All Multiplatform articles – Page 85
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NewsC4 Education game aims to send teens to sleep
Channel 4 Education has launched a mobile game designed to help teenagers understand the importance of a good quality night’s sleep.
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NewsCash In The Attic opens up shop online
Argonon has launched a Cash In The Attic website as an online destination for antiques fans and collectors.
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NewsSyfy to launch channel-wide second-screen app
NBC Universal-owned Syfy has become the first UK broadcaster to launch a channel-wide second screen app.
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NewsYouTube success story offers advice to indies
US-based YouTube network Maker Studios, which generates more than 2.5 billion views each month, has told UK indies they must fully adapt to the platform if they are to develop a sustainable business.
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NewsSwedish VoD start-up plots UK launch
MipTV: Swedish web-based pay TV service Magine, backed by digital evangelist Jon Gisby, has scheduled a UK launch early next year.
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NewsEndemol primed for acquisitions
MipTV: Endemol Group president Tim Hincks is poised to strike a deal to acquire a new company, claiming Endemol has “the cash and resources” to get back into mergers and acquisitions.
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NewsFremantle & Vuguru unveil first online comedies
MipTV: FremantleMedia International and US multiplatform producer Vuguru have announced their first two online comedies, Fetching and Hollywood Help.
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NewsTwitter flocks to Dogging Tales
Channel 4’s Dogging Tales doc was the second most tweeted about TV show of the past week, narrowly beaten by ITV2’s The Only Way Is Essex.
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NewsZeebox to extend service to on-demand content
Social TV service Zeebox is preparing to revolutionise its proposition to allow viewers to follow the online conversation around shows they are watching on demand.
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NewsBroadcast Digital Awards: 10 days to enter
There are just 10 days left to enter the Broadcast Digital Awards 2013 - so submit your show or digital project now.
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NewsThe Voice outperforms ITV's Takeaway on Twitter
The return of BBC1 talent contest The Voice was easily the most tweeted about show of the last seven days, generating over 100,000 more messages than ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsSony adds some Crackle to the VoD market
SPT’s executive vice-president of digital networks tells Peter White about its UK plans
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NewsYouView to add pay TV channels to EPG
YouView is planning to beef up its EPG to include linear streamed pay-TV channels such as the Disney Channel, Sky Sports and UKTV.
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NewsBBC enters new era with iPlayer-first content
The BBC has marked the start of a new strand in its content distribution strategy after setting out plans to premiere a Peter Kay comedy and BBC3 drama shorts on iPlayer.
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NewsApple ditches C4 Education’s Sweatshop app
Apple has removed the Channel 4 Education-funded mobile game Sweatshop from its App Store after claiming it was “uncomfortable” with the game’s themes.
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NewsVice strikes first 4Music series deal
4Music is planning to kick off a late night strand following its acquisition of a “sex, drugs and rock & roll” series from multiplatform publisher Vice.
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CommentDEBATE: Are online premieres the future?
Was Kay Mellor right to hit out at plans to debut Peter Kay’s sitcom on iPlayer?
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NewsThe Syndicate writer slams iPlayer premieres
Kay Mellor, the writer of BBC1’s The Syndicate, has claimed that she “wouldn’t be happy” if her work was made available online before airing on television.
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NewsDaniel Danker exits BBC for Shazam
BBC director of programmes and on-demand Daniel Danker has joined Shazam as the audio recognition service tightens its focus on TV.
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NewsPeter Kay heads to BBC via iPlayer
Comedian Peter Kay’s first BBC1 sitcom, Car Share, will debut on iPlayer ahead of a linear broadcast.