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IPA adds to Project Canvas concerns
The UK’s leading trade body for advertising and marketing agencies has added its voice to the concerns about Project Canvas – claiming that the BBC it is not being sufficiently open about its plans for the IPTV joint venture.
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All3 chief proposes online content fund
All3Media chief executive Steve Morrison is calling for the government to provide financial support for small producers to get more value out of their content online.
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BBC reveals £440m indie spend
The BBC invested £440m in the indie sector across TV, radio and new media in 2008/09, according to provisional figures released today.
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ITV forecasts 19% drop in ad revenue
ITV AGM: ITV is predicting its advertising revenues will fall 19% this quarter as the recession continues to wreak havoc with the television ad market - and says it will “move away” from red button, interactivity and gaming.
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Grade: Canvas won't fail like Kangaroo
ITV AGM: ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has staunchly defended the commercial broadcaster’s investment into its VOD joint venture with BT and the BBC - Project Canvas.
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Just a Minute gets animated in BBC comedy site refresh
Flights of fancy from BBC Radio 4’s panel game Just a Minute are to be given an animated spin on the BBC’s new-look comedy website – part of a major move towards web-only comedy commissions.
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Multimedia briefs 15 May 2009
Multimedia news in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 15 May 2009 featuring Rock Profiles, Fireworks International, Momedia and ITN Source.
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Huggers: Licence fee avoiders should pay for iPlayer
BBC technology chief Erik Huggers has called on the corporation to close the legal loophole that permits people who do not pay the licence fee to watch BBC content online for free.
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BBC Switch soap will air online and have TV slot
BBC Switch is to launch what is planned as a long-running online soap that will also get a weekly omnibus slot on BBC2.
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Canvas partners hit back at critics
Project Canvas’s partners, the BBC, ITV and BT, have fought back against critics of the IPTV joint venture, saying that the initiative will transform the TV industry.
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ITN Source partners with EMI music publisher
ITN’s archive footage site ITN Source has partnered with EMI’s music publishing site Play Production in a bid to create a one-stop-shop for clients wishing to licence a video clip and suitable music at the same time.
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Wedding TV plans original content push
Wedding TV will look to build its original entertainment slate following signing a deal with brand and content partnership specialist site Brandirector.com.
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Sky airs Project Canvas objections
BSkyB has attacked the BBC Trust’s decision to not carry out a full market review on the BBC, ITV and BT broadband joint venture Project Canvas.
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Blinkx deal to allow web video search via TV
Blinkx, the video search engine, and Miniweb, the interactive service provider, have formalised a technology integration agreement that will allow web video to be searched and viewed on a TV set.
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More than third of UK listens to digital radio
Rajars: Over a third of the UK population now listens to digital radio, according to the latest Rajar figures.
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C4 hands Maverick website hat-trick
Indie Maverick Television has won contracts to run Channel 4's Film 4 and 4 Car websites and extended its deal for the 4 Homes site.
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Ex BB and CD:UK staffers team up on web venture
A Big Brother director and the former producer of ITV1's CD:UK have joined forces to establish a company producing promotional web content for the likes of E4 and Comedy Central.
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Multimedia briefs 8 May 2009
Multimedia news in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 8 May 2009 featuring Setanta, Discovery, BBC HD and Hulu.
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Momedia clinches German VoD deal
Digital producer and distributor Momedia International has secured a deal to supply a significant volume of music programming to German VoD service, Maxdome.
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Lucas and Walliams revive Rock Profiles
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have revived spoof music series Rock Profiles, nine years after it ended.