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Sky’s Darcey: Pay-TV will lead in original content

Mike Darcey, Chief Operating Officer, BSkyB, has suggested that  the real challenge facing the broadcasting industry isn’t finding the technical ‘nous’ to develop the products and systems such as those showcased at IBC, but rather how to pay for it all. Participating in a keynote panel on ‘New Routes to Funding Original Content’, Darcey told […]

September 11, 2010From Colin Mann in Amsterdam

Govt backs Canvas as others complain

“I’m basically very positive about Canvas,” Jeremy Hunt, the culture, media and sport secretary, told the  The Media Festival Arts. “In terms of what I understand, I think it’s incredibly exciting. It will finally – for many, many people – remove the barriers between lean-forward and lean-back technology. The chaos of the internet – for […]

September 9, 2010

BBC: more hypertext and more money

The BBC is to invest more in R&D for online TV and is appointing specialist in Internet standards to work with Future Media & Technology. The BBC says the move demonstrates its commitment to HTML 5 use in video – it has received criticism that the use of Flash in the iPlayer shows a lack […]

August 27, 2010