All articles by Alex Farber, Broadcast – Page 3
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NewsViacom buys Channel 5 for $760m
Viacom has confirmed it is to acquire Channel 5 in a £450m ($760m) deal that will make it a major player in the free-to-air TV market.
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NewsChinese film delegation heads to UK
A delegation of Chinese film and TV industry executives is heading to London in September to forge ties with UK indies and broadcasters as part of the Screen China event.
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NewsDailyMotion in scripted first
Video-sharing site DailyMotion has commissioned a ‘sci-fi hipster’ drama as its first piece of original scripted content, which will also receive a theatrical release.
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NewsMobile start-up scoops ADMS prize
An innovative service that provides people with emergency mobile phone credit was the winner of an Orange-backed competition for start-up businesses at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit.
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NewsMENA digital prospects 'immense'
The opportunity to build successful digital businesses in the Middle East is ‘immense’ if companies can overcome finance and talent issues according to a group of venture capitalists in the region.
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NewsViacom targets Generation C
Generation C, the group of youngsters who love to create, curate and comment online, are the next demographic in the sights of Viacom International Media Networks.
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NewsTwitter: media must 'respect' audience
Media owners must ‘radically change’ the way in which they communicate with audiences following the growth of social media, according to Twitter executive Shailesh Rao.
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NewsDiscovery plans to diversify content
Discovery Networks International is focussed on diversifying the range of its content and boosting its free-to-air TV distribution, according to chief executive Mark Hollinger.
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NewsBerners-Lee: protect web whistleblowers
World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee has called on internet whistleblowers to be given special protection even if they break the law, in the wake of the Edward Snowden and Wikileaks scandals.
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NewsDanny Boyle to direct TV drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a Danny Boyle-directed police drama.
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NewsBFI issues first TV tax break guarantees
CBeebies’ Sarah and Duck and BBC1 dramas Death Comes To Pemberley and Remember Me are among the first projects to be guaranteed a tax break by the BFI.
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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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NewsChannel 4 subscribes to Lovefilm VoD service
Channel 4 has signed a digital content distribution deal with Lovefilm that will see a raft of shows including Peep Show and Father Ted added to the VoD service.
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NewsExclusive Media launches TV division
Division to be headed by Exclusive/Hammer’s Simon Oakes [pictured].
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NewsSky Atlantic lines up top directors for Footprint docs
Bafta and Academy Award-winning directors Beeban Kidron and Errol Morris [pictured] have been commissioned to produce feature-length films for Sky Atlantic’s Footprint strand.
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NewsEE partners with FilmFlex for 4G VoD
VoD provider FilmFlex has partnered with mobile operator EE to launch a film service aimed at 4G subscribers.
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NewsSky links with film school for training scheme
Students are to be taught a raft of production skills as part of a wide ranging training partnership between Sky and the National Film and Television School.
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NewsRed Bull and YouTube partner for 23 mile skydive
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is to attempt a record-breaking 120,000 foot freefall live on YouTube as part of a tie-up with Red Bull Media House.
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NewsYouTube chief to reveal content partners in Mipcom keynote
YouTube global head of content Robert Kyncl is set to use his keynote speech at Mipcom to reveal the partners that have landed up to £500,000 to produce content for the Google-owned platform.
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NewsBBC iPlayer allows mobile downloads
The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet app has been beefed up to enable users to download shows to view offline.