Earlier this week, plans for a massive online BBC archive seeped out. This afternoon at MipTV-Milia in Cannes, Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s director of future media and technology, was slated…

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The BBC will this week announce plans for a massive online program archive. Speaking to paidContent.org, a BBC spokesperson confirmed a report in the Sunday Observer that the corporation aims…

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BBC Worldwide has appointed former Vodafone exec Thomas Geitner to its board as a non-executive director in preparation for imminent digital launches. Geitner was CEO of the telco’s new business…

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The BBC will need to consult its regulatory Trust if it chooses to widen its content partnership with YouTube. The BBC launched a trailers channel, an ad-supported clips channel aimed…

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Rafat pointed to a half-story last night on MocoNews.net, now the broadcaster’s press people have confirmed it to me. The BBC is partnering with three UK carriers to offer live…

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AOL and UKTV have struck a syndication contract to carry clips form the lifestyle TV network on the web portal in Britain. UKTV operates 10 niche channels on topics including…

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Google has come out with a bullish defence against Viacom’s $1 billion copyright lawsuit. The Guardian quotes Google’s head of video content partnerships, Patrick Walker, speaking in London: “Viacom took…

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BBC Trust is cracking the whip on BBC, and is scrapping online education service BBC Jam, following complaints from commercial rivals...it will be suspended from next Tuesday, March 20. BBC…

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The BBC has attracted a quarter-million views from YouTube since launching its partnership with the video sharing site six days ago. Following a panel, the corporation’s internet controller Tony Ageh…

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In a deal likely to raise some eyebrows in UK, BBC has done a more-than-trivial clips licensing deal with YouTube. Three YouTube channels - one for news and two for…

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BBC Trust, the governing body for BBC, has made a decision on the controversial issue of ads on BBC.com: no decision. Yep, that will help with. It said it is…

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Updated below: More from BBC’s reactionaries and Guardian’s helping them along: BBC staff campaigning against the proposals for advertising on the international site BBC.com have made a final call for…

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Giving in to the reactionaries following the controversy about BBC running ads on its international site, it now only plans to run ads on targeted areas of the proposed BBC.com,…

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-- An alliance of British media organizations, including BIPA and NUJ, is calling on the BBC Trust to reject plans to run ads on the corporation’s international websites...this is the…

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Garth Ancier, the former chairman of the defunct WB Network, has been named president of BBC Worldwide Americas’ U.S. operations, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ancier is charged with expanding…

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Not that this was going to be an issue after Ofcom set the path earlier this month, but BBC Trust gave initial approval to the BBC’s on-demand plans. Under the…

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BBC’s online on-demand plans (its iPlayer service with archives of the last seven days of shows) has received a cautious recommendation from Ofcom, UK’s communications regulato,r following a market impact…

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Updated below: An overblown story in Guardian, on talk between Google and BBC, to provide BBC video on Google Video to being with and then possibly be on YouTube. BBC…

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In what will bring another round of protests from the curmudgeons, BBC is set to recruit dozens of ad executives as it looks to bolster its overseas website income, as…

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Update: The Mail on Sunday had the same story five months ago.  So why is it a Guardian exclusive then? Original post: That money would have bought them MySpace two…

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So at least some progress: BBC is planning to launch an international version of its video NewsPlayer in the new year which will carry ads from April, reports Guardian. From…

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BBC Vision, the new integrated broadcast and production group that replaces the old linear Corporation structure, officially launched today...the new format provided a “one-stop shop” for commissioning across platforms and…

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This is a big step in the user-generated content space: BBC will start paying for viewer contributed content, but only for material that is “particularly editorially important or unique”, reports…

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-- BBC Worldwide’s new Digital head: Jemma Adkins has been appointed head of content for the digital division of BBC Worldwide...she will be responsible for expanding the digital media content…

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The BBC could generate about $200 (110 million GBP) million from global online advertising revenues, according to a new report from Accenture presented to the organization. The report is, as…

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