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CommentScore draw in digital Premier League
ESPN and Yahoo have begun respectively offering premium mobile and ad-funded online access to Premier League video highlights this week but both models have major hurdles to overcome, writes Alex Farber.
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NewsYahoo kicks off Premier League highlights
Yahoo has begun offering football fans access to highlights of Barclays Premier League matches after securing a three-year online rights deal.
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NewsPA launches TV guide app
The Press Association has launched a consumer-focussed TV listings service for the iPad.
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NewsCanvas hunts tech firms for 2011 launch
Project Canvas has invited technology firms to help launch IPTV devices in 2011.
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NewsC4 plans to launch 4oD on PS3
Channel 4 is in talks with Sony to launch its video-on-demand service 4oD, featuring shows such as The Inbetweeners, Peep Show and Skins, on the PS3 games console.
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Welsh to head up development at Bigballs
Bigballs Films, the production house behind Bebo drama Kate Modern, has named former Endemol digital producer Richard Welsh as head of development.
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NewsVirgin Media bids to block Canvas in Ofcom appeal
Virgin Media has launched a complaint to Ofcom supported by the Office of Fair Trading against IPTV service Project Canvas, labelling it “an immovable, unchanging constant”.
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NewsTurner hunts EMEA digital director
Turner Broadcasting is hunting a director of digital entertainment to spearhead the online stategy for channels including CNN, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies.
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NewsBBC reveals iPhone app figures
The BBC’s News iPhone and iPad app has been downloaded over 560,000 times in the first week following its launch.
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Radio 1 makes plans to tune into teen issues
BBC Radio 1 is planning its first multiplatform Teen Awards and a series of live conferences as part of a push to engage more with the social issues affecting its listeners.
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STV tests sketch comedy online
STV’s digital and on-air teams have joined forces to use the web as the testing ground for the broadcaster’s first sketch comedy commission in almost 20 years.
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NewsHoller joins Studio Lambert's Notting Hill doc
Digital agency Holler is to produce the web content for Channel 4’s forthcoming documentary series Notting Hill.
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NewsITN secures AOL deal
ITN Productions is to provide AOL’s UK platforms with hundreds of short videos as part of a new agreement.
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NewsBebo back in the hunt for original commissions
Bebo, the social network behind KateModern, is to revive original commissions under its Bebo Originals brand and go on the hunt for new content.
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NewsFacebook in bid to host video for broadcasters
Facebook has launched a charm offensive designed to encourage the UK’s biggest broadcasters to post video content on the site.
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NewsUKTV appoints online producer to boost Dave
UKTV has hired Sharon Aneja as senior multiplatform entertainment producer to manage its portfolio of websites.
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NewsBebo back in content game
Bebo, the social network behind KateModern, is to re-enter the content market.
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NewsBabelgum acquires Broomfield films
Classic documentaries from British film-maker Nick Broomfield have been acquired by web video platform Babelgum.
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NewsC4 names new head of online
Channel 4 has promoted head of online products Richard Davidson-Houston to a new role that will encompass all web activity including commissioning.
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NewsBBC to launch US news site
The BBC is launching a specialised US news website that will put it into direct competition with local media.