All Multiplatform articles – Page 204
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NewsMagic parties online
Magic Lantern has developed the online component to BBC dramas Party Animalsand Life on Mars, working closely with their producers, World Productions and Kudos Film and Television.
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Tiscali produces content for Scamp channel
Tiscali, the ISP which bought on-demand platform Homechoice in August 2006, has produced the first piece of original content for its new educational zone aimed at pre-school children which launches next month.
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BBC nets huge response from The Verdict
The BBC has had one of its biggest ever online responses to its courtroom reality series The Verdictdespite lukewarm ratings and a harsh response from critics.
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NewsSky predicts 10m HD TVs before 2010
The fact that only a tiny minority of us are HD-ready was clearly demonstrated at Broadcast's HD Here and Now conference this week.
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NewsActors to receive royalties for podcast performances
Actors who performed in an audio podcast of 70s cult sci fi show Blake's 7will receive royalties following a landmark deal between union Equity and indie B7 Productions.
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NewsBBC searches for Signs of Life
BBC director of future media and technology Ashley Highfield has confirmed plans for a new Endemol-produced online teen drama.
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Sky to carry games
Portland TV, the broadcasting arm of Northern and Shell, has signed a carriage deal with BSkyB to air a new sports channel showing video game fans competing against each other live. XLeague.tv, which goes live in imd-May, will follow the launch of the online channel in mid-April. There is a£6.99 ...
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NewsMySpace hires AOL exec
Fox Interactive Media (FIM) has hired AOL executive Chris Ellis to commercially develop social network MySpace and video-games network IGN.
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NewsHBO unveils UK video-on-demand service
US cable provider HBO is rolling out a UK subscription video-on-demand (VoD) service, offering shows such as The Sopranoson BT Vision, Tiscali TV and Virgin Media.
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NewsFormer England boss launches online sport channel
Sports networking site isporty.com, backed by former England manager Terry Venables, is launching an online TV channel and has lined up ITV Sport pundit Gary Newbon as lead presenter.
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NewsSky launches pay DTT service ... on the same day Virgin media rebrands
BSkyB is launching a subscription television service on digital terrestrial television (DTT) this summer, offering four channels understood to be Sky Movies, Sky Sports, Sky News and Sky One.
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Rough Cut - Follow the leader
It's no bad thing for the BBC to be first in the market with new services - especially for those who follow, argues Gideon Summerfield.
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NewsPact agrees terms of trade with BBC
Pact members have this week approved the BBC's new terms of trade concerning new media rights and the release of programming into the UK secondary market.
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C4 diverts£4m to multimedia programming
Channel 4 is shifting two thirds of its£6m education budget into multimedia from 2008 after research showed teenagers and teachers find its morning programmes difficult to access.
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NewsFilm 4 and MySpace partner on movie
MySpace has joined forces with Film 4 and Vertigo Films to fund a£1 million British movie, with the filmmaker to be chosen in a competition on the social networking website.
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NewsITV pushes into DVD comedy
ITV DVD is pushing into the live comedy genre and has signed an exclusive three-year deal with comedian Phil Nichol.
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NewsComment - second thoughts
With more opportunities to view repeats via new services like BT Vision and the BBC's proposed iPlayer, Dominic Schreiber ponders what impact this will have on the UK's secondary market.
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NewsBBC iPlayer given green light by Trust
The BBC Trust this week gave the green light to the corporation's new on-demand services, including the controversial iPlayer, but made major changes to a number of key features the BBC Executive proposed.
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NewsBBC Trust gives iPlayer the go ahead
The BBC Trust has given the go ahead to the corporation's new on-demand services, including the controversial iPlayer, but has made major changes to a number of key features the BBC executive proposed.
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NewsITN and Microsoft unite for news service launch
ITN's multimedia division ITN On is launching a new desktop news service on Microsoft's new Windows Vista software.