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FeaturesCONTENT FOCUS: HOT DESK
ITV has fixed the MySpace generation firmly in its sights with its innovative made-for-mobile music magazine
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NewsWeDig aims for heart with gameshow
Web-based interactive quiz show network WeDigTV has devised an online gameshow set inside the human body.
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NewsSimply plans TV and film moves
Simply Media has earmarked film and urban music as new business areas and is targeting channels squeezed out of BSkyB’s platform for online launches.
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NewsViewers accept online ads if content free
Consumers will tolerate online advertising as long as content is free, a survey by business law firm Olswang has found.
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NewsBroadcasters planning joint VoD service
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have confirmed long-mooted plans to launch a joint online video-on-demand service.
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NewsBBC signs new media rights agreement
The BBC has signed an agreement with the independent producers’ trade body Pact, which will allow interactive content producers to retain the rights for their online and mobile ideas for the first time.
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NewsOrsten parts company with Joost
Joost head of comedy Tony Orsten is to leave the peer-to-peer online TV service this week after 15 months in the job.
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NewsFX to air MySpace videos
Fox-owned channel FX is to air user-generated content from MySpace TV alongside shows such as Family Guy and The Newsroom in its Thursday night comedy line-up.
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FeaturesContent Focus: Later with Jools Holland
BBC2’s flagship music show is taking a step further into the web 2.0 world with a site featuring “tearaway” video sharing.
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Current TV launches UK UGC website
Current TV is aiming to bridge the gap between news reporting and social networking with the launch of a UK-based website that aims to offer users more ways of giving their views online and on TV.
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FeaturesBehind The News: Interactive TV
As ITV unveils Rock Rivals and a number of channels heap their content onto social networking site Bebo, David Wood reports on the appeal of interactive shows.
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CommentThe long tail of IP television
Ascent Media’s Allen McCaskill on how IPTV provides television programmes of infinite variety (and quality) with a new market.
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NewsC4 makes Gisby first new media boss
Channel 4 has hired Yahoo! vice president of media and communications Jon Gisby as its first director of new media and technology.
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CommentBlog: Planning for TV Channel 3.0
Jens Bachem offers tips to broadcasters on how to put together a broadband service that genuinely sets them apart in the next phase of the online evolution.
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NewsTiscali to show Setanta online
Tiscali UK has signed a deal to stream three of Setanta Sports flagship channels live on its website.
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NewsBebo to offer free TV content clips
Bebo’s repositioning as an entertainmentbased online community took a major leap forward this week with broadcasters and production companies signed up to provide thousands of hours of programming free of charge to the network’s 40 million users.
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CommentClicking into place
Bebo’s deals with key broadcasters spell rapid change for TV - but also opportunity.
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NewsBBC’s first music podcast
The BBC has launched its first podcasts to feature music clips following a deal with royalties body Phonographic Performance.
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NewsAffinity TV channel site
Website operator Affinity Media has launched a site that enables users to create their own online TV channel featuring content from videosharing sites such as YouTube and Google Video.