Wednesday 01 November 2017, PM
Freeview blames air pressure for TV disruption
Freeview has said that high air pressure is the cause of disruption being experienced by some of its users in England and Wales. Freeview said it was unable to remedy the problem until weather conditions changed. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
How BuzzFeed exposed Kevin Spacey
www.bbc.co.ukTuesday 31 October 2017, AM
John Humphrys says Thought for the Day message 'deeply boring'
In an interview for the Radio Times, Humphrys and his Today co-presenters were asked how it felt to have to pause the programme for Thought for the Day. The majority of contributors to Thought for the Day are Christian, although there are regular Muslim and Jewish contributors and occasional Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 30 October 2017, PM
Ghostwatch: The BBC spoof that duped a nation
In the studio, Parkinson urged viewers to phone in with their own ghost stories on 081 811 8181 - the standard number for BBC phone-ins at the time, used on shows including Crimewatch and Going Live Volk went on to write an episode of Ghosts for the BBC in 1995, created ITV series Afterlife starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp, and was also behind the 2011 film The Awakening. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSaturday 28 October 2017, PM
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Apple hires ex-BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt
Apple has hired Jay Hunt - the former controller of BBC One and chief creative officer of Channel Four - to join its video team. When Jay Hunt missed out on the job of chief executive at Channel 4, where as chief creative officer she had overseen a series of big hits and bought Great British Bake Off from the BBC, everyone in the industry asked the same question. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 24 October 2017, PM
BBC apologises over interview with climate sceptic Lord Lawson
The BBC has apologised for an interview with the climate sceptic Lord Lawson after admitting it had breached its own editorial guidelines for allowing him to claim that global temperatures have not risen in the past decade. The programme in August featuring the interview with Lawson also included an interview with Al Gore, the former US vice president and climate campaigner, who discussed his new film An Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power, and another interview with the director Fisher Stevens, who made Before the Flood, also about climate change, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 23 October 2017, PM
TV tower firm Arqiva eyes £6bn UK listing
The UK's largest owner of TV transmitters, Arqiva, is planning a 6bn float on the London Stock Exchange expected to be the biggest this year. Arqiva traces its roots back to the BBC's first radio broadcast in 1922, and its masts are used by TV channels, radio stations and mobile networks. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 20 October 2017, PM
20/10/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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#82 - Harassment in Hollywood; Ofcom calls the tune at Radio 1; Cutting teeth on the Daily Mail
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Rocket wins £15m Freeview media
Freeview, the UK's biggest TV platform, has awarded its 15m media account to Rocket. Rocket is part of Omnicom's five-strong line-up of media agencies in the UK. Rocket now lines up with creative agency Anomaly and digital shop NMPi. - www.moreaboutadvertising.comwww.moreaboutadvertising.comThursday 12 October 2017, AM
TV access services 2017: Q1 and Q2
The first bi-annual report for 2017 on the provision of access services by broadcasters under the Code on Television Access Services shows the cumulative position from January to June 2017. All Channel 3 services are required to meet the same quotas, although there may be slight variations in the total percentage of access services provided on these channels. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 11 October 2017, PM
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#81 - Google caves over paywalls, ITV vs Newsnight - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Roberts Radio launches digital radio adapter – RadioToday
Roberts Radio announced that they would be entering the automotive market for the first time with the launch of a Roberts Radio digital radio car adapter, launched later this year. The digital radio car adapter market across Europe has been significantly boosted by the Norwegian switchover, the first in the world, which is underway and completes at the end of this year the planned Switzerland switchover which is scheduled for 2020 and the UK's on-going digital radio progress. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukMinister wants radio to be digital by default – RadioToday
The Drive to Digital conference, which is organised by Digital Radio UK, heard about the progress being made in transitioning UK radio to digital with speeches from leading audio and radio brands, including Roberts Radio, Ruark and Pure, as well as Amazon Alexa and Sonos ,and vehicle manufacturer, Audi. Drive to Digital was chaired by award-winning presenter, Magic Radio's Harriet Scott, and featured presentions from leading broadcasters including Paul Rodgers, Head of BBC 6 Music Tony Moorey, Content Director, Absolute Radio and Magic Radio John Cushing, Head of News Operations, Global and presenter and radio legend Tony Blackburn, who was joined by Ben Cooper, Controller of BBC Radio 1, to mark the launch of new BBC digital pop-up station, BBC Radio 1 Vintage, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Radio 1 on 30 September. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 22 September 2017, PM
#80 - Murdoch Talks Tough In Cambridge, EU on TV and Newspapers - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Friday 15 September 2017, PM
it's an offer we can't refuse from the Murdochs
Ofcom - so wet that it's the regulatory equivalent of Ross from Friends - had advised her to refer the bid to the competition watchdog on grounds of plurality, a situation the Murdochs would easily have handled. So with the Murdochs, whose populist papers pushed relentlessly against the dastardly EU for decades, yet are now keen to point out how much the country is going to need the Murdochs' business now Brexit's pushing it towards the financial shitter only they can fix us. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 15 September 2017, AM
How big tech became the new titan of television
The geeks are raiding their digital vaults to transform themselves into lords of entertainment - or at least owners of content - and in the process shape what we watch and how we watch. The tech company will inhabit Hollywood history if its original content division moves into The Culver Studios, a possibility first reported by the Financial Times. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 13 September 2017, PM
Tuesday 12 September 2017, PM
BONUS: 2017 MacTaggart Lecture, with Jon Snow
feedproxy.google.comStatement from the Culture Secretary on the proposed Sky plc / 21st Century Fox Inc. merger
Mr Speaker, I am here to give an update on the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky Plc, and my decision whether or not to refer the transaction for a full 6 month investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority. The first concern was raised in Ofcom's public interest report that Fox did not have adequate compliance procedures in place for the broadcast of Fox News in the UK and only took action to improve its approach to compliance after Ofcom expressed concerns. - www.gov.ukwww.gov.ukThursday 07 September 2017, PM
Cage Warriors hits free-to-air UK TV with FreeSports partnership
The new deal will see FreeSports broadcast Cage Warriors shows live and for free, bringing Europe's leading mixed martial arts promotion to free TV, with the first live event of the partnership featuring Cage Warriors 86 on Saturday September 16 from Indigo at The O2, London and the remaining 3 shows this year already in the Freesports schedule. The partnership will sit alongside Cage Warriors' existing live broadcast partnership with BT Sport in the UK, and joins a comprehensive list of premium broadcast partners including UFC Fight Pass, Viasat, Eleven Sports Network, Setanta, PPTV and Discovery's D-Sports. - cagewarriors.comcagewarriors.comWednesday 06 September 2017, PM
Monday 04 September 2017, PM
5 Best TV Guide Apps for Freeview, Sky, and Netflix
That's were TV guide apps can come in handy, as they provide a simple way to know when all your favourite programmes are on. When you first launch Discover TV you're not presented with the standard TV schedule, instead there are a selection of curated lists offering, among other things, the '10 Best Today', '10 Best Catch-Up', and '5 Best Free Films'. - www.techadvisor.co.ukwww.techadvisor.co.ukSaturday 02 September 2017, PM
Freesat considers next-gen options
Freesat has invited set top box manufacturers to submit their views on the next iteration of their platform. The company has invited discussion on a number of possible enhancements to the platform, including support for ultra-high-definition content and the ability for users to stream recordings to multiple rooms. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comWednesday 30 August 2017, PM
30/08/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
www.bbc.co.ukITV submits plans for South Bank redevelopment
ITV has submitted its plans for the redevelopment of its South Bank site to Lambeth Council. ITV has submitted its planning application to Lambeth Council and hopes to start construction in 2019. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comFreeSports
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New free sports TV channel launched showing 10 live football games per week
A new free-to-air TV channel launches tomorrow showing live football, rugby league, motorsport, ice hockey and more. Barca TV Bayern TV AC Milan TV Borussia Dortmund TV. That will involve showing the whole game, normally 24 hours afterwards, plus one hour of club news per week. - www.mirror.co.ukwww.mirror.co.ukFriday 25 August 2017, PM
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New free-to-air sports channel to launch next month
A new free-to-air sports channel is to set to launch in the UK next month. A number of sporting events are classed as UK 'listed' events - those in Group A should be shown live on either BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5, while Group B events must at least have highlights offered to those channels. - www.cable.co.ukwww.cable.co.ukWednesday 23 August 2017, PM
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BBC to turn off 13 medium wave transmitters – RadioToday
BBC Radio Sussex, Surrey, Humberside, Wiltshire, Nottingham, Kent, and Lincolnshire will no longer be accessible on medium wave, whilst BBC Radio Devon, Radio Lancashire and BBC Essex will reduce their frequencies. The BBC has trialled the switch-off of a number of medium-wave transmitters over the past few years and made the decision to turn off 13 more transmitters following audience feedback. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 11 August 2017, PM
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