All Multiplatform articles – Page 179
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NewsSimply Media teams up with BT
UK content provider Simply Media has inked a deal with BT to provide nostalgia-based titles for BT Vision's on-demand service for 12 months.
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NewsAvalon to give BBC3 Mouth to Mouth
Avalon Television is to produce BBC3's first multiplatform comedy-drama, which will air on the web and mobile phones before moving to TV.
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NewsMySpace to host Comedybox site
MySpace has launched a UK comedy site in collaboration with Warner Music Entertainment that will incorporate Warner's web comedy platform Comedybox.
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FeaturesContent Focus: studentcooking.tv
A new site aims to steer nutrition-starved students out of the pub and into the kitchen by featuring them in online shows.
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Somethin' Else makes weekly Orange music show
Somethin' Else is to produce a weekly online music show in partnership with mobile phone company Orange following a daily pilot during the Glastonbury Festival.
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NewsBBC online entertainment set for TV switch
A daily entertainment magazine-style show for the BBC Switch website is poised to make the leap to the teen-oriented strand's BBC2 slot.
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NewsHollyoaks to air web show-within-a-show
Channel 4's Hollyoaks is to push the boundaries of cross-platform content by launching an online show that will also appear in the TV soap.
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Comedy Demon inks first DTO content deal
RDF Digital has signed its first content deal for its Comedydemon.com venture, snapping up download-to-own (DTO) episodes of The Catherine Tate Show as part of a deal with BBC Worldwide.
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FeaturesWhy Sky is selling songs
The idea of the UK's pay-TV king getting into the subscription music business sounds rather off key - but Sky is not a company you bet against.
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NewsITV boosts online content by 60%
ITV has secured a deal with producers that will boost its online content by 60% with classic series including Heartbeat, Poirot and On the Buses.
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CommentBlog: You know... for kids
Virtual worlds for kids such as MyCBBC and Club Penguin are putting content in front of an audience that is increasingly migrating online. Joe Elliot considers misconceptions around these new portals and what to expect going forward.
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NewsBlinx to offer VoD super search
Blinkx has launched an online TV archive service that aims to help web viewers search for UK broadcasters' shows in one place
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CommentBlog: Dacre on money
In the final instalment of a five-part series, former Ten Alps Digital managing director Nigel Dacre discusses the challenges associated with financing a new venture and keeping the cash rolling on going forward.
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CommentBlog: Everyone wins with personalised bandwidth
iPlayer has become more personalised, so why haven't the ISPs, asks Paul Gainham of Juniper Networks
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NewsPeter Barron to leave BBC for Google
Peter Barron is to step down as editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme after four years in the role to take a senior PR job at internet search giant Google.
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NewsClemmow launches new indie
Richard Clemmow has stepped down as managing director at Juniper Communications, the indie behind recent Channel 4 documentary The Qur'an, to launch his own production company.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Ibiza
A new tie-in site will offer viewers of Living's Ibiza updates from the dancefloors of San Antonio.
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NewsTV chiefs reveal 360-degree commissioning headaches
A growing demand for long-form content, pressure from advertisers and commissioners' inexperience are proving to be the biggest challenges for broadcasters' 360-degree commissioning strategies.
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BBC rewards players in new eco-game
The BBC is encouraging people to reduce their environmental impact with a new online game that rewards good behaviour with virtual flowers.
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CommentEmily Bell: Archive of activity
Keating's new job as chief BBC archivist is no demotion in the in-demand world.