All Multiplatform articles – Page 145
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NewsNBC boosts web video content
NBC Universal is extending its digital video player across sites including Syfy and Diva Universal.
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NewsBBC broadcasts radio stations to mobile
The BBC has begun streaming its radio stations including digital-only channels such as 6Music and 1Xtra to mobiles - but not iPhone’s.
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NewsGoogle launches 'smart TV' service
Viwers will be able to browse the internet while watching programmes on a new “smart TV” service launched by Google.
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NewsSyfy acquires web-only drama
Syfy UK has acquired its first original web series – a US drama about five students who are buried alive.
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NewsCurrent TV to tackle dangers of binge drinking
Current TV has ordered a series that reveals to a group of young professionals exactly what they got up to on a drunken night out the previous evening.
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NewsSeeSaw takes on iTunes with paid-for TV offering
VoD service SeeSaw is to make the likes of Doctor Who, Lost, South Park and Top Gear available to rent from next month as it launches its premium content offering this week.
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NewsMTV UK signs up to promote Shed web soap
MTV UK has become the first broadcaster to partner with Shed Media’s forthcoming 20-part web soap opera Being Victor.
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NewsLocal info site drives recruitment at STV
STV is planning a significant digital recruitment drive as it prepares to launch a website providing local information for more than 200 communities in Scotland.
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NewsVirgin: Canvas is competition killer
Virgin Media has hit out at the Office of Fair Trading’s decision to give the go-ahead to Project Canvas.
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NewsProject Canvas cleared by OFT
Project Canvas has been cleared by competition regulator the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsDavid Baddiel to front online footie sitcom
David Baddiel is to front a football-themed online mockumentary series for Dave as it bids to tap into the popularity of the forthcoming World Cup.
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NewsIPTV provider attempts to block Canvas
IPTV service 3View has launched a last-ditch attempt to block rival service Project Canvas ahead of today’s decision about the future of the joint venture from the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsZombie trailer banned in first VOD ruling
ITV has been banned from featuring a zombie film trailer on its website, the first ruling by the advertising watchdog against a video on demand service.
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NewsFunny Or Die cuts UK ties
Funny or Die UK, the comedy website backed by Hat Trick Productions, is to close after 18 months.
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Nat Geo creates new global sales unit
National Geographic Ventures has established a central unit to support the development of its international divisions.
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NewsHBO shows to stream on 3 mobile
3 subscribers will be able to watch hit US shows on their mobiles including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage and The Sopranos following a deal with US studio HBO.
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NewsBT Vision adds 16,000 in Q4
IPTV service BT Vision has reached 467,000 subscribers, BT revealed during today’s fourth quarter results, as it repeated its aim to offer consumers cut price access to Sky Sports.
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NewsSeeSaw and MSN reveal user figures as VoD battle heats up
Video-on-demand service SeeSaw claims to have attracted almost 1 million visitors since its February launch, while MSN Video Player claims to be generating a similar amount of traffic on a monthly basis.
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Global targets iPad with improved apps
Global Radio has launched a series of iPad apps, becoming one of the first UK media companies to capitalise on the Apple device.
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C4 plots flexible multiplatform strategy for kids
Channel 4 has pledged to take a “softly, softly” approach to multiplatform children’s output and to have a more “relaxed” attitude to educational content than for older teens following the passing of the Digital Economy Act.