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The case of Midsomer Murders’ social media push

Long-running detective series Midsomer Murders is a classic whodunit, a classic British export – even the Government cites it as an amusing reflection of our society for overseas audiences. The drama, produced by Bentley Productions for ITV, recently celebrated its hundredth episode – and a concerted effort has been made to keep this centurion on […]

NBC and Facebook in Olympic push

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Facebook Inc. will collaborate to promote coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The agreement will focus on driving conversation about the NBC coverage on Facebook, and will include the premiering of video content on the social network. Other online features will […]

Facebook targets broadcasters with new TV tools

Facebook is taking aim at the TV industry with two new tools that will allow broadcasters to easily integrate conversations and data from the social network. The Public Feed API will give broadcasters access to areal-time feed of public posts for a specific word. The Keyword Insights API aggregates the total number of posts that […]

Five times more TV activity on Facebook than Twitter

The amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook is roughly times as much as all other social networks combined, according to social TV analytics company Trendrr. The new research, which compared second screen activity on Facebook with Twitter and dedicated social TV apps including GetGlue and Viggle, found that activity related to broadcast television was […]

All3Media makes Midsomer Murders social push

UK-based programme distributor All3Media International is looking to take its long running drama series Midsomer Murders to a younger audience with the wide roll out of a new social networking extension. The firm launched a beta version of the Midsomer Murders Facebook game earlier this year, and is now in talks with broadcast partners about […]

Showtime finishes off Dexter

CBS-owned cable channel Showtime has called time on its dark serial killer drama Dexter. Showtime used its Facebook page to announce the decision to cancel the series after the upcoming eighth season, which launches in the US on June 30. The series stars Michael C. Hall as a blood spatter pattern expert working in the […]

Netflix turns on Facebook integration

Netflix has switched on social integration in the US, allowing users to connect their account to their Facebook profile and share their viewing activity. The functionality, which Netflix has already deployed elsewhere in the world including the UK, follows a recent amendment to the US Video Privacy Protection Act. Dating back to 1988, this had […]

Rights.tv hires Jane Hyndman

Content rights specialists Rights.tv has hired Jane Hyndman. The former etv and Europe Movieco Partners (Disney and Sony), will advise clients on their use of apps and social media including games on Facebook and Twitter. The company, which advises companies across the TV and film and wider media industry, also announced that it will open […]

New US privacy law will allow Netflix to link accounts with Facebook

US lawmakers have amended privacy laws, clearing the way for video services such as Netflix to more closely link subscriber’s accounts with Facebook and other social media. Netflix was among a powerful lobbying group calling for the amendment to the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act. That group also included media heavyweights Apple, Disney, Facebook, Google, […]

Comedy Central takes Facebook series to TV

Comedy Central in Italy will start showing web series Amici@Letto on its linear channel early this year. The property started out life on Facebook and was launched on the social network last January. Amici@Letto follows Melissa and Omar, two “friends with benefits”, as they negotiate the world of online dating. A new series will debut […]