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FeaturesTwo-screen TV: terms of engagement
Broadcasters are finding new ways of attracting the growing number of people who surf the web while they watch TV. Robin Parker taps into the world of two-screen entertainment.
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NewsShaw prepares to front live treasure hunt stunt
Extreme Male Beauty star Tim Shaw is set to be the centre of a bizarre multiplatform stunt in which people across the UK will hunt for a small steel box containing him, two cameras and £30,000.
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NewsFuture of Kent TV in doubt
The future of online channel Kent TV is in doubt with nine jobs at risk, after Kent County Council confirmed it would not fund the project beyond its two-year pilot phase.
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NewsC4 asks: are you smarter than an 11-year-old?
Channel 4 plans to test the nation’s mathematics skills with a web game tied into a forthcoming edition of Dispatches.
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NewsC4 site to share birth stories
Channel 4 has launched a site featuring video feeds from 40 cameras fixed within maternity wards to support documentary series One Born Every Minute.
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NewsTwofour courts stars for self-branded AFP sites
Twofour Group is inviting celebrities to bypass broadcasters and launch their own “broadband channels”, which it hopes will become a fi rst window for advertiser- funded video content.
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NewsSeeSaw tests hunger for indie VoD content
Talkback Thames and Shed Media are planning a phased launch on VoD platform SeeSaw using flagship shows that have not previously been available on any ‘long-tail’ catch-up service.
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NewsJeff Henry launches TV links service
Former ITV consumer chief executive Jeff Henry has launched a new service that will provide web content linked to TV shows as they are broadcast.
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NewsMaverick lands £15m NHS web project
Embarrassing Bodies producer Maverick has won a five-year deal to build a broadband medical service offering advice to the public and healthcare staff in the Midlands.
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NewsSwitch orders second season of The Cut
BBC Switch has ordered a second series of The Cut and is holding a series of open auditions to find two new cast members.
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NewsITN to launch German showbiz channel
ITN has inked a deal with YouTube to produce a new German showbiz channel.
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NewsCharlie Brooker scores global YouTube hit
A segment from BBC4 show Newswipe with Charlie Brooker has become YouTube’s highest-rated clip of all time.
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NewsGavin & Stacey helps iPlayer soar on Virgin
BBC iPlayer now accounts for one in four views of on-demand content on Virgin Media, which reached a record 76 million total in December.
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NewsTories pledge "superfast" broadband by 2017
The Tories have outlined plans to deliver “superfast” broadband to the majority of Britain’s homes by 2017.
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NewsComedy indie Hoot launches with portal
Award-winning comedians Ben Bond and James Rawlings have launched an indie with a comedy portal featuring online skits from Home Time’s Emma Fryer and Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder comedian Laura Solon.
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Raw Cut makes police footage available online
Blue-light specialist Raw Cut is putting its raw police material online for broadcasters and producers around the world to use.
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NewsFHM.com boss to run Top Gear site
BBC Worldwide has hired the editor-in-chief of FHM.com to be the web editor of its Top Gear site.
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NewsTalkback launches web opera spoof
The comedy team behind spoof boyband Toyboize has launched a second pop parody, this time pastiching pop-opera groups such as G4 and Il Divo.
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NewsSeeSaw eyes March launch as beta goes live
SeeSaw is gearing up to enter the UK VoD market in March and will attempt to build momentum with a major TV ad campaign.
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NewsiPlayer to get Wii relaunch
Nintendo Wii gamers will soon be able to enjoy problem-free use of the BBC iPlayer on their machines.