All Multiplatform articles – Page 168

  • News

    Auf Wiedersehen Pet sold to Germany

    2009-02-24T08:58:00Z

    BBC Showcase: Classic ITV comedy Auf Wiedersehen Pet is to be screened in Germany for the first time after BBC Worldwide sold a significant package of programming to VoD service on T-Online.

  • News

    iPlayer to offer friend recommendations

    2009-02-23T10:06:18Z

    BBC iPlayer is developing an application that will allow users to link to their friends and share programme recommendations.

  • News

    Comic Relief's Let's Dance goes interactive

    2009-02-20T09:16:05Z

    Tough Cookie has developed interactive content for Comic Relief's Let's Dance that will include video of the celebrity dancers' rehearsals.

  • News

    Web drama moving to C4

    2009-02-20T08:01:00Z

    Drama shorts produced for C4's educational web project Routes are to transfer to TV in the broadcaster's 3 Minute Wonders strand.

  • News

    Multimedia briefs 20 February

    2009-02-18T20:21:03Z

    News featuring ITV.com., YouTube, The Poker Channel and Virgin Media from Broadcast magazine dated 20 February 2009.

  • News

    Gay and lesbian web TV platform to launch

    2009-02-18T20:18:24Z

    The UK's first original web TV and radio platform targeting the global gay and lesbian market will go live later this year.

  • News

    BBC online freeze set to thaw

    2009-02-18T20:16:02Z

    The BBC Trust is expected to lift the bbc.co.uk spending freeze by the end of March, but will keep a tight rein by breaking down the budget genre by genre.

  • News

    BBC2 challenges celebrity chefs to make money

    2009-02-18T17:38:09Z

    BBC2 will ask TV chefs to prove themselves in a busy restaurant in a spin-off of Reef TV's Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is.

  • Comment

    In my view: Matt Brittin - Google

    2009-02-18T15:47:48Z

    Keep up with consumers to survive, writes Matt Brittin

  • News

    ITV to put Friends Reunited up for sale

    2009-02-16T09:10:00Z

    ITV is attempting to claw back some of its£120m deal for Friends Reunited, by putting the social networking business up for sale, it is understood.

  • News

    ITV launches new Tarrant gameshow online

    2009-02-13T11:56:51Z

    ITV.com has launched an online version of Chris Tarrant-fronted gameshow The Colour of Money a day ahead of its TV debut.

  • News

    Poker Channel deals out live stream

    2009-02-12T16:36:57Z

    Pan-European broadcaster The Poker Channel has launched a free live stream on its website and expanded its on-demand video catalogue.

  • News

    CBBC under pressure to reverse web slide

    2009-02-11T19:09:17Z

    Fewer people have been using the CBBC website over the past two years despite a relaunch in September 2007.

  • News

    Mint and Maverick play cupid

    2009-02-11T19:05:53Z

    Mint Digital has teamed up with All3Media-owned Maverick for a web reality show that offers a new twist on dating.

  • News

    ITN unveils iPhone app

    2009-02-09T11:09:55Z

    ITN has launched an application which can be used with the Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch to watch the latest news videos - even when offline.

  • News

    Counting the cost of Kangaroo

    2009-02-05T09:20:27Z

    BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have spent two years and at least£25m on Project Kangaroo - but hopes for a one-stop-shop for on-demand TV are now dead in the water.

  • News

    Makeover for Setanta Sports News website

    2009-02-04T18:15:05Z

    Setanta Sports News is planning an overhaul of its website to include celebrity interviews, rare sport clips and blogs from its presenters and commentators.

  • News

    Virgin 1 orders first web drama

    2009-02-04T18:11:01Z

    Virgin 1 is hosting its first web-only drama, a quirky tale of a manic depressive and his imaginary dream girl.

  • News

    Why Kangaroo stalled

    2009-02-04T12:48:24Z

    The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.

  • News

    At-a-glance: Project Kangaroo coverage

    2009-02-04T10:57:00Z

    Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of Project Kangaroo including reports, comment and analysis.