All Multiplatform articles – Page 81
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NewsNetflix heads back to Hemlock Grove
Netflix has ordered a second series of Eli Roth’s horror series Hemlock Grove.
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NewsDynamo makes digital debut
UKTV is to air the first episode of the new series of Dynamo: Magician Impossible online ahead of its TV debut.
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NewsITV tests paid mobile content
ITV has begun testing viewers’ appetite to pay for ad-free content on mobile as the final pillar in part one of its digital transformation.
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NewsBBC Worldwide rolls out Walking with Dinosaurs app
BBC Worldwide has launched Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World, an iPad app narrated by Stephen Fry that features 3D dinosaurs, authentic fight sequences and articles on prehistoric life.
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NewsC4 panel show to feature Twitter playalong game
Channel 4 is hoping that the playalong game for forthcoming panel show Was It Something I Said? (WISIS?) will have as big an impact in the space as The Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsHardie: ‘no need for 24-hour news on TV’
ITN chief executive John Hardie has branded rolling TV news channels “old fashioned” in the era of online news.
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NewsEx Aardman boss Bullough opens digital studio
Former Aardman Animations TV boss Miles Bullough has launched digital start-up Wildseed Studios with a £500,000 fund to invest in multiplatform ideas.
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NewsAmazon enters drama via Michael Connelly cop show
Amazon is moving into original drama for the first time after it greenlit a pilot based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels.
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NewsVice hunts young directors
Vice Media is looking for new directors to work with on its tranche of original UK productions.
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NewsNetflix orders raft of Dreamworks shows
Netflix has struck a landmark deal with Dreamworks Animation that will see it stream more than 300 hours of exclusive original programming from the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda producer.
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NewsSimon Fuller moves into kids TV
American Idol producer Simon Fuller is to make his first move into kids TV with the launch of US musical series The Meeps.
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CommentYouTube tackles subscriptions
Adam Nightingale on the impact of YouTube’s move into the premium content market on pay TV operators.
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NewsBarb to track online TV viewing
Barb will start measuring TV viewing through all computer devices, including smartphones and tablets, for the first time from August.
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NewsBig Brother opens 360º shopping site
Big Brother has extended its partnership with etailer Very to allow fans to buy products featured in the C5 show through a 360º house website.
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NewsYahoo! and Sky News sign content deal
Yahoo! has signed an agreement with Sky News to exclusively host an online hub for the broadcaster’s morning TV show Sunrise, as part of a wider deal to showcase three original co-commissioned video series globally.
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NewsFull Circle trials 360º iPhone film
An interactive iPhone film that allows viewers to browse a scene panoramically has been produced by 360º video specialist Full Circle.
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NewsFremantle’s Allen to lead TV push at Digital Animal
Fremantle Media Enterprises chief operating officer Dan Allen has joined social media engagement company Digital Animal to lead its push into TV.
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NewsMonterosa set for US push after NBC deal
Second-screen specialist Monterosa is planning a US push after striking a deal with NBC to support upcoming gameshows The Winner Is and Million Second Quiz.
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NewsChill launches episodic funding
Online distribution platform Chill is moving into the next stage of crowdfunding as it launches episodic funding for its first original series, Jason Mewes-fronted Vigilante Diaries.
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NewsITV introduces Apple subs fee
ITV has begun charging consumers a monthly subscription fee to stream ITV3 and ITV4 after updating its ITV Player iOS app.