All Multiplatform articles – Page 162
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NewsBig Brother housemates set for gruelling start
Channel 4 is promising the “most diverse and cosmopolitan” Big Brother line-up for the 10th series of the reality show.
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NewsBBC Trust calls for more info on Project Canvas
The BBC Trust has given the Project Canvas team the green light to launch a charm offensive after it called on the BBC executive to put more details about the project into the public domain.
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NewsHollyoaks tackles drink online
An online Hollyoaks spin-off is taking centre stage in a government strategy to use web drama to get youth-oriented campaigns to their target audience.
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NewsMultiplatform briefs 5 June 2009
Multiplatform news in briefs from Broadcast dated 5 June 2009 including Windfall Films, Possitive, Tern Digital and 4iP
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NewsNorthern screen agencies launch online database
North England’s regional screen agencies have teamed up to launch an online database listing everything from crew to facilities in a bid to maximise jobs for freelance production staff.
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NewsExport revenues for UK indies near £400m
TV export revenues for UK-based independent producers were the highest on record in 2008, according to a report commissioned by Pact.
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NewsTern Digital debuts iPhone game spin-off
Tern Digital is launching an iPhone game based on its Channel 4 educational show KNTV.
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NewsC4 hails Twitter experiment success
Channel 4 and Windfall Films are celebrating after interactive show The Operation: Surgery Live became the most popular topic on Twitter during its final episode.
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NewsPozzitive opens comedy vault
Rare photos and clips of comedians ranging from Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci to Robbie Coltrane and Simon Pegg feature in an online ‘comedy encyclopaedia’ launched today.
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NewsSky to be available on Xbox
Sky is to make live programming available on the Xbox 360 games console for the first time.
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Sofia's Diary gets 'edgier' third run
Sony Pictures Television is promising an “edgier” tone to its Bebo drama Sofia’s Diary when it returns for a third season.
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NewsFremantle’s FMX in global plan
FMX, the new media division of Fremantle Media, has created a trio of senior roles to spear-head its expansion into production and roll out online content internationally.
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NewsYouTube star Lauren Luke joins forces with Shaps
Internet sensation Lauren Luke has enlisted the help of former ITV director of television Simon Shaps to break into mainstream television.
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Poker Channel to broadcast daily live horse racing
The Poker Channel is to broadcast a daily live horse racing show as part of a plan to dedicate up to a quarter of its schedule to content other than poker.
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Endemol to produce Bebo music show
Endemol is to make a daily music magazine show for social networking site Bebo, to be funded by Samsung Mobile.
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Channels agree five-year ban on revisiting Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo partners the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have made a five-year agreement with the Competition Commission that they will not try to acquire any part of their rivals video-on-demand activities.
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BBC orders online sketch show from RDF
The BBC has commissioned an online sketch show featuring a vicar and a rabbi grappling with their laddish tendencies.
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NewsTwitter TV series in the works
Shine-owned US producer Reveille is teaming up with Twitter to make a TV programme that incorporates the social networking site into the action of the show.
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BBCW launches factual YouTube channel
BBC Woldwide has launched a factual YouTube channel after extending its deal with the video-sharing site.
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NewsITV's future technology department faces axe
The man behind ITV’s push to embed adverts in online content and develop its technological abilities is facing redundancy as part of ITV’s cost-cutting measures.