Will they, or wont they join Canvas?
After the shock removal of Channel Five from the BBC IPTV venture, Project Canvas. News comes in that Newspaper owner Richard Desmond will buy the tv channel from owners RTL and return it to the project.
According to reports, Desmond who owns the Daily Express and OK magazine is expected to purchase Channel Five this week for a reported
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103.5m.
The deal was sealed with immediate effect, giving ownership to Northern & Shell, the publishing group owned by Richard Desmond. “This is a major acquisition and a long-term project,” said Richard Desmond, who said that he would “invest heavily in talent and content both in the programming we already have and in home-grown programming”.
Richard Desmond went on to say that Coronation Street, The X Factor and Panorama were all programmes he would like the channel to broadcast.
Asked if he was asking the BBC to make shows for his network, he said: “Well, why not, why not? Why can’t we have Panorama on Channel Five? It’s a jolly good programme.”
He added: “Channel Five has proved itself to be a credible and competitive British broadcaster with some of the most sought-after programmes from home and overseas.
“I’m delighted to have taken ownership of the network and I know that, with the right investment, drive and leadership, it can go from strength to strength as a competitive broadcaster and a modern player for the digital consumer.”
Richard Desmond owns both the Daily and Sunday Express’s national newspapers and also owns the Daily Star and its Sunday counterpart, he also owns the celebrity lifestyle magazine OK!. Northern & Shell also owns a series of adult television channels. European legislation means Richard Desmond will not be able to advertise his print titles on Channel Five. He will, however, be able to advertise Channel Five in his publications.
Gerhard Zeiler, the RTL chief executive said: “With a significant recovery of the UK TV advertising market and Five performing well in the first half of 2010, we saw a window of opportunity to realise a transaction based on a fair evaluation of Five.”
Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis, said: “Desmond is someone who has a real interest in the media. He is an innovative entrepreneur. The edge he has is the free publicity in the Star, OK! and the Express. He will build the buzz and the glamour in the publications, which is something the channel has been sorely lacking.”
Richard Desmond says he will keep Channel Five as a public service channel. This means a prime slot on the electronic programme guide, but the broadcaster must pledge to screen a certain amount of news and current affairs programming.
He also revealed he will pay the
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Demand Five soon to be an app
Channel Five the UK tv network wants to be the first terrestrial broadcaster to launch a TV Catch Up TV app for the iPhone, the launch is set to coincide with Channel Five’s Demand Five autumn relaunch.
Channel Five’s Development team are designing the free app, which will be both Wi-Fi and 3G enabled, to let users watch shows via Demand Five, which allows catch-up of programmes like CSI, The Gadget Show and Neighbours.
It’s looking to beat other terrestrial broadcasters, which haven’t yet launched iPhone catch-up services.
ITV have launched an iPhone app for ITV1 and ITV2 the simulcasts of their main two channels ahead of the World Cup, but has no catch-up offering. Satellite broadcaster Sky has also launched a live streaming mobile TV app.
Demand Five’s relaunch plans include placing their new VOD player as the main attraction of five.tv, as well as further syndication deals.
Jonathan Lewis, Five’s head of digital media, said,
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Whilst Lady Gaga is loving her Youtube videos after hitting a billion views, Pop star rival Beyonce’s fans just see a blocked page on her official Youtube channel, as her videos have been taken down by Sony Music Entertainment on
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Channel Five already have a good relationship with CBS who supply Five’s biggest hit, the CSI franchise. This and other hit shows Neighbours, Home and Away, and The Gadget Show will be available online. The streams will be available to view shortly after broadcast along with Five’s archived content (around 250 hours). Streams are free to watch for UK only viewers and will be ad supported.
Jonathan Lewis of Five commented:- “Our partnership with TV.com is a further example of Five’s strategy to expand and grow the reach of its content beyond the small screen to premium secure digital platforms.”
Channel Five along with Channel Four already has an agreement with Youtube and SeeSaw to show their catch up tv streams. The websites in turn take a cut of the advertising revenue.
That just leaves ITV the last of the big networks to strike a deal. The tv network have put all talks on hold for a ten week period whilst restructuring. That makes it a possibility that Hulu will strike an exclusive content deal with ITV and still become the dominant internet tv supplier in the UK, but its looking less and less likely now.
The deal means that Channel five content is now available on YouTube, SeeSaw, BT Vision and of course Demand Five which is Fives own catch up tv site.
Interesting times for UK internet tv viewers, in what is turning out to be the battleground for the worldwide market.
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The History Channel website offers a variety of full-length episodes that can be viewed in entirety online.
What the History Channel Website Offers
The History Channel website offers a number of interesting full-episodes of programs to watch online, such as “Hero Ships” and “Cities of the Underworld”. In addition, the site offers a interesting variety of clips and videos from other programs from their lineup.
Whether the offerings of the history channel really go above and beyond “sensational” history is another story completely – the impression I get is that a large volume of the supposed historical episodes have to do with UFOs, Nostradamus, and the unexplained.
Navigation and Finding Full Episodes to Watch
From the main page of the History Channel website, simply clicking on the ‘Video’ tab routes you to a comprehensive listing of all of the channel’s current show. Conveniently, the shows that offer full episodes are marked with a red “Full Episodes Available”, a nice touch when other sites (like Disney, for instance) make navigation to full episodes of programs more of a difficult task.
In addition, this main video page also breaks down the collection of videos by category, allowing you to find programs of interest based on topic (although “Mysteries and the Unexplained” seem to take up an unnecessarily large section of the categories. Well, whatever.)
Viewing Episodes Online
I selected “UFO Hunters” (as that was always my favorite aspect of world history in public school…) and was routed to the page for this particular series. Following a brief commercial, the first things broadcast were a short succession of video clips from “UFO Hunters”. You need to click another tab for “Season 1 Full Episodes” in order to get to full-episode segments, broken into 10 minute playtimes.
The audio and video worked fine for the video, and offered features such as full-screen and email sharing options. It’s just the selection of subject matter that remains a little questionable, and makes me wonder: if this represents history according to the History channel, then why did I have to learn about Louis XIV in school and not aliens and Mayan 2012 predictions?
History Channel Sample ProgrammingOther Features of the History Channel Site
The History Channel site also offers a guide to current programming, a large number of games and multimedia applications, a store for purchasing various episodes, and info about their magazine.
The site is comprehensive, and above and beyond the full-length episodes there is a lot of interesting content to check out.
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