All Multiplatform articles – Page 169

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    Timeline: Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:25:51Z

    The life of Project Kangaroo from the first announcement in November 2007 to its demise in February 2009.

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    Response from the Kangaroo partners

    2009-02-04T08:21:25Z

    The scrapping of Project Kangaroo was 'a missed opportunity' to provide choice for British viewers, the joint venture partners have said.

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    Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:16:59Z

    BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have failed in their bid to launch a joint video-on-demand service after the Competition Commission blocked their joint Project Kangaroo proposal.

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    Kangaroo decision tomorrow

    2009-02-03T15:04:45Z

    Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.

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    AP adds iconic images to archive

    2009-02-03T11:01:51Z

    The Associated Press has added more than a century's worth of photo stills to its online video archive for international broadcasters.

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    £50,000 up for grabs in online Dragons' Den

    2009-02-02T10:44:39Z

    The BBC has launched a web spin-off of Dragons' Den in which wannabe entrepreneurs will face two new Dragons.

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    Expert warns 'beware the digital divide'

    2009-01-30T12:25:13Z

    Plans to deliver broadband access to every home in Britain by 2012 will not succeed unless the internet becomes relevant to more of the British population, according to Deloitte director of research Paul Lee.

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    Digital Britain blog: What about Europe?

    2009-01-30T11:07:11Z

    Has the Digital Britain interim report overlooked Europe? Tony Ballard considers the question.

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    BBC spent£1m on local video plans

    2009-01-30T10:59:30Z

    The BBC Trust spent more than£1m of licence fee money testing the BBC's local video proposals, which it eventually canned.

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    Classic Attenborough series makes online debut

    2009-01-30T09:50:32Z

    A 1956 David Attenborough series that brought images of the Komodo dragon into British viewers' homes for the first time is to be made available online.

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    Digital Britain: At-a-glance

    2009-01-30T09:38:00Z

    The report, the action plan and the response. Browse Broadcastnow’s coverage of the Digital Britain interim report.

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    Pact insists indies retain IP

    2009-01-29T16:57:44Z

    Digital Britain: Pact has delivered a veiled warning that indies must be able to hang onto their own IP, under the planned “evolution” of the terms of trade.

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    Chaos and cost fuel VoD piracy

    2009-01-29T16:52:17Z

    A fragmented video-on-demand (VoD) market, combined with overpriced content, is pushing viewers towards illegal downloads, according to new research.

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    BBC to lead universal broadband push

    2009-01-29T15:27:05Z

    Digital Britain: The BBC will play a key role in delivering and promoting universal broadband - but Stephen Carter has insisted it is too early to say how much of the digital switchover surplus in the licence fee could fund the roll-out.

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    Six weeks to strike C4/BBCW deal

    2009-01-29T14:27:09Z

    Digital Britain: Channel 4 has six weeks to reach a consensus with BBC Worldwide on how a proposed joint venture could work.

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    Digital Britain: The action plan

    2009-01-29T14:11:00Z

    Here, Broadcastnow presents the 22-point action plan proposed by the DCMS in its Digital Britain interim report.

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    MPs: Where are the PSB decisions?

    2009-01-29T13:57:21Z

    Digital Britain: Media secretary Andy Burnham has come under fire in House of Commons for delaying decisions on the future of public service broadcasting while the recession forces broadcasters to consider further cut-backs in programming and staff.

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    DCMS throws weight behind digital radio

    2009-01-29T13:30:48Z

    Digital Britain: The DCMS has given a shot in the arm to DAB digital radio by promoting it as a primary way of listening to the medium in the future.

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    Carter ushers in terms of trade review

    2009-01-29T13:16:23Z

    Digital Britain: Communications, technology and broadcasting minister Stephen Carter has given his stamp of approval to the terms of trade but warned that they will have to be “evolved” for the digital future.

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    Digital Britain: Main objectives

    2009-01-29T13:13:40Z

    The key objectives for shifting Britain to the forefront of the digital economy has been outlined in the Digital Britain interim report.