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Monday 04 August 2014, PM

BBC News - Simon Mayo: "Mike Smith would shine and sparkle"

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Monday 04 August 2014, AM

DTG :: News :: ITV revenues hit ?1.3bn

In a better than expected rise in pre-tax profits, ITV has seen a 40 boost to 250m in the six months of the year. Total revenues at the broadcaster were up 6 to 1.3bn. These results come just two weeks after Liberty Global bought a 6.4 stake in the company from BSkyB. - dtg.org.uk

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Sunday 03 August 2014, PM

Four reasons why TV Everywhere isn't ready for prime time: A simple look at a complex problem - FierceCable

Measuring audiences across platforms is still a big issue. Here are four of the leading TVE rights issues. 1. Content creators, particularly sports leagues, have taken a long time to come around to the initiative. - fiercecable.com

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Sunday 03 August 2014, AM

Kim Shillinglaw: 'The BBC is there to be distinct. Not highbrow or lowbrow' | Media | The Observer

She lives with her husband and two children in west London. I leapt up to give him a hug, something I've never done before, because he's not a very huggable person. I grew up abroad, in Cameroon and then Spain partly due to my parents' work, and partly it was shaggy 70s parenting and when we came back to Britain, I was mesmerised by television. - gu.com

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Friday 01 August 2014, PM

Feedback: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 1 Aug 14

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Media: Local TV, BBC3 campaign, Right to be Forgotten

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Thursday 31 July 2014, PM

35,000 go in BT TV customer clearout

The swapout of older BT Vision boxes in favour of the new YouView units has resulted in the loss of 35,000 customers. The telco said the additional churn of the inactive customers in the programme last quarter was anticipated. In the quarter to June 30, 2014 BT added an additional 40,000 TV customers, in line with the growth of previous quarters, and taking the overall total to1,007,000. - broadbandtvnews.com

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If anyone can make local TV work then it's the KM group in Kent | Media | theguardian.com

By chance, news broke that morning of the latest two local TV licences being granted by Ofcom to Maidstone and Basingstoke. It's interesting because it will be a real test for the local TV initiative. Secondly, the KM group has broadcasting experience through its radio outlets and already has good facilities. - theguardian.com

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Ofcom must be brave and revoke London Live licence | Comment | Broadcast

Local station is not living up to its promise of community-led content, says Jonathan Kaye With increasing incredulity, I read of London Live’s attempt to persuade Ofcom to reduce the number of hours it is required to devote to local content – and that the regulator is publicly consulting on this possibility. I helped London Live to bid for its licence, promising to assist it with disability issues and attracting the 1 million Londoners with disabilities, who collectively comprise London’s largest minority audience (as Boris Johnson has stated), if it won. However, once it had won, I was then told that it thought it could do this for itself. With programming that fails to appeal to, let alone focus on and attract, diverse minority audiences, I’m sure many would agree that it is little surprise that London Live is failing.. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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BT's TV customer growth slows but broadband market share grows | Business | theguardian.com

Photograph Guardian BT has outperformed City forecasts thanks to strong demand for fibre broadband lines, but growth in its pay television business has slowed. Group revenues in the June quarter were ahead of forecasts, but down 2 on last year to 4.4bn, with only the consumer division posting growth. BT television added just 5,000 customers in the quarter, because some 35,000 inactive set top box owners were removed from the numbers. - theguardian.com

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Thursday 31 July 2014, AM

BBC remains tight-lipped over recruitment process for 23 high-profile journalists - citing data protection in FOI reject

The BBC has rejected a Freedom of Information request for more details about the recruitment of 23 high-profile journalists, citing data protection. The corporation came under fire last month when it appeared to indicate that two external recruits had been taken on through a closed process. A BBC insider told Press Gazette at the time There is only one recruitment process that me and my colleagues know is competitive and that's a recruitment process. - pressgazette.co.uk

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AMC Networks Said to Discuss BBC America Stake - Bloomberg

A deal isnt assured, the people said. AMC would pay cash for the stake, said one person. AMC bought Chellomedia in October for 750 million euros 1.04 billion. - bloomberg.com

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RadioToday | RAJAR: 6 Music more popular than Radio 3

BBC 6 Music has been chasing Radio 3 in the last few quarters, and today actually took over them in terms of people listening. 6 Music has attracted 1.89m people listening on digital radio only, whilst BBC Radio 3, which has a full network of FM transmitters across the country pulls in 1.8m. The figures are due to Radio 3s 5.6 year on year loss, and 6 Musics renewed popularity since it was suggested for closure. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Wednesday 30 July 2014, PM

4K video on terrestrial TV? Not if the WRC shares frequencies to mobiles

The other end of the spectrum Will we be retuning TVs again in 2021 On the first of those two points, it's important to remember that there aren't many sets out there which have HEVC decoders, and some of those are still pretty experimental. As I written before, there's still a mass of conflicting standards, regarding bit rates, colour depth have and more. - theregister.co.uk

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Tuesday 29 July 2014, AM

Sebastian Coe ruling out run for BBC Trust chairmanship – report | Sport | theguardian.com

Sebastian Coe has signalled he has pulled out of the race to become the next chairman of the BBC Trust. - gu.com

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Monday 28 July 2014, PM

BBC iPlayer - The Radiophonic Workshop live in concert

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Sky goes for growth through European expansion | informitv

Despite increased competition in the United Kingdom, Sky continues to grow its customer base, adding 76,000 television subscribers in the last quarter and 264,000 year on year, taking it to 10.69 million homes. Sky believes bigger is better, with headroom for further growth, particularly in Germany and Italy, which have relatively low pay-television penetration. The enlarged Sky will be the leading pay-television provider in three of the four largest markets in Europe, with a combined total of over 19 million homes taking Sky television. - informitv.com

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Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson ‘deliberately used offensive racial term’ | Media | theguardian.com

During the special Clarkson and co-presenter Richard Hammond were observing their handiwork in building a makeshift bridge across the river Kwai, on which an Asian man was seen walking towards them. Clarkson said That is a proud moment ... but ... there is a slope on it. Hammond said You are right ... pointing ... it is definitely higher on that side. Clarkson then narrated, over images of the bridge We decide to ignore the slope and move onto the opening ceremony. Ofcom received two complaints from viewers who complained that the word Clarkson used was an offensive racist term. - theguardian.com

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