BBC opens up radio training to all - James Cridland

BBC opens up radio training to all Posted on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 425 pm. One area where the BBC excels is training. During my two years for the Corporation, the training I had was well-presented and genuinely interesting. - james.cridland.net

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DVB approves 3DTV specification

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Tory right will not try to derail Lord Pattens appointment | Media | guardian.co.uk

It would take the highly unlikely event of an almost unanimous rejection of Patten by the committee to pressure Downing Street into a change of heart. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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News Corp to buy Shine for $673m

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Frame accurate video in HTML5

An important part of my job is to help the BBC use the right internet and web technologies - and help the industry and open standards bodies create the internet and web technologies which are right for the BBC. Now the BBC is a very special place to work. At the BBC it is a currency, it is a goal, it is a culture - and as an engineer, it is something you are tasked to deliver. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Check your connection speed

This page provides information on your broadband connection speed, and helpful tips to optimise your enjoyment of BBC iPlayer. To get a true test of your connection speed, please first close down all other applications that may be accessing the internet, including any active iPlayer downloads. To check your connection speed you need to enable JavaScript. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC Research and Development: TC Zero- the Film

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Solar storms could create $2tn global Katrina, warns chief scientist | Science | The Guardian

Solar storms pose threat to satellites and power grids, warn scientists. A solar storm starts with a solar flare that is accompanied by a burst of electromagnetic radiation that, when it arrives at Earth, ionises the outer atmosphere. On the ground, we would be safe but GPS satellites and others would be affected. - guardian.co.uk

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News Corporation faces stark choice over BSkyB bid | Becket McGrath | Media | guardian.co.uk

News Corp is now seeking to increase its minority stake of 39.1 in BSkyB to 100. The board of BSkyB has driven a hard bargain and, so far, the parties have not reached an agreement on the price to be paid for the remaining shares. From a public policy perspective, media mergers may cause concern because they reduce competition which may lead to higher prices, lower quality or less choice for consumers or because they reduce plurality in the sense that they may result in fewer distinct sources of opinion. - guardian.co.uk

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Lord Patten is the man for the job at the BBC Trust | Media | The Guardian

The nightmare scenario that the government might take its chance to appoint someone with a taste for undermining the BBC and public service broadcasting will have been avoided. On the face of it Patten is a man of real political weight. He has handled the Chinese government and knows Whitehall back to front, which you might imagine will stand him in good stead for dealing with the coalition government not to mention the BBC management machine. - guardian.co.uk

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Patten poised for BBC Trust role - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Former Conservative chairman Lord Patten looks set to be confirmed as the new head of the BBC's governing body. He served as a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and has been chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. A key issue for the new chairman will be the ongoing row over senior salaries at the publicly-funded broadcaster. - independent.co.uk

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Patten poised to beat rival to job as chairman of BBC Trust - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Sir Michael, who decided not to seek a second term in post because he could not dedicate sufficient time to the task, was also criticised for being a cheerleader for the BBC as well as its regulator. The role of BBC Trust chairman has itself been under fire, with all three main parties having derided it as a dysfunctional model of governance. - independent.co.uk

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Can we have our ball back?

Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4badc032-3ae3-11e0-8d81-00144feabdc0.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.com

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Lord Patten expected to be named BBC Trust chairman | Media | guardian.co.uk

Lord Patten expected to be named BBC Trust chairman next week. Now Patten's name sits with David Cameron for approval having been put forward by Hunt and insiders said on Friday afternoon that the prime minister's consent was expected to be a formality next week. That would propel Patten into the 110,000-a-year, four-day a week role at a time when the public broadcaster has just asked for 20 cuts to meet the flat licence fee settlement imposed by the government last year. - guardian.co.uk

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BBCs iPlayer rules are restrictive, claims BSkyB | Media | guardian.co.uk

Late last year the company launched Sky Anytime, which has potentially opened 3.5m Sky households to a full on-demand service for the first time. BBC content has proved to be a massive drawcard for online TV viewers on Virgin Media's service. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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BSkyB response to the BBC Trusts provisional conclusions on the syndication of the BBCs on-demand content

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ATVOD - The Association for Television On-Demand

This website contains information on ATVOD and on the video on demand services it regulates. On it we publish the rules with which regulated services must comply, along with non-binding guidance on their application, details of how users of those services can complain about apparent breaches, and an online complaints form. Details of the fees required to be paid by service providers are available in the regulatory fees section of this website. - atvod.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 Blog: Does it matter where a Radio 4 programme comes from?

David Liddiment, the BBC Trustee who led its review into Radio 4 among other stations, must be wondering what has hit him. No sooner had he published the review last week than newspaper columnists, the odd BBC presenter, and a lot of listeners attacked him for trying to fix something they don't believe is broken. Actually I have been economical with the actualit some listeners would like to wring his neck. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC Sport delays Salford move | News | Broadcast

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Channel 4 gets posh after 6.7m factual boost | Media | guardian.co.uk

The Aristocracy is being filmed for broadcast in late 2011 or early 2012. The documentary is one of a number being made with an additional 6.7m allotted by Channel 4 for factual programming in 2011, an increase of nearly 40 on last year's budget of 17m, according to the broadcaster. This will mean that an extra 23 hours of documentary output will hit the screen this year, compared with last year's figure of 115 hours. - guardian.co.uk

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Fifa and Uefa lose in EU court over UKs crown jewels legislation | Football | The Guardian

They challenged legislation in Britain and Belgium that reserves both tournaments the rights to which are major money-spinners for free-to-air broadcasters. The court said that it could not be predicted which games would be important for which country. The sports minister, Hugh Robertson, said he would look again at the issue after digital switchover in 2012 but was inclined towards further deregulation as long as profits were protected for grassrootssport. - guardian.co.uk

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BSkyB and MTV criticise Lords proposal for TV ad cut | Media | guardian.co.uk

Compare the Market ad the Lords committee proposed ITV should be freed from current restrictions on what it can charge for ad airtime. Under current regulations commercial public service broadcasters ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are permitted to air an average of seven minutes of ads an hour, and up to eight minutes during peak time, between 6pm and 10.30pm. Other commercial channels including ITV2, E4 and Sky1 are allowed an average of nine minutes of ads an hour and a maximum of 12 minutes an hour in peak. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer: find programmes from other on demand services

Today we are launching a new feature in BBC iPlayer that helps you find programmes from other broadcasters and on demand content providers. Either by using the 'schedule widget' see left, or the 'search' function see below, you will be able to find other video on demand content, and link directly into the playback page of your chosen programme from one of our partners websites. To do this, feeds are taken from our partners periodically that contain all their programme information, both scheduled and on demand to make the programmes findable through the BBC iPlayer interface. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC2 HD still two years away | News | Broadcast

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Changes to Terms and Conditions on BBC Online

Last week BBC updated the terms governing how all BBC online services on bbc.co.uk can be used. We have also produced a set of Frequently Asked Questions to address the most common questions we receive about our online services. The updated terms apply to all of these devices. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC World Service cuts: archbishop joins protests | Media | guardian.co.uk

World Service coverage across Europe and the Middle East will bear the brunt of the cuts. There will be about 650 job losses, more than 25 of World Service staff. The BBC will have to find an extra 20m to pay for World Service restructuring and redundancy costs, according to today's edition of Broadcast magazine. - guardian.co.uk

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Virgin Medias sale of UKTV stake delayed by ad sales hitch | Media | guardian.co.uk

Channel 4's enlarged sales operation would therefore have greater leverage with advertisers, and UKTV would secure better revenues than it could achieve by bargaining alone. However, Channel 4 insiders indicated that any problems had now been resolved and that the broadcaster had successfully completed all its annual negotiations for 2011 with ad sales agencies. Neverthless, Channel 4 is underperforming the advertising market in the first quarter of 2011. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC World Service could return on short wave to cover major events | Media | guardian.co.uk

World Service broadcasts in short wave are being cut back in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia as part of the cost saving drive. Horrocks also revealed the timeline for service closures across the World Service. Staff from these services will continue to be employed by the BBC until at least 1 August, unless they have requested to leave earlier, Horrocks said in the email. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC News - Sun unleashes huge solar flare towards Earth

The eruption is a so-called X-flare, the strongest type such flares can affect communications on Earth. The eruptions are expected to hit the Earth's magnetic field over the next couple of days, causing an increase in geomagnetic activity. The monster flare was recorded at 0156 GMT on 15 February and directed at the Earth. - bbc.co.uk

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World Cup free-to-air television ruling due

The court also dismissed Fifa's action against Belgium showing all World Cup matches on free-to-air TV in that country. Fifa earned a minimum 2bn in TV and media rights deals for the South Africa 2010 World Cup. However, an EU directive gives all member states the right to designate sporting and cultural events of national interest for broadcast on free-to-air TV stations. - bbc.co.uk

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Radio 3 rolls back the years with a return to broadcasting live concerts | Media | The Guardian

Roger Wright, controller of Radio 3, denied the move was a U-turn but said the number of live evening broadcasts would be increased to unprecedented levels. From 3 May, broadcasts of classical music concerts from up and down Britain will allow audiences to listen in on some very significant musical events. The decision rolls back a decision taken four years ago, when the Performance on 3 slot was shifted earlier to 7pm and began broadcasting mainly pre-recorded concerts. - guardian.co.uk

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TV ads should be cut back, say Lords | Media | guardian.co.uk

Viewers are unlikely to quibble with the recommendation from the House of Lords communications committee's report on TV advertising, although commercial broadcasters may be less enthusiastic about a potential reduction in their main source of income. Another of the committee's recommendations is that ITV should be freed from current restrictions on what it can charge for advertising airtime, in return for a promise to spend up to 55m more a year on UK-originated output, including children's, current affairs and arts programming. The committee wants existing broadcasting rules changed to reduce the average amount of advertising viewers see each hour, setting a limit of seven minutes across all commercial channels. - guardian.co.uk

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News Corps BSkyB bid: Murdoch looks set to get his way | Media | guardian.co.uk

Rupert Murdoch reportedly claims he doesn't want to turn Sky News into a Fox News-style operation. Even if it is referred to the Competition Commission by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt on the grounds of diminishing media plurality, guarantees to protect the independence of Sky News, and other concessions, are now seen as the most likely outcome. Goodall said one suggestion was to make Sky News a separate news service, with an endowed, charitable trust status funded by News Corp. - guardian.co.uk

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This mad move spells disaster for BBC | Markets Analysis

I'm willing to accept that Thompson is being sincere. He really does believe the great Salford Quays media hub will be beneficial for the BBC and for its viewers and listeners. Therefore, it is bound to be good for Britain. - thisislondon.co.uk

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Delays risk making YouView irrelevant | News | Marketing Week

YouView has missed its chance to become the dominant force in the IPTV market, according to industry experts, with claims its postponement to 2012 is delaying itself into an irrelevance. Last week, it postponed beta rollout by a further six months and stalled its full launch until 2012, citing technological reasons for its delay, given the scale and complexity of the project. Meeting the needs of seven powerful and competitive shareholders is never going to be an easy task for YouView. - marketingweek.co.uk

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Analogue TV signal to be turned off

The digital switchover dates were announced this week with a promise the Freeview signal will be boosted to reach many of the problem reception areas on the Island. BBC2 analogue signals from Rowridge will be switched off on March 7, 2012. Two weeks later the other four channels will follow. - iwcp.co.uk

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BBC - Countdown to digital switchover

Most of Derbyshire will switch over to digital in August 2011 The countdown continues for digital TV switchover in Derbyshire, with the region's analogue transmitters switched off over the coming months. Digital UK, the organisation leading the change, says the analogue channels will be turned off in two stages. The date when you switch depends on which transmitter you receive your television pictures from. - news.bbc.co.uk

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BBC to make 31 current affairs posts redundant | Media | guardian.co.uk

The BBC current affairs cuts will hit staff working on programmes including Panorama. The redundancies affect BBC current affairs reporting, production and support staff in London and Manchester. Twenty-six of the 31 redundancies are journalists, producers or picture editors. - guardian.co.uk

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Toshiba launches new budget internet TV range | News | TechRadar UK

The Regza RL series will be available in 81.3cm 32'', 94.0cm 37'' and 106.6cm 42'' screen sizes. The Regza DL Series will be available in 48.3cm 19'', 55.9cm 22'' 66.0cm 26'' and 81.3cm 32'' screen sizes. - techradar.com

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BBC current affairs to cut 31 jobs | News | Broadcast

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National TV bidder Channel 6 pledges bigger budget than Channel 5 | Media | guardian.co.uk

Channel 5's budget was cut from just over 200m at the start of 2009 to about 135m last year by former owner RTL. New owner Richard Desmond has promised to invest more in programming, but no specific details have been made public. BBC2's budget was 450m in the 12 months to the end of March 2010, at a cost per viewer hour of 7.7p, according to last year's BBC annual report. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 6 pledges millions to indie sector | News | Broadcast

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Royalty-free MPEG video codec ups the ante for Googles WebM/VP8 | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Mueller has been following the ups and downs of software patents on the web closely for a long time. Here's his latest, used with permission, on VP8, Google's video codec, and H.264, the widely used encoding system. MPEG defines standards, and those can be royalty-free or royalty-bearing, depending on what the owners of the essential patents agree upon in each case. - guardian.co.uk

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OK! TV. Its neither: Channel 5s new show aims low and misses | Media | The Guardian

Photograph Channel 5 There are launches, soft launches and deliberately comprehensive exercises in expectation-lowering. The show it replaced, the justifiably maligned Live From Studio Five, was an inept mishmash that seemed to prove conclusively Channel 5 could not be trusted with another daily light entertainment show. There may have been worse portents of quality than this, but not many. - guardian.co.uk

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Sony HDT500, HDT1000 Freeview HD PVRs have obvious amount of storage | Crave | CNET UK

To this end, the company offers up two new models, the HDT500 and the HDT1000. The two machines have the ability to record one channel while watching another, and series link for recording every episode of your favourite shows -- neither of which are particularly Earth-shattering. As you would expect, the PVRs can also output 1080p, which will be upscaled from either 1080i or standard definition. - crave.cnet.co.uk

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informitv - YouView delays launch raising further doubts

YouView has conceded that it will not launch its broadband enabled television platform before 2012, confirming industry doubts about progress with the project. In an announcement presenting the postponement as an update on launch timings YouView said that it will have a product in trial by the end of the year, with a full consumer launch planned in early 2012. The prospects for the platform, backed by the BBC and a consortium of broadcasters and network operators, appear increasingly uncertain as a result. - informitv.com

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informitv - Livestation sees traffic for news channels surge

Viewing of the online video service Livestation has increased significantly as a result of interest in the political unrest in Egypt. The service carries a number of live news channels, including Al Jazeera. Livestation has reported a 1,000 increase in viewers in recent weeks and has at times struggled to keep up with demand. - informitv.com

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informitv - BBC sees limited demand for 3D TV

However, she points out that with only 140,000 3D compatible television screens installed in the United Kingdom, the addressable audience is currently still small. 3D is interesting but it is not central at the moment, she said, and would not be drawn on what projects the BBC would be backing in 3D. In working in 3D there are a couple of things that we are looking to find out. - informitv.com

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