Friday 17 March 2017, AM
Invitation to comment for public interest test on the proposed acquisition of Sky plc by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
The public interest assessment that Ofcom has been asked to make by the Secretary of State and our ongoing duty under the Communications Act to assess whether a licensee is fit and proper are separate legal processes. We propose consider these matters within the same timeframe within which Ofcom will report to the Secretary of State on the public interest assessment. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 15 March 2017, PM
Tuesday 14 March 2017, AM
The 'invisible epidemic' afflicting millions globally
The app has also won the approval of partners such as the World Health Organization and USAID. But how much should we trust such diagnostic apps, however well-intended There are 259,000 health apps available to consumers globally, according to a recent study by the health research group Research2Guidance, measuring everything from heart health to female fertility, asthma to diabetes. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 13 March 2017, PM
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Channel 4 News editor Ben De Pear: 'I see no end to Jon Snow. He's immortal'
He may have been up until 2am the night before celebrating an Oscar nomination for the film Wattani My Homeland by former colleague Marcel Mettelsiefen, but Channel 4 News' editor, Ben de Pear, is clear as a bell about his programme's mission. Channel 4 News discovered her a year ago following a film she made about a child in Aleppo who had built a model city It gave her a contract and a week of training in Turkey. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 10 March 2017, PM
Keeping it impartial
www.bbc.co.ukTVPlayer calls for new OTT pubcaster rules - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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BT strikes deal to legally separate Openreach division
The regulator had threatened to force BT to legally separate Openreach. BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said the deal, reached after two years of negotiations with Ofcom, meant Openreach would have its own board and make its own investment decisions. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Made in Teesside
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis ure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Lorem ivelit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. - www.thenorthernecho.co.ukwww.thenorthernecho.co.ukThursday 09 March 2017, AM
BBC focus too middle aged and middle class, says Ofcom chief
The BBC has set ambitious diversity targets for on- and off-screen staff, which it says it is on track to meet. Ofcom is in the final stages of preparing a framework to assess the BBC's performance, including its distinctiveness, which White said would involve extensive consultation with the public. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 08 March 2017, PM
08/03/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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Consultations
Digital UK has published a consultation on options for the allocation of Logical Channel Number 7 in the Freeview programme guide, following confirmation of the BBC's plans to transition BBC Three to an online service. Digital UK has published a consultation on the reservation of channel numbers in the General Entertainment and News genres for HD-only services. - www.digitaluk.co.ukwww.digitaluk.co.ukShould presenters live near their station? – RadioToday
Sadly, too many local radio presenters still haven't grasped this. It's not the same role it had for the first 20-30 years of ILR. Remember when the floods in 2012 meant none of Radio Exe's presenters could get to the studio on a Sunday Heart Devon's presentation that day was coming from London but the team at Leicester Square did as much coverage as a locally-based jock would have done - thanks to technology. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukSunday 05 March 2017, PM
Podcast: All about loudness compression – RadioToday
This is just one of the weekly podcasts produced and published by RadioToday, hosted by Trevor Dann and sponsored by Broadcast Bionics. See our archive on the RadioToday Programme channel here. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 03 March 2017, PM
Friday 03 March 2017, AM
#68 - How Long Will ITV Hold Their Nerve With The Nightly Show? - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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TVCatchup cannot distribute commercial content
Britain's commercial broadcasters have won their long-running dispute with TVCatchup over the distribution of their content over the internet. ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 argued TVCatchup was in breach of copyright and couldn't rely on UK legislation that provided for retransmission over cable networks. - www.broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comThursday 02 March 2017, AM
Freeview Play TV sales surpass one million
Freeview has announced sales of Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play offers UK viewers a combination of live, catch-up and on demand content all in the same place and for no monthly cost. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comITV sees fall in profits as advertising revenues also drop
ITV has reported a 14 per cent fall in its annual pre-tax profits to 533 million as it saw advertising revenues drop by three per cent. On the positive side, ITV reported a 13 per cent increase in revenue from the ITV Studios division and underlying pre-tax profit was up slightly on the year, from 843 million to 847 million. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comWednesday 01 March 2017, PM
Wednesday 01 March 2017, AM
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox to formally notify EU of Sky bid
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is expected to formally notify the European competition regulator of its 11.7bn takeover offer for Sky later this week, after which the UK culture secretary will have to decide whether to launch an investigation into the extent of Murdoch's control of UK media. In 2011, Murdoch's bid for Sky resulted in a deal to spin off Sky News to quell media plurality issues before the takeover was abandoned. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comhttp://www.digitaltveurope.net/665782/bt-rolls-out-next-generation-of-youview/
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Arqiva announces excellent results for the half year to 31 December 2016
During the six months to 31 December 2016, Arqiva increased the capacity of its two main DVB-T Multiplexes to 31 streams, all of which are utilised. As at 31 December 2016, Arqiva had 159 new transmitters on air helping broadcasters in reaching the targeted UK DAB network coverage of more than 97 of the population. - www.arqiva.comwww.arqiva.comFriday 24 February 2017, PM
Thursday 23 February 2017, AM
BBC ups Welsh programming investment by 50% - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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BBC reveals new
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ITV to shut London studio with 40-year history of top programming
The London television studio where some of the UK's most popular shows of the past 40 years have been filmed is to be closed by ITV. Programmes from Upstairs Downstairs to Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway have been shot at the London Studios on the capital's South Bank but it is to close as a result of plans to redevelop the broadcaster's headquarters on the same site. The tower block in which the studio is housed was built in the 1970s for London Weekend Television, with ITV securing the freehold on the site in 2003 for 56m. In December the Wembley studio where the ITV shows The X Factor and Pop Idol were shot was closed before a planned demolition. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 20 February 2017, PM
SS-GB viewers listen up! Actors should be allowed to mutter as well as shout
Until SS-GB, the BBC dramas that had faced most accusations of inaudibility were Jamaica Inn, Taboo and Happy Valley. If drama wants to be convincing, TV characters must be allowed mouths that mutter as well as shout. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comSearch for even higher efficiency compression
The search is on for improvements in video compression beyond the latest High Efficiency Video Coding standard, otherwise known as HEVC or H.265. Further details are available in the Preliminary Joint Call for Evidence on video compression with capability beyond HEVC. itu. - informitv.cominformitv.comMonday 20 February 2017, AM
Ministers pledge to keep sport's 'crown jewels' on free TV channels
The rights for major events including the Olympics, the football World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis finals must be offered to free-to-air channels which can be received by at least 95 of the population under the current rules. Highlights of events that must be offered to free-to-air channels include England's home cricket tests, the Six Nations rugby championship involving the home nations and the Commonwealth Games. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Google and Bing to demote pirate sites in UK web searches
Google and Microsoft's Bing have signed up to a voluntary code of practice and will ensure offending websites are demoted in their search results. The organisers of the new agreement say in future internet users will be more likely to be taken to bona fide providers than pirate sites where their online security could be at risk. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 17 February 2017, PM
#67 - Zuckerberg’s state of the union a new threat to whistleblowers - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Along with the new development, the BBC announced iPlayer had another record-breaking month in January. There were 304 million requests in January, the highest ever seen by the BBC. January was up eight per cent on December, BBC iPlayer's previous best ever month, and saw over 50 million requests more than the same month last year. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.com
Time to re-think Russia?
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Wednesday 15 February 2017, PM
Secrecy and whistleblowing, Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell, Radio style guides
www.bbc.co.ukDiscovery to launch second free-to-air UK channel
Discovery Communications will launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK this year. Discovery currently has free-to-air channel Quest which is available on Freeview as well as Sky and Virgin. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comTuesday 14 February 2017, PM
Opinion piece: Commercial radio deregulation – RadioToday
David Lloyd writes It's been a long time coming, but many in the commercial radio sector, but not all, will be delighted to see today's announcement from DCMS on the future regulation of commercial radio. On World Radio Day, let's celebrate another chapter for this great thing called radio - as it enters its third age. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukMonday 13 February 2017, PM
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591463/Radio_Deregulation_Final.PDF
From 1995, commercial radio saw both a major acceleration in the licensing of new stations to fill the remaining coverage gaps and an increasing number of take-overs and mergers, leading to the emergence of major radio groups holding a large portfolio of local licences throughout the UK. The 1990 Broadcasting Act opened the way for the creation of quasi-national brands such as 'Classic Gold' and the Magic AM network and allowed the Radio Authority to advertise one national commercial FM licence and two national commercial AM licences for the first time - these would be won by Classic FM, Virgin Radio and Talk Radio. Pdf 14 Commercial Radio by Weekly Audience Reach 2007 Commercial Radio by Weekly Audience Reach 2015 Since 2007 Global and Bauer have emerged as the two largest commercial radio groups accounting for around three-quarters of all commercial radio listening and around 80 of commercial radio revenues. - www.gov.ukwww.gov.ukHeart ends More Music Variety slogan and logo – RadioToday
Heart has dropped the More Music Variety slogan the station has had for over 21 years. The More Music Variety was challenged by a listener in 2012, who said it was misleading because the network wasn't offering variety in its music. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukBBC plans box sets to 'reinvent' iPlayer
The BBC is due to publish a run of box-sets on its iPlayer service, as part of director general Tony Hall's plan to reinvent the service. Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will be the first boxsets to be made available, with all episodes of each show to remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast - and the full series box-set to be available for a further 30 days. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comFriday 10 February 2017, PM
Friday 10 February 2017, AM
Cross-party call for 'fit and proper' test of James Murdoch
Mr Murdoch is chief executive of 21st Century Fox, which has made a 11.7bn bid to seize full control of Sky, the UK broadcaster, which he chairs. In a letter sent to Ofcom on Thursday, Mr Miliband, an outspoken critic of the Murdoch family, writes that the regulator should investigate whether Mr Murdoch would pass the watchdog's test. - www.ft.comwww.ft.comThursday 09 February 2017, AM
RAJAR Q4 2016: Digital listening almost 50% – RadioToday
The figure was boosted by record levels of DAB digital listening, as hours grew by 12 or 51.3 million hours compared to Q4 2015, driven by record growth in DAB hours which increased by 23 and online hours which increased by 14. DAB digital radio now accounts for a third of all radio listening and 73 of all digital listening, with 31 million adults or 57 of the population owning a DAB radio - a year-on-year growth of 6. Digital listening via online/apps now accounts for 7.4 of all radio listening and 16 of digital listening, while digital television accounts for 4.9 of radio listening and for 11 of digital listening. Q4 2016 saw the highest-ever recorded proportion of in-car radio listening, accounting for 23.3 of all radio listening, growth supported by the increase of in-car digital radio with 87 of new cars now fitted with DAB as standard. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukWednesday 08 February 2017, PM
David Beckham and reputation management, Curbing abuse on Twitter, The Guardian
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Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. Some shops sell legal set-top boxes and TV sticks, often called Kodi boxes, preloaded with the software. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukpick a page