BBC lays off 475,000-a-year deputy director general -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

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Sky Sports big budget dwarfs competitors | Media | The Guardian

The satellite broadcaster fought hard to win control of live Premier League football in the 1990s, and with a budget of about 1bn a year it is easily able to outspend rivals, reducing competitors to a handful of events, most of which are restricted by law to free-to-air television. A tie-up with News Corporation, though, would increase Sky's firepower across Europe. Sky is already easily able to outbid rivals for sports it wants, such as cricket, which is no longer on live on free television after Sky paid 50m a year to snatch the rights from Channel 4 which was only able to bid a third of that sum a few months before England's home Ashes triumph in 2005. - guardian.co.uk

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Rupert Murdoch: Mr Cables obligation | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian

Would anyone in their right mind want Rupert Murdoch to end up owning nearly half the British national press as well as the richest broadcaster in the country in revenue terms, twice the size of the BBC The simple answer is no. Is this because of some knee-jerk anti-Murdoch prejudice Again, no. It would be wrong for any company or individual to be allowed that kind of dominance over the media landscape in this or, indeed, any country. - guardian.co.uk

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Rupert Murdoch and BSkyB: how powerful would a takeover make him? | Media | guardian.co.uk

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British media join forces against Murdoch takeover of BSkyB | Media | The Guardian

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is proposing a full takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The signatories argue against a combined Murdoch multimedia empire that would have a turnover of 7.5bn compared with the BBC's 4.8bn. Over the past week both the Telegraph and the Mail have been critical of the government's plans to cut child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers, indicating strained relations between the two right-of-centre newspapers and Cameron's government. - guardian.co.uk

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The TARDIS crash lands in America for series six of Doctor Who

They will also be joined by Alex Kingston who reprises her role as River Song. Series six will start airing on BBC One in spring 2011 and has been split into two blocks, with the second block airing in autumn 2011. By splitting the series Moffat plans to give viewers one of the most exciting Doctor Who cliffhangers and plot twists ever, leaving them waiting, on the edge of their seats, until the autumn to find out what happens. - bbc.co.uk

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4Music/ITN to co-pro breakfast show | 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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Turning the heat on Rupert Murdoch | Media | The Guardian

It is March 2015, a couple of months before the general election. One media company bestrides British politics spanning television, newspapers and the internet. It is more than twice the size of the BBC, with a turnover of 9bn. - guardian.co.uk

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Ofcom | Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 167 11/10/10

Some of the language and descriptions used in Ofcom's Broadcast Bulletin may therefore cause offence. The three programmes complained of followed a similar format presenters moderating a phone-in where viewers put questions seeking guidance and instruction in the Islamic religion to a small group of scholars. The licence for this channel is held by Ummah Channel Limited. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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Company profile for BSkyB | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk

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One For All SV9380 Freeview HD indoor aerial reghardware

Review Most indoor aerials are priced between 10 and 20 but the One For All SV9380 is a different beast to most indoor aerials, selling for between 40 and 50. The first note of caution is that the packaging boasts of Full HD compatibility, a spurious claim given that there are no Full HD broadcasts, nor likely to be. If a digital signal is weak the receiver might not lock on to some, or all, channels or it may freeze or block. - reghardware.com

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BBC Trust launches review of BBC radio services in the devolved nations

Please visit the BBC Trust homepage to find the information you want. you may have typed the web address incorrectly - please check the spelling, or that there are no spaces or capital letters. Alternatively, please try the other links and search box on this page. - bbc.co.uk

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Why is the ITV News political editor allowed to write a partisan column? | Media | guardian.co.uk

Please forgive me if this sounds unbearably pompous, but shouldn't political broadcasters observe some kind of impartiality by keeping schtum in public about their own views To find out more information about driving traffic to your content or to place this widget on your site, visit outbrain.com. We welcome your feedback at userhelpguardian.co.uk or feedbackoutbrain.com. - guardian.co.uk

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Three bidders in running for Virgin Medias UKTV stake | Media | guardian.co.uk

However, it is constricted by a loan facility of 218m, out of which it had drawn down 134m at the end of last year. BBC Worldwide is in line to significantly boost its coffers with the sale of a majority stake of its magazines operation, but this is not likely to be completed before what is thought to be an end-of-the-year deadline for Virgin Media to offload its stake. The major issue with any potential deal is that the new joint owner will have to be the junior partner and acceptable to BBC Worldwide and its chief executive, John Smith. - guardian.co.uk

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Why Olympic radio didnt get off the starting blocks | Media | The Guardian

Photograph Anthony Charlton for the Guardian It sounded like a champion idea a dedicated radio station, or even a whole bunch of radio stations, broadcasting exclusively about the Olympics when the games come to London in 2012. One commercial operator envisaged a bouquet of between 10 and 20 different stations on a dedicated Olympics multiplex. They would have included half a dozen different language services offering news and information to the Olympic village, which would have had a DAB radio in each room a channel dedicated to the games volunteers an Olympics traffic and travel station and coverage of the games in London and around the country. - guardian.co.uk

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Broadcasters try to wrest back more control from independent producers | Media | The Guardian

They are both made by independent production companies, and the broadcasters buy a licence to screen them. Talks between Pact, the indies' trade body, and leading broadcasters are taking place in a bid to reach agreement by next year. The interests of broadcasters and independent producers rarely dovetail, but the gap appears to be worsening just at a point when a fresh modus vivendi is needed - by next year, when internet-enabled television is expected to bring about a fragmented online world. - guardian.co.uk

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Why Vince Cable must reel in News Corps bid for full control of Sky | Media | The Guardian

News Corp chairman and chief executive officer Rupert Murdoch. Last week it was revealed that rival newspaper owners and the BBC were preparing a letter calling on the government to intervene. This is not just a question of News Corp coming up with the right price. - guardian.co.uk

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Richard Klein on why BBC4 is the corporations best-loved channel | Media | The Guardian

Richard Klein, the controller of the culture channel BBC4, could be forgiven for feeling under pressure. Audience appreciation is the highest for any BBC channel. Political process Why hasn't that case been made to the government, then - guardian.co.uk

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TV licence staff get complaints guidance -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The 964-page official handbook, which was released following a Freedom of Information request, sets out in detail how the fee should be administered. Prisoners do not need a licence for TVs in their cells or other communal areas because prisons are subject to Crown exemption. If they choose not to buy a TV licence, TV Licensing cannot enforce the law against them. - independent.co.uk

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Vince Cable must be bold and break Murdochs stranglehold | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer

It is not just the usual liberal voices raised against him, but a large proportion of British broadcasters and newspaper publishers who are lining up against his plans for market domination with the purchase of all BSkyB's shares. This isn't Murdoch's Waterloo and, after 40 years of bending Britain to his political will, the 79-year-old probably is not losing much sleep over the new alliance. Give almost any politician a guarantee of anonymity and he or she will say much more but, as Peter Oborne's Channel 4 Dispatches programme made clear, most are too frightened to challenge him or his executives. - guardian.co.uk

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Whats On BBC Red Button 9th - 22nd October

New for 2010, this year Autumnwatch fans will be able to press red to view our pick of Autumn nature photos taken by our audience. Full replays and highlights packages of selected events will be available after live coverage has ended each day. Additionally, in the build-up to the Games from Sunday 26th September Sky, Virgin and Freesat viewers can watch a special preview programme. - bbc.co.uk

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New 3D TV Which? test lab results - October - 2010 - Which? News

Which 3D TV was a terrible 3D performer Gulf in 3D quality Which researcher Michael Briggs said 'Despite a three grand price tag the 3D picture on one model is truly awful, the glasses are uncomfortable to wear and the supplied software upgrade kit didnt work properly. - which.co.uk

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BBC reveals Salford timetable | Media | guardian.co.uk

Blue Peter will move in July of next year and a new garden for the show will either be built on a roof of a building or in a more accessible place at MediaCity, yet to be confirmed. Salmon said initially he would not be moving his family there, although he has now declared that they will move once they are able to. The decision to announce that BBC Breakfast is moving to Salford and the way it was done has also attracted criticism. - guardian.co.uk

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First talking Freeview box' launches in UK

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Freeview tops 60 million sales

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The painful reality: no one is watching Seven Days -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

It was hyped as the reality show which gives power to the viewers. Seven Days, Channel 4's new docusoap, was supposed to point the way to the interactive television of the future. The idea was simple enough cameras follow the lives of real people living or working around Notting Hill and broadcast the highlights almost in real time. - independent.co.uk

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Rupert Murdoch-owned BSkyB open to abuse of power, says BBC boss | Media | The Guardian

News Corp is bidding to buy the 61 of Sky it does not already own in a move that will cement its status as the dominant player in British media. Thompson stopped just short of calling for the British government to block the bid, but gave the clearest indication yet of the strength of opposition to the deal from the BBC. The business secretary, Vince Cable, has the power to veto the deal on public interest grounds. - guardian.co.uk

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Superfast broadband gets Ofcom competition boost - October - 2010 - Which? News

In its announcement, Ofcom stated that superfast broadband network will 'drive new benefits' for UK consumers and businesses. It went on to outline the decisions it has made to promote competition and investment in the future of UK superfast broadband services over a fibre network. Broadband rivals to access BTfibre network Ofcom has announced two principal interventions to promote competition and investment in superfast broadband. - which.co.uk

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BBC Worldwide earns reprieve from government sale | Media | guardian.co.uk

BBC Worldwide this year reported record profits up more than a third to 145.2m in the year to the end of March. It has also been mooted as an asset that the BBC could use against raising money to help close its pension deficit, which is thought to be between 1.5bn and 2bn, although it remains to be seen what the Pension Ombudsman thinks. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 4 axes 4iP | Media | guardian.co.uk

The 4iP website the fund was billed as 'the home of new digital talent' Channel 4 is axing 4iP, its 20m digital innovation fund, as part of a restructure that sees its online teams integrated into one department. Education, online products, cross-platform commissioning and remaining 4iP staff move to a single department overseen by Richard Davidson-Houston, who was appointed head of online in August. He will report to Channel 4's incoming chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, when she joins in January. - guardian.co.uk

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Views on YouView from Decipher

The Canvas project, now branded YouView, has come in for a lot of criticism over the last few months some of it deserving and some of it self-serving. As Nigel Walley of informitv partners Decipher writes, few people seem to be looking at YouView from the point of view of the consumer, who is already struggling to make sense of an increasingly confused television market. However, the Canvas project has been tortuously slow and since 2007 the world has changed. - informitv.com

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Blinkbox welcomes YouView despite its critics

There has been a great deal of discussion recently about the merits, or otherwise, of Project Canvas, now known as YouView. YouView promises to create an open, standardised platform where consumers will be able to view programming from a vast number of video providers across a broad range of devices. Viewers will be able to access catch-up television programmes, American television series, blockbuster movies and a host of great programming from the internet on their television sets. - informitv.com

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Viewers tune in to Freeview HD - Telegraph

About 420,000 Freeview HD-enabled devices, including both set-top boxes and television sets with the technology built in, have been sold. According to Freeview, the figures are on a par with those achieved by BSkyB when it launched its HD service in 2006. We didnt know how it would sell, so its exciting that weve reached this number already, said Ilse Howling, Freeviews managing director. - telegraph.co.uk

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Google TV: System Combines Television Shows, Online Video, Websites, Social Media - ABC News

First, Google revolutionized Web searches -- now it's trying to reinvent the way you watch TV. Inside a top-secret lab in Silicon Valley, programmers are putting the finishing touches on a new product called Google TV. The company says this new device will take all the best features of watching television, surfing the Web, playing online games, and connecting with friends on Twitter and Facebook, and combine them into a single experience. - abcnews.go.com

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The First Google TV device, Logitech Revue, gets unveiled, goes up for sale | Tech Gear News - Betanews

As expected, Logitech today officially launched the first piece of Google TV hardware, the Logitech Revue set-top box. Later, it was shown off controlling a DVR and offering Google-powered searches, but still it looked like a device without an absolutely clear identity. Earlier this week, however, Google rolled out the full list of Google TV's capabilities on its new website. - betanews.com

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Viewers told its time to change their tuning - Ross-shire Journal

The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try the following Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly. Click the Back button to try another link. - ross-shirejournal.co.uk

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Rock replaces Smooth in regions

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Stephen Mangan to play Dirk Gently in drama based on Douglas Adams novel

Anti-hero Dirk Gently operates his eponymous detective agency based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. Perpetually broke, hopelessly chaotic and utterly infuriating, most people suspect Dirk is nothing more than a cheap conman. When Dirk sets out to solve an apparently simple and harmless disappearance of a cat from an old lady's house, he unwittingly uncovers a double murder which, in turn, leads to a host of even more extraordinary events. - bbc.co.uk

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Channel 5 in commissioning team shakeup | Media | guardian.co.uk

Richard Desmond's takeover of Channel 5 resulted in a mass cull of staff. Keenan and Barnes acted as deputies in their current roles to Jeff Ford, who was promoted to the role of director of programmes following the mass cull of staff following Richard Desmond's takeover. Jessica Symons has been promoted from manager to commissioning editor, childrens, while Greg Barnett has been given the title of commissioning editor for entertainment, soaps and daytime. - guardian.co.uk

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Morrison Mounts Stout Defence of BBC ALBA

The radio stations will also continue to be accessed on Sky TV, cable or through the internet. BBC Alba appeals to a substantial number of viewers despite less than 50 per cent of households currently being able to access the channel. It should be remembered that Freeview is a TV platform and the roll-out of DAB radio services was designed to create a widely available platform for digital radio services. - allmediascotland.com

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Ofcom | Renewal of the Independent National Radio licences - Methodology for review of financial terms

These new statutory provisions represent a second opportunity for the three INR licensees to apply for licence renewal, and thus avoid having to apply for a new licence in an auction. All three licences were previously renewed in 1999/2000 for an eight-year period. 1.2 Licence renewal is a statutory incentive for the holder of an analogue licence to provide a digital service. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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Time Warner's Bewkes Tells UKs ITV: No Need For Micropayments| paidContent

Dont take the short-term events in advertising and forget the underlying value of your programming or the strength of the model when you put the network or the programming on-demand. If they took the ITV schedule and offered it on demand then their viewership would go up and theyd have more viewership and more advertising. - paidcontent.org

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Toshiba to launch 3D TV without glasses - October - 2010 - Which? News

04 October 2010 Toshiba has announced that it will launch two 3D TVs that don't need glasses, in Japan in time for Christmas. The two TVs are not likely to launch in the UK, but Toshiba claims that this is proof that 'auto-stereoscopic 3D displays are both technologically and commercially feasible'. The company also concedes that 'it will take several years to develop larger 3D TVs without glasses with screen sizes of 40 inches at a reasonable price'. - which.co.uk

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Google TV official site goes live, content partners announced, features shown | Tech Gear News - Betanews

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Here comes Google TV - Google TV Blog

One of our goals with Google TV is to finally open up the living room and enable new innovation from content creators, programmers, developers and advertisers. By bringing Google Chrome and access to the entire Internet, you can easily navigate to thousands of websites to watch your favorite web videos, play Flash games, view photos, read movie reviews or chat with friendsall on the big screen. Since our announcement, weve been overwhelmed by interest from partners on how they can use the Google TV platform to personalize, monetize and distribute their content in new ways. - googletv.blogspot.com

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Freesat launch for Men and Movies | 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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Export of British television shows overseas rises by 9% | Media | The Guardian

Paul Daniels and Ann Widdecombe in this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Overall sales of formats, when a foreign TV company buys rights to a series such as Come Dine With Me and then makes the show itself, rose 25 to 119m. Meanwhile, the trend towards producing UK formats abroad a foreign TV company buys the rights for a show but asks a UK-owned company to make a localised version gathered pace last year with a 124 rise in revenue to 41m. - guardian.co.uk

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Why arent there any openly gay staff at the top of the BBC? | Media | The Guardian

It would be graceless to suggest that Auntie hasn't modernised herself a little in the last couple of years. In September last year, 62-year old Ian Baynham was brutally attacked in the middle of Trafalgar Square in a homophobic attack. The outrage, which caused significant levels of fear among gay people, never made the BBC's national TV news even after Baynham's life support was turned off 18 days later. - guardian.co.uk

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Daybreak still watched by fewer viewers than its predecessor GMTV | Media | The Guardian

Two presenters on multi-million pound salaries, an expensive new set, a host of fresh faces and a ratings slump that shows no sign of ending. Daybreak, ITV's expensive breakfast programme, is not proving a bright new dawn for the broadcaster's new management. An average of 3.2 million viewers watched the show in its third week, a 19.7 audience share. - guardian.co.uk

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Ofcom needs sharper teeth | Media | The Guardian

Many insiders claim it is retreating from its horizon-scanning role, and consumers will inevitably suffer as a result. Ofcom was given a broad set of duties by the 2003 legislation that set it up. In its hyperactive first six years it carried out strategic reviews of every major communications sector, and two multivolume reviews of public service broadcasting. - guardian.co.uk

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