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NewsDemon deal for BBC sitcoms
The Mighty Boosh and Gavin and Stacy are heading to online comedy site Comedy Demon following a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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NewsBBC Scotland to air interactive drama
BBC Scotland is developing a cross-platform crime drama in which three-quarters of the action will take place online.
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ITV Local eyes UGC rolling news service
ITV Local could develop its own version of CNN's interactive user-generated news site iReport to help bolster its news content.
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NewsRDF to make Bebo showbiz magazine
Social network Bebo has commissioned RDF Digital to make a weekly magazine show rounding up professional and UGC content on the site.
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NewsITN On partners with FHM
ITN On has partnered with Bauer owned men's website FHM.com to create a raft of new entertainment content and programmes.
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NewsNetPlay to launch Freeview channel
Interactive gaming company NetPlay will launch a 24-hour Freeview channel in the new year.
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NewsDoctor Who tops iPlayer views
The recent fourth series of Doctor Who is the most watched programme on the BBC's iPlayer since the online service started last year.
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NewsC4 rubbishes BBC iPlayer plans
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has rubbished the BBC's claims of the benefits of sharing iPlayer technology among all public service broadcasters.
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NewsShared iPlayer leads£120m BBC PSB partnership plans
The BBC has unveiled partnership proposals that it claims will be worth£120 million a year to its rival public service broadcasters, including sharing the iPlayer.
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NewsIndustry unites for online TV project
The BBC, ITV and BT are to work together to bring on-demand content delivered to TVs into the mainstream, via a new kind of set-top box.
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SPTI promotes Newton
Sony Pictures Television International has promoted Damian Newton to senior vice-president of digital initiatives for the European distribution division.
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NewsCBBC to run news animation pilot
CBBC is to put an animated twist on news in a cross-platform Newsround spin-off to be produced by digital company LittleLoud.
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Virgin: major push needed on VoD service
UK households are “two to three years” away from having entertainment delivered on-demand to any screen, Alex Green, the managing director of Virgin Media's online operations, has predicted.
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NewsOnline Switch show to be 'glue' for BBC2 strand
BBC Switch's online magazine programme The 5.19 Show is to transfer to BBC2 and become the host strand for other Switch TV content.
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FeaturesWhich way will Kangaroo jump?
The big three terrestrial broadcasters have just days to respond to Competition Commission concerns over Kangaroo's potential impact on the UK's VoD market. Robin Parker reports.
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In My View: James Kirkham
Commissioners must exploit online's potential, says James Kirkham.
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NewsITV reveals online viewing surge
ITV has seen figures for its online catch-up service soar over the past year, with Coronation Street and The X Factor ranking highest.
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NewsBSkyB hints at Tiscali broadband bid
BSkyB's chief financial officer Andrew Griffith has hinted that a bid for Tiscali UK's broadband operations could be in the offing.
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NewsC4 and ITV may get free use of iPlayer
Channel 4 and ITV may be granted free and open use of the BBC iPlayer, under new proposals by the BBC to help solve the PSB funding gap.