BBC saves £77,000 on Worldwide chairmans salary - Business News - Business - The Independent

Mr Thompson's surprise appointment, in addition to his duties as director-general, means the BBC will not have to conduct an external search for the job. It will also save on the 77,000-a-year salary paid to Mr Webb, the former British Airways legal counsel who has taken the same position at Rolls-Royce. - independent.co.uk

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Crozier: Sky retransmission fees are wrong - News - Broadcast

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Deal or No Deal: Channel 4 to face commission over gambling concerns - Media - guardian.co.uk

Presenter Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal. The Gambling Commission is to meet C4 bosses over whether the gameshow constitutes gambling. It is understood to have particular concerns about the Noel Edmonds gameshow, which broadcast for the first time on Channel 4 in 2005. - guardian.co.uk

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informitv - Roku plans expansion for small box with big ambitions

Roku is aiming to raise up to 50 million in the coming months. Roku has launched in the United Kingdom with two models available through online retailers. It provides 1080p high-definition video streaming through HDMI, as well as standard definition composite video output. - informitv.com

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informitv - BBC plans online retail of television programmes

The BBC is reportedly considering plans to allow viewers in the United Kingdom to pay to download old and new television shows a price points around 1.89 per programme. Known as Project Barcelona, it is the latest in a series of initiatives to exploit BBC programming online. In January it was reported that the BBC was planning to charge viewers for access to archive programming, but this proposal seems to include recently transmitted programmes. - informitv.com

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Ofcom - Arqiva: Local TV feasibility study and Reference Offer

The coverage predictions contained in the Coverage Note are based upon certain technical assumptions, one of which is that there is space on the existing transmission masts to accommodate transmitting antennas for the local TV services. Ofcom subsequently commissioned transmission company Arqiva to carry out a short study to assess the feasibility of building local TV infrastructure at each of the proposed locations and of accommodating antennas on the transmitter masts. This provides confirmation that it should be possible in practice to build transmission infrastructure that provides coverage similar to that illustrated in the Coverage Note. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Red Button Blog 10th - 17th March

The red button is sure to reveal all. You will be able to join in the sessions live online from 12 noon each day, and then watch highlights on the tellybox Red Button from your comfy sofa at 7pm each day. Every Saturday press the red button during the show to pit your wits against our studio contestants. - bbc.co.uk

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Deal or No Deal faces Gambling Commission probe as top TV gameshows face crackdown - Mail Online

It is against the law to run non-skill games for money without a gambling licence raising the extraordinary prospect of producers being jailed if they defy the warning. Last night, one legal expert said that in order to comply with a licence, Deal Or No Deal could be forced to move to a time slot after the 9pm watershed, it could also face tight restrictions on the type of advertising allowed to be sold in the commercial breaks and the amount of pre-broadcast publicity it could receive. The programme, which has been presented by Edmonds since it was first broadcast in 2005, regularly attracts an audience of more than four million in its afternoon slot. - dailymail.co.uk

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Gore: Current TV is 'an inconvenient channel' - News - Broadcast

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iPlayer chief urges firms to simplify connected TV - News - Broadcast

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BBC - Newsbeat - Ofcom lodges porn TV complaint with Dutch regulator

The broadcasting watchdog says channels such as Babestation and Smile TV are accessible by children on Freeview. Ofcom thinks they may also be in breach of regulations regarding the promotion of website content to under-18s. That means the media watchdog Ofcom does not have the power to ban them or even block them in the UK. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - J Murdochs BSkyB fate in MPs hands

8 March 2012 Last updated at 0446 ET Has a report by a select committee of MPs ever before decided whether a business person kept his or her senior job Equally if the committee felt minded to unambiguously criticise his stewardship of News Int, again those non-execs would probably feel obliged to ask Mr Murdoch to step down. What it comes down to is not just whether MPs believe Mr Murdoch when he says he was in the dark about the extent of illegal and allegedly illegal activities by News International staff till the end of 2010. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom steps-up BSkyB scrutiny - News - Broadcast

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Ofcom looks at stripping Murdoch of BSkyB - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

It is a considerable escalation in Ofcom's response to the disclosures that News Corp's British newspaper subsidiary, News International, has engaged in widespread criminality. Rupert Murdoch abandoned the bid shortly after closing NOTW. - independent.co.uk

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Ofcom steps up test of James Murdoch's fitness to keep BSkyB role - Media - The Guardian

James Murdoch, who is said to be determined to retain his position at the head of BSkyB. The existence of Project Apple emerged following a freedom of information disclosure by Ofcom in response to questions from the Financial Times. It is understood the Ofcom officials are liaising with the Metropolitan Police's Weeting and Elveden teams investigating hacking and bribery allegations and studying evidence given to the Leveson inquiry on press standards. - guardian.co.uk

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60-year-old TV set goes digital - This is Kent

THERE are just three months to go before the plug is pulled on old-style analogue TV transmissions. Now it will allow Mr Maley and his wife to watch the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations 60 years on. Research indicates most viewers are well prepared for the switch-over on June 13. - thisiskent.co.uk

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Channel 4 launches new channel, 4seven - Radio Times

Channel 4 today announced the launch of its first new channel since More4 came on air in 2005. 4seven will show programmes screened on Channel 4 during the previous seven days, with content chosen based on the buzz it has created online, via social networking sites and blogs, and among critics. The new channel will be available via Freeview, and as part of Sky and Virgin Media subscriptions. Channel 4's catch-up website, 4oD, already provides access to recently broadcast programmes, as well as an archive of older content, but requires an IPTV or other internet-connected device to enable it to be watched via a television set. - radiotimes.com

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Audio description on TV - RNIB

If you're struggling to see your favourite television programmes then Audio Description AD, a free service, may be for you. AD is also available in Welsh on selected programmes. To get audio described TV programmes, you will need digital television. - rnib.org.uk

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BBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees - News - Broadcast

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Ariel - Complaining made simple

8 March 2012 Last updated at 1043 The BBC Trust is proposing changes to the complaints process which will simplify and streamline the system. One idea - which is likely to prove controversial - is to focus resource on serious complaints by 'ending correspondence on trivial, misconceived, hypothetical, repetitious or otherwise vexatious' ones.' People aggrieved to learn their complaint falls into one of those categories will have the option of an appeal to the Trust. The proposals are being put out for public consultation and arise from the Trust's review of the complaints system last year. - bbc.co.uk

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Sign our petition here! - Comment - Broadcast

About Broadcast Broadcast is the leading title for the broadcast industry. With up-to-the minute industry news, unrivalled analysis and commentary, insider industry information and business critical data. Broadcast provides the insight to keep you at the forefront of the industry. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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BSkyB to cut BBC transmission charges by more than £5m a year - Media - guardian.co.uk

Cash act the BBC can use the money it saves on Sky fees to transmit shows, such as EastEnders, to reduce cuts in local radio. The satellite broadcaster is reducing what it charges the BBC to transmit its TV channels and radio stations by more than 5m a year, with the corporation planning to use the windfall to reduce the local radio cuts. Sky has said that it will slash those costs by over 50 by 2014 from 24.4m to 11m for the main broadcasters a combined saving of more than 16m. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 4 to launch 4seven catchup channel in the summer - Media - The Guardian

Channel 4 is forecasting that if the new channel gets the go ahead it will boost commercial impacts by about 7 to 10. Photograph Channel 4 Channel 4 has given the green light to a new TV channel, to be called 4seven, that will allow viewers to catch repeats of its most popular shows from this summer. The new channel, which has been developed under the code name Project Shuffle, will allow viewers who missed the first live broadcast of Channel 4's most popular shows the opportunity to catch up with them over the next seven nights. - guardian.co.uk

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Apple updates Apple TV: adds 1080p, iCloud support

The device, which Apple said last January has sold in excess of 4.2 million units, has been upgraded to 1080p resolution with a new user interface to take advantage of the higher definition output. It will be available on March 16, but will go up for order today. More information on the new Apple TV is pending. - betanews.com

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Freeview 'porn' sparks Ofcom action - Media - guardian.co.uk

Babestation and Smile TV broadcast free to air on digital terrestrial TV service Freeview between 10pm and 6am. Adult channels feature in two blocks on the Freeview electronic programme guide, 93-98 and 190-198. Ofcom has previously revoked the broadcast licences of adult pay-TV channels including Tease Me for repeatedly airing material that was too sexually explicit for pre-watershed hours. - guardian.co.uk

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talkSPORT changes to 24 hour sport : Radio Today

talkSPORT will fully live up to its name from April 2nd when it switches to a 24 hour sports station. It will offer breaking sports news both day and night and increase its coverage of international sports overnight. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - Deutsche Telekom claims record data transfer record

6 March 2012 Last updated at 1110 ET Deutsche Telekom says it has set a new data transfer speed record over a long distance and outside a laboratory. The German firm says it achieved a usable bit rate of 400Gbps gigabits per second over a single channel of its fibre optic network. That is more than double the 186Gbps record set by researchers in the US and Canada last year. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Introducing the BBC News Control Panel on Facebook

Just a few years ago, most people arrived at our site by typing in the website address bbc.co.uk/news. Fewer than 50 of the 8 million visitors to the News website every day see our front page and the rest arrive directly at a story, video page or section index. We can see from our referral information that this change in user habits is in large part down to the growing amount of time many are now spending using social network services such as Facebook or Twitter. - bbc.co.uk

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What will happen to ITV when its luck runs out? - Media - guardian.co.uk

Eyes on the prize ITV enjoyed lower programming costs last year because there was no football World Cup. Revenues up in 2011, profits up, earnings up and balance sheet cleared of troublesome debt. They inherited a business on the rebound from the worst advertising recession in living memory, and, as anyone who has followed ITV's fortunes will know, difficult questions do not tend to be asked when revenues are rising. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC boss says Sky does not give CBBC and CBeebies prominence on EPG - Media - guardian.co.uk

Above it are channels such as Nicktoons, Boomerang and six Disney services. However, the broadcaster does have some discretion and Ofcom does not currently have the power to prescribe positioning on the EPG. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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Rail Not-spots - Technical Solutions Practical Issues

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YouView Launching in May? - Gizmodo UK

The concept of YouView is to bundle up all the on-demand and catch-up TV offerings of the UKs broadcasters and serve it all through one internet-enabled set-top-box. YouViews been undergoing trials this year, so it really ought to happen soon, lest we all stop caring in the slightest. - gizmodo.co.uk

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UTV signs new network deal - UTV Live News

The affiliate relationship will reflect ITV's role and responsibility as the principal driving force behind the Channel 3 schedule, in terms of funding, acquisition and scheduling of content. - u.tv

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Ariel - Sport news bulletins start in Salford

Nick Dickson, managing editor for Sport TV News, admitted his department's relocation had, unsurprisingly, been a 'big upheaval for everyone'. Technology challenge Both sets will be operated from one gallery, which means that bulletins for the News channel have shifted back by 15 minutes to the half-hour mark, to avoid clashing with World News round-ups. Adopting the yellow-and-black colouring of the BBC Sport logo, the new studio for domestic bulletins has a more 'dynamic and pacy' look according to Dickson, with viewers able to see some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the newsroom. - bbc.co.uk

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ITV strikes 'landmark' agreements with STV and UTV - News - Broadcast

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IPTV news - YouView to launch in May?

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informitv - Online video value has a long way to catch up

Although strategically vital, the value of online video still remains marginal compared to traditional television channels. ITV, the main commercial broadcaster in Britain, delivered a pre-tax profit of 398 million for 2011, up 24 on the previous year, on total revenues that increased just 4 at 2.14 billion. Only 1.6 of that total revenue was derived online. - informitv.com

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UTV Media plc : UTV Signs New Network Arrangements with ITV plc - 4-Traders

ITV plc will assume full responsibility for the actual costs of the network schedule. - 4-traders.com

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FLASH: UTV signs network deal with ITV - 5 March 2012 - Stock Market Wire

MoneyAM.com MoneyAM website is aimed at investors of all levels of experience including City professionals, investors and full-time traders. All recommendations are delivered and updated as soon as possible after release. The majority will be on brokerforecasts.com prior to market open. - stockmarketwire.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 3rd - 10th March

Every Saturday press the Red Button during the show to pit your wits against our studio contestants. Here on the Red Button we'll show you how the sometimes relatively fearless cast and crew coped with steam cameras, on-set urchins and the occasional cholera outbreak behind the scenes. Watch funny clips, out-takes, star interviews, pop music, backstage previews and episodes from Children's BBC. - bbc.co.uk

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informitv - DTG Summit peeks into future of hybrid television

A packed annual summit of the Digital Television Group, the industry association with responsibility for receiver standards in the United Kingdom, has been considering the future of hybrid broadcast and broadband services. Having skilfully navigated the politics of YouView, the DTG is continuing to build on available open standards to establish a horizontal market for all receiver manufacturers, feeding enhancements into international standards bodies to support harmonisation and interoperability. Simon Gauntlett, editor of the D-Book, which profiles the specifications for digital terrestrial television receivers in the United Kingdom, spoke of the plans for the next phase of development. - informitv.com

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BBC iPlayer boss: smart TVs not sufficiently simple • reghardware

Telly makers have been told to simplify the smart TV experience if they want more punters to take the internet-connected tech on board. Worse, we'd add, a lot of those choices are free content sources stuffed on by TV makers to make their IPTV selections look more impressive and not because they deliver value to the viewer. Too many smart TV apps are not useful to television viewers. - reghardware.com

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Howling raises idea of ‘Freeview Smart’, with YouView as niche product Digital TV Europe

Howling said that while total Freeview sales stood at 20 million as of today, sales of Freeview HD devices already stood at 4.4 million. Of those, she said, only 400,000 were of set-top boxes, with the bulk being integrated digital TVs. What people are buying are connected TVs, she said. - digitaltveurope.net

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London Underground Central Line Advertises Digital Switchover - Rail.co.uk

The livery focuses on a white and pink colour scheme, with Digital Al having his image placed in many positions. The internal advertising is also exclusive to Digital UK. The train itself is formed of 1992 Stock, which operates on the Central and Waterloo City lines. - rail.co.uk

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A new televisual age dawns

As the Island gears up for the digital revolution straight-line signals replacing the waves that emanate from Rowridge at the moment it is a pertinent time to reflect on the changes in broadcasting and its technology that have taken place in the last 58 years. Rowridge went live on November 12, 1954, and the next day the County Press heralded the great event. Mainstones in Union Street, Ryde, offered the new Pye 17ins screen model for 79 guineas 82.95 in new money. - iwcp.co.uk

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Ariel - Celebrate a decade of growth

For others it remains, as its opening slogan said, 'a place to think'. Audiences then rarely exceeded 100,000 and the top-rated show was a documentary about the death of singer Kirsty MacColl which drew 190,000. More than 69,000 people signed a petition against cuts to content. - bbc.co.uk

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80 years of the BBC World Service - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

Celebrating its 80th birthday yesterday, the BBC World Service announced that seven million Iranians now tune in to its broadcasts, a rise of 85 per cent over three years. That's an index both of popular hostility to the Ahmadinejad regime and of the vital role of the World Service in keeping people on both sides informed. Yesterday, the Service threw open its doors to let its public see and hear its inner workings. - independent.co.uk

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http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2012/02/29/4music-re-launch-new-look-new-logo-and-new-identity

4Music, the UKs most-watched television music channel, is set to re-launch in March with an identity overhaul. 4Musics logo, branding and onscreen design is evolving to signify a fresh start for the music channel. The colour pink has remained a central part of 4Musics identity but is now brought forward with the addition of blue and yellow into the colour scheme. - thedrum.co.uk

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DTG updates Freeview EPG - News - Broadcast

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