Wednesday 23 January 2013, PM
Licence fee should rise with UK economy, says former BBC chair - News - Broadcast
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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
BSkyB must stop charging PSBs millions of pounds, says Ed Vaizey - Media - guardian.co.uk
Ed Vaizey said BSkyB needed to cut its retransmission fees to make it a 'level playing field' among broadcasters. In the past the PSBs have paid Sky a combined 25m a year in retransmission fees. Last year Sky cut its retransmission charges, which apply to more than 100 TV and radio channels, which almost halves the amount the BBC paid. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 23 January 2013, AM
ITV warns of EPG prominence threat - News - Broadcast
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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
You can't legally catch up TV online - Forbes
Many mentioned that TV fares was a better way to measure this so this week, as Ive done for the last few years, Im looking into how the top 50 broadcast TV shows fared when it came to legal availability online. I took out every live and reality TV shows as the archival value of such show is limited since they are primarily marketed as events and, as such, loose most of their value to the viewer after the initial broadcast. For data on the latest season, I looked at data posted in Wikipedia and counted seasons that happened during the 2012 year. - forbes.comwww.forbes.comTuesday 22 January 2013, PM
BBC News - Where is all the ultra-HD content?
4K television - or ultra-HD as it is sometimes known - is already the talk of technology press and is expected to be the talk of retailers by the end of 2013. It allows pictures four times the resolution of current HD. The problem is the current lack of content that is available in that high resolution. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukSky unveils a new subscription service - Sky Go Extra
The service also lets Sky Go Extra customers register for Sky Go on up to four, rather than two, internet-connected devices. Sky Go now attracts more than 3 million unique users each quarter. In addition to being able to download content, Sky Go Extra customers are also able to register for Sky Go on up to four, rather than two, internet-connected devices, giving Sky households even more flexibility over when and where they enjoy the service. - corporate.sky.comcorporate.sky.comMonday 21 January 2013, PM
Ten days left to get Windows 8 Media Center for free
Windows 8 special pricing expires on January 31, but it is not the only Microsoft special offer that goes away on that day. The company kicked Media Center somewhat to the curb with the new operating system. It no longer comes as a part of Windows, but requires the Pro version and a special add-on pack that will be sold for 9.99. - betanews.combetanews.com
Germany's RTL pulls free-to-air channels off terrestrial TV • The Register
Germany's largest commercial broadcaster is getting out of broadcasting, on Earth at least, citing spiralling costs and an uncertain future as mobile phone operators grab all the good spectrum. The UK's regulator has even envisioned a world without terrestrial broadcasting at all, though not before 2030, but such a future may arrive ahead of time in Germany now that RTL is abandoning the platform. RTL's plan, detailed by the a516digital blog, is to shut down transmissions in Munich this spring and stop terrestrial broadcasting entirely by the end of next year, continuing to deliver content to viewers over cable and broadband but primarily broadcast from satellite. - theregister.co.ukwww.theregister.co.ukinformitv - BT Vision multicast trials
Which is nice if you can get the necessary BT Infinity broadband service, but it is a shame about the interface. User reports suggest that the multicast channels, including a number in high definition, are comparable in quality to those received over the air, if not better, which is hardly surprising. Apparently it is being delivered to the original BT Vision boxes, minus the Microsoft Mediaroom software. - informitv.cominformitv.comMonday 21 January 2013, AM
Sky introduces a TV and movie download service for mobile phones and tablets
The service will support up to four users per subscription. To encourage people to try the service, the broadcaster is offering a two-month free trial. Sky has an extensive library of on-demand movies, including the entire James Bond collection. - betanews.combetanews.comSunday 20 January 2013, PM
Media Monkey's diary: BBC, Radio Times and Andrew Gilligan - Media - guardian.co.uk
At the same conference, Williams was refreshingly frank about the irritations of digital radio station schedules, which have a habit of repeating shows. Like Radio 4 Extra, for instance, sister station of Radio 4. Surely Ben Preston's team can't already have forgotten her last-day tears and the headlines about her decision not to go to Salford - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC may change severance policy after George Entwistle payout criticised - Media - guardian.co.uk
Patten has maintained that Entwistle's 450,000 severance amounting to 12 months' salary, plus a number of perks was the best deal for licence-fee payers. Entwistle was only contractually entitled to six months' salary. This was denied by the trust in its latest response, which pointed out that it had given evidence to two parliamentary committees and agreed to a wide-ranging NAO review of severance policies across the BBC. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 20 January 2013, AM
Ofcom 'must protect PSB content on digital platforms' - News - Broadcast
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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 19-25 January
We're busy on the Red Button this week preparing to host a maelstrom of great music for your viewing pleasure. Add to this insider exclusives from eccentric new comedy Blandings and firm favourite Miranda and we hope you'll agree it's a great week to stay on red Bon Jovi fans listen up - we've got a real treat in store this week as we bring you the band in concert from the intimate BBC Radio Theatre. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSaturday 19 January 2013, AM
BBC stages Expert Women's Day to boost female pundits in broadcasting - Media - guardian.co.uk
Radio 4's Today programme has been criticised for its lack of female experts. The BBC Academy staged its first free training day for 30 carefully selected women from the spheres of science, history, politics, business, engineering, architecture and technology. The Expert Women's Day pilot event, co-hosted by industry trade magazine Broadcast, which launched an Expert Women campaign in 2010, was based around coaching and networking with about 50 programme editors, commissioners and agents in attendance, and cost 20,000. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 18 January 2013, PM
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: External Supply Review
BBC Online is subject to a quota which ensures that we spend at least 25 of our eligible budget with external suppliers, with the aim of creating the highest quality service and the best possible value for money. In 2011 the BBC Trust asked us to report back with answers to six key questions relating to what our quota aims to achieve and how we work with the digital industry. These findings and our recommendations are based on research carried out on our behalf by independent analysts MTM London, and today we are also publishing their final report with some redactions where required for commercial confidentiality. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTV Live - BBC World News: 2013
Broadcasting House was refurbished at a cost of 1 Billion with a new newsroom and several state-of-the-art news television studios being built. - tv-live.org.uktv-live.org.ukDTG :: News :: Report: 4K to kick-off in 2013
2013 will be the year in which the television industry starts preparing for a full roll-out of 4K televisions, according to Deloitte's latest Technology, Media Telecommunications Predictions report. Deloitte is predicting that test broadcasts of 4K services will take place in 2013 with commercial services to be rolled out in 2014/15. About 20 TV sets will be available to those wishing to spend 15,00025,000 on a set. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukFriday 18 January 2013, AM
BBC News - Digital TV: Viewers cannot receive Wales-based channels, says MP
She said many viewers in her Clwyd South constituency could only receive the channels if they bought Sky boxes. Elwyn Dodd from Johnstown, near Wrexham, was faced with the loss of Welsh TV stations when digital switchover happened. He paid for a satellite receiver to overcome the problem but said not everyone had the luxury of opting out of English regional channels. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV - Media - guardian.co.uk
Photograph Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features It was exactly 30 years ago on 17 January that not a particularly expectant nation sat down to watch its first taste of breakfast television. Many thought it a vulgar idea some even regarded it as immoral to have the television on in the morning. 'What's wrong with the radio in the morning ... - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 17 January 2013, AM
Ariel - BBC Breakfast celebrates 30 years of waking up the nation
17 January 2013 Last updated at 0937 BBC Breakfast celebrates a birthday which many young people dread. First broadcast in 1983 from Lime Grove, it became British television's first regular national breakfast show, paving the way for many imitations. So many people were against the notion of Breakfast tv and were willing it to fail.' The risk was even greater because the programme, called Breakfast Time, was using pioneering technology, including electronic graphics that hadn't been tested on a UK show before. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Hall moves to stabilise BBC - News - Broadcast
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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukWednesday 16 January 2013, PM
http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/1167074/YouView-partners-BT-TalkTalk-clash-marketing-claims/
The YouView box is now available to buy from Amazon.co.uk for 248, but the higher-tier box still costs 299 from John Lewis. Both BT and TalkTalk were unavailable for comment. This comes comes after YouView placed its 10m ad account up for review following a high-0profile launch campaign. - marketingmagazine.co.ukwww.marketingmagazine.co.uk
BBC News - Blockbuster goes into administration
Deloitte, the accountancy firm which will now take over running the firm, said Blockbuster UK would keep trading while it tries to find a buyer. It is not yet known what will happen to HMV's branches and 4,500 staff. Unusually, all of Jessops' 187 branches closed within days of administrators being appointed. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - Joining up 39 BBC local radio stations
Unless youre launching a brand new radio station then the show youre joining will have pre-existed. That at least is what Ive promised the editors of those local stations. The BBC chose a nascent indie, Wire Free Productions to make the show. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - The end of children s programmes on BBC One Two
Those precious few hours of telly that were made just for me Childrens television was a window on to another world and a window into my own too showing me new places and people, but also allowing me to see boys and girls like me in towns like mine. I hope it remains all those things to children today. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Ariel - Letters to Ariel
Also where will any future BBC 3D content be broadcast Historian William Dalrymple was interviewed on Saturday, December 29 on the India rape story. Twice he made derogatory, inflammatory comments about 'Jatts' - the community of North-west region Punjab - leaving the listener with an impression it's this community that is a problem if not to blame. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - Launching BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD
For viewers who have satellite reception thats not provided by Sky or Freesat boxes, youll need to know that we will be broadcasting these two services on the new DSat8 transponder, well publish the details of DSat8 on our satellite reception advice page when the services launch. If you do have an issue receiving any of our channels after these dates, you can try unplugging your Sky set top box, waiting 30 seconds and plugging it back in again. If you have Freesat HD and you are having problems you may need to put your digital box or TV into standby for 30 seconds and then switch it back on again. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 16 January 2013, AM
Decision looms on local TV multiplex - News - Broadcast
15 January, 2013 By Jake Kanter Ofcom has called on bidders to make final representations for the local TV multiplex before it awards the much-delayed licence. 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 15 January 2013, PM
BBC boosts Britain's economy by £8bn, new report claims - Media - guardian.co.uk
Published on Tuesday, the report said the corporation generated more than 8bn of economic value in 2011/12 by spending 4.3bn on its TV, radio, online, commercial and other activities. Wales also saw the economic benefits slip back, by 6.2 to 276m, as BBC spending fell to 154m from 162m in 2009/2010. The south, including the south-east and south-west of England, was also down, 18.8 year-on-year, to 699m. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukNew-look BBC World News
Theres a nice large circular studio with lots of swooping camera angles, and a set of new graphics, featuring helicopter shots of BBC Broadcasting House. Again, this is rather a shame it makes it uglier on-screen and harder to read particularly since BBC World News gets squished and squashed by many of the cable companies that take it. In my case, the Hilton in Vienna had taken a 149 widescreen picture and squashed it to fit onto a 43 television, except mine was 149 and thats not particularly unusual. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comRadio Television Service
- www.radioandtvhelp.co.ukTuesday 15 January 2013, AM
Did CNET do right by DISH?
We don't often write about other news sites, but the drama unfolding at CNET today is simply too hard to ignore. Burning Credibility My immediate questions Did Sandoval make the right choice by resigning Should more CNETers, including Turrentine, have resigned in protest - betanews.combetanews.comMonday 14 January 2013, PM
MediaGuardian 25: Why ITV is in debt to City darling Adam Crozier - Media - The Guardian
This week we launch MediaGuardian 25 our survey of Britain's 25 most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital. Starting with an analysis of ITV, we'll review the state of the big media players. When Adam Crozier was unveiled as chief executive in January 2010 a recession-scarred ITV was struggling to recover from a 2.7bn annual loss and had a 1bn debt and pension deficit, leaving jaded investors valuing it at a tepid 56p a share. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC - The Editors: BBC World News moves to Broadcasting House
Relaunching and rebranding every hour of its 24 hours of output to give audiences around the world a new exciting polished HD product has made that huge project even more challenging. Hopefully on Monday at 1200 GMT, the hard work of our 100 dedicated staff will give our audiences a bolder, brighter, more engaging look for the channel they trust to give them independent, objective news and analysis from more correspondents, in more locations, than any other international broadcaster. Meticulous planning began about three years ago - everything from the new look of our studios to bicycle parking. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC World News goes upmarket with move to £1bn London headquarters - Media - guardian.co.uk
The relaunch includes an on air rebrand, giving the channel a bright new look and a tighter focus on daily news and specific regions. The strategy behind the revamp is to improve the quality and range of output, as well as win new viewers for BBC World News, which reaches a potential global audience of 239 million and has around 3 million Facebook followers. The aim is for the higher-quality programming on the channel to attract more viewers, particularly those attractive to upmarket advertisers and sponsors. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
YouView seeks new advertising agency partner
The company has contacted several PR firms to invite them to pitch for the business and the review will be overseen by the company's own marketing team, with input from its chairman, the business magnate and media personality Lord Sugar. The service has had a troubled gestation and was originally set to debut in 2010, before experiencing significant delays leading up to its launch last summer. - zenopa.comwww.zenopa.cominformitv - New year resolution is 4K
The next step change in video displays will be a move to a resolution four times that of high-definition television. If the manufacturers have their way it will be only a matter of time before we all want even higher-definition television. So-called 4K displays, with a resolution of around 4,000 pixels across, were a prominent theme of the show, displacing the emphasis of previous years on smart and 3D-capable televisions, although these are still prevalent. - informitv.cominformitv.cominformitv - Aereo plans expansion across America
Aereo, which launched a service to deliver broadcast television over the internet in New York in mid 2012, is expanding to a further 22 cities in America in the spring, despite legal challenges from broadcasters. The service will offer comparatively low cost access to broadcast channels and a cloud-based video recorder, accessible through web browsers and a range of other devices. Aereo will make its remote antenna internet television and cloud-based digital video recorder service to metropolitan markets covering nearly a hundred million people as part of the first phase of a planned nationwide expansion. - informitv.cominformitv.comFreeview strikes deal with RDI Digital TV Europe
The partnership, which includes a trademark licensing agreement, has been developed so that RDI members can benefit from cross-promotional and marketing opportunities through asset sharing, such as logos and brand association. Through the agreement, any RDI-approved installer or engineer can apply to use the Freeview logo, provided they agree to brand guidelines. Guy North, marketing communications director at Freeview said We are looking forward to working closely with the RDI to ensure that consumers can get peace of mind about their aerial installations. - digitaltveurope.netwww.digitaltveurope.netSaturday 12 January 2013, PM
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 12 - 19 January
Here's a breakdown of what we've got on the Red Button this week. To stay updated on everything Red Button follow us on Twitter or visit bbc.co.uk/redbutton. Objects under scrutiny include original artwork given in payment for hairdresser's bills, the best bargain-buy dolls ever seen on the show, and an early 18th-Century travelling chest that may once have been owned by Queen Anne. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 11 January 2013, PM
Pay TV will shrink for first time in history, study says cable watching peaked in 2011 paidContent
The number of Americans who pay for cable-like TV products is declining, says a research forecast that claims subscriptions peaked at nearly 101 million in 2011 but will decline to less than 95 million by 2017. The price of cable bundles is climbing ever higher, at the same time as a bevy of new distribution options is increasing consumer frustration at having to purchase channels they dont want. Meanwhile, a rising generation of cord-neversthinks buying a cable package to watch one show makes as much sense as buying a CD to hear a single song. - paidcontent.orgpaidcontent.orgSTV wins local TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh - Media - guardian.co.uk
STV said it hoped to provide 'an innovative television service to the communities'. They will start broadcasting in October and will include city news, sports and community participation. Following a delay while Ofcom asked bidders for more information on their programming plans, the licences still to be awarded include Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and London. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1165947/Freesat-hires-ITV-marketer-Paul-Gilshan-top-role/
Brand and marketing consultant Eleanor McBrien will lead the marketing operation until Gilshan's arrival. McBrien was previously vice-president for global marketing and creative services at NBC Universal, where she led marketing strategy for more than 80 channels. The news comes after Marketing revealed in November last year that incumbent marketing director Abbott was leaving the company for insurance brand Hiscox. - marketingmagazine.co.ukwww.marketingmagazine.co.ukFriday 11 January 2013, AM
Ofcom secures the future of AM till 2020 : Radio Today with RCS
Ofcom is inviting applications for community radio licences to operate on medium wave, which gives the band at least another 7 years life. Applicants will be able to apply later this year, which, if the usual Ofcom path is taken, means licenses will be given out in early 2014 and stations will have two years to start broadcasting on a five year licence. This means Ofcom is supporting the use of the medium wave band till past 2020 confirming any switch-off date of analogue radio is a long way off. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
Every Tech Journalist s Worst Nightmare
CNET posted a note on its Twitter account, too When the awards were announced today, the Hopper was nowhere to be seen. CNET had been told by its owners to remove it from consideration. The publication has defended the choice, citing its narrow effect only reviews, only specific products but the wall has still been breached This is a constant fear for many tech writers their jobs, more than many other in media, require them to cover companies they either work for, or which their employers interact with. - buzzfeed.comwww.buzzfeed.comThe BBC Radio-4-Matic - hacking radio for good
BBC Radio 4 is a station unlike any other. Spend any time in the US, and the sing-song voice-tones of NPR, the inexplicable plinky-plonky jazz excerpts and the underwriting credits are enough to send a proper Brit to turn off his radio for good. On a recent visit to the UK, he realised how much he missed Radio 4. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.com
One third of new cars now come with DAB : Radio Today with RCS
New data about in-car digital radio shows 33.3 of all new cars have DAB digital radio installed as standard, up from 21 last year. In the last quarter of last year there was a 76 increase in the number of cars registered fitted with digital radio as standard compared with Q4 2011. Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said Over the past two years the number of cars that being fitted with digital radio has been increasing at a tremendous rate. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
Ofcom testing DAB+ in the Brighton area : Radio Today with RCS
DAB test transmissions going under the name of Brighton Experimental along with seagull noises and chilled out music are now on-air. It is thought they will be on-air till February 4th 2013. The on-air announcement says This is Brighton Experimental a transmission licensed by the Office of Communications for the testing of new developments in digital radio technology. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukA new power of TV sport aiming to prove that Sky has a limit - Owen Gibson - Football - The Guardian
When the Premier League chief executive ripped open the envelopes that revealed the bids for the live domestic rights to top-flight English football, it was not just the eye-watering sums on offer which eventually topped 3bn and are likely to reach more than 5.5bn once overseas totals are totted up later this month that prompted his excited reaction. The 20 Premier League clubs immediately set about trying to devise a means of ensuring that their bonanza did not simply flow into the pockets of players and agents, and fans' groups began wondering why ticket prices are ever rising even though the TV bounty has grown from 38m per season to 1.83bn per season in 20 years. History is littered with the burned out shells of companies who have launched challenges against Sky in a blaze of glory but ended up retreating or folding altogether. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukpick a page