Monday 10 November 2014, PM
Russia Today threatened with Ofcom sanctions due to bias | Media | theguardian.com
Russia Today has been threatened with statutory sanctions by media regulator Ofcom after the Kremlin-backed news channel breached broadcasting regulations on impartiality with its coverage of the Ukraine crisis. The regulator flagged up four separate reports, all broadcast in March this year, all dealing with the situation in Ukraine. Ofcom said it recognised that RT, which is funded by the Russian government and launched a UK version last month, would want to present the news from a Russian perspective. - theguardian.com
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Cory Doctorow: "We??re all sharecroppers in Google??s fields for the rest of eternity"
Either you frolic in an endless bounty of free i.e., stolen media without a care for its creators doomed to receive less than a pittance for their hard work and talent, or you stand by the corporate entities who, however futilely, battle pirates and intellectual-property thieves. If youre an artist, you must side with the heavies or resign yourself to keeping that day job forever because these days no one is willing to shell out for your books, music or films unless theyre forced to. The novelist and journalist Cory Doctorow, a longtime critic of zealous copyright protection, advocates a middle way, which may come as a surprise to those only superficially acquainted with his writings on technology. - salon.com
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Youview eyes app push | News | Broadcast
YouTube and Spotify could be among the next wave of services to follow Netflix onto Youview, as it prepares to launch a dedicated apps section. The connected TV service, which launched Netflix last week, is preparing an aggressive push into the apps space next year. Youview plans to launch an ‘Apps’ section on its EPG menu to sit alongside the ‘Players’ area. The likes of iPlayer, 4oD, Now TV, UKTV Play and now Netflix sit in the latter, but the idea is that YouTube music streaming service Spotify and emerging providers with limited catalogue could feature in the former.. - broadcastnow.co.uk
www.broadcastnow.co.ukSaturday 08 November 2014, AM
DTG :: News :: DCMS wants DTT and mobile spectrum users to 'co-exist happily'
The UK government's head of spectrum planning wants digital terrestrial TV and mobile platforms to reach a deal on sharing sub-700MHz frequencies without regulators getting involved. The 3.4GHz band is currently used for wireless broadband in six countries including the UK, Canada and Spain. Ofcom wants to release 190MHz of spectrum currently reserved for the Ministry of Defence, with a consultation on the proposed auction open until January 23, 2015. - dtg.org.uk
dtg.org.ukFriday 07 November 2014, PM
Feedback: Re-discovering Hancock's Half Hour: 7 Nov 14
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#16 - Radio 1 to launch iPlayer channel, BT wins access to Sky Sports and the TV ads going viral for Christmas - The Med
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Ariel - Worldwide names its Store director
BBC Store is due to launch next year, after the trust approved plans last February, with a longer term aim to make it part of iPlayer. The idea is that people will be able to use iPlayer to search for shows, buy them through links to BBC Store and watch them via the catch-up service. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukDTG :: News :: UK's ?41m 5G mobile broadband research test bed to launch in 2015
Next-generation mobile broadband technology will be developed in the UK at a 41.6 million 5G Innovation Centre from January 2015. It will be home to 150 researchers and around 100 PhD students, who will develop advanced technologies for a 5G network of the future, and test them in a real world environment. DTG Staff 06.11.2014 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukNew news service to launch for radio stations | RadioToday
An alternative hourly news bulletin will soon be available from a team of journalists setting up a new company, Radio News Hub. The service is aimed at English speaking radio stations both home and abroad and launches early in 2015, providing a 60 second bulletin Monday to Friday 6am to 7pm, delivered online. Stations also have the option of adding twice daily sport, showbiz and business bulletins along with a classified football results package on a Saturday afternoon. - radiotoday.co.uk
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BBC News - Made in Leeds TV channel launches on Freeview and cable
6 November 2014 Last updated at 0757 Leeds's local TV channel is set to launch on Freeview and cable for the first time later. Made in Leeds will be screened on Freeview and on a local cable network. The channel will launch at 2000 BST and follows the introduction of Sheffield Live in September. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 06 November 2014, AM
UPDATE 1-Court says Sky must allow BT to carry its sports channels | Reuters
That was over-ruled by the Competition Appeal Tribunal, a decision which itself was later challenged by the Court of Appeal. A spokesman for BT, which has itself moved aggressively into sports programming, said the channels would be offered to its YouView customers very shortly. Sky said the judgement was purely an interim measure. - reuters.com
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The time is right for streaming TV says EE boss
The head of EE TV has said that he is excited about the level of public interest in the as yet unlaunched streaming content service. Weve been working closely with a host of industry partners for a number of months to create a compelling range of Freeview and on-demand services that will be in place at launch. Consumers have a lot of choice today in how they access their favourite TV shows and increased competition encourages everyone in the industry to improve. - cable.co.uk
www.cable.co.ukMedia: Al Jazeera English chief; BT Sport and Sky sports; BBC R1 on iPlayer; pay-per-view news
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Mobile phone coverage maps are SO confusing - BBC Newsbeat
The government says it wants to make phone operators share coverage to cut out so-called notspots - areas where there's no signal. At Newsbeat we admit we're finding it a bit difficult to get our heads around the various maps. It's the coverage map by the regulator Ofcom, the people in charge of keeping the phone companies in check. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSky Sports must be offered to BT’s YouView customers, says regulator | Media | theguardian.com
The decision by the Competition Appeal Tribunal follows four years of legal wrangling, and, while it is an interim ruling, it nevertheless marks a major victory for Skys rivals and media regulator Ofcom. In 2010, Ofcom first tried to force BSkyB to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 at a 23 discount to rivals as a curb on the satellite broadcaster abusing its dominant position in the market. The new pricing structure proposed by Ofcom is referred to as wholesale must offer. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comComplete guide to 4G - Phones - Which? Technology
4G is a step up in speed from the 3G network that most current phones use to access the internet. 4G is all about faster internet speeds it offers no improvement in making calls or sending texts. With 4G, your phone can open webpages instantaneously, download apps and songs in seconds, and stream videos without any annoying buffering. - which.co.uk
www.which.co.ukTuesday 04 November 2014, PM
Ariel - O'Reilly: Let older women read the news
Giving evidence to a select committee inquiry into representation of women in news and current affairs broadcasting, she quoted from a number of women who'd corresponded with her after they left the News division. One felt 'women over 50 should never show their faces or necks in public', another that 'men were able to get old and peculiar, but not women'. 'I'd like to see a much older woman reading the news in peak time. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 03 November 2014, PM
Date set for radio licence rollover briefing | RadioToday
These will be followed by a Parliamentary briefing on 25 November. Their rollovers will start to expire in the next few years from 2017, and there is currently no mechanism to enable these licences to be extended further. Instead radio stations would be subject to a wholesale re-licensing process. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFCC proposal could support online television | informitv
The Federal Communications Commission in America is to consider extending its definition of a multichannel video programming distributor to include online television services. The move could enable online television services to compete with cable, satellite and telco operators but will not necessarily lead to an unbundling of channels. That would give online services the same rights that satellite services already have in accessing the programming of cable operators and broadcast television stations. - informitv.com
informitv.comMonday 03 November 2014, AM
Fan TV Web video settop box maker looking for buyer | Re/code
Industry sources say the set-top-box maker has spent much of this year looking for a buyer, and a person familiar with Fan says a deal is likely to be announced this week. Conventional wisdom among industry sources is that Fans investors, who put at least 40 million into different incarnations of the company over the years, will be unlikely to get all of theirmoney back. Some sourcessay the company was recently looking for something in the 15 million range. - recode.netrecode.netBBC Radio Streams - Change in Audio Formats
Why is BBC Radio changing the audio format of its radio streams As part of this change, from the end of 2014, we will no longer supply programmes in the Windows Media Audio format. When will the BBC stop using Windows Media Audio - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukiplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk
BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - Audio Factory: BBC Radio to stop supporting Windows Media on December 31st
Hello, I am responsible for the BBCs online radio streams, from source to delivery to the products that consume them. Primarily it needs to replace the ageing equipment and infrastructure that encodes and delivers the BBCs audio streams. This has grown in different ways across the BBC over the years and we need to standardize as we replace. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom | Small Scale DAB trial
Consultation published 29102014 This consultation sets out Ofcoms proposals for licensing a number of short-term trial small scale DAB multiplexes. During the consultation period, we will be holding a small number of events based around our consultation proposals. The first of these will be a technical demonstration event held at our facility at Baldock, Hertfordshire, on 13 November 2014. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukOfcom | List of Applicants
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a516digital : UTV Radio launches festive DAB pop-ups
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EE TV vs rivals: How does it stack up? - Recombu
With the launch of EE TV imminent, there are now even more digital TV services to choose from. Here, we take a look at the latest, EE TV, to see how it compares to established rivals. What does it offer than Freeview doesnt - recombu.com
recombu.comSunday 02 November 2014, PM
Windows Installation Guide
Windows users should install get_iplayer with the provided installer. Download the latest version from http//www.infradead.org/get_iplayer_win/get_iplayer_setup_latest.exe NOTE You must have administrator privileges to install get_iplayer. This handy video might help you if you are new to get_iplayer Perl Support The installer will install a private customised version of Strawberry Perl that includes all necessary Perl modules. - squarepenguin.co.uk
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Arrow
There were podcasts about politics, sports, literature, comedy. There were podcasts that sounded like NPR, and ones that sounded like Rush Limbaugh. Today, a very different problem exists There are too many great podcasts to keep up with. - nymag.com
nymag.comSaturday 01 November 2014, AM
Scottish broadcaster STV bids for three more local TV licences | Media | theguardian.com
The bids were revealed on Friday as Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, released details of the bids for licences advertised in the summer to run local TV services in seven locations in cities and towns across the UK. Its partnership with further education colleges and universities will provide access to media students, who will have the opportunity to learn and train in a live TV environment, the company says. STV Glasgow, transmitted as a digital Freeview channel, reaches a monthly audience of more than 500,000 people in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, with 60 of the transmission area tuning in at some point since launch, according to the company. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 31 October 2014, PM
Feedback: Radio drama in surround sound: 31 Oct 14
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Birmingham local TV launch delayed | News | Broadcast
The launch date for Birmingham’s local TV channel has been pushed back after Ofcom continues its hunt for a suitable operator. The regulator set a revised launch date of 3 November for the channel after preferred bidder BLTV went bust in August. BLTV’s administrators Duff & Phelps were charged with finding a suitable replacement to take up the licence but the regulator has been forced to extend the search on an “interim basis” as potential bidders are assessed. An Ofcom spokeswoman said it was vital to ensure the local TV channel operator was healthy.. - broadcastnow.co.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital | Media | theguardian.com
The BBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital for the first time following the relocation of more than 2,000 posts to Salford, finally reaching a target first set in 2004. The corporation said that 49 of its staff work in London, which equates to some 8,169 full-time equivalent roles based on the 16,672 number of staff given in the most recent annual report, for the 12 months to the end of March. The proportion of BBC staff working in London has fallen from 58 in 2007. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Talking TV: Tom Bradby BBC Productions
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Pay television approaches a billion homes | informitv
Pay television is big business, but nobody seems to agree quite how big. Contrary to popular opinion, the number of pay-television subscribers is growing. It could be approaching a billion households worldwide, but recent reports appear to disagree on when that figure will be reached. - informitv.cominformitv.com
RT launches dedicated UK news channel – RT UK
Airing from its new London studios at Millbank, the channel will cover local, regional and national UK stories, focusing on issues that matter most to Britons. It will also examine a diverse spectrum of international news, analyzing the implications of major global developments for a British and wider international audience. Now, with a dedicated UK channel, we can serve the needs and interests of the British public by promoting debate and new ways of thinking about specifically British issues, Simonyan said. - rt.comrt.comRT: Russia Today's six most memorable moments | Media | theguardian.com
To mark its arrival, we look at back at some of its most memorable moments. As such well be sending her to Crimea to give her an opportunity to make up her own mind from the epicentre of the story. Martin did not go to Crimea. Didnt Georgia attack Russia, and didnt Russia retaliate - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comThursday 30 October 2014, AM
BBC3 TV closure ‘completely wrong’, says June Sarpong | Media | theguardian.com
Sarpong, recently hired by BBC2s Newsnight as a contributor, said the decision to slash the channels budget and make it online-only was a lost opportunity for new and emerging talent. If you look at the data, 75 or 80 of the audience is consuming that content on television, theyre not watching it online, said Sarpong. In slashing the budget in the way they are, there is no real pull for developing young talent. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comThe Great British TV Sell-Off: What do foreign companies own? | Media | theguardian.com
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Tuesday 28 October 2014, PM
BBC executive: broadcasters thought viewers didn’t want older women on TV | Media | theguardian.com
Broadcasters have been guilty of wrongly thinking that British viewers did not want to see older women on television, a senior BBC news executive has admitted. Unsworth said that broadcasters including the BBC were now taking steps to address the lack of older women on air, but added that it would take time for the current generation of female journalists to come through as they continued in their careers. She was responding to an assertion made by Lady Deech that television suffered from a culture of lookism and that there was a difference between the output of BBC radio and television. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comTuesday 28 October 2014, AM
One week later, Google algorithm change hits streaming, torrent sites hard | Ars Technica
One of Project Free TV's domains has dropped in traffic since Google's algorithm change. Video streaming and torrent sites have dropped precipitously in Google rankings after the company altered its algorithm last Monday, according to reports from Searchmetrics. One of Project Free TV's main operating domains, free-tv-video-online.me, fell 96 percent in Searchmetric's rankings, one of the biggest drops alongside torrentz.eu and thepiratebay.se. - arstechnica.comarstechnica.comMonday 27 October 2014, AM
The Great British TV Sell Off - interactive | Media | theguardian.com
Channel 4s chief executive recently warned that the UK TV production sector was being snapped up almost wholesale by foreign media companies. Roll over the evening schedules for the five main terrestrial channels below, from Monday 22 September, to see where ownership of programmes ultimately rests - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comSunday 26 October 2014, PM
American television: Switching channels | The Economist
Most cable subscribers will find the title an appropriate description of their viewing experience. Couch potatoes are forced to spend around 90 a month for their subscription. They receive over 160 channels, most of which they skip straight past. - economist.com
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The BBC ageist? Not with this roster of prime-time septuagenarians | Television radio | The Observer
Now, what new charges can we bring against the BBC What new ism goes with on-screen racism and sexism David Attenborough 88 is just off and running with his new Life Story. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 24 October 2014, PM
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Connected Red Button comes to YouView | SEENIT
Connected Red Button offers a range of internet-delivered programming, news and sport content and is used by the broadcaster to boost coverage of live events such as Glastonbury and Wimbledon. It also integrates access to the iPlayer, allowing viewers to catch up on missed shows from within the Red Button experience. YouView boxes were originally expected to get the service in time the summers run of sporting events but delivery was delayed and pushed back to before the end of the year. - seenit.co.uk
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AMC Networks to Buy 49.9 Percent Stake in BBC America for $200 Million
The cable networks company and the commercial arm of U.K. public broadcaster BBC announced the deal Thursday after reports of their talks first emerged over the summer. BBC America is currently available in approximately 80 million U.S. households. The U.S. is an important market for the BBCs commercial activities. - hollywoodreporter.com
www.hollywoodreporter.comAMC Networks buys 49.9% share of BBC America | Media | The Guardian
Tony Hall, the director general of the licence-fee funded arm of the corporation, said that the deal brings together the whole BBC. AMC will also jointly invest in a range of future BBC productions. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comU.S. broadcasters win preliminary injunction against Aereo | Reuters
Aereo shuttered its service three days after the high court's decision and has since been pushing the courts and regulators to see it as analogous to cable, eligible for a license under the Copyright Act. Aereo's future became imperiled when the Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that the company had infringed broadcasters' copyrights by capturing live and recorded programs through antennas and transmitting them to subscribers who paid 8 to 12 a month. - reuters.comwww.reuters.compick a page