All Multiplatform articles – Page 196
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NewsStella Street goes online
New episodes of BBC2 comedy series Stella Street (pictured) are set to appear on video-based website log.tv.
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NewsTiscali signs up classic US series for on-demand service in UK
Tiscali is adding classic US series such as Bewitched and Charlie’s Angels to its UK on-demand service following a deal with Sony Pictures Television International.
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FeaturesContent Focus: WedigTV
Gameshow specialist WedigTV is using its online site to showcase creative new formats.
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NewsC4 utilises web to reach out to teens
Digital media will account for two-thirds of Channel 4’s£6m budget for teen educational projects in 2008, with most cross-platform commissions starting online.
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FeaturesDelivering social services
As Bebo cements its position as one of Europe’s biggest social networking websites, Michael Rosser discovers how it intends to stay ahead of the competition with a string of deals with broadcasters.
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NewsFremantle plans online drama series
Fremantle Media is developing a web-based drama series that it plans to launch in 2008.
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Italian soccer on Babelgum
Babelgum has launched a Serie A Italian Football channel, offering highlights of Italy’s premier division.
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Kate Modern airs in-flight
Virgin Atlantic is to show Bebo’s online drama Kate Modern as part of its in-flight entertainment.
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VoD strategist quits C4
Channel 4's chief strategist on the joint video-on-demand service Kangaroo, Rod Henwood, is to leave the broadcaster in April next year to pursue a new digital venture.
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FeaturesContent focus: Star Trek fan site
Virgin 1 is using the obsessive nature of Star Trek fans to build an online community.
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NewsEcho Beach shorts signal next phase for itv.com
Itv.com will host a 12-part series of online shorts linked to Kudos’ ITV1 dramas Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper next month as part of plans to establish the site as the home of added value web-only content.
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CommentDelivering content that suits viewers exactly
Allen McCaskill believes that finding ways of delivering content aimed exactly at individual viewers will be essential to profiting from IPTV.
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NewsKey Kangaroo exec to hop off
Channel 4’s chief strategist on the joint video-on-demand service Kangaroo, Rod Henwood, is to leave the broadcaster just days after the it signed the deal with BBC Worldwide and ITV.
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NewsKangaroo spells end for 4oD platform
Channel 4’s online video-on-demand service 4oD is to cease as a stand-alone platform when the broadcaster folds content into the new VoD offensive planned jointly with BBC Worldwide and ITV next year.
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FX to air MySpace clips
Fox-owned channel FX is to air user-generated video from MySpace TV in its Thursday night TV comedy line-up, which features Family Guy and The Newsroom.
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Food for thought for BT
UK distributor Electric Sky is offering more than 60 hours of international programming to BT Vision.
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Joost loses comedy boss
Joost head of comedy Tony Orsten is to leave the peer-to-peer online TV service this week after 15 months.
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Transmission goes mobile
Channel 4 has extended its music series Transmission with T-Mobile across mobile phones.
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C4 puts content online
Channel 4 has launched TV Clips, a website featuring more than 1,000 clips of shows from linear TV, 4oD and DVD.