Pictured: The 51-year-old television | Mail Online

Instead of buying a fancy new TV he's keeping the 1957 flame walnut encased set and has had it converted to receive digital channels. His father bought the set when he was aged eight and the television has been a cherished feature in the family home ever since. Antique enthusiast Richard Howard bought his television for 113 in 1957 Not only is it in perfect working order, the classic set, which enthralled Mr Howard through his boyhood years and brought him the first images of the moon landing, is now wired up to receive the 20 plus channels of the digital age. - dailymail.co.uk

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What ITV needs is a commercial breakthrough | Media | The Guardian

Writing about the ongoing misery of ITV is like shooting some rather sad and slothful fish in a small barrel with a big harpoon. It is particularly churlish given that ITV has produced the show of the year so far in the profoundly dysfunctional but rather marvellous Britain's Got Talent. When you have an investment bank lecturing you about poor progress you really know you're marooned in a creek of ordure. - guardian.co.uk

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Media: Buy a package, save a bundle - Scotsman.com Business

Get digital TV, broadband and phone services from a single provider to cut your bills, writes Emma Lunn. A bundle is basically a package of services where customers get several products for one price. In telecoms the most common bundle comprises digital TV, broadband and a home phone service, and experts say householders can save money by switching to a bundle instead of buying separate products. - business.scotsman.com

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Nolan leaves DTG : Broadband TV News

The Digital TV Group has confirmed the departure of Dermot Nolan as director-general of the organisation after just six months in the post. Often outspoken, Nolan took over from Richard Lindsay-Davis after 20 years as a strategic consultant in international broadcasting. - broadbandtvnews.com

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ITV starts planning for regional news cuts | Media | guardian.co.uk

ITV is pressing ahead with plans to make regional news cuts, despite not yet receiving official approval from Ofcom. The broadcaster wants to slash the number of regional news bulletins and axe jobs to save around 40m a year. Last September, the ITV executive chairman, Michael Grade, announced that the number of news regions will be reduced from 17 to nine. - guardian.co.uk

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ITV revenue warning: Lehman Brothers trims forecast for broadcaster | Media | guardian.co.uk

Lehman Brothers' report branded the relaunch of ITV1's 9pm weekday slot a failure and argued that investors should not be satisfied with the pace of Grade's plan to revitalise the broadcaster and called for greater urgency. The bank has cut revenue estimates for ITV's broadcasting, production and online operations for 2008. In production operation, which has a target of doubling annual revenue to 1.2bn by 2012, the report has cut revenue growth estimates from 14 to 10 in 2008. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Topics - Full list of topics

The iPlayer category will only appear in the search results if there is a relevant TV or radio programme currently available on iPlayer. On BBC Online am I able to sort the search results by date or relevance News is sorted by date, as most users want to see the most recent news articles first. - bbc.co.uk

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Video: Watch EuroNews revamped idents | Media | guardian.co.uk

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Broadcasting - News - Sky begins defence of its stake in ITV - Digital Spy

Sky today began a defence of its stake in ITV against the assertion of regulators and Virgin Media that the holding is anti-competitive. The government, which ordered Sky to reduce the holding to less than 7.5, had not proven the need for the change, lawyers for Sky said. Sky claimed that even if it had chosen to exercise its board voting rights it would not have been able to exert a significant influence. - digitalspy.co.uk

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thinkbroadband :: Catch-up TV on BT Vision no longer free

Technical issues are cited on DigitalSpy as for the reason why BT has made this move. The BT Total usage allowances recently changed from being just download allowances to be a combined total for both upload and download usage, this means people using peer to peer services may need to carefully watch their upstream usage. One interesting issue to consider is that modern digital cameras can easily produce pictures that are 3MB or more in size. - thinkbroadband.com

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BBC1 to be shown live on internet | Media | guardian.co.uk

All of the channel's programmes will be simulcast as a live video stream via bbc.co.uk BBC1 is to air live on the internet, making it the first of the corporation's analogue TV channels to be simulcast on the web. For the first time in the flagship channel's 44-year history, viewers will not need a television to watch BBC1 live. The channel will be available as a live video stream via bbc.co.uk, which is being relaunched with improved listings and programme information. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 4: EU minded to block BBC aid for digital switchover | Media | guardian.co.uk

It is understood that the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, and media regulator Ofcom will also be lobbying on Channel 4's behalf in Brussels on this issue. However, the EC ruling, if confirmed, could potentially spell trouble for Ofcom's public service broadcasting review and in particular the unresolved issue of Channel 4's future funding. Channel 4 has argued that it faces a potential 150m a year funding shortfall as the growth of digital media squeezes its ad revenue and is lobbying for some form of assistance to bridge this financial gap. - guardian.co.uk

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DTG News: Switchover Roadshow to begin tour of Border

The roadshow kicks off in Duns, in the Scottish Borders, on Thursday June 5th. After Duns, the roadshow will head to other towns served by the Selkirk transmitter group, which will begin the switch to digital on November 6th this year. Visitors to the roadshow will have the opportunity to find out what they need to do for switchover, what help is available in their area and will be able to put general or technical questions to Digital UKs specially trained advisors. - dtg.org.uk

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Trust says BBC is paying its stars the market rate - Media, News - The Independent

There are about 40 television and radio stars who earn more than 1m a year, an independent report into how much the BBC pays talent has revealed. Out of that elite group of comedians, actors and lifestyle and cookery presenters, the top 10 earn 2m from appearance fees, while most of the top 40 who work for the BBC and commercial broadcasters can earn an additional 1m from tie-in publishing deals and royalties from repeats and DVDs. Critics seized on the findings, saying the BBC had failed to address concerns over the salaries of stars such as Ross, who is reportedly being paid 18m in a three-year deal. - independent.co.uk

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Budget-busting bbc.co.uk threatens digital revolution, says Telegraph chief | PDA: The Digital Content Blog | guardian.c

The world's biggest news and entertainment website breached its 2007/2008 budget by a staggering 48. In part, because no one, it turns out, is in charge of the sprawling bbc.co.uk network. Instead, the trust's recommendation is simply to accept the overspend, integrate it into the budget and add an extra 4.4m of additional padding. - blogs.guardian.co.uk

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BetaNews | Dish, EchoStar sue TiVo to keep their DVR offerings afloat

Dish Network says their new software no longer infringes on TiVo's patents, but the DVR maker disagrees. On Friday, EchoStar responded by launching a new suit, essentially asking the court to validate its software as legal and non-infringing. Such a ruling would give EchoStar and Dish a leg to stand on in the nearly four year old battle between the two companies. - betanews.com

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spEak You re bRanes The Twat-O-Tron

on 29 May 2008 at 345 pm fucko the clown twat tastic on 29 May 2008 at 348 pm Roffle caught between laughing and crying. on 29 May 2008 at 348 pm Hitler This is beautiful. Im going to start dropping this into random comment boxes to see what happens - ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com

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EXETER IS PREPARED FOR DIGITAL SWITCH

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Marketing News: Amazon overtakes Google as most respected brand in UK - Marketing Week

The online retailer pushed Google, last year's winner, into second place, with the BBC coming third and Freeview in fourth place. Amazon scored a total of 60 points, compared with Google's 57 and the BBC's 52. The rankings are based on the average BrandIndex scores over the fourth quarter of 2007. - marketingweek.co.uk

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informitv - Zattoo claims copyright case for channel carriage

Zattoo, which is now offering live online streams of the leading British terrestrial television channels, is claiming it has the right to do so under the United Kingdom Copyright Act. Zattoo says it operates strictly legitimately on the basis of agreements with broadcasters and the copyright law but the British broadcasters say they have no agreements with the streaming startup company. Zattoo issued a press release saying that it had extended its channel line up in the UK, showing all five UK terrestrial channels online via one media player for the first time ever. - informitv.com

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informitv - French mobile television channels are announced

The French media authority has announced the winning channels for a new broadcast mobile television service to start transmitting later this year. Following auditions in April, the CSA selected 13 channels from 36 applicants for the service. The mobile television service will be available using the DVB-H standard by the end of 2008. - informitv.com

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The one to watch | Media | The Guardian

In the seven weeks after its launch on Christmas Day last year, it was used to watch 17m programmes, and was chiefly responsible for a 29 increase in traffic to bbc.co.uk. In April, the iPlayer had, according to the BBC, 21m requests for downloaded and streamed programmes. About 200,000 users watched 6,000 hours of streamed content the following day, according to the broadband provider Plus Net. - guardian.co.uk

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Are ads on children's social networking sites harmless child's play or virtual insanity?

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Google - defender of the net, or an infringement factory? - Media, News - The Independent

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thinkbroadband :: Enterprising soul creates BBC iPlayer download app for Mac

The iPlayer Downloader can be downloaded from sourceforge.net or macupdate.com. We assume the software is creating the files by accessing the Flash based iPlayer website, so video quality will not match the full PC version, but file sizes will be smaller. How long this software will be available is unclear, given the fact the BBC acted over someone publishing knitting patterns for Doctor Who monsters, circumventing its copyright protection mechanisms may result in another action. - thinkbroadband.com

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Canwest is open to offers for stations - Telegraph

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Ready for digital TV? - News - Manchester Evening News

ONE in three Manchester households is not fully prepared for the switchover to digital TV. A survey by Digital UK warned that thousands will face blank screens when the traditional analogue signal is switched off next year. The organisation, which is leading the switchover, said a survey found that 35 per cent of people in Manchester had a TV which could not receive digital. - manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Thinking Digital conference: Greg Dyke

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Panasonic Chooses S

Bei einer Sanierung kommt nicht selten die Frage nach einer moderneren Heizungsanlage auf diese in ein bestehendes Haus zu integrieren erfordert oft Umbaumanahmen, die innerhalb eines Gebudes sehr aufwendig sind. Einfacher ist es, eine Fertiggarage zu errichten, die als ausdrckliches Heizgebude neben dem Wohnhaus gnstig und mit geringem Aufwand zu errichten ist. Wurde dies erledigt, kann die Fertiggarage fr ein modernes Heizsystem, etwa mit Pell Billiger ist besser, und je weniger Geld man ausgeben muss, umso toller finden es die Menschen. - broadcastbuyer.tv

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BBC misallocates 25m of funds

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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TV deception scandal prompts C4 and Five to issue joint guidelines | Media | guardian.co.uk

Between them, the two broadcasters have been fined almost 1.8m in the past year for misleading viewers in premium-rate phone-ins. Early next month, Channel 4 and Five will unveil what they are calling the result of their collaboration, the Independent Producer Handbook. For the first time, the two broadcasters' own internal procedures for editorial compliance and upward referral of potential problems will be made public. - guardian.co.uk

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Disney Channel says free-to-air move in Spain will not be repeated in UK | Media | guardian.co.uk

In the UK there is a well developed pay market so we decided to stick to a model there of basic subscription. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer to roll out on Virgin Media cable next week | Media | guardian.co.uk

A more limited version of the iPlayer service has been available to Virgin Media subscribers via red button since late last month. On-demand programming has been a focus for Virgin Media, which also works with the film provider FilmFlex on its on-demand film channel, and said half its customer base used its interactive service. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 7239 9857. - guardian.co.uk

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Gigabyte GSmart t600: Freeview on a phone - Crave at CNET.co.uk

You can't get enough of people sitting on sofas talking in a coma- inducing manner. Unfortunately for you, you're trapped in an office all day. Your Jeremy Kyle-loving self is going to want the t600 because it lets you watch Freeview. - crave.cnet.co.uk

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Millions of British digital television viewers 'dissatisfied' with service

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Digital TV leaves one in four wanting more

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More Locals Make Digital Switch (from This Is Wiltshire)

The latest Digital UK/Ofcom Tracker Survey shows that 86 of residents in the region have already converted their main set to digital. Meanwhile, 60 have converted other sets and 64 have converted their full household. More than nine out of ten people in the West region are aware of the switch to digital television which will see analogue services replaced with a boosted digital signal providing Freeview channels to the whole of the West region. - thisiswiltshire.co.uk

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Vodafone Germany s scepticism on mobile TV using DVB-H may not be generalisable at Connected TV

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Panasonic DMR-EX88 DVD/HDD Recorder - TrustedReviews

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Setanta angers fans trying to cancel - Mirror.co.uk

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Television - charts | Ofcom

Note The BBC changed the way it calculated its spend figures from 2005 onwards. The figures for 2002 - 2004 are based on cost per hour averages, while those for 2005 - 2007 are actual spend figures. Comparisons over the period 2002-2007 should therefore be exercised with caution. - ofcom.org.uk

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Eyre: Privatise Radio 1 and 2

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 iPlayer chalks up 75m downloads - ZDNet.co.uk

The BBC iPlayer online, on-demand TV service has hit 75 million in streamed or downloaded programmes since it launched last year. According to BBC figures, iPlayer enjoyed another month of growth in April, with around 21 million programme requests a 20 percent increase on March. Average users per week were 1.4 million, up 300,000 on March and almost double January's figure. - news.zdnet.co.uk

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Panasonic TV launched with freesat HD built-in. A worlds first.

We are a family run business that has been selling appliances and electrical items for more than 40 years. - unbeatable.co.uk

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ITV job cuts in Manchester and Leeds

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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Satellite - News - Freesat to add all regions during June - Digital Spy

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ITV faces fines over non-London content | Media | The Guardian

ITV is facing another investigation after it failed to match its quota for programmes to be made outside London for two years running. The network is required by the government to spend half its budget on productions made outside the capital. Figures to be revealed by Ofcom today show that it fell well short of that at 44 last year. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky One drama under fire

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Design revamp for $100 laptop

The XO2 looks and acts like an electronic book The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries. The first XO2 machines should be ready to deliver to children in 2010. Mr Negroponte said he hoped the design would also be used by other manufacturers. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Ionoco unveils phone-in graphics innovation

20 May, 2008 By Nicola Brittain Software developer Ionoco has come-up with a new technology for television phone-ins that it says will help to both restore public trust in broadcasters and act as entertainment. 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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