BBC4 Tractor fan Chris Patten must plough his own furrow - Media - The Guardian

Lord Patten showed in his appearance before the culture select committee last week he knew how to entertain. He confessed to an inability to locate Radio 1 on the FM dial and a remarkable enthusiasm for BBC4. The process has barely begun and the piranhas are stripping down BBC2, killing off local radio, handing over the remaining sports to Sky, and the rest. - guardian.co.uk

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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express - TV Guide :: The Gadget Show

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 12th - 25th March 2011

Red button viewers can watch exclusive performances from schools in the semi-final stage. 12 schools from across the UK made it through to the semi-finals, 6 in the junior competition and 6 in the senior. To complete the donation viewers should have their credit/debit cards handy and make sure their set-top box is connected to a telephone line. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping Weeknotes #53

A number of RadioDNS-related projects are in early or late stages of their life at the moment. Vicky and others participated to several meetings and workshops with other teams in the BBC to merge our visions of a multi-screen BBC experience, and dream up ideas for future collaboration. Tristan, Joanne and Theo held the kick-off meeting with the company doing our Mythology user research to discuss the project plan and the target users and George spent the latter half of the week at another EU project meeting. - bbc.co.uk

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Digital sound quality what the audience want - James Cridland

Digital sound quality what the audience want Posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 930 am. Splits for radio as a whole show that DAB accounts for a minimum of 63.2 of all digital listening internet only 12 DTV only 17. - james.cridland.net

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Media Talk podcast: Cameron gets cuddly on The One Show sofa

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Patten: I won t be popular at the BBC - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The former Conservative Party chairman will retain his role as Chancellor of Oxford University. It should be biased in favour of tolerant, civilised pluralism. Suave and witty, he remained unruffled during what had been billed as a grilling. - independent.co.uk

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Murdoch ally 'warned MPs not to pursue hacking scandal' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Mr Bryant, a former Europe minister, spoke in the Commons hours after seeing evidence about him in material seized from Mulcaire's home in 2006. A company source said that no evidence had been presented that phone hacking was carried out on its titles beyond the NOTW or that the activity took place as early as 2002. Scotland Yard said Mr Yates believed the claims against him were wrong. - independent.co.uk

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Radio Today.. with RCS: Merger suggested for BBC locals

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Consumers must be at heart of Digital Economy Act - March - 2011 - Which? News

Web blocking is one of the most controversial provisions in the Digital Economy Act, aimed at tackling illegal file sharing. Under the provisions of the Act, Ofcom would have the power to block certain websites that facilitated illegal file sharing. ORG claims that this issue could potentially infringe consumer rights, as well as civil liberties. - which.co.uk

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Lord Patten: I won't quit Tories when I take BBC Trust job - Media - guardian.co.uk

Subject to the consent of the committee, Patten will be appointed to the job although ministers will only withdraw his nomination if there is an all-party objection to him taking the position. Gavyn Davies was a Labour party member when he applied to become chairman of the BBC in 2001 but he resigned his membership when he was confirmed as the nominee for the job at the time. Davies had also previously been a Labour donor, giving 10,000. - guardian.co.uk

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Youview faces continental competiton for freesat boxes- The Inquirer

HBB TV produced its first official specification in June 2010. - theinquirer.net

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Plymouth company bids to launch new national television channel

TwoFour and partners want to launch a national channel on Freeview that promotes 'localness' and allows local stations to run broadband distributed programmes. Their bid is up against ones from BSkyB and Channel 4. Channel 4 has expressed interest in running a new channel, but hasn't revealed details. - thisisplymouth.co.uk

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The death of jukebox radio - James Cridland

The death of jukebox radio Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 224 pm. Theres a bit of a debate raging at the moment. Some people Mark Ramsey, in particular are claiming that Pandora threatens to be a replacement for radio, and will take audiences away. - james.cridland.net

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BBC - Commissioning News - Digital Production Partnership (DPP) launches

These standards do not prescribe the suitability of particular cameras, or post-production technologies, as these can vary from production to production and will remain subject to discussion between producer and broadcaster. - bbc.co.uk

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BSkyB and Channel 4 express interest in Jeremy Hunt's national TV plan - Media - guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt said he has had more than 30 expressions of interest in his local TV plan. At the same time BSkyB indicated that it was in discussions with the minister about how it might use its networks to assist in helping local broadcasters transmit their services but the satellite broadcaster is not understood to be a bidder for the new national channel that will underpin the new city based stations. Channel 4 put in its proposals three days after the deadline, last Monday, 7 March, because the issue had to be debated and agreed by the main board of directors. - guardian.co.uk

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ITV to return in FTSE reshuffle - News - Broadcast

It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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Minister makes case for Scottish TV network - News - Broadcast

10 March, 2011 Culture minister Fiona Hyslop has said it is bizarre that Scotland does not have its own television network. It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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UK Freesat Connected TV Set Top Boxes to Run on HbbTV - Not Youview?

The service was marketed from 6 May 2008 and offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. The service also makes use of the additional capacity available on digital satellite broadcasting to offer a selection of high-definition programming from the BBC and ITV. Freesat should be using Youview, considering the backers in it, and the huge investment in Freeview taken by both parties. - appmarket.tv

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BBC - Newsnight: Michael Crick: Why Chris Patten got the BBC job

As a former Chairman of the Conservative Party, Patten doesn't exactly fit that description. Patten might lack experience when it comes to new technology, but the Culture Secretary felt that somebody who had stood up to Margaret Thatcher in the '80s, and to the Chinese government in the '90s, would be good at protecting the corporation's interests. - bbc.co.uk

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News Corp could face future UK inquiries under Ofcom proposals - Media - guardian.co.uk

Ed Richards said Ofcom had reservations about the risk of future concentration of power in UK media. Critics have argued that News Corporation's proposed 8bn takeover of Sky raises long-term plurality concerns, because Sky's rapid rate of growth means that the enlarged group will be become progressively more powerful. In theory, that would allow the enlarged News Corp or any other media group to be subject of an Ofcom inquiry in the future that could lead to enforced disposals, or other measures designed to promote a range of media voices. - guardian.co.uk

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New Freesat boxes to run on HbbTV - Broadband TV News

Freesat is preparing to launch a new series of receivers that will run on the HbbTV hybrid broadcast broadband platform popularised in Germany and France. YouView is expected to bring its first receiver to market in early 2012 following its much-publicised delays, but with the first receivers planned to be for the terrestrial arena, a satellite version may be some way off. A senior source familiar with the project told Broadband TV News that the Freesat G2 receivers would embrace the multiscreen concept and allow for viewing around the home, rather than tying viewers to a single satellite receiver. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Digital switchover boss pledges help to the hardest to reach - Society - The Guardian

As chief executive of the BBC's Switchover Help Scheme, the ex-chartered accountant is responsible for ensuring that older and disabled people are not left with blank television screens as the nation goes from analogue to digital by 2012. A 2010 report by Goldsmiths University for media watchdog Ofcom and the charity Digital UK found that disabled, older, isolated and low-income consumers are generally heavy viewers of television. The BBC estimates that 1 million of the 7 million people who are eligible for help with the move to digital TV will take up the offer and the scheme has just hit its halfway mark of the 500,000th installation. - guardian.co.uk

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FT.com / Companies / UK companies - Bets on for Sky News’ guardian

Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71e14e58-49df-11e0-acf0-00144feab49a.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.com

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ITV pays Crozier 1.6m for his first eight months - Business News, Business - The Independent

ITV is paying its newly installed chief executive Adam Crozier more than 1.6m for his first eight months in the job after the beleaguered broadcaster saw its profits treble. He also received a 252,000 short-term cash bonus and another 505,000 deferred in shares until 2013. Mr Crozier was also issued more than four million nil-cost share options on joining the company last April. - independent.co.uk

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Rupert Murdoch's same old song - Business - The Guardian

He was referring to last year's 700p-a-share offer, which the rest of the world regards as a joke. If News Corp was forced to pay 900p-10 a share for the outstanding 61 of BSkyB, borrowings could reach 20bn. That looks adventurous even for a company with a stock market valuation of 46bn. - guardian.co.uk

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New BBC chairman must quit Tories - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

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ITV's Adam Crozier earns £1.7m in eight months - Media - guardian.co.uk

Adam Crozier received a total remuneration package just under 1.2m last year. Crozier, who joined ITV on 26 April, received a total remuneration package just under 1.2m last year. The chief executive's total bonus was 757,488 which amounted to 95 of his full entitlement according to the company's annual report released Tuesday. - guardian.co.uk

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Pace suffers share price drop on order delay - News - Broadcast

8 March, 2011 By George Bevir Set-top box manufacturer Pace has downplayed investor concern over a delayed order for its set-top boxes. It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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UK VOD Strugglers Shake-Out: YouView Chair, SeeSaw CEO Out

SeeSaw will not disclose its traffic figures, but the site doesnt figure high in the list of online video destinations. Arqiva is seeking an investor to help it run SeeSaw, or to offload it to. - paidcontent.org

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Letters: Test for BSkyB deal - Media - The Guardian

Who will invest on the stock market in a company which is loss-making, has an almost 40 News Corporation shareholding, and relies for two-thirds of its income on BSkyB Mr Hunt has said that he has not made a final decision on this issue and is allowing an all too brief 17-day public consultation period on it. Might I suggest that the best way of testing the public response in this timescale is for the government to arrange debates in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. - guardian.co.uk

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Roberts Classic DAB First Look - Audio - Which? Technology

It costs just 40 and, with Roberts strong radio heritage, we were eager to get a listen to this low-priced DAB FM radio. Getting started with this Roberts radio is simple. The moment you switch on the radio for the first time it begins scanning for stations. - which.co.uk

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Lord Sugar made chairman of YouView - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Lord Sugar has become non-executive chairman of a web-connected television service backed by the BBC. The service, which will work through set-top boxes, will combine Freeview channels with the internet and on-demand services. As the venture progresses towards launch, the change in chairman makes sense. - independent.co.uk

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TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You - WSJ.com

We discuss how cable and satellite co's are mining this data, how they're using it to stay ahead in the age of the Internet - and how you can opt out of being tracked. Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people's TV-viewing behavior with other personal datain some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurersand using it to help advertisers buy ads targeted to shows watched by certain kinds of people. At the same time, cable and satellite companies are testing and deploying new systems designed to show households highly targeted ads. - online.wsj.com

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Pour some Sugar on YouView - What Satellite Digital TV

TechRadaris part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. - wotsat.techradar.com

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Youview will release an api after 14 april- The Inquirer

Probably because Youview will not launch until sometime in 2012, the API release will follow the expected 14 April publication of the final core technical specifications. Youview is expected to be launched as a set-top box, but it could be incorporated into other products. The new version will also be included as part of a revamped Industry Zone on the Youview website. - theinquirer.net

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YouView sweet on Sugar

C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.net

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Danny Rogers on PR: The fierce battle for BSkyB is far from over - Advertising, Media - The Indep

News Corp's bid to take control of BSkyB is a fierce communications, lobbying and legal battle taking place at the very highest level. Driving the comms behind News Corp's bid has been its group director for strategy and corporate affairs, Matthew Anderson. The subject must come up at various dinner tables. - independent.co.uk

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Lord Alan Sugar brought on board to save ailing YouView - Telegraph

Meek, who has held several other senior broadcast and telecoms roles, including a stint on the board of directors at the controversial online advertising company Phorm, explained his unexpected departure It has been apparent for some time that the YouView board would benefit from additional expertise in consumer marketing and technology delivery. Originally scheduled to launch by the end of 2010, its launch date was pushed back to 2011 and now is not expected on shelves until early 2012. However, having been blighted with technology issues, and also having lost its technology chief, Anthony Rose, a key architect of the BBC iPlayer, many have questioned whether the expensive venture will get off the ground at all and - if it does whether it will still be relevant. - telegraph.co.uk

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Ofcom - The UK Communications Infrastructure Report

1.2 As this is a new duty and because the Act gives Ofcom some discretion over which networks and services we report on, we published a consultation in July 2010 setting out our proposed approach to fulfilling the new duty and inviting stakeholder views. Amongst other things, we set out our proposals on which networks and services we would report on, what types of data we would require and where the data could be sourced. 1.3 This statement summarises the responses we received and sets out our current views on the approach we will take to producing the first Infrastructure Report. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC plays down digital revolution

The keynote speech may not merit an Oscar, but he tentatively painted a conservative picture of a broadcasting world that has perhaps changed less than he might have previously predicted. Nevertheless, he took the opportunity to suggest the need to focus on mobile television and gave the first indication of pricing for a new international BBC iPlayer subscription service. Nowhere should we feel more humble in trying to predict the future, he began. - informitv.com

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YouView faces critics and strong competition

Richard Halton, the chief executive of the YouView, addressed a packed annual summit of a television industry group, having recently announced that the consortium was delaying the launch of its proposed platform until 2012. He began by saying that his wife had been due to give birth earlier in the week, pre-empting any quips about being overdue. There is now the suggestion that the straight-talking Lord Sugar, who knows a thing or two about set-top boxes, might be brought in to sort things out. - informitv.com

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Sky on marriage of content and innovation

Beyond suggesting that there will effectively be no change for Sky News, he demonstrated that a customer focussed strategy would continue to deliver results for Sky, based on what he called the marriage of content and innovation. He was instead called to the Commons to deliver the news of his decision not to refer the case to the Competition Commission. Subject to a brief period of public consultation, the secretary of state intends to accept undertakings from News Corporation to create a separate public limited company for Sky News, retaining its stake of just over 39, capped for ten years. - informitv.com

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Should BBC2 daytime be axed? - Television radio - guardian.co.uk

In fact I quite like an antiques programme a good dose of Antiques Roadshow on a Sunday evening is the televisual equivalent of doing your homework or ironing your shirts in preparation for the week ahead, only featuring decidedly more pieces of almost valuable but disappointingly chipped bits of crockery. The question is whether ditching the whole of BBC2 daytime in order to make 20 budget savings is less bad for viewers than making deep cuts elsewhere. You can't help but feel that what the BBC really needs is a proper daytime overhaul. - guardian.co.uk

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DTG Summit 2011: DTG Digital Radio Test Centre to open in Spring 2011

This will be available to help Government and industry deliver the Digital Radio Action Plan More details will be announced shortly. The DTG is not responsible for the content of other web sites. - dtg.org.uk

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The eight ages of Rupert Murdoch - Media - guardian.co.uk

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Media Monkey's Murdoch Diary - Media - The Guardian

It is hard to know where Mr Murdoch can go next to suck up to Beijing, but some cynics say they wouldn't put it past him to divorce his wife Anna and marry a Chinese woman. Just as we all have to replace old vehicles every now and then, so must Rupert Murdoch. Whether the 747 he has in mind is new or secondhand he didn't specify, but either way you can see why one skinny man pushing 70 and his svelte young missus would want to keep to themselves a plane capable of carrying 400 people in comfort. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC's Technology Strategy Update: summary road maps

It's been a while since my last blog on the BBC's technology strategy and I wanted to give an update on what we've done and observed. The paper published last year was the first step towards sharing the BBC's technology direction and ambitions. Publishing detail about what we hope to achieve, we believe, will lead to much more fruitful conversations with our technology partners and suppliers over the coming years. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG Summit 2011: D-Book 7 will include all requirements for BBC iPlayer v.3

BBC iPlayer will be a reference service and its requirements will be factored into the DTG's testing regime. D-Book 7 technical compliance will be an important step towards certification to carry BBC iPlayer. DTG Staff 07.03.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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