We are on the threshold of a golden age of journalism - Jon Snow - milne media

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BBCs Alison Kirkham plans a menu of restoration, live TV and cookery | Media | The Guardian

According to corporation figures, 25 of the population will have watched one of those programmes during the week. Changing jobs Kirkham's appointment in July was welcomed by those in the independent production world who work in the features sector, as they say the market across the broadcasters has been slightly slow because of a number of factors, mostly cuts and commissioners changing jobs. Her predecessor, Jo Ball, was only in the role for just over a year before she left to join the independent producer Ricochet. - guardian.co.uk

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The new chair of the BBC Trust urgently needs to find a new consensus | Media | The Guardian

Sir Michael Lyons, the outgoing chairman of the BBC Trust. The recent, very hastily concluded, licence fee agreement is described by the BBC executives who negotiated it as a prime example of pulling victory from the jaws of catastrophic defeat. They now tend to say that the deal is not just the best of a bad job achieved in the most difficult of circumstances, but in many respects a good deal for the BBC in any terms. - guardian.co.uk

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ITV chiefs look to pay-per-view

The introduction of pay-per-view will be possible due to the advent of YouView, the successor to Freeview that brings together TV and internet services on screen. It is set to launch next year provided that competition complaints against it are not upheld. Given the early stage of ITVs pay-per-view proposals, it is not known which programmes would be charged for. - express.co.uk

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Digital effects that arent getting a good reception News This Is Jersey

On Wednesday, Jerseys analogue signal was switched off for ever, allowing Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the Channel Islands for the first time. Meanwhile, another effect of the digital switchover is that Islanders will no longer be able to listen to Five Live on the radio in the evenings. Previously, Radio Jerseys medium wave signal carried Five Live in the evenings. - thisisjersey.com

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Rupert Murdoch has corrosive role, Ofcom told | Media | guardian.co.uk

Ofcom is expected to receive a considerable number of submissions for its review of News Corp's bid to take control of the 60.9 of the satellite broadcaster it does not already own, with more expected to be published in the coming days and weeks. Today is the deadline for submissions, with Ofcom due to submit a report to the business secretary, Vince Cable, by 31 December examining the impact of the proposed acquisition on media plurality in the market. Ofcom is expected to see a large number of submissions thanks to 38 Degrees and Avaaz, two internet-based lobbying organisations, which have been encouraging submissions against the deal. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Internet Blog: Round Up Friday 19 November 2010

Just in case you hadn't noticed the A-Z feature on BBC iPlayer has returned. - bbc.co.uk

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Whats On BBC Red Button 20th November - 3rd December

Kylie will perform five live tracks on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show on the morning of Wednesday 24th November. We're filming this event in legendary BBC Maida Vale Studio 3, in front of a lucky studio audience. Some songs will be performed with an 8 piece string section, and one track has been newly arranged for the occasion. - bbc.co.uk

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Crozier speaks of second switchover | News | Broadcast

19 November, 2010 Internet and television convergence has led to the advent of a second digital switchover, ITV chief executive Adam Crozier declared. 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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BBC Trust is "broken", says Bland | 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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Alan Rusbridger warns of chilling effect of News Corps bid for BSkyB | Media | guardian.co.uk

Alan Rusbridger the future of all media appears dependent on subsidy. Combined, the two companies would have a turnover of 7.5bn, compared to the BBC's 4.8bn. Cable referred the bid to Ofcom in early November, after News Corp had formally notified the European Commission of the proposed takeover. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Internet Blog: A-Z programme list back in BBC iPlayer

Following my last post I wanted to share that based on your feedback, two features are now back in BBC iPlayer. You may have noticed that the A-Z programme list has returned to the BBC iPlayer homepage, so if you like discovering titles in this way, just click on a letter. We've also reinstated the TV pop-out option for live TV streaming. - bbc.co.uk

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Media Talk: The royal engagement. With Matt Wells, James Robinson and Jane Martinson

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BBC Trust chairman deadline looms | Media | guardian.co.uk

The field, though, is likely to be broad. Roger Parry, the chairman of YouGov, has long been linked to several high profile media jobs, including a bid for ITV. He would not comment yesterday, but industry sources told MediaGuardian.co.uk that he has been carefully preparing an application, which it is expected he will submit. - guardian.co.uk

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Goodmans Smart Talk Freeview box - TV DVD - Which? Technology

The Smart Talk Freeview digital box from Goodmans has been designed for partially-sighted or blind users, or simply those who struggle to get to grips with new technology. Not only have these consumers been considered with the introduction of the box's 'talking' feature, but also in the design and lay out of the remote control. Smart Talk Freeview digital box from Goodmans video Please enable JavaScript to access this content. - which.co.uk

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Internet TV - TV DVD - Which? Technology

Internet TVs, also known as Smart TVs, are getting better. We put the latest generation of internet and Smart TVs from Samsung and Panasonic head-to-head at the Which test lab. Are the new app stores and web browsing options better than the 2010 models - which.co.uk

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S4C Authority chair expected to quit | Media | guardian.co.uk

Jones is expected to leave next February or March, according to sources close to S4C. An S4C spokesman confirmed that the authority was meeting today and considering an independent report on the state of the broadcaster's governance, but declined to comment on Jones's position. Jones, a former senior civil servant, who was appointed for a second term as chair a year ago, has been blamed for presiding over a protracted crisis at S4C, which began in July when chief executive Iona Jones was abruptly sacked by the authority. - guardian.co.uk

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What is the future of television?

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Has Richard Horwood found a way to make local TV profitable? | Media | guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt has said no 24-hour local TV news stations are profitable. The former Trinity Mirror executive, Richard Horwood, thinks he has come up with an answer to Hunt's local television prayers. Horwood's Channel 6 is not after much of the 25m-plus swiped from the BBC's licence fee for local TV as he says it is commercially viable. - guardian.co.uk

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D-link boxee box review - The Inquirer

Like tablets, Connected Television has been a shiny new thing that has seen a lot of print and online coverage but to date not much to play with. Youview won't tip up until next year and, again, in the UK Google TV is nowhere to be seen. So is the Boxee Box the tortoise to Google and Youview's hares - theinquirer.net

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The Channel Islands have gone Digital - Jersey News, Jersey Local News, Jersey Latest News, News In Jersey - channelonli

Islanders switching to Freeview need to tune in their digital tvs and boxes once signals are available in their area follow guide below. The switch has meant virtually all households across the islands will be able to receive Freeview digital channels for the first time and will see their choice of terrestrial channels increase from four to around 15. Viewers across the Channel Islands should have a digital signal for their TV or Freeview box by mid-afternoon on Wednesday. - channelonline.tv

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BBC Internet Blog: Building a Connected Britain

This is a summary ofthe keynote presentation that I gave this morning at the FT World Telecoms Conference 2010. The BBC's sixth public purpose is to deliver to the public the benefits of emerging communications technologies and services. Pioneering technologies and platform innovation is enshrined in the BBC's Charter. - bbc.co.uk

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Date set for 4G airwaves auction

The airwaves that will enable 4G networks will be auctioned off in the first half of 2012, Mr Richards said. It means the spectrum will become available from 2013. The auction was originally earmarked for 2009 but was delayed because of legal action by mobile firms. - bbc.co.uk

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Developing story, CNN leaves Freeview | Broadband TV News

The news network had occupied capacity in the ITV-owned SDN mutiplex. With this trial period coming to a natural end on November 13th at midnight, well be looking anew at the distribution opportunities across all platforms, for CNN content in the UK, as part of our overall international distribution strategy. Well now assess how Freeview might fit into our plans going forward as an international multiplatform brand in the future, said a CNN spokesperson. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Channel Islands wake to a Digital Dawn

Analogue TV in the Channel Islands was switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for 50,000 households. Viewers switching to Freeview should tune in their digital TVs and boxes once signals are available in their area1. Digital UK, which has co-ordinated the switch, and the Switchover Help Scheme are today running advice points and a roadshow to provide face-to-face support for viewers who need it. - dca-pr.co.uk

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Test highlights discrepancies in Blu-ray quality - November - 2010 - Which? News

17 November 2010 Films on Blu-ray typically cost twice the price of a DVD, so youd expect them to live up to marketing that promises the maximum high-definition experience. Only five Blu-rays, such as newer films Avatar and Casino Royale, and classics, including Zulu, were of the highest high-definition quality expected. A Which expert viewing panel watched a number of films from different genres, decades and studios. - which.co.uk

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Teletext gears up for analogue switch off - www.travelweekly.co.uk

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More student questions about DAB - James Cridland

It seems its the week for student questions via my email address. Better reception would help, too, but mainly, radio stations need to give good reasons for people to go out and buy a DAB Digital Radio. You can get Capital FM on this radio, too is not a good reason to get people to replace a speaker-in-a-box with another speaker-in-a-box more functionality and more content from familiar brands Capital Extra - james.cridland.net

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DAB in Yorkshire - James Cridland

As part of my research I conducted a survey and would like to put my findings to you. I have found that there is a lack of understanding of the radio switchover and a dissatisfaction with reception and content especially in rural areas. The only thing thats been said is that if we reach 50 digital listening by 2013 we wont then the government will force large FM broadcasters off the dial in 2015 theyd be mad to in an election year, and the market should decide in any case. - james.cridland.net

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Reclaiming the word radio - James Cridland

Reclaiming the word 'radio' Posted on Monday, November 15th, 2010 at 1126 am. It always strikes me as mad to the point of lunacy to see radio stations not use the word radio in their logo. How on earth are you supposed to know that talkSPORT is a radio station, for example, if youve not heard of the brand before - james.cridland.net

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ITV fights back as advertising rebounds - Business News, Business - The Independent

Revenues rose by 11 per cent to 1.46bn in the nine months to September, comfortably above the 1.31bn booked for the same period last year. The gains were spurred on by a 16 per cent increase in television-advertising revenues in the three months to September, a period which coincided with part of the football World Cup. ITV expects the figure to ease to 10 per cent in the final quarter. - independent.co.uk

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ITV.coms video views fall year on year | Media | guardian.co.uk

Susan Boyle helped drive a massive traffic spike on ITV.com last year. ITV.com's performance was a sour note in an otherwise upbeat financial update from the broadcaster today, with video views falling by 6 year on year in the first nine months of 2010. The broadcaster revealed today that average monthly video views have fallen by about 1m year on year in the nine months to the end of September to 15.6m, although ITV.com's monthly unique users increased 13 to 9 million over the same period. - guardian.co.uk

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Which? warns against buying Alba STB300HD STB - November - 2010 - Which? News

Three shop-bought samples of this set-top box failed during Which testing at our Which labs. Based on our findings, we'd advise you to avoid buying this model. To find Best Buy Freeview and Freesat set-top boxes that won't let you down see our Which reviews. - which.co.uk

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Will Treasury return to pensioners free TV licences plan?

The full fascinating story has yet to be told of what happened between 15-19 October, when the BBC's future was effectively decided and arguably secured for the next seven years. The Corporation and its allies furiously tried to stop George Osborne taking a big chunk of licence fee income to help fund other government departments. They all argued that it would be wrong to divert BBC income to fund a government social programme. - bbc.co.uk

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Discovery Networks and Scripps in running for Virgins UKTV stake | Media | guardian.co.uk

It is thought that a deadline for final bids set for around the middle of last month was extended as the remaining bidders sought more time to try to solve outstanding issues, other than the sale price, before tabling a deal. This is likely to sustain the business, which has a turnover of about 200m a year, and in particular Gold, for about 20 years. Discovery has the benefit of having worked with the BBC as a commercial partner since 1997 in the joint venture and has just extended the factual programming co-production element of the relationship until 2014. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Worldwide sells 97m stake in Discovery joint venture | Media | guardian.co.uk

Today's deal brings to an end a 13-year broadcast partnership between the BBC and Discovery, which began in 1997. He said the scale of next year's dividend payment to the BBC was still to be decided. The dividend to the BBC has been growing very substantially over the last few years. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Jersey goes digital on 17 November

Jersey will switch to digital television at the end of 2010 On Wednesday 17 November 2010 Jersey's analogue television signal will be switched off, with a new digital system turned on in its place. This will then allow Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the islands for the first time. All terrestrial TV services from the Fremont Point transmitter will be off-air during the night. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Channel 6 would favour local programming - Telegraph

There has been much scepticism in recent months as to whether Mr Hunt's vision for a nationwide network of local TV channels is commercially viable. Mr Shott is looking at other proposals but Mr Horwood's is understood to be one of the preferred options. However, it is understood one concern held by Mr Shott's team is that the geographic spectrum suggested by Mr Horwood to carry the channel will not be sufficient to cover certain parts of the country. - telegraph.co.uk

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Its audiences who make and break TV stars l Maggie Brown | Media | The Guardian

The Miriam OReilly and BBC tribunal doesn't focus on the fact that it is actually audiences who decide on the stars they love or hate. This group of media achievers, one of whose founder members is Sheila Hancock, plays a gutsy role in promoting the achievements of women across these fickle sectors. Now it seems the next really fundamental cause has presented itself via an industrial tribunal the issue and practice of ageism, ruthless station controllers drumming wrinkly women off screen, and excluding, without regret, unknown others. - guardian.co.uk

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In the Grip of the Internet Monopolists - WSJ.com

It wouldn't be impossible, but for even a moderate Internet user, it would be a real pain. For most of us, avoiding the Internet's dominant firms would be a lot harder than bypassing Starbucks, Wal-Mart or other companies that dominate some corner of what was once called the real world. So why does it look increasingly like a Monopoly board - online.wsj.com

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BT and TalkTalk win judicial review of Digital Economy Act on all four grounds | Technology | guardian.co.uk

TalkTalk is challenging the Digital Economy Act with BT. It does little to change the course of the controversial Act in the short term, but it stops the dust settling. Other rights holders, also generally supportive of the Act and its measures, believe there is little to say until Ofcom's draft initial obligations code, expected in the next few weeks. - guardian.co.uk

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Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD network TV tuner reghardware

Review It's really hard to recommend a product from a vendor who, having taken 250 for the hardware, then expects you to fork out a further 18 to get the best out of your purchase. At least you get all the cables you need... Its parsimony might not be so bad if said hardware - the latest in the Slingbox line - delivered a more consumer friendly experience than it does. - reghardware.com

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25 workers sacked at call centre for handing out free Sky TV packages - The Daily Record

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Unthinkable - UK company can put four TV channels in your PC server

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BBC Red Button 'must be cheaper' says BBC Trust

The report found while it was the UK's most used interactive TV service with 12.7m users per week, its cost - 39.3m last year - needs to be reduced. The Trust recommended a less varied service between digital TV platforms to lower distribution costs. It also suggested it focuses on its digital text and live events content instead of covering various genres. - bbc.co.uk

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DAB+ and DAB the differences, and why it s not for the UK - James Cridland

Given its been many years of work, Im delighted for him and his team. Your iPod uses AAC as standard aacPlus uses a number of clever techniques to make it more efficient, so audio sounds better at lower bitrates. Many DAB radios on sale today will cope with DAB automatically, or will prompt you with instructions on how to upgrade which could be as easy as typing a code in, or downloading some new firmware. - james.cridland.net

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October BBC iPlayer monthly performance pack

This is a month-on-month increase of 22, with requests up 43 year-on-year. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer on BT Vision: top line technical details

This is all the more enjoyable when the experience is accessed from the same remote as the TV, as is the case with BT Vision. TV programmes are delivered in the WMV format at a total data rate of 1300kbit/sec. BT Vision tell us that all customers should be able to watch this without interruption, whatever their broadband connection speed. - bbc.co.uk

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Former ITN chief demands urgent action on ITV local news | Media | guardian.co.uk

He also argued that the new local TV services should be subject to more relaxed regulations regarding advertising and impartiality. 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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First broadcast of interview with creator of Doctor Who theme

In the interview she reveals that one of the primary influences on her music, including Doctor Who, were the abstract sounds she heard as a child during the Coventry blitz. Inside Out also features previously unseen footage of Delia later in life at a Doctor Who fan convention. But, 47 years on, the Doctor Who theme is probably the most famous piece of electronic music in the world. - bbc.co.uk

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