All Multiplatform articles – Page 160
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NewsEndemol strikes Man City deal
Endemol has clinched a long-term deal to produce all global media content for Manchester City Football Club.
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Jobs to go as Joost exits consumer market
Online video platform Joost will cease to be a consumer-facing website as part of a strategy rethink that will also see Mike Volpi stand down as chief executive.
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NewsITN loses ITV web news deal
ITV has axed ITN’s deal to provide news for its main website, with five journalist jobs set to go as a result.
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NewsAshes highlights go online
Five has struck a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board to make Ashes highlights available online for the first time.
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Web unlikely to offset TV ad losses
Revenue from US broadcasters’ web strategies will still be failing to offset the decline in traditional TV advertising by 2013, a report has warned.
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CommentDigital Britain: Why proposals to tackle online piracy are doomed
Well-intentioned they may be, but the Government’s proposals to tackle online piracy are unlikely to achieve its objective of reducing unlawful peer to peer file sharing by 70-80%
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Twitter texts will promote C4 doc on Wild survival
Channel 4 will launch Tigress’ new extreme survival series Alone in the Wild with a 10-week Twitter campaign, based on a basic health and safety check.
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NewsKeo builds on win to hatch web unit
River Cottage producer Keo Films is to build on the success of its Broadcast Digital Award-winning campaigning website, Chicken Out!, with a dedicated online unit.
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Twitter texts will promote C4 doc on Wild survival
Channel 4 will launch Tigress’ new extreme survival series Alone in the Wild with a 10-week Twitter campaign, based on a basic health and safety check.
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Top tips: Getting a share of online ad revenue
Media lawyer Pamela Forte highlights top tips for negotiating the share of ad revenue deal in online programme distribution.
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NewsC4 backs creative writing game
An iPhone application that aims to stimulate creative writing is the latest project to come out of Channel 4’s online PSB fund, 4iP.
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NewsiPlayer guru honoured at Broadcast Digital Awards
BBC future media controller Anthony Rose was honoured with the Individual Achievement Award for his “ground-breaking” work on the BBC iPlayer at last night’s Broadcast’s Digital Awards.
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NewsC4 drives into future with BBCW and kids content
Channel 4 is on the brink of entering the next phase of its evolution after the government backed a tie-up with BBC Worldwide and called for it to put renewed emphasis on content for older children and multiplatform delivery.
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NewsFive widens online reach in ground-breaking deal
Five has signed a syndication deal with online video platform Brightcove that will allow full-length episodes of its programmes to be embedded in third-party websites.
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NewsGovernment shift online to bolster indies by £200m
Pact chief executive John McVay has estimated the government’s drive to move its services predominantly online could be worth more than £200m to the indie sector.
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NewsITV could charge for on-demand content service
ITV is planning to levy small charges to view on-demand content beyond the standard seven-day catch-up window in a bid to boost revenues.
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FeaturesGoogle: search for a working relationship
Critics brand it a parasite, but it can also offer access to an online audience of billions. So should the production community treat Google as a friend or foe?
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FeaturesMitchell and Webb
Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb started life on radio, so when BBC producers had to make a red-button package to accompany the new series of BBC2’s That Mitchell and Webb Look, it made sense to mine their unused Radio 4 sketches.
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NewsTony Ball joins BT as non-exec
Tony Ball, the former BSkyB chief exec tipped to replace Michael Grade at ITV, has joined the BT Board as non-executive director.