Wednesday 16 February 2011, PM
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
www.guardian.co.ukThis 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
www.thisislondon.co.ukDelays 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
www.marketingweek.co.ukTuesday 15 February 2011, PM
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.ukwww.iwcp.co.ukBBC - 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
news.bbc.co.ukBBC 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.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
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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www.broadcastnow.co.ukNational 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.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Channel 6 pledges millions to indie sector | 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 15 February 2011, AM
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.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOK! 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.ukwww.guardian.co.ukDownload the bbc.closing.sites.archive torrent
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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.ukcrave.cnet.co.ukinformitv - 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.cominformitv.cominformitv - 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.cominformitv.cominformitv - 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.cominformitv.cominformitv - BBC iPlayer released on iPad
A global version of the BBC iPlayer for the iPad is in development. However, it raises some interesting questions in the light of the draft syndication policy that the BBC Trust published in January. So why has the BBC invested in the development of a dedicated application for the Apple iPad - informitv.cominformitv.com
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BBC accused of lowering standards to encourage more ethnic minorities - Telegraph
As the second and third generation hit the age group, it will go up. The BBC insisted it only recruited people based on merit. However Mr Shah said Radio 4 should recognise what it is good at in the same way that Radio 1 focuses on a younger audience. Jeremy Paxman has got in trouble for breaking the BBCs rules on impartiality by writing an article about the Iraq war. - telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.ukThe iPlayers future is mobile, says BBC | Media | guardian.co.uk
The BBC's iPlayer is proving popuar on mobile devices. The man from Microsoft can't take all the credit a major advertising campaign for the online video player coincided with Danker's arrival but with new apps for Apple's iPad and Android smartphones released last week, the rise and rise of the iPlayer is showing no signs of tailing off. More than 162m requests were made for iPlayer programmes last month, a 12 increase on December and a 35 jump on January 2010. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukJanuary 2011 BBC iPlayer monthly performance pack
The BBC iPlayer stats pack for January 2011 is now available to download as a pdf. The most requested radio programme was coverage of The Ashes Fifth Test, Day 3. Bridget Middleton is the Editor of About the BBC - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThe BBC is producing great drama but not enough of it | Media | The Guardian
Yet the BBC treated it with a strange carelessness. Nonetheless, more than a million people switched to it, and several TV professionals say it was the best thing they watched over Christmas. You might expect BBC1 to pick it up, as a successfully assembled comedy package, but no, it is not coming back. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTime to control the volume on the multimedia barons | Dan Sabbagh | Media | The Guardian
Richard Desmond, the Express Newspapers proprietor and now owner of Channel 5. No, we're not talking about science fiction this time, but rather media fact. Page 4 followed with a sympathetic write-up of the EDL's policies. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk5 live Investigates: The XXX Files 13 FEB 2011
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Paxman broke BBC impartiality rules - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
Jeremy Paxman has landed himself in hot water for breaking the BBC's rules on impartiality in a recent newspaper article he wrote about the Iraq war. Paxman failed to clear the piece with his department head, as guidelines stipulate. The corporation tightened its guidelines following TV cook Jamie Oliver's 1m advertising contract with Sainsbury's. - independent.co.uk
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A cool Radio 4? What a turn-off | Victoria Coren | Comment is free | The Observer
Ghastly News Quiz, loathsome Midweek, pitiful History of the World in 100 Objects. I started by asking myself is Radio 4 too heavily designed for middle-aged, middle-class middle England Why should it be assumed that an intelligent, highbrow radio station holds no attraction for young people, Geordies or folk of Chinese extraction - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 12 February 2011, AM
Interview: BBC iPlayer Boss Says All Good Things Come To Those Who Wait| paidContent
Our intention is to make this available to as many places as possible, including 3G. Why no download The original, Windows-only iPlayer was a download-only system. Without a doubt, this has climbed to virtually the top of our list for the product, Danker says. - paidcontent.org
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Theres a British in BBC| Mark Thompson | Comment is free | The Guardian
Those who believe that the only place where you can find great talent or make outstanding programmes is inside the M25 London's orbital motorway really should get out more. Unlocking that potential will be great for the BBC, great for our audiences, and great for the UK. Programmes which are not the result of some sad, politically correct regional policy, but some of the best output the BBC makes anywhere. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC - Radio 4 Blog: CPLH and widening Radio 4s appeal - BBC Trustee David Liddiment on service licences
There are many incidental pleasures to be derived from the latest BBC Trust Review, a copy of which is now available on its website. Surprisingly, to me anyway, Radio 5 live costs only a little less than twice as much CPLH as Radio 4. The station which has the lowest cost per listener hour is, unsurprisingly, the most popular, Radio 2. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Sony HDT1000 and HDT500 PVRs announced | News | TechRadar UK
The PVRs have twin Freeview HD tuners built-in so you can record two programmes at once and watch another at either 576p, 720p, 1080i or 1080p picture quality. - techradar.comwww.techradar.comWatching your recorded TV on the road with Remote Media Streaming
This is thanks to a very cool and easy-to-set-up feature in Windows 7 called Remote Media Streaming. Once the connection is made, we can get to the media on our WMC back home and play it on the netbook. This creates a secure peer-to-peer connection between the home PC and the remote PC. - windowsteamblog.comwindowsteamblog.comBBC News - What should you look for in a TV?
With so many models of televisions now on the market, it can be difficult working out which one is 3D, HD or simply not up to the job. LJ Rich gives her guide of what to consider when choosing a new TV. Read more TV buyers' guide Follow the Click team on Twitter at bbcclick - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukWhats On BBC Red Button 12th - 25th February 2011
Available from 12th February on Sky and Freeview. The quiz features 10 questions based on moments from the brand new series of Nuzzle Scratch. The first two instalments are a two part series Henry Moore Carving a Reputation 1898 1945. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
S T delivers terrestrial VOD ahead of YouView | Broadband TV News
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Channel 5 unveils celeb-laden slate
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Breaking news: uncivil war breaks out at Channel 4 - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The programme has undergone a troubled recent history losing its lunch time bulletin and the news show on its sister channel, More 4, as well as cutting staff numbers. The programme is recruiting a third full-time presenter to work alongside Snow and Guru-Murthy, and a social affairs editor and science editor. Channel 4 News last week won an unrivalled 13 nominations in the Royal Television Society's television journalism awards, and Mr Fewell expressed surprise at the unease. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukMedia Talk podcast: The AOL/HuffPo deal, Radio 4, and TalkSport
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YouView delayed again, signs its own death certificate | Crave | CNET UK
Even if the service could magically arrive tomorrow, it still wouldn't have much of a chance, given the prevalence of online-service 'portals' on Blu-ray players and TVs. A 2012 launch achieves only one thing, and that's to allow Sony, Samsung and LG to develop better and better online features on their hardware, which do essentially the same job as a YouView box will. Even Panasonic, which currently operates the weakest portal, will have a much improved version up and running this year. - crave.cnet.co.ukcrave.cnet.co.uk
C5 relaunch puts lesbians centre stage | 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC iPlayer - Android Market
You will need to install this separately from the Google Play marketplace. Give us the same quality app as apple It is typical of the bbc to ignore 75 of the market and focus on 15. - market.android.com
market.android.comThursday 10 February 2011, AM
BBC iPlayer - Civilisation: The Skin of Our Teeth
Sir Kenneth Clark begins his landmark 1969 series on the history of civilisation with the re-establishment of civilisation in Western Europe, in the tenth century after the fall of Rome to barbarism. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 09 February 2011, PM
Official: YouView delayed until 2012
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iPlayer apps for iPad, Android on the way
C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.netwww.c21media.netYouView to launch in early 2012
YouView has announced that it will have a product in trial by the end of this year, with a full consumer launch planned in early 2012. YouView also announced it will shortly publish its core technical specifications for launch. This will allow any manufacturer to build a device using its underlying technologies but not necessarily under the YouView brand. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukBBC iPlayer apps spark online backlash | Media | guardian.co.uk
Yes, the iPlayer will be available in Android and iPad app stores this week, Danker wrote in a blogpost late yesterday. Only available for handsets with Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1. Indeed, why invest time developing new apps at all when all this could be done through the mobile web - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukCivilisation in HD: Which other shows deserve a high-def makeover? | Television radio | guardian.co.uk
The calm, clear photography that still makes this television history of European art and culture such a visual delight will hopefully be revealed in all its glory for a new century by a high definition makeover. Civilisation was not the first art programme on British television. Its pioneering director of programmes, David Attenborough, and his team saw the potential of colour television for beautiful documentaries and the first they commissioned was Civilisation. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSky News faces investigation over Sky Atlantic coverage | Media | guardian.co.uk
Boardwalk Empire Sky Atlantic's opening show on 1 February. Sky News broadcast a news report about the launch of Sky Atlantic in a show called The Live Desk. The Ofcom investigation comes at an embarrassing time for Sky and News Corp, which is attempting to buy the 60.9 of the satellite broadcaster it does not already own. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukpick a page