All Multiplatform articles – Page 159
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NewsArqiva plans VoD service with Kangaroo assets
Arqiva is planning to launch a new consumer video-on-demand service after buying the platform assets of Project Kangeroo.
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NewsITV orders monthly Web Corrie content
Coronation Street is to get an online boost with a monthly order for 100 minutes of new web content that is set to be distributed globally.
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Magic Lantern to launch CBeebies alphabet games
Magic Lantern Productions is plotting a contemporary Words and Pictures-style multiplatform series as part of CBeebies’ 2010 slate.
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CBBC to develop virtual Bamzooki interactive game
CBBC has licensed a web application created by Mint Digital to develop real-time interactive games based on gameshow Bamzooki.
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NewsBBC plans web push for Burgess thriller
Lime Pictures’ digital arm Conker Media has teamed up with controversial teen novelist Melvin Burgess for a cross-platform psychological thriller for BBC Switch.
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NewsBBC interactive TV boss rejects Salford move
Rahul Chakkara, the exec behind interactive TV at the BBC and one of the key drivers of Project Canvas, is believed to be planning to leave the corporation
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NewsFast Show star takes lead in BBC online comedy
A star of The Fast Show is bringing another comedy character to life, this time on the BBC Comedy website in the first online series to be produced by ITV Studios.
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NewsITV to charge viewers for BGT clips
ITV could charge viewers to watch Britain’s Got Talent clips online as early as next year in a bid to boost revenues.
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NewsCohen: Viewers will pay up to £2 for content
Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has added his voice to the groundswell of support for introducing micro-payments for content, claiming the company’s research showed people would pay up to £2 for certain shows.
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NewsRecord numbers watch Glastonbury online
A record number of viewers watched the BBC’s coverage of this year’s Glastonbury Festival online and via the red button, with Lady Gaga proving most popular.
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FeaturesFour Weddings
Fresh from producing The Apprentice Predictor, in which users guessed who would win each episode of the BBC1 show, Monterosa has partnered with Living for its latest project.
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NewsKermode/Mayo podcasts make leap to TV
Film critic Mark Kermode and 5 Live DJ Simon Mayo are to adapt their BBC podcast for TV as a segment within BBC2’s new-look The Culture Show.
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CommentIf you build it, will they come?
Online success takes more than just having a site - you need users too.
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CommentTV for the innovation generation
In a world of cuts, crunch and recession, Jeff Henry is uplifed to celebrate the experience of discovery as chair of the RTS Innovation Awards.
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NewsHuggers: Canvas will give indies access to TV
BBC FM&T boss Erik Huggers has claimed that IPTV venture Project Canvas will give indies, content creators and web operators the kind of access to TV traditionally reserved for broadcasters.
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NewsYouTube and Hulu home in on landmark UK deals
YouTube and Hulu have launched charm offensives on UK broadcasters in separate bids to dominate long-form online video content in the UK.
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NewsOld ideas hit as BBC freeze ends
Multiplatform ideas that were set to be greenlit before the bbc.co.uk budget freeze are likely to lose out to new pitches in the current CBBC commissioning round.
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NewsFunding issues cloud docs festival
La Rochelle saw 1,800 delegates debating money, partnerships and the challenge of YouTube.
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C4 instigates training for its commissioners
Channel 4 is to put all of its commissioners through an intense five-day, cross-platform training course this autumn as part of a new deal to back the creative multi-media scheme Crossover.
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CommentRe-inventing the wheel: TV to gaming
The opportunity for extending and even reinventing your brands should not be overlooked in the multiplatform universe, writes Simon Meek.