All Multiplatform articles – Page 84
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NewsVoD deal sees Skins head to China
Company Pictures’ youth drama Skins is to be distributed in China after All3Media International struck a deal with VoD provider Tencent.
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NewsC4 digital shake up prompts departures
Channel 4’s head of convergent formats Anna Cronin and head of multiplatform drama Hilary Perkins are understood to be exiting the broadcaster as part of a digital shake-up.
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NewsThe Apprentice looks to create a buzz on Twitter
Fremantle Media UK Interactive is overhauling the online presence of BBC1’s The Apprentice for its forthcoming ninth series.
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NewsTV explores Google+ potential
Google has given an insight in to the ways TV execs are taking advantage of its emerging video-calling platform, Google+ Hangouts.
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NewsYahoo! hires former ITV multiplatform exec
Yahoo! has hired former ITV director of multiplatform programmes Richard Williams, to head up its UK media team.
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NewsFox order opens doors in US for LoveLive
Multiplatform indie LoveLive is to set up in the US after securing a documentary commission from Fox.
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NewsAmazon adopts Moneyball strategy for pilots
Online retailer Amazon is looking to apply a Moneyball strategy to the TV world after unveiling 14 pilots on its UK streaming service Lovefilm that it hopes to crowdsource to commission.
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NewsTwitter reveals how 140 can be a magic number
Twitter has urged creatives to make sure messages are posted using an authentic and relevant tone of voice.
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NewsBroadchurch breaks Twitter drama records
The final episode of ITV’s Broadchurch generated more than 260,000 Twitter messages on Tuesday, a record amount of traffic for a UK drama.
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NewsYouTube remains long-term play
BBC Worldwide, Jamie Oliver Media and All3Media’s Little Dot Studios have admitted that creating original content for YouTube is a strategic rather than profitable move.
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NewsNetflix eyes new Euro launch after subs boost
Netflix added more than 1m international subscribers in the last three months, including its operation in the UK and Ireland, and will launch in another European territory in the second half of the year.
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CommentOnline video news blackout looms
ITN’s Mark Browning on how a lack of rights management threatens online news.
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NewsBaz: TV is failing to understand power of second screen
Peter Bazalgette has warned the TV industry it needs to get a grip on the commercial significance of second screen usage.
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NewsGary Lineker calls on BBC to relax Twitter rules
Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker has called on the BBC to relax its rules to allow talent to promote their own Twitter accounts on-screen.
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NewsiPlayer tablet traffic overtakes mobile
Viewing to the BBC iPlayer on tablet devices has outstripped mobile consumption for the first time as the VoD service chalked up a record-equalling 272m requests in March.
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NewsDigital approach appeals to sci-fi maestro
The creator of Heroes talks to Peter White about teaming up with Pure Grass for latest show.
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NewsITV4 Krays campaign gets fans tweeting
A social media campaign orchestrated by ITV4 helped drive viewer engagement with film The Krays, making it one of the most tweeted about shows on Sunday.
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NewsSeeking out the ‘tweet spot’
Twitter’s Dan Biddle is urging broadcasters to engage audiences and become agents of change
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NewsNetflix buys US rights to The Fall
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to Gillian Anderson-fronted crime drama The Fall in the US after striking a deal with Content Television and Digital
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NewsDigital innovation contest offers £175,000
YouTube, FremantleMedia UK and Samsung are among the partners backing an IC Tomorrow digital invention competition that will offer start-ups £175,000 in investment.