All Multiplatform articles – Page 190
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FeaturesA brave new world for C4
Channel 4 has overhauled its attitude to the web with plans to pour millions into digital PSB projects. Now the online community is hoping for some bold decisions from the broadcaster.
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NewsGCap acquires 'local' social networking site
GCap Media has acquired a majority stake in local social networking website welovelocal.com Limited for£450,000.
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NewsITV lands F1 online rights
ITV has won the online rights to stream live coverage of the Formula 1 motor racing season ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.
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NewsC4 outlines digital PSB plans
Channel 4 will plough£20m into creating public service content on digital platforms as part of its blueprint for its post-switchover future.
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FeaturesContent Focus: BBC Green
This BBC website aims to clear up confusion about what it means to be green.
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NewsBazalgette buys stake in DRM group
Peter Bazalgette has chosen a company that is “part distributor, part rent collector” for web and mobile video clips as the first of his planned investment portfolio of digital start-ups.
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Blinkbox.com to double TV content in new deals
Video download and clips website blinkbox.com is to more than double its TV content ahead of its full launch next month by signing deals with a terrestrial broadcaster and two super-indies.
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NewsAardman airs JellyBeats on Bebo
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman Animations has created a series of animated characters called the JellyBeats and will launch them on Bebo.
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NewsFive to air 'newsround' on Myspace
Five News is to broadcast a daily youth-oriented news bulletin on a branded MySpace channel.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Omnisport.tv
A new multiplatform sports service condenses a huge amount of programming into daily bulletins for the global market.
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News4oD passes 100m views
Streams and downloads on Channel 4's video-on-demand service 4oD have broken through the 100 million barrier.
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Switch calls on viewers to make drama episodes
BBC Switch has commissioned an experimental cross-platform series that will encourage aspiring film-makers to submit their own episodes based on the first few instalments of a drama.
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NewsHit launches iTunes channels
Hit Entertainment has become the latest UK distributor to make its programmes available for purchase and download from the iTunes store in the UK.
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NewsITV signs with Bebo
ITV is to distribute programmes including acquisition Gossip Girl on Bebo, four months after rival broadcasters signed up to the social network.
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NewsMacKenzie teams with Baz for online venture
Peter Bazalgette and Kelvin MacKenzie are backing a start-up venture that aims to help video content producers to manage their rights on digital platforms.
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NewsBBC launches mobile browser
The BBC has re-launched its bbc.co.uk site for mobile devices ahead of a major push into covering sports events on the platform.
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NewsAdam and Joe to produce BBCW paid-for podcasts
Comedy duo Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are to produce a series of paid-for podcasts that will be sold by BBC Worldwide over iTunes.
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Newsitv.com to break even
ITV Local and itv.com will both break even this year the broadcaster said, as it takes steps to improve its online ad strategy ahead of the launch of cross-industry VoD service Kangaroo.
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NewsC4 orders web clips of hit teen show
Channel 4 and Tern TV are to create an iPlayer-style viewing platform showing spin-off content from educational show KNTV.