All Multiplatform articles – Page 208
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NewsSky Interactive MD poached by Vodafone
8am: BSkyB managing director of Sky Interactive, Ian Shepherd has quit after nearly nine years with the satellite group to become director of commercial operations with Vodafone.
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NewsOfcom: Olympics could delay London switch-off
Plans to switch off analogue TV in and around London in 2012 will be delayed if snags prevent people enjoying the Olympics.
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NewsBBC extends iMP pilot
10am: The BBC has extended the pilot of its broadband catch-up TV and radio service by two months, in order to get over the 'honeymoon period' for users.
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NewsMistry joins Jetix
Former Paramount Comedy creative director Anil Mistry has joined Kids broadcaster Jetix Europe as creative director.
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NewsEasynet shareholders back Sky bid
BSkyB's purchase of telecoms company Easynet has taken a step closer to completion, with 65% of shareholders throwing their weight behind the£211m offer.
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NewsSound Television goes into receivership
A TV channel set up to celebrate the best of old-school British mainstream comedy, backed by comedians such as Richard Digance, Brian Conley and Jethro, has gone into administration less than a year after launch.
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NewsDigital TV in two thirds of homes
Two thirds of all homes now have digital TV, according to new figures from Ofcom.
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NewsEicom to launch Performance Channel spin-off
Bristol-based broadcaster Eicom is launching a second Performance Channel, provisionally named Performance Mainstreet.
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NewsKeeling in UKTV promotion
8am: UKTV is undergoing an executive reshuffle, with controller John Keeling being promoted to chief operating officer and director of network programming Charlotte Ashton taking an expanded remit.
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NewsSky One in output deal with Hallmark
Sky One has signed a two-year output deal with Hallmark Entertainment for rights to 15 mini-series including Human Trafficking, The Poseidon Adventure, Category 7: The End of the World and 10.5: Apocalypse.
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NewsVirgin Mobile rejects NTL bid
NTL's£817m takeover bid for Virgin Mobile has been 'unanimously rejected' by the mobile phone operator.
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Turner man to Nick
Nickelodeon has poached Peter Drake from Turner Broadcasting to take on the role of vice-president, creative director. Starting in January he will be responsible for leading the creative plans on and off-air for the network's family of channels including live continuity, graphics, on-air promotions, interactive and commercial creative services. He ...
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BT extends TV trial
BT has extended the trial of its live TV and radio mobile phone service, BT Livetime, for a further two weeks and is replacing its current TV channels with Channel 4, ITV2 and Cartoon Network. The trial, which has been running since July with 1,000 users within the M25, has ...
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BT gathers up content for TV service
BT has signed the first on-demand content deals for its soon to launch TV over broadband service.
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Five boss joins ETV
Enteraction TV (ETV) has poached Five interactive business controller Damon Letzer to take the newly created role of sales director. Letzer, who has been at Five for almost six years, will start in January, reporting to ETV's business development director, James Penfold. He will be responsible for sponsorship and brand ...
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Ex-ITN boss in bid to launch The Queer Channel
Former ITN creative director Colin Fallesen is looking to launch a gay entertainment channel.
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FilmFour set to go free to air
Channel 4 is planning to turn its subscription movie channel FilmFour into a free-to-air service across all platforms including Freeview.
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Homechoice adds Asian TV and music package
Video-on-demand service Homechoice is launching an Asian entertainment package which it hopes will help drive subscriptions when it rolls out in the north of England.
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More hours means sport on UKTV G2
UKTV G2 is expanding into an 18-hour channel and will become the home of all the network's sports content. From 16 January 2006, the male-skewed channel will have an extra 11 hours - broadcasting from 9am to 3am - and will mix sport with its regular light entertainment programming, which ...
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Profile - The man from al-Jazeera
It has enviable worldwide brand recognition but al-Jazeera's UK editorial chief, Mostefa Souag, didn't expect his channel to become the story.