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C4 Courting Hackers This Summer: £50 Million Giveaway, Alcohol Provided - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 05 Jun 2008 10:17 AM PST

Channel 4 will open the application process for its £50 million new 4IP digital investment fund at its own new “festival of ideas for technology and progress” in July. 2gether08…

4Radio Seeks Branded DAB Radio Tuner For iPods, Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 May 2008 12:10 AM PST

Channel 4 Radio is talking to DAB radio makers about launching a £20 branded mini tuner for iPods and mobile phones, as it looks to build a head of steam…

@ PPA Wrap: Gazette Live, Telegraph, Channel4.com Try Community - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 07 May 2008 08:57 AM PST

-- Trinity Mirror: The Gazette Live site, which Trinity Mirror’s (LSE: TNI) Teesside Evening Gazette launched two years ago with 20 hyperlocal sites, now has 200,000 unique users and 2.5…

Radio Bits: 4Radio Strife, Networked Programming, Rajar Online Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

Uncertainty around DAB and the costs involved in launching digital radio operations persist… -- 4Radio: Channel 4 assures the multi-channel radio operation it planned to launch on the second DAB…

Zattoo Divides Broadcasters; Live Internet TV The New Wild West? - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Apr 2008 06:12 AM PST

Some in the TV biz seem at odds as new TV-over-the-internet applications begin to re-broadcast their live channels around the world. A Brand Republic story yesterday suggested UK broadcasters are…

Earnings: C4 New Media Losses Grow To £15.4 Million On 4oD, Reorg Costs - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Apr 2008 03:37 AM PST

Channel 4’s new media losses grew from £6 million to £15.4 million in 2007, as the broadcaster swung to its first ever deficit, leaving it more eager than ever for…

Sell BBC Radio, C4 To Fund Public Web Publisher: Bazalgette - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 23 Apr 2008 01:44 AM PST

Add this to the file of BBC detractors. Former Endemol creative director Peter Bazalgette has called for BBC Radio 1 and 2 to be sold and for BBC Worldwide and…

Kangaroo: August Launch Rumoured; 4oD Reorgs In Preparation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 02:34 AM PST

As predicted yesterday on news of Ashley Highfield’s appointment as CEO, it looks like ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide online TV JV Project Kangaroo won’t make the earlier-rumoured June launch date. “Observers” tell…

Industry Moves: BT’s Verwaayen Stepping Down; C4 Taps Virgin For New Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 08 Apr 2008 01:21 AM PST

- BT: BT (NYSE: BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down after six years on June 1, to be replaced by Ian Livingston, CEO of the BT Retail division. Verwaayen…

Channel 4 Invests In School Of Everything, Sees More Community Investments - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 31 Mar 2008 01:53 AM PST

Channel 4 and others have invested “a six-figure sum” in School Of Everything, a pseudo-educational web network connecting mentors with people looking to learn skills. Started in September, the site…

BBC And ITV Seek Legal Advice Against Listings Aggregator TVguide.co.uk - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 27 Mar 2008 06:23 AM PST

The BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) have sought the advice of lawyers to determine whether the deep-linking that online TV listings site TVguide.co.uk does to their online video streaming is…

Broadband Content Bits: Virgin 50 Mbps, Kangaroo Ads, Velocix P2P - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:23 AM PST

- Virgin 50 Mbps: Nine million VMED customers will have access to 50 Mbps cable this year, the company said, considering best methods for rollout: “Unlike big routed networks, we…

Broadband Content Bits: Orange TV; C4 On iTunes; Blinkx Desktop; EU Leads US - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 19 Mar 2008 05:26 AM PST

- Orange TV: Orange’s UK IPTV service still shows no signs of emerging from testing. The service already operates in France, Poland and Spain and had promised a 2007 UK…

Channel 4 Starts £50 Million ‘4IP’ Digital Production Fund - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 14 Mar 2008 01:23 AM PST

Channel 4 and UK regional media development agencies will start a £50 million digital commissioning fund as the broadcaster looks to retain its publicly-funded status whilst enduring tough economic times.…

Nokia Roundup: Nokia Launches Music TV Show; German State Threatens To Sue Nokia - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 11 Mar 2008 04:56 AM PST

-- Nokia Launches Music TV Program: Another content foray for Nokia (NYSE: NOK). The Finnish handset giant is launching a music TV program on Channel 4 in the UK with…

£11,000 Bill For Downloading Friends Points To Excessive Roaming Data Costs - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 04 Mar 2008 01:09 AM PST

If ever there were proof Europe’s roaming data charges need to come down, see this Times story about the £11,000 cost of downloading four episodes of Friends. Hard as it…

C4’s Digital Future: A Stake In BBC? Govt. Partnerships? Fill In The Blanks… - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 28 Feb 2008 02:30 AM PST

It’s probably just one option amongst many, but the government’s department for culture, media and sport is examining a proposal that would give troubled Channel 4 a stake in BBC…

Channel 4 Photo Ops Bridge TV, Web, Mobile Media - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Jan 2008 08:53 AM PST

Online and mobile amateur photography initiatives started by Channel 4 are clicking with budding creatives. A web community for Picture This, a Flickr-backed TV talent contest for wannabe pro snappers,…

Premium Rate Phone-In Software Firm Eckoh In Early Takeover Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 21 Dec 2007 05:46 AM PST

Voice recognition telco firm Eckoh, one of the companies behind the recent premium rate call-TV scandals, said on Friday it had received a number of approaches for a possible takeover,…

Broadband Content Bits: Current TV Vlog Platform, C4 Switches Schools To Social Nets - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 03 Dec 2007 07:59 AM PST

- Current TV: The Al Gore-owned progressive video website and TV channel is doing a Bebo. Where the social network this month launched Open Media, a “platform” play to entice…

Industry Moves: C4’s Kangaroo Exec Henwood Seeks New Digital Ventures - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 03 Dec 2007 03:57 AM PST

One of the execs behind the upcoming Kangaroo online TV service will quit his employer in the new year. As Channel 4 new business director, Rod Henwood helped establish the…

Channel 4 Buys 10 Percent Mobile IQ Stake, Entering Mobile Video Ad Space - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 29 Nov 2007 04:17 AM PST

Channel 4 is buying a 10 percent stake in mobile ad tech firm Mobile IQ to boost its mobile advertising efforts (via NMA). The two companies have been working together…

Interview: Kangaroo’s BBC, ITV, C4 Execs: More Partners Coming, Going Portable - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 Nov 2007 08:46 AM PST

Kangaroo will gobble up 4oD, will leave iPlayer unharmed, is seeking more broadcast partners and will offer transfer to portable media players, a trio of executives behind the upcoming online…

Kangaroo: The Framework Behind The Plan To Monetise TV’s Long Tail - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 Nov 2007 05:18 AM PST

The main strategy behind Kangaroo - the VOD online TV joint venture announced this morning by BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 - is to monetise TV shows…

If They Can Hulu, We Can Kangaroo: UK Broadcasters Join For Kangaroo Commercial VOD Platform - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 Nov 2007 03:53 AM PST

BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 have confirmed they are joining forces to launch a major new online on-demand UK TV joint venture. The “entertainment site” will offer…