All Multiplatform articles – Page 65
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NewsSky trials Twitter recording tool
Sky is to begin trialing a mobile Twitter tool that allows its customers to watch or record TV shows by clicking on icons which appear in tweets.
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NewsS4C preps multiplatform kids’ series
S4C has greenlit an interactive multiplatform children’s series that will launch on TV before concluding as a four-part digital comic book.
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NewsBBC3 and iPlayer roles likely to merge
The BBC3 controller post will likely be merged with the yet-to-be-filled role of iPlayer content boss following Zai Bennett’s decision to join Sky Atlantic.
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NewsITV extends YouTube deal
ITV shows such as I’m A Celebrity, This Morning and Coronation Street are in line to get dedicated YouTube channels following an extension of the broadcaster’s deal with the Google-owned video-sharing site.
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NewsNetflix US swoops for Hinterland
Netflix has picked up Welsh crime drama Hinterland to stream in the US after striking a deal with All3Media International.
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NewsZeebox rebranded as Beamly
Zeebox, the second screen TV service headed up by former iPlayer chief Anthony Rose, has rebranded as Beamly.
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NewsCBBC revs up Mario Kart-style racer
CBBC is launching a Mario Kart-style racing game featuring characters including Hacker and Dodge and Wolfblood’s Rydian.
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NewsDailyMotion in scripted first with sci-fi drama
Video-sharing site DailyMotion has commissioned a ‘sci-fi hipster’ drama as its first piece of original scripted content.
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NewsVice chief: big business backing vital
MipTV: Vice Media chief executive Shane Smith has claimed it is “almost impossible” to build an international media brand without investment from a large media conglomerate.
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NewsPure Grass makes it with GFM
Digital production company Pure Grass Films has inked a deal with GFM Films for its female-skewing web drama Making It.
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NewsFremantle & Vice serve up Munchies
MipTV: Fremantle Media digital chief Keith Hindle has revealed that the super-indie’s online food channel with Vice will offer an antidote to the “mounds of tired, anachronistic celebrity chef and cook-off shows”.
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NewsChannel 4 ties with Xbox for Swedish sci-fi drama
MipTV: Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios have agreed a co-production deal for Humans, a scripted series based on Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans, to be produced by Kudos Film & Television.
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NewsiPlayer catch-up window extended
The BBC Trust has approved plans to extend iPlayer’s seven-day catch-up window to 30 days.
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NewsITV to close online rental service
ITV is to pull the plug on its online video rental service after failing to attract enough demand from viewers for archive shows, including Downton Abbey.
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NewsComedy Central hires digital chief
Comedy Central has appointed former Heat editor Sam Delaney as editor in chief of digital.
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NewsBBCW shortlists six for Labs 2014 scheme
A company that uses webcams to analyse viewers’ expressions and a social media video editing app are among the six companies selected for BBC Worldwide Labs 2014.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies preps Angry Birds-inspired game
Maverick TV is preparing to launch an Angry Birds-inspired game and live mental health checker to support the fourth series of Embarrassing Bodies: Live From The Clinic.
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NewsSky Store enters DVD market
Sky is to send customers DVD copies of films they purchase digitally via Sky Store.
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NewsTwitter snaps up TV agency SecondSync
Twitter has acquired social TV analytics firm SecondSync and has revealed plans to launch a research program called Data of Now with Kantar Media.
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NewsITV signs up to Twitter Amplify
ITV has signed up to the Twitter Amplify service to help brands extend TV advertising campaigns across social media.