Zolmo's appetite for success 9 Feb 2010
MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: UK celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has emulated his success on-screen with a top-grossing iPhone recipes app. Its creator, Tristan Celder, of London software design house Zolmo, tells Jesse Whittock how Apple is changing the game.
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Collective decision 8 Feb 2010
Animation Collective's founder Larry Schwarz believes the merging of his company with the kids arm of HandMade Group and partnering with Nat Geo Kids will create an outfit with both independent thinking and global sales nous, he tells Jesse Whittock.
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AETN's app aspirations 8 Feb 2010
MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: A&E Television Networks found success with iPhone games based on some of its most popular TV shows, and is now looking to move into paid-for applications. Adam Benzine reports.
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Shooting in Afghanistan 5 Feb 2010
C21'S FACTUAL SEASON: War documentary Restrepo swept the Sundance Film Festival last weekend, wowing audiences and picking up the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary. Producer-director Tim Hetherington talks to Adam Benzine.
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Impact of the app 5 Feb 2010
MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: Apple flipped the switch on its App Store just 18 months ago. Since then, 140,000 apps have been created and three billion downloaded. Jonathan Webdale introduces FutureMedia's Mobile Entertainment 2010 season.
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The more the merrier 5 Feb 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Fox TV Studios has changed its coproduction model to bring US channels in earlier. The studio's senior VP of programming, Diego Suarez, explains the reasoning to Ed Waller.
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Same hype, different outcome 5 Feb 2010
MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT 2010: In the first feature in FutureMedia's Mobile Entertainment 2010 season, Ronan de Renesse, head of mobile media at Screen Digest, assesses the affect the arrival of apps has had on the mobile market.
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The Wright stuff 3 Feb 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Michael Wright, exec VP and head of programming at TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies, talks to David Jenkinson about his programming plans for 2010.
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Rainbow warrior 3 Feb 2010
Iginio Straffi of Italian cartoon giant Rainbow tells Ed Waller what the European animation industry needs to do to compete and about his plans for digital expansion.
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Love in a cold climate 2 Feb 2010
Most Latin American distributors are selling telenovela and other formats for local production. But have their plans to grow in this direction survived the recession? Ed Waller reports.
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Man of the people 1 Feb 2010
Via Novocom's CEO and creative director John Ridgway reveals the secrets of good design to C21TV, as part of C21's ongoing series Brand Builders. Click through to view.
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Byte-sized thinking 1 Feb 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: MediaBytes' Shelly Palmer talks to David Jenkinson about the challenge (in Jeff Zucker's words) of swapping analogue dollars for digital dimes.
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A gamblin' man 29 Jan 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Sean Compton, programming and entertainment chief at Tribune Broadcasting, tells Ed Waller why cable sitcoms are so appealing, and reveals his digital plans for this year.
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Twitter + TV + iPad = ? 28 Jan 2010
The integration of social media and TV was the main buzz at NATPE in Las Vegas this week. Could the Apple iPad, launched nearby in San Francisco, play a role, asks Jonathan Webdale from the US.
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Murdoch's message 27 Jan 2010
NATPE NEWS: Elisabeth Murdoch is here in Las Vegas to spread the message that the web is not TV's enemy and, particularly with social media, can be its friend. Ed Waller reports.
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History begins again 27 Jan 2010
As the third annual History Makers conference kicks off today at New York's Grand Hyatt hotel, Adam Benzine talks to executive producer Bill Nemtin about what to expect from this year's event.
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Comic craze 27 Jan 2010
Earlier this month, Marvel shareholders approved the company's takeover by Disney and rival Warner Bros revamped its subsidiary DC Comics. Jules Grant reports on how comics are moving centre stage in kids' entertainment.
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The appliance of ad science 27 Jan 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Irwin Gotlieb, global CEO of GroupM, controls a hefty percentage of global advertising expenditure. He spoke to David Jenkinson about the advanced ad strategies he's planning and the changing face of the traditional television model.
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Uncovering Discovery 26 Jan 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: David Zaslav runs a network of channels that have over 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 173 countries. Following his keynote at Natpe in Las Vegas this week, he told Ed Waller what 2010 will bring.
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Playing the long game 25 Jan 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: Harry Friedman has been producing syndicated gameshows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for more than 13 years. He tells Ed Waller the secret to both shows' longevity.
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A law unto himself 25 Jan 2010
THE C21 INTERVIEWS: In the first feature in an online season featuring text, video and audio interviews, leading Hollywood writer David E Kelley tells David Jenkinson about his new pilot, Kindreds, and why network television needs to give drama more time.
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Beyond Bebo Originals 22 Jan 2010
Restructuring at AOL last year hit its social networking site, Bebo, with staff being lost and its Bebo Originals initiative axed. So what's next for original online youth content?
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Beating about the Bush 22 Jan 2010
Meghan O'Hara, the producer of huge-grossing documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11 and Sicko, is working on a new film about George W Bush. She tells Adam Benzine about the project.
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The shape of things to come 21 Jan 2010
Terry Back, digital media partner at Grant Thornton UK, offers his take on how IPTV will develop over the next few years in a rapidly changing television landscape.
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The battle of the Simons - round 3 19 Jan 2010
Details of the future plans of unscripted TV's two Simons emerged today, with Cowell launching a new joint venture with Sony Music and Fuller's start-up XIX valued at a whopping £100m (US$164m).
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TCA Winter Tour round-up 15 Jan 2010
With hundreds of journalists descending on LA for the bi-annual Television Critics Association press tour, Adam Benzine highlights the cream of the factual crop from this year's selections.
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Games consoles drive iPlayer growth 15 Jan 2010
One in eight BBC iPlayer TV requests now come from UK licence fee payers accessing the on-demand service via a Nintendo Wii or Sony PlayStation 3 games console, writes Jonathan Webdale.
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Guardian video turns new page 14 Jan 2010
THE NEW BROADCASTERS: UK newspaper The Guardian is increasingly looking to its contributors and commentators to help distinguish its online video content. Director of digital content Emily Bell talks to Adam Benzine.
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Balance budget with ambition 13 Jan 2010
VIEWPOINT: Mitch Schauer, creative producer of Lincoln Butterfield Animation, believes TV animation needs a development process that starts with a budget, the target audience and the delivery schedule.
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FT's off-the-wall ideas 12 Jan 2010
THE NEW BROADCASTERS: While online publishers wrestle with the issue of pay-walls, the Financial Times has been a subscription service from the start. But its growing library of online video is offered free. The FT's Richard Edgar tells Jesse Whittock why.
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