks with Virgin Media and YouView over securing prominent positioning for local TV services on their internet-enabled television platforms.
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NewsCarpool takes return trip to online roots
Chat show Carpool, in which Robert Llewellyn interviews guests while driving, is moving off Dave to return to its online roots for its second series.
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NewsC4 launches 'My 4oD' account service
Channel 4’s online catch-up service 4oD will re-launch with a range of additional features allowing users to personalise their viewing from 31 August.
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NewsSurge in viewers checking PVR and VoD options first
Viewers are increasingly turning to content recorded on their PVRs and to on-demand options before exploring their linear TV guide, a Deloitte study has found.
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NewsArgumental revamped with two-screen game
Dave panel show Argumental is to feature an interactive playalong game when it returns for a fourth series in October.
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NewsSocial networks drive TV viewing
A fifth of television’s key commercial demographic regularly discover new shows through social networking websites, a study has found.
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NewsiPlayer via IPTV up 77%
The BBC iPlayer saw requests from IPTV platforms such as BT Vision, Freesat and Virgin Media’s Tivo jump by 77% in July.
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NewsChannelflip signs Ronson for web doc
Jon Ronson, the documentary maker and writer of The Men Who Stare at Goats, is to launch an online series in which he will explore the people who try to control the internet.
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NewsC4 to plough millions into viewer research
Channel 4 has made a multi-million pound investment in a major audience research project and has named the senior team that will drive it forward.
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NewsOnline TV dwarfed by porn
Viewing of television VoD services comprises a tiny proportion of total online video consumption in the UK, according to new research seen by Broadcast.
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NewsTop Gear steered onto Facebook
BBC Worldwide is to offer special editions of Top Gear on Facebook for less than £1 each.
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NewsKlass fronts online series for Yahoo
Myleene Klass is to front a new online series for Yahoo’s Lifestyle channel, co-produced by GroupM Entertainment and Twofour.
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NewsBeActive kicks off transmedia adventure
Multiplatform indie BeActive has launched a digital adventure documentary following two environmentalists as they trek across the globe.
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Facebook to stream first FA Cup game
The opening game of The FA Cup between Ascot United and Wembley FC is to be the first live match streamed via Facebook.