Saturday 20 October 2012, PM
BT to offer free YouView box with one-year broadband contract, £49 for existing customers - Engadget
Broadband customers not in an Infinity enabled area will also be able to get a free YouView box when they subscribe to TV Essential, starting at 4/month. Both offer a massive saving on the retail price of the YouView set top box, which is priced at 299 at retailers across the country. Existing customers can also upgrade to YouView for 49 . - engadget.comwww.engadget.com
BBC News - Guernsey government has no power over Freeview channels
The Home Department said it had no power to influence the channels. The announcement comes after telecom firm Sure revealed plans to provide extra channels through the internet. Regulator OfCom said it was an entirely commercial decision and up to individual companies to choose where they broadcast. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 19 October 2012, PM
http://www.mediauk.com/article/34350/tim-davie-radioplayer-4extra-and-two-aborted-closures
Jenny Abramsky, his predecessor, had been in charge of BBC Radio since 1999. Davie's career history had no such radio pedigree. The lack of radio career wasn't to hinder him, however, in his new role. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comNews UTV HD to air on Freeview
HD pictures will also add a new dimension to our outstanding coverage of news and current affairs in Northern Ireland and reinforce our reputation for quality journalism as market leader. - atvtoday.co.ukwww.atvtoday.co.uk
UTV to be available in HD on Freeview - News, Film TV - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- belfasttelegraph.co.ukwww.belfasttelegraph.co.ukDTG :: News :: 4K television now officially called 'Ultra High Definition'
Ultra high definition TVs have more than eight million pixels of resolution, four times the resolution of todays high-definition televisions . The name and related minimum performance characteristics are designed to help consumers and retailers understand the attributes of this next generation of television and display technology. The group also defined the core characteristics of Ultra High-Definition TVs, monitors and projectors for the home. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.uk
Ariel - Tim Davie to replace John Smith at BBC Worldwide helm
Tim Davie, currently director of Audio Music, will replace Smith from December 1. Smith is leaving the BBC to 'pursue new opportunities in the commercial sector', a BBC statement said. There has been speculation that he would leave the organisation since the arrival of the new director general. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 18 October 2012, PM
Ariel - Peter Horrocks says where the third phase of cuts will fall
In English, weekday news output will be cut by four hours, weekly documentary strands cut from four to three and arts show The Strand will close. Peter Horrocks, director of Global News, revealed the plans to staff on Thursday as he targets 12m savings in 2013/14. Your World to close Over the last two years, the World Service has made nearly 30m cuts, losing five language services and around 480 jobs, after the government reduced its grant-in-aid by 16. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukOfcom - Further progress in the speed-up of delivering 4G to consumers
Deployment of 4G services in other frequency bands does not require similar measures to be put in place. Creating the company now will further accelerate the rollout of competitive 4G services next year. It will be funded by the successful bidders for 800MHz spectrum in the forthcoming auction and provisions exist to make sure that if any otherparty acquires some of this spectrum in the auction they can immediately become a shareholder in the company. - media.ofcom.org.ukmedia.ofcom.org.uk
U.K. 4G Rollout Takes Another Step Closer As Carriers Join Forces To Speed 800MHz Spectrum Clearance - TechCrunch
This organisation was originally going to be known as MitCo and MitCo was one of the bones of contention among the carriers in regards to the 4G spectrum auction process. Not so long ago the U.K.s carriers were trading insults with telecoms regulator Ofcom and each other as they jockeyed for position ahead of the 4G spectrum auction. Delay was the order of the day for many years as the leap from 3G to 4G meant disrupting established and lucrative business models. - techcrunch.comtechcrunch.comDTG :: News :: UK mobile operators form joint venture to speed up 4G roll-out
EE, Telefnica O2, Three and Vodafone have formed a jointly controlled company to ensure the rapid roll-out of 4G services next year. The creation of the company follows talks between the mobile operators, Ofcom and Government earlier this month and the decision to bring forward the implementation of 4G services following the auction by as much as six months. I am pleased that the mobile operators will be working together to ensure that no viewers lose their television services when 4G is rolled out, and congratulate them on setting up the assistance scheme so quickly. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukThursday 18 October 2012, AM
Local TV wins prominent slot as bid battle hots up - 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 - Research and Development: IRFS Weeknotes #126
Here's a screenshot They then moved on to the next mini-project, 'infinite trailers' the idea is to show a continuous reel of clips starting from what's popular right now and learning your tastes as you click 'skip' or 'add to playlist'. This work uses the Sibyl javascript engine that Chris Newell has talked about previously. They've got one more week to go, where they'll be working on a real-time information dashboard for radio. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 17 October 2012, PM
SES STATEMENT ON ADDITIONAL SATELLITE SPECTRUM AT THE 28.5 DEGREES EAST ORBITAL POSITION
- www.ses.com
Ofcom - The Communications Market: Digital Radio Report 2012
Ofcom was asked in the Action Plan to publish an annual report on the availability and take-up of digital radio services. The Action Plan emphasises that digital radio switchover should begin only when the market is ready and that it should be predominantly consumer-led. An aspirational target date of 2015 was supported by the Action Plan. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukTuesday 16 October 2012, PM
SES and Eutelsat go to war over UK frequency rights - Satellite content from Broadcast Engineering
The launch of SES Astra 2F rekindled a simmering battle with Eutelsat. In total, the spectrum under dispute equates to 15 transponders capable of carrying 140 to 180 HD channels. SES argues that there is no dispute because it had negotiated the rights to the claimed spectrum back in 2005, and that Eutelsat had been operating over those frequencies only on a temporary basis. - broadcastengineering.combroadcastengineering.comMonday 15 October 2012, PM
Local TV network plan could be hit by signal black spots - Media - guardian.co.uk
Media regulator Ofcom has so far awarded eight of the 21 local television licences in cities and towns across the UK. It has emerged there could be significant holes in broadcast coverage in places where households would expect to be able to tune in, according to a document provided to bidders. The document, providing coverage maps for all the local TV licence areas, shows issues with a number of areas including south London and areas close to Oxford. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 13 October 2012, PM
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BBC - Research and Development: Digital HD Radio Camera: Taking halfRF to IBC
At this stage our project had advanced to the stage where ourtransmitter comprised of what we call the wedding cake, which is a rather large unit about 300mm x 300mm x 200mm plus an antenna pole. This large transmitter was based on a DSP board that we had built with at least four purposes in mind. These four purposes were to be the main board in our receiver, a platform to test advanced RF algorithms, a channel emulator and a channel sounder, so it had a lot more functionality than would be required for a transmitter back. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Heart and Capital TV start broadcasting : Radio Today
As announced in July, Global Radio has launched two television channels to mirror their biggest radio brands, Heart and Capital. We want our brands to lead the way in delivering great content to people wherever and however they enjoy music, and the launch of Heart TV and Capital TV is the next step in deepening and extending the relationship weve already built with our audiences. These channels are absolutely stunning, they look gorgeous, are incredibly slick and represent the next generation of music TV channels. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukHeart TV and Capital TV - what it should be?
The Italian radio stations RTL102.5s Radiovisione is something a little different. Have you watched Heart TV or Capital TV yet - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comBBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Future Media Ambassadors
The Olympics was a huge success for our division. However what we achieved this summer is now the baseline of what we expect from our teams. To do this we need to keep on attracting and recruiting top talent. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 13th - 20th October
We are doing this because these services rely entirely on linear broadcast technologies, which are not cost-effective for an interactive service like the red button. This change in no way signals the demise of BBC Red Button. The BBC is committed to maintaining a vibrant and popular red button service. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 11 October 2012, PM
DTG :: News :: Report: HD channel growth increases in Europe
The figure represents growth of 54 in the number of HD channels over nine months and highlights three strong years of HD growth. The UK, followed by Germany and France, is home to the highest number of HD channels. Sport channels are the most popular HD genre, closely followed by film channels. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukThursday 11 October 2012, AM
BBC's coverage of religion, immigration and Europe to be scrutinised in review - Media - guardian.co.uk
It will compare BBC news coverage from five years ago with today. The report is to be published in early 2013. The inquiry will examine whether editorial decisions to include or omit certain perspectives from news coverage have been carefully reached and with consistent judgment across the corporation. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC iPlayer - Help - Frequent questions about the Android BBC Media Player App
This means that we need to move to another way of playing back our video and audio files. No. The current BBC iPlayer app will continue to exist. Currently, we have only integrated it with the BBC iPlayer mobile website. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukiplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukWednesday 10 October 2012, PM
Ariel - BBC wants your old radio recordings
People are being asked to turn in their recorded audio clips, especially pre-1990, to participating BBC buildings tomorrow as part of an open day. 'Chimney sweep' The project has sparked interest with collectors and radio enthusiasts, who might now be able to share their old recordings with a wider audience. The best audio clips will be aired on a special show for Radio 2 hosted by Simon Mayo on November 14. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 10 October 2012, AM
BBC News - Northern Ireland digital switchover now under way
10 October 2012 Last updated at 0136 ET The switch from analogue to digital television is under way in Northern Ireland. Analogue BBC Two was permanently switched off in the early hours of Wednesday 10 October. Freeview digital channels, including BBC Two, are available for the first time to thousands of viewers served by local relay transmitters. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Alliance raises RTE Digital switchover concerns - Newry Times - Newry Times
Anyone with any further questions concerning the Digital Switchover should visithttp//www.digitaluk.co.uk/ Both comments and pings are currently closed. - newrytimes.comnewrytimes.com
Polish channels come to Vision TV Network
Vision247 is launching up to 18 Polish channels on its Polska service on the Vision TV Network. Polska is available on Freeview Channel 225, Roku streaming players and on the Polska online portal. TVN24 is Polands first 24-hour news and current affairs television channel covering both Polish and global news. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.cominformitv - BBC offers solution for fragmented market
The BBC has developed an abstraction layer to decouple its own applications from these underlying device complexities. The corporation is planning to make its TV Application Layer available to third parties to help stimulate the market for connected television applications. The BBC iPlayer, News and Sport apps are available on around 650 different connected television devices, from smart televisions and set-top boxes to media players and games consoles. - informitv.cominformitv.cominformitv - 4K TV demand
Consumer demand for 4K ultra-high-definition televisions, with a resolution four times that of high-definition screens, will exceed 2 million units by 2017, forecasts research company IHS iSuppli. That still represents less than 1 of the global market for LCD screens. However, the trend towards ever-higher resolutions seems clear. - informitv.cominformitv.comTuesday 09 October 2012, PM
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Connected Studio: the first pilots
As we enter the autumn and Connected Studio starts its next wave of Studio events, I'd like to bring you up to date with the first 10 concepts that have been selected to be developed into functional pilots. The concepts are not necessarily going to become future products and their pilots will be testing certain key unknowns - some of which will be going through user testing. - Red Badger 'BBC Now' offers a dynamic updating element to the homepage to encourage the audience to discover new and latest content in real time. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
The Space (and John Peels record collection) to remain online for another six months - News - TV Radio - The
A free digital art service set up to give everyone access to the Cultural Olympiad from their living rooms is to be extended for another six months. The Space thespace.org is a 2m website and integration with digital television channels providing on demand and livestream access to theatre, dance, music and poetry performances, visual art exhibitions, film and literature. The portal has also given the nation access to John Peels record collection. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
BBC News - 5G research centre gets major funding grant
The money would be used to create a 5G Innovation Centre, said the university. Prof Rahim Tafozolli said work had already begun. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 09 October 2012, AM
Ariel - Biggest move ever gathers pace
9 October 2012 Last updated at 0900 Moving is up there with divorce, debt and Saturdays in Ikea as the most stressful things life can throw at us. The shift of another 2800 staff around the W12 campus - 500 of them moving within the same building - is now also gathering pace. Red Bee has moved many of its people from the Broadcast Centre to its own base, freeing up space. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 08 October 2012, PM
Dixons website closing: what you need to know - October - 2012 - Which? News
08 October 2012 The owner of Currys and PC World is closing Dixons.co.uk tomorrow, but existing orders will be honoured. Dixons high street stores were closed six years ago and now its owner is closing down the website in a bid to harmonise its high street stores and websites. The Dixons group said that as Dixons uses the same network as its other companies, it will be able to service returns, repairs, and other agreements through its existing channels. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukReview: BBC iPlayer Radio websites and smartphone apps
In a context-setting introduction, Mark said that more than half 52 of people who listen to radio are listening on a digital platform. These are good, healthy statistics for radio, and it's nice to see them stated. Mark then pointed out the differences of radio vs TV. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comBBC iPlayer - Help - Using BBC iPlayer Radio on mobiles
You can listen live to any BBC radio station, view programme and track information, access the schedule, see photos and download podcasts. Why is the app only available on iPhone and iPod Touch The Android version of the app was developed alongside the iPhone version. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukiplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 6th October - 13th October
Consider each of the objects featured in the programme, select an option before our experts give their valuation and see how many you get right. Play along with the BBC One programme by pressing red and using the colour buttons on your remote control to select a value. Here on the Red Button we get to peek behind the scenes and get the inside story on the investments made in the Den each week. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 05 October 2012, PM
BT Vision YouView review – hands on - Expert Reviews
Posted on 3 Oct 2012 at 1651 One of the benefits of YouView is that it was designed for companies to take the base platform and add custom apps to give people new TV services. BT is one of the first customers to launch with its own products and we were there to find out how YouView fits into its Vision platform. The first thing to note is that switching to YouView alters how much involvement the company has in the development of the box and its software. - expertreviews.co.ukwww.expertreviews.co.ukinformitv - DTG Connected TV specification openly available
The DTG will also propose such requirements for inclusion in the next version of the HbbTV standard. The specification builds on the specification for Freeview HD, extending this into the connected television world. It uses the latest version of the HbbTV specification as the minimum requirement, with additional features to meet the requirements of service providers in the United Kingdom. - informitv.cominformitv.cominformitv - YouView has lots of catching up to do
More than three quarters of YouView boxes sold so far in the United Kingdom have been used to view on-demand programming for more than three minutes per session. Sky is responding with a box with a two terrabyte hard drive that can store over 350 hours of high-definition programming and its own On Demand offering. Sef Tuma form Accenture, who is the technical delivery lead for YouView, said that more than 75 of an unstated number of boxes sold so far have been used to view on-demand content for at least three minutes a session, a figure that the industry magazine Broadcast originally incorrectly quoted as three minutes a week. - informitv.cominformitv.com
Ariel - James Stephenson to be newsrooms deputy head
Stephenson joined the BBC in 1988 as a researcher on Panorama. He went on to be duputy editor of Newsnight, editor of 2005's general election night programming, executive editor of Question Time and Middle East Bureau editor. He became editor of the Six and Ten in 2009. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.mediauk.com/article/34319/review-the-new-uk-radioplayer-mobile-app
As previewed at last week's http//nextrad.io conference, the UK Radioplayer's iPhone app has just gone live in the Apple iTunes store. They've launched a number of apps based on this a Chrome app, a downloadable desktop player, and a Facebook service, but this is the first time Radioplayer has moved away from desktop to mobile. So, at first glance, this is a mobile app which is not too dissimilar from TuneIn. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comFriday 05 October 2012, AM
RadioPlayer Launches Native iOS App for UK Radio Fans
Shortly after, RadioPlayer announced it was drawing in almost 6m unique listeners a month, a figure now sitting at around the 7m mark. Then back in January this year, RadioPlayer teamed up with Stephen Frys favorite social sound platform Audioboo to roll out a new instant listen-again service. When you first launch the app, youre presented with a perennially shifting and scrolling screen with all the stations listed seemingly in a random order, which I cant say Im particularly keen on. - thenextweb.comthenextweb.comThursday 04 October 2012, AM
BBC News - Ceatec: Home environment 'not right' for 3D TV
The Ceatec electronics show in Japan is underway, featuring new technology like an entire home controlled by a smart phone, robots and all the innovations of the industry. Click editor Richard Taylor talks to presenter Gareth Mitchell about the lowering of interest in 3D technology in the home. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukWednesday 03 October 2012, PM
Ariel - Red Button streams to be cut this month
3 October 2012 Last updated at 1254 The BBC is to cut its red button service on satellite and cable. From October 15 it will reduce the number of video streams on red button from five to one. This will bring it in line with the Freeview offering. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 03 October 2012, AM
Ofcom - Television Broadcast Licensing Update September 2012
Television services that have ceased to be licensed handed back or revoked in this period The following services are no longer licensed. The relevant licence is either no longer required by the licensee so has been handed back, or the service has been removed from a licence covering multiple services, or revoked as a matter of routine usually for non-payment of the annual licence fee. Licence transfers The following licence has been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee. - licensing.ofcom.org.uklicensing.ofcom.org.uk
MW switch-off remains at BBC Local Radio : Radio Today
A trial to turn-off medium-wave transmitters at some BBC local radio stations is to continue after hardly any listeners complained. As Radio Today revealed in August, the BBC is testing the switch-off of medium wave transmission for certain stations. The BBC is also committed to a full roll out of local radio stations across the DAB network. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukpick a page