All Multiplatform articles – Page 132
-
NewsBBC defends £330,000 IT salary
BBC director general Mark Thompson has defended the salary paid to a departing technology chief by the corporation saying other people with similar skills could earn “millions” elsewhere.
-
NewsCome Fly With Me soars on iPlayer
Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ comedy series Come Fly With Me topped the BBC iPlayer charts in January with around 8 million requests.
-
NewsRichard Hammond to front online series
Online broadcaster ChannelFlip is launching its first co-production with Richard Hammond’s indie Hamster’s Wheel.
-
NewsAnti-piracy body rolls out £5m campaign
The UK film and TV industry is kicking off a £5m advertising campaign to steer consumers away from piracy and educate them about the value of copyrighted content.
-
NewsBBC earmarks digital cash for select dozen
Just 12 BBC programmes a year will receive investment to create bespoke digital projects as part of the broadcaster’s new online strategy for Vision.
-
NewsKeo hopeful for Fish Fight sequel after site success
Keo Digital is hoping to help secure a return to TV screens for the sustainable fishing season Fish Fight after around 20% of viewers visited the website.
-
NewsYouView delayed until 2012
Much-delayed connected TV service YouView will not launch until 2012 due to its “scale and complexity.”
-
NewsNumber watching TV online hits 1.2m
The number of subscribers cancelling their pay TV subscriptions in favour of over-the-top (OTT) video alternatives hit 1.2 million last year, global research shows.
-
NewsIllumina Digital swells ranks of Glasgow indies
Illumina Digital has joined the growing community of production companies and digital start-ups in Glasgow, and recruited former Pact interactive media executive Claire Scally.
-
NewsLion’s Hunter to set up Oz indie’s UK arm
Lion Television head of interactive Kirsty Hunter is leaving after eight years to launch Australian multiplatform indie The Project Factory in the UK.
-
NewsDarcy slams ITV's "lemmings" online strategy
BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey has accused ITV and Channel 4 of “leaping like lemmings” into a strategy of making content available for free online.
-
-
NewsMTV first with paid streaming
MTV is to become the only UK broadcaster to offer a micropayment streaming service on its website after promoting Kerry Taylor to senior vice president, director of television.
-
News86% 'use mobiles while watching TV'
More than eight in 10 mobile internet users and more than nine in 10 people aged 13-24 are using their mobile phones while simultaneously watching television, a study has revealed.
-
NewsHunt asks Ofcom to review file-sharing clampdown
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked media regulator Ofcom to review the practicalities of a planned clampdown on illegal file-sharing on the internet.
-
NewsITV poaches BBC online exec
ITV has poached BBC online executive James Micklethwait to help deliver its on-demand strategy.
-
NewsDisney Junior to replace Playhouse
Disney is rebranding its preschool channel Playhouse Disney as a multiplatform channel Disney Junior to be distributed on TV, mobile and online.
-
NewsTrust warns BBC to improve ties with online indies
The BBC Trust has warned the BBC to improve its relationship with online indie suppliers to improve its transparency and has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of the current quota system.
-
NewsITV to offer mobile voting in three-year deal
ITV is to introduce voting via mobiles for talent show Dancing On Ice after securing a three-year deal with mobile provider MIG.
-
NewsBBC orders kids 'karaoke TV' show
BBC Learning has ordered two series of interactive teaching service Talkie Time for CBeebies and BBC Learning Zone.