Saturday 31 October 2009, AM
A day in the life of the Head of BBC HD
Hello Everyone, I know the extended silence has been frustrating you - I've been away from the office for some of the time, and also handling a range of other issues. That identifies any technical problems with the channel - and unfortunately, as many of you will be aware, frequently highlights problems with HD transmissions. Like you, I find it deeply frustrating that more than 20 months after we launched the channel the service still doesn't always run smoothly. - bbc.co.uk
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Media Talk: Radio 4, Channel 4, and Ofcom takes on BSkyB
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BBC tech staff underpaid compared with private sector, says internal report |Media |guardian.co.uk
Overall the report found that the BBC offers pay packages between 20 and 80 lower in terms of total remuneration than the private sector. Total remuneration was down around 60 for executive board members and 40 for senior managers compared with private sector companies. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk
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Responses to Freeview HD encryption consultation
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They get The Wire, we get Casualty
The breakup of the old US network cartel and competition from cable channels such as HBO has been good for competition the result is that shows have smartened up, rather than dumbed down. It's not that Britain is short of TV writing talent, reckons Jukes, but that it hasn't worked out how to use it. As a result, the US has cornered the market in the high-end stuff that bears devoted watching and repeat viewing. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
The BBCs top 50 highest-paid senior managers |Media |guardian.co.uk
- guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBSkyB Launches Appeal Against ITV Stake Cut - WSJ.com
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online.wsj.comBBC appoints new Director of Marketing, Communications Audiences for Future Media Tech
He will also play a role in the strategic leadership and development of MCA as a division. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
TalkTalk to resist govt piracy plans - Digital Spy
TalkTalk has said that it will mount a legal action against the government's plan to cut off the internet connections of online copyright violators. Business secretary Lord Mandelson yesterday confirmed that the net services of persistent illegal file-sharers will be blocked from summer 2011. TalkTalk will continue to resist any attempts to make it impose technical measures on its customers unless directed to do so by a court or recognised tribunal. - digitalspy.co.uk
www.digitalspy.co.ukBBC Radio Labs: Immersive audio for Planet B
Planet B is a science fiction series on BBC 7, the second series starts on the 29th November. You can read more about series two of Planet B on the Radio 4 blog. Before you read on, you should put your headphones on and listen to this... - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukRadio Today with RCS: Digital Radio listening drops
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BBC to axe 100 top jobs in drive to slash costs -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The BBC is to cull more than 100 top management posts in a cost-cutting drive aimed at making savings of almost 20m. The move will see the current total pay bill for more than 600 bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, reduced by 25 per cent over the next three and-a-half years. The restructuring plans involve cutting the total senior management numbers by 18 per cent over the period up to the end of July 2013. - independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukAbout the BBC: Unlocking the archive
-www.bbc.co.ukWill commercial deals help open up BBC archive to the public by 2022? |Media |guardian.co.uk
The broadcaster has shaped the UK's cultural heritage for more than 80 years, so it contains important snapshots of the nation's history. The BBC then plans to gradually make this material available to the public, with a deadline for digitising as many shows as possible - rights and other issues permitting - by the BBC's 100th anniversary in 2022. The BBC's archives occupy 4.5 miles of shelves - as shown in this gallery, with 2.5m hours of film and video, 6m photographs, 4.5m pieces of sheet music, 5 miles of documents about programmes, staff, finance, correspondence and 200,000 word pronunciations. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 29 October 2009, AM
Media: David Lammy, BNP and internet power - 28/10/09
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Call to harmonise mobile airwaves
Digital switchover could pave the way for better mobile broadband The EU has urged its members to use the same part of the airwaves for mobile broadband to help achieve its target of 100 broadband coverage by 2013. A similar plan allowed the emergence of GSM mobile phones in the 1990s. The EU believes using the common frequency would be a particular boon for unconnected rural areas because it travels over long distances. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukWednesday 28 October 2009, AM
Dont let BSkyB avoid pay-TV regulations, urge rivals |Media |guardian.co.uk
The group also said that if Ofcom ever granted approval for Sky to launch Picnic, its mothballed pay TV service for Freeview, then this should also be factored into any new regulation. The group also reiterated that Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Xtra should be included in Ofcom's definition of the premium services that would come under the proposed system of regulation. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThe BBC's Red Button content slimmed down
Planning is well underway, but there are funding worries the whole project might cost - shock horror - nearly 110m. The workerfolk at Tyrone Ltd, in their big yellow shed up Marshgate Lane, are busy making luxury lace curtains. I'm just about to move into a flat in unfashionable Bow, less than a mile from a spot that'll be world-famous in eleven years time. - diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
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Gaelic channel set to push BBC radio off Freeview -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
This would see radio stations 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as 5Live, Radio Scotland and the World Service dropping off the digital channel during Alba's broadcast. Alba was something of a surprise package when it launched in Scotland in September last year to what 2001 census figures suggested was the lowest ever Gaelic-speaking audience of just 58,650. In its first week of broadcast the channel, which broadcasts between 5pm and 11pm on Sky and Freesat, pulled in 600,000 listeners. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukTwitter for TV lovers: who to follow |Television radio |guardian.co.uk
Armando Iannucci among several The Thick of It Twitterers. TTOI fans will be glad to know that the cast and writers of the show are big Twitterers. You can also follow rebeccafront, who plays new minister Nicola Murray, and writers jessearmstrong1 and simonblackwell. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 27 October 2009, PM
BBC - Newsbeat - Sky Player launch on XBox delayed
By Dan Whitworth Newsbeat technology reporter It was supposed to run like clockwork. The launch of a new service that would give XBox Live users access to dozens of live Sky channels and on-demand TV shows. All some people logging on to the service could see was an error message. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukRuling bodies appeal to keep rugby and cricket off crown jewels TV list |Media |guardian.co.uk
The ECB has suggested the cost of adding the Ashes to the 'crown jewels' list will be about 140m. 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.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC to sub-let spectrum capacity on Freeview multiplex B in parts of UK
The BBC remains committed to delivering the very best video content to Freeview viewers via its remaining interactive stream. The two streams will be available in approximately 80 of the country from the end of 2009, and coverage will reduce to zero when switchover is complete in 2012. The BBC has launched its competitive bid process which will provide third parties the opportunity to launch new services for audiences in the UK. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMP Jamie raises issue of Freeview
However, Mr Bradshaw did reveal that up to one million homes throughout the UK had been affected by the reduction in channels. The channels were lost to make way for high-definition TV in the near future. Meanwhile The Whitehaven News petition available in our office or at Brooks in Duke Street has collected more than 200 signatures complaining about the reduced service. - whitehaven-news.co.ukwww.whitehaven-news.co.ukChanges to BBC Sport on the red button
Next week the BBC will be making some changes to the Freeview service which will have an impact on our sports coverage. We know from the feedback we get that HD is increasingly popular with sports fans and this development will mean that even more viewers get to watch BBC Sport's big events in the best possible quality. What the arrival of HD does mean, though, is that there will be a reduction in the amount of capacity available on Freeview for our interactive services. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukDigital TV - News - Arqiva offers new Freeview channels - Digital Spy
According to the transmission firm, the two new channel slots will be able to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Arqiva is the licence holder for multiplexes C and D, which principally make up the Freeview platform. However, the company stressed that the available slots will be used for TV channels only, and not radio, data or any other related service. - digitalspy.co.ukwww.digitalspy.co.uk
BBC to release Freeview capacity | 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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www.prfire.co.ukBBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Gaelic TV channel being reviewed
Firstly, whether the channel is achieving wide appeal to viewers beyond existing Gaelic speakers and helping to educate people in the language. Secondly, whether to make BBC Alba available through Freeview. Programmes are currently available on Sky, Freesat and live on the BBC iPlayer. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukSwitching to Digital Television: UK Public Policy and the Market
Presented as a 'case history' for academics, this impressive book nevertheless is a highly readable piece of journalism, with a strong and compelling narrative line. - amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.ukThe Dream That Died: The Rise and Fall of ITV
It is a book based on more than 90 exclusive interviews with key players who had their hands on the money, and the power, behind commercial television, but who saw politicians, businessmen and broadcasters convert high quality public service broadcasting into a ratings driven commercial wasteland, undermining the BBC and Channel 4. The book goes a long way to explain the complete sorry, downmarket mess that ITV has become. That is my problem with the book it's terribly one-sided, making little reference to the context of technological change which has had an impact on the TV industry. - amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.co.ukReviews of the financial terms for the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences | Ofcom
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-blog.wotsat.comEXCLUSIVE! London to switch on Freeview HD on December 2
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Greg Dyke and Richard Eyre among frontrunners to be Channel 4 chairman |Media |guardian.co.uk
Interestingly, those being tipped for the job all have heavyweight broadcasting experience. Sir Richard Attenborough was the last Channel 4 chairman to have worked in the industry. According to reports, others being considered for the position include Chorion chairman Waheed Alli. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOpen Rights Group - survey on file sharing attitudes : | OfcomWatch |
-www.ofcomwatch.co.ukPace introduces new multiroom DVR
Pace has unveiled its new Home Content Sharing According to Pace, HCS can distribute nine simultaneous HD streams throughout the home. HCS also offers advanced DVR features including a folder system, a bulk delete tool, and the ability to bookmark playback to resume in another room say Pace. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukMPs call for local TV channel on Freeview
We think it is vital that the government and Ofcom now take action to ensure that there is a guaranteed space for the community on our television screens. It seems extraordinary to reserve six whole multiplexes for Freeview but not a single channel for local news and community programming. We believe that existing services such as NvTv can help Ofcom and government to review the policy options and hope they will engage constructively with us and our colleagues in United for Local Television to seek to route a path forward. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukNorth west Wales begins switch to digital
The first stage of switchover in north west Wales has been completed. Digital UK are now advising all Freeview viewers in the region to retune their equipment in order to receive the range of digital channels currently available. All TV services were temporarily switched off at the Llanddona transmitter group at midnight on 21 October. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukRound up: Tuesday 27 October 2009
The Internet blog got a look in with a post on the future of the iPlayer regarding syndication. Speaking of syndication see what I did there Paidcontent revealed the BBC's plans to syndicate unsigned bands to online services like Spotify. Across the spectrum of BBC blogs there's been a high level of dissatisfaction about the closure of Red Button interactive streams. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMedia Talk: Nick Griffin on Question Time
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Steve Green / digitalradiotech - blog - James Cridland
Steve Green / digitalradiotech Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 1212 pm. Steve has been harrassing me since around 2000, on internet newsgroups, via my previous employers blogs, and his own site, as well as lodging complaints with former employers, and a large number of FOI requests every mention of my name in the full list is from Steve Green. I am taking advantage of not having a current employer to set the record straight about Steves appalling behaviour. - james.cridland.net
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BBC - About the BBC
Unless youre launching a brand new radio station then the show youre joining will have pre-existed. So much fun in fact, we wanted to put all the links in one place. Window 4 on our Advent Calendar opens up a whole new advent calendar via cbeebiesfun plus dress your own snowman - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Trusts good news for CBBC
This comes as a fantastic endorsement of the important role the BBC has to play in empowering children as they become more experienced online and supporting them to develop the skills required to operate safely in the digital world. Take a quick glance at Ofcom's 'interim' research on children's use of internet in the UK published a couple of weeks ago and you realise how timely this is. Children are spending more and more of their allotted screen-time online, both supervised and unsupervised. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Microsoft wows Windows 7 crowd with Internet TV | Tech Gear News - Betanews
Actually, Internet TV has been under development at Microsoft since way back in September of 2007. In May, Internet TV for Media Center officially entered beta 2. With today's release of Windows 7, though, the feature finally leaves beta testing behind. - betanews.com
www.betanews.comClosing the News Multiscreen
For BBC News, this means that we're no longer going to be able to provide one of our services. The News Multiscreen, which we've been broadcasting on Freeview for a number of years now, will close on Tuesday 27 October 2009. Obviously News content will still be available for viewers of Freeview. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukpick a page