informitv - Super Hi-Vision Olympics coverage

Promoted as the future of television, it has sixteen times the resolution of a high-definition image. Seen by informitv on an 8-metre wide screen at BBC Broadcasting House in London, the picture quality is phenomenal. At 7680 x 4320 pixels, the 8K UHDTV2 image has a resolution of 33 megapixels. - informitv.com

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Ariel - How the BBC delivers 24 Olympic streams

With 2500 hours to broadcast, it's a mammoth undertaking but it's attracting record-breaking ratings. So far, 17 million people have watched the Red Button channels RB and the online video player has received 29m requests. At the side of the room, some wait to start their shift - there's a lot to be done and volunteers from other Salford teams, including Children's and News, are helping through the Hot Spikes scheme. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Roger Mosey appointed Acting Director of BBC Vision

I'm also pleased to tell you that Dave Gordon will take on Roger's role as Director, London 2012 for the duration of the Paralympics. Dave will also start his new role on Monday 20 August. - dtg.org.uk

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Clover’s Week: YouView is just like watching Brazil on pay-TV

Julian Clover gets his hands on YouViews near pay-TV experience. My modus operandi is to ignore the instruction book for as long as possible, so I only came unstuck when I realized that YouView doesnt work off Wi-Fi and instead needs a fixed connection. If I had purchased this in the shops my outlay would have easily sailed past the already hefty 300 pricetag. - broadbandtvnews.com

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UK 4G auction: No word on what will be flogged, or what it costs • The Register

Last week the Ofcom announced details of the upcoming 4G spectrum auction, only the regulator still can't say how much spectrum is on sale, what it will cost, or the annual rent due afterwards. The mega-auction announced last week includes bands at 800MHz, which've been cleared of analogue TV, and at 2.6GHz, which has been empty for a while. EE won't say if it will throw the band into the ring, or sell it privately, while Ofcom still hasn't decided if the band can be used for 4G anyway, making it impossible to place a value on it. - theregister.co.uk

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Smooth Radio deal faces investigation - Business News - Business - The Independent

Ofcom will report to Mr Hunt by 28 September, when he will decide if there should be a full Competition Commission investigation. - independent.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 4th - 11th August

Full details are available on the Olympics schedule website. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short notice. - bbc.co.uk

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Virgin and BT fury at premium movie ruling - Business News - Business - The Independent

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C4 online viewers edge to 5m - News - Broadcast

2 August, 2012 By Balihar Khalsa David Abrahams vision of using data to reinvent Channel 4s relationship with viewers and advertisers is gathering pace, as it closes in on 5 million registered viewers online. 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.uk

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BSkyB has too much power over rivals, Competition Commission rules - Media - guardian.co.uk

BSkyB enjoys an anti-competitive dominance, according to the commission's report. However, the commission is powerless to tackle the issue at this time. The problems involved in taking on BSkyB's dominant position include costs to set up a rival, huge marketing costs to overcome the view held by subscribers that changing providers is too much hassle, and fending off the inevitable competitive response, according to the regulator. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky TV cleared on movie competition - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

BSkyB's stranglehold on movies from the big Hollywood studios does not harm competition in the pay-TV market, a watchdog ruled today. The Competition Commission said it believed consumers attached more importance to having access to a broad range of content and to price than they do to seeing the most recent movie content. In provisional findings last August, the watchdog initially ruled that Sky's deals with six of the big film studios over the rights to films when they are first shown on television restricted competition. - independent.co.uk

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Ariel - Prebble to check up on BBC impartiality

Prebble will look at how Bridcut's recommendations - or 'guiding principles' - to help the BBC continue to achieve impartiality had been implemented. He became CEO of ITV in 2001, before leaving to set up a production company. The conclusions of the review - the fifth in a series of impartiality reviews commissioned by the trust - will be published next summer. - bbc.co.uk

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How an American Can Stream the BBC's Official Olympics Coverage and Overcome #NBCFail

If you're outside of the United Kingdom then getting a good live feed of the Olympics isn't easy. NBC is streaming some video, but it's ugly, slow, and requires a cable subscription. Worse, what they're showing on their over-the-air broadcast is tape delayed. - lifehacker.com

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In pictures: YouView unboxed - IP TV News

We have finally got our hands on a sample unit of the new YouView box, and hooked it up just in time for the exhilarating London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony last Friday July 27th. Initial impressions are very positive once the lengthy set-up process has been completed most of it automatically, the user is presented with a razor-sharp, friendly and intuitive interface that cleverly combines the Electronic Programme Guide with various IP-delivered options. We will be conducting a thorough review of the Humax-built box over the next week, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy our unboxing photos. - iptv-news.com

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Techmeme: Done deal: Cisco completes $5 billion acquisition of video software firm NDS (Robin Wauters/The Next Web)

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Equiso Amazon Pre-Order - Business Insider

Kickstarter success Equiso has finally made its smart TV stick available for pre-order on Amazon. After raising 241,000 on Kickstarter, the company will be manufacturing small HDMI dongles that run Android. Head over to Amazon gt Click here to check out a video of the Equiso in action gt - businessinsider.com

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NBC fail shows network's commitment to 'the last great buggy-whip Olympics' - Heidi Moore - Comment is free - guardian.c

Normally, the Olympics would not require the kind of computer-address-scrambling technology used by revolutionaries, hackers and child pornographers but good luck trying to get at live events any other way if you happen to live on US soil. With the zeal of Pilgrim preachers hunting for witches, NBC has devoted itself to opposing the apparently morally and financially objectionable desire of Americans to watch a sports event as it happens. NBC, which has exclusive rights to the Games here, forbids me from from watching almost all Olympics events live in the United States. - guardian.co.uk

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TV should switch to internet, peers suggest - Technology - The Guardian

The switch to digital television is not yet complete, but UK households could be forced to adjust their sets again with a parliamentary inquiry now forecasting a second wave of switchover, this time from the airwaves to the internet. The government should draw up plans to have every channel, including those from the BBC, broadcast over the internet, freeing up the spectrum for other uses such as mobile phones, the House of Lords suggested on Tuesday. The recommendation comes months after most of the country's 26m television households retuned their sets from analogue to digital, with two regions the north-east and Northern Ireland due to complete the process by the end of October. - guardian.co.uk

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Superfast broadband - UK Parliament

If a paper copy of evidence is submitted, it should be clearly printed or typed on single sides of A4 paper, unstapled. The Committee may refuse evidence received in any other formats. - parliament.uk

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Olympics opening ceremony racks up 1.7 million views on BBC iPlayer - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC said there had been 925,000 iPlayer requests to view the opening ceremony on Saturday alone, from people who either missed Friday's opening extravaganza or simply wanted to replay the occasion. The corporation said its sport website had its busiest day ever on Sunday as more than 8 million users worldwide visited the site for the latest Olympics news. BBC Sport online carried 24 simultaneous streams of sporting action, with live coverage available to view on the web, smartphones and tablet computers in the UK. - guardian.co.uk

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Build a XBMC Media Center with a $35 Raspberry Pi

At Lifehacker we're big fans of the XBMC video player and home entertainment hub. Older PCs are typically used for XBMC rigs but they often come with a lot of fan noise. My Xbox 360 remote control works out of the box with this setup. - lifehacker.com

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Dido Harding: TalkTalk's head jockey steers YouView to the starting line - Media - The Observer

There were injuries too one mount, with the broadband-friendly name Unlimited Free, turned a somersault and left her strapped to a spinal board. Harding joined TalkTalk while it was still reeling from its founder Charles Dunstone's chaotic but revolutionary entry into the broadband market six years ago. Its offering of free, fast internet connections saw the company overwhelmed by demand, and then came the merger with Tiscali, a company with its own internet TV service that was itself suffering from growing pains. - guardian.co.uk

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Talk Talk reveals its YouView offer - July - 2012 - Which? News

26 July 2012 Talk Talk has revealed details of its YouView deals, offering the set top box free on its Plus package, as well as access to premium Sky channels. For more information read our first look review of YouView. On its own the set top box costs 300, but Talk Talk will be offering it free with its Plus package which costs 14.50 a month plus 13.80 for line rental. - which.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 28th July - 4th August

All this week you can watch up to 24 streams of Olympics content on Red Button satellite and cable and Connected TV. During the Olympics you can also catch up on all the latest in other sports via the BBC Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Frequent Questions about the YouView BBC iPlayer Service

Listed below are frequent questions about the new BBC iPlayer service for YouView. However, if you want to force an update or wish to ensure that you are running the latest version of iPlayer, you can do this manually by Select the Blue YV button on your remote control. Select Device Management which is available via Settings. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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Olympic TV spectacular draws 26.9m home viewers - Olympic News - Olympics - The Independent

The massive audience tuned in as Danny Boyle's 27 million spectacular took place at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, last night. Viewing figures peaked at 26.9 million, while the average was recorded as 22.4 million for the show - which ran from 9pm until 12.50am - with an audience share of 82 per cent. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Games four years ago attracted 5.9 million UK viewers, while 10.7 million watched the start of the Athens Olympics in 2004. - independent.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: The BBC's International Radio Streams During the Olympics

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2 will also now be available internationally. Radio 5 Live Sports Extra coverage of non Olympic Sports will be available as normal. Original post 27 July One of the benefits of the BBC's online radio streams is that listeners all over the world can enjoy just about all our programmes live and on demand. - bbc.co.uk

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MP demands help over TVs hit by 4G rollout - Top stories - Scotsman.com

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YouView is finally on sale: 7 reasons why it may fail paidContent

Boxes for the UKs big internet TV venture have finally gone on sale, priced a hefty 299, four years after it was conceived. On this occasion, however, it is not so helpful. Perhaps long delays ruled out other, more lucrative avenues people who will pay subscription for lots of TV are already Sky or Virgin Media subscribers. - paidcontent.org

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Have your say on TV channel - Lifestyle - Sheffield Telegraph

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Will BBC iPlayer be available on Android 4.1, Jelly Bean?

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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News - SES.com

As a key UK public service broadcaster, Channel 5 broadcasts a wide variety of programming, from its own news service to current affairs, sport and children's programmes, as well as documentaries and lifestyle programmes, reality television and American drama. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide. SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. - ses.com

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ITV share price rises despite gloomy ad forecast - Media - guardian.co.uk

The ITV production business reported revenues up 34 year-on-year to 355m for the six months to the end of June, well ahead of analysts' expectations. Profits at the division, which makes shows including Titanic and Come Dine with Me, were up 32 year-on-year to 50m. ITV said that its total pre-tax profits were adversely affected by a 275m bond buyback in June. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky strikes YouView deal with TalkTalk - 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.uk

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YouView promises 50,000 channels - FT.com

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YouView limps into shops - Telegraph

The first set-top box to carry the service, which is billed as the successor to Freeview, will be available just in time for the Olympics, but at a price of 299, analysts are not expecting a rush. Manufactured by the Korean firm Humax, the device was unveiled earlier this month to a cool reception, with commentators criticising its physical size and price, which is around three times that of competing internet television devices from Apple, Roku and Google. YouView's main selling point over such rivals is that as well as apps and web browsing, it will allow viewers to go backwards up to seven days in its programme guide to catch up with shows they missed. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News - Olympics 2012: Inside the BBCs television studios

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BT confirms YouView launch this autumn Digital TV Europe

July 25, 2012 BT has confirmed that it will begin offering the YouView TV service in the autumn. The telco is one of seven launch partners for YouView, the UKs connected TV service that launched earlier this month. It said the service would appeal to customers looking for the next evolution of the Freeview service but did not reveal details of how it would bundle YouView with its broadband and telephony products. - digitaltveurope.net

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DTG :: News :: The Space launches on Freesat

This exciting venture will make some of the most innovative, creative and contemporary visual arts available for viewers everywhere. At this time a limited number of Freesat boxes/TVs are unable to receive The space but the service will become available across more Freesat receivers soon. DTG Staff 24.07.2012 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Why do I receive the message ‘Sorry, iPlayer isn’t available’ when launching BBC iPlayer on X

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why — seenit.co.uk

In the three or so weeks since Lord Sugar launched YouView an army of detractors have queued to rubbish the platform and/or its chances of success. Ofcoms figures showing Smart TVs are in just 5 of homes and not all are actually connected to the web quickly demolished that claim. The YouView box provides catch-up and other video on demand content. - seenit.co.uk

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Ofcom - Assessment of future mobile competition and award of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz

Information Memorandum - Ofcom has published a revised csv file for the test points for the coverage areas of the DTT stations requiring protection. This is to correct a few small anomalies that were noticed in the test points for three of the stations the test points included in the annex of the Information Memorandum itself do not have these anomalies and still apply. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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DTG :: News :: Ofcom unveils 4G auction plans

The auction of spectrum for 4G mobile services in the UK is set to get under way by the end of 2012, Ofcom has announced. The regulator said that the auction will offer the equivalent of three quarters of the mobile spectrum in use today some 80 more than released in the 3G auction which took place in 2000. The plans should see 4G mobile broadband rolled out to at least 98 of people in villages, towns and cities across the UK. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC News - Today - Satellite TV turns 50

It is 50 years since the first public satellite television images were beamed across the Atlantic from the United States to Britain and mainland Europe. Get in touch with Today via email , Twitter or Facebook or text us on 84844. - news.bbc.co.uk

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BBC boss George Entwistle considers Worldwide revamp - Media - guardian.co.uk

George Entwistle plans to investigate trimming scope of BBC Worldwide which makes more than 1bn in annual revenues. Entwistle, who officially takes over from Mark Thompson in September, is understood to be keen to bring the corporation's commercial arm closer to the public service side of the licence fee-funded BBC. Entwistle is understood to have fleshed out his thinking to the BBC Trust following his appointment as director general on 4 July. - guardian.co.uk

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Advertising picture at ITV set to be gloomier than forecast - Business News - Business - The Independent

Analysts have rushed to downgrade forecasts as it became apparent that many advertisers have decided to pull spending rather than compete with brands that are Olympic sponsors. Sky maintains that Now TV, which will offer movies for as little as 99p each, is a pro-active step to offer consumers more choice and it says it can absorb the extra cost of the Premier League rights through efficiencies. After freezing prices a year ago, Sky is expected to increase subscription costs for much of its near-10.5 million customer base this autumn. - independent.co.uk

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Campbell raises RTÉ with Minister - Local - Londonderry Sentinel

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BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Olympics - How to get 5 live Olympics Extra

It will appear between Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra. 5 live Olympics Extra is in the station list between 5 live and sports extra on a digital radio. It may appear automatically in the station list. - bbc.co.uk

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informitv - Olympic viewing plans reflect changing media usage

The Olympics has a track record of attracting a large number of television viewers. It is 64 years since the Olympics were last in London, the first time they were televised by the BBC. Over three quarters of adults in the United Kingdom say they will watch coverage of the London 2012 Olympics, although the final figure may be higher. - informitv.com

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BBC - Research and Development: Opening Up the Archives: Part 5- Finding the Content

Part of the archive of Radio Times that provides a crucial historical metadata store for the BBC. And back in the archives themselves, Alex waxes lyrical on the nature of one of the finest recordings within the BBC's extensive collection. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash Installed. - bbc.co.uk

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