BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 19th - 27th November

Thanks to 40 years of research by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a great deal is known about the returning swans. Some of the families are long established dynasties and have been coming back to the lake in the Rushy Pen for an amazing 50 years. What's more, it's possible to identify each individual swan by the pattern of yellow and black on its bill. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - About the BBC: The BBC - it's a bit like an apple

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Freesat launches new ad as free-to-air market hots up - Advertising news - Campaign

After the cost of installation, Freesat is totally free. It is unclear what form internet-connected TV joint venture YouView's marketing will take after its marketing director Tim Hunt departed last month. Adam Eve won the YouView account in November last year. - campaignlive.co.uk

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The Press Association: Thai floods hit set-top box maker

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Why the BBC needs to listen to its own local radio stations - Telegraph

The BBC has responded by commissioning three reviews of local radio. The capacity of BBC bosses to expensively not take a decision, and then expensively not stick to it, is staggering. Of course, BBC executives in London might not be too pleased to see some of their budgets funnelled out to the provinces. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC needs to deliver clarity - Comment - Broadcast

For all the talk about transparency, one thing DQF hasnt given us is a clear sense of where our money is being spent or not being spent. Weve seen the headline cuts of 20 across the board, but we have no idea how that breaks down when it comes to spend across or within genre. As Broadcast reported last month, BBC4 is to be stripped of its history budget. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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Brands are fast becoming the new broadcasters - Comment - Broadcast

17 November, 2011 Television is losing the battle for peoples hearts and minds, says James Kirkham. 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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What Now For ITV? - 17/11/2011

I have for some time been a firm believer that Sky's pay-television model will produce copious profits in forthcoming years. It was a leviathan of the 80s and 90s, but now it is being squeezed on the one side by pay-TV and on the other by the internet. Well, the ups and downs that the business has gone through in recent years have given the naysayers plenty of ammunition. - fool.co.uk

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BBC accused over 2,000 managers - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

The corporation employs 191 staff whose job titles include the word adviser and 44 with the word strategy included. They show that as of October 7 this year there were 4,420 different job titles with 1,894 staff having the word manager in their job title. Among jobs currently advertised by the corporation are a choral manager for its choir, a client solutions executive, a commercial manager, a customer complaints manager and a research manager. - independent.co.uk

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BSkyB dismisses fears over saturation point - Business News - Yorkshire Post

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Red Bee research reveals discontent among viewers - 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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Switchover looms for Island’s TVs

TIME is ticking away toward digital TV switchover on the Island. Three months before analogue signals are switched off and digital broadcasting is powered up on new frequencies, Digital UK organised a tour of the new Rowridge transmitter, which is situated between Newport and Calbourne. It is the newest and most powerful television transmitter in the UK and has been re-built ahead of next years digital switchover, which is the biggest change in UK broadcasting for a generation. - iwcp.co.uk

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STV expects to miss profit targets - Media - guardian.co.uk

Taggart screened in Scotland on the STV network. STV said in the third quarter to the end of September national TV ad revenues were down by 4 year on year. Regional TV ad revenues sales made in the Scottish market fell by 18 year on year in the third quarter. - guardian.co.uk

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Digital TV problem to last for months From Oxford Mail)

Although the county went digital in September, Digital UK has confirmed some fringe households may have to wait until the switchover has completed in London before they get extra Freeview channels. The move to digital has left some residents fed up, claiming their viewing has been made worse, not better. He said the problem was intermittent but affected all channels on both televisions in their home at different times. - oxfordmail.co.uk

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BBC - The Editors: Sponsored programmes on BBC World News

The Trust has concluded that 15 programmes broadcast in our weekend schedule breached the BBC's editorial or sponsorship guidelines. The programmes concerned were acquired by the channel at low or nominal cost, and around half of them were funded or partly funded by charities, non-governmental organisations NGOs or other similar groups. The Trust found breaches of guidelines in seven programmes relating to conflict of interest the promotion of a sponsor's activities the prohibition of sponsorship for current affairs programming and the way in which funding was credited to ensure transparency for viewers. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Talk Talk to launch YouView trials

TalkTalk are to run 'friends and family' trials of YouView in the final quarter of this financial year, according to a financial interim results statement from the broadband provider. TalkTalk, one of the seven industry partners of YouView, also confirmed they were on track to offer a phone, broadband and TV product in Spring 2012. DTG Staff 15.11.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC News - Broadcaster STV rapped for number of trailers in breaks

Regulator Ofcom said it broke a rule that limits breaks within programmes to a maximum of three minutes 50 seconds. The problem arose because STV covered up some sponsorship announcements seen by viewers in other Channel 3 regions with trailers. These announcements do not count towards the length of the break but adverts and programme trailers do. - bbc.co.uk

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TalkTalk to trial YouView - News - Broadcast

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TalkTalk to begin in-house YouView trial in early 2012 - Media - guardian.co.uk

ITV programmes such as Coronation Street could be watched when YouView is launched. Broadband provider TalkTalk is to launch an in-house trial of YouView, the delayed venture to bring video-on-demand to Freeview, in early 2012. The company said it has spent 2m on YouView in the year to the end of March, and a further 2m in the six months to the end of September. - guardian.co.uk

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Freeview unveils £60m ad campaign to steal TV share - Marketing news - Marketing magazine

It will invest 18m over the next 12 months to support its fresh positioning based on the generosity of its offering. It will be supported in print and online through a partnership with IPC Media. Freeview, which claims it is used in 18m UK homes, has also launched an iPhone app that allows users to make themselves sound as if they have a helium-induced, high-pitched voice. - marketingmagazine.co.uk

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Apps - Radioplayer

Want to listen to the radio on your smartphone If you use the Chrome browser, add our neat Radioplayer extension. Listen to Radioplayer while youre on Facebook. - radioplayer.co.uk

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Vint Cerf: The government is going overboard in Internet copyright control - VentureBeat

When Bob and I started writing the specs for the Internet in 1973 Only a handful of people can start a sentence anything like that. Today, Vint Cerf, one of the godfathers of the Internet, stood on a stage at the Google campus and addressed attendees of Atmosphere, the companys cloud computing event. With his snow-white beard and three-piece suit, Cerf looked like something out of a Jules Verne novel, subtly different from the Brooks Brothers army he faced. - venturebeat.com

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Pure Highway 300Di gives you drive time DAB radio - November - 2011 - Which? News

The updated version, the Highway 300Di, claims to feature best-in-class digital reception by using an external aerial rather than the simple wire antenna - as featured on the original Highway. Professionally installed Pure has been one of the leading brands in table-top digital radiosfor several years, and in 2007 the Pure Highway was launched. This time around Pure has teamed up with Halfords to offer a professionally installed solution to in-car DAB radio. - which.co.uk

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How the BBC's HD DRM plot was kept secret … and why - Technology - guardian.co.uk

The locks would work by scrambling some of the information used to decode video, and in order to get the descrambling key, manufacturers would have to submit to the rules of the DTLA, an offshore consortium led by Intel. There were other important problems, of course the proposal violated the EU common market by breaking foreign TV receivers and it meant that popular free/open source receivers and recorders would be frozen out of the UK device market. Of these, 432 of those came from individual licence payers, and 426 opposed the BBC's proposal. - guardian.co.uk

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IPTV news - Over half of UK broadband users interested in next-gen IPTV services

However, good value was named most often 36 as the most important aspect for a new service to get right, followed closely by a strong content lineup. The good news is that the country's broadband infrastructure is on a path of improvement but there's still a long way to go. - iptv-news.com

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BBC - Research and Development: Elbow in 3D Sound

As part of the BBC Audio Research Partnership, that was launched earlier in the summer, we are looking at potential next generation audio formats. If you want some more detailed information about what weve done, you can read this paper of ours, which is available from the AES. I think the headline from the paper was that first-order ambisonics is not as good as traditional channel-based audio, like 5.1 surround, for what can be considered point sources, but it does work very well for reverberation and diffuse sounds. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 12th - 20th November

Programmes will be broadcast across TV, radio, online and the Red Button so viewers across the UK can take part in the commemoration services and pay homage to the heroic service of those men and women who lost their lives for their country. Available on all platforms Sun 13th November, 855pm-400am Autumnwatch Autumnwatch Live are tracking the very best wildlife action from the beginning to the end of this dramatic season, finding unique insights into some of our best loved animals. On Red Button, we have a seasonal selection of photos. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC constrained by need to avoid political bias, admits Lord Patten - Media - The Guardian

As the Leveson inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press begins on Monday, the former Conservative party chairman said the broadcaster has its hands tied by the regulator Ofcom and the ethics code of the Trust itself. Patten also argued for continued self-regulation of the press. Other witnesses will include journalists, newspaper groups including News International, the Metropolitan police, and politicians of all parties. - guardian.co.uk

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£90m grant boosts BBC World Service - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

BBC World Service broadcasts will benefit from a 90 million Government grant less than a year after the body revealed cuts to jobs and services. Following the decision, the corporation unveiled plans to close five of its 32 World Service language services and axe up to 650 jobs over three years. Ministers want the Trust to target 14 countries suffering from conflict, poverty, poor education and restrictive freedom of information, including Pakistan, Burma and the Palestinian territories. - independent.co.uk

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Sky: Bectu's argument is "bizarre" - Comment - Broadcast

11 November, 2011 Earlier this week, Bectu branded retransmission fees a scandal and claimed Skys practices hindered others. 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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Fraudster Gerald Smith admits media company Body in Balance close to collapse - Yahoo! UK Ireland Finance

Gerald Smith, the twice convicted fraudster, has emerged at the centre of a media company teetering on the edge of administration. The businessman, who was jailed for eight years in 2005 for a multi-million pound fraud, is understood to have been working at Body in Balance for more than six months. His presence at the company comes despite being banned from acting as a director until 2021 over the 34m fraud at Aim-listed Izodia. - uk.finance.yahoo.com

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PURE launch new in-car Highway 300Di DAB radio - James Cridland

The old PURE Highway was decent enough, but not really very pretty. The new PURE Highway is a really nice thing. The D stands for Dual, Im guessing, since there are dual tuners in there one to listen to DAB radio, the other to continuously scan to work out whats available and what isnt. - james.cridland.net

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Public needs to be aware of changes to Irish TV standards - New Media - New Media - siliconrepublic.com - Irelands

The change to Ireland's TV standard results from the move from a national analogue television network to a digital television network. The current analogue TV standard will cease to be used by broadcasters in Ireland after analogue switch off on 24 October 2012. I would ask retailers to ensure that the TVs and other TV receivers they are selling are compatible with the digital standard being used in Ireland, Rabbitte said. - siliconrepublic.com

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Ariel - Myers to conduct BBC Local Radio review

As with his previous report on the network services, Myers will focus on how BBC Local Radio can become more efficient and maximise productivity. He will not be expected to review content. The strategy also proposes more content-sharing among neighbouring stations during off-peak slots. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - Councils plea to save BBC Somersets medium wave service

A BBC spokeswoman said it was currently examining the impact of the withdrawal of its AM service in Somerset. - bbc.co.uk

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Bectu: retransmission fees are a scandal - News - Broadcast

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Ariel - Consultation launched over on-demand syndication

The revised approach follows industry reaction after provisional conclusions of a routine review into on-demand content provision to third parties was published in January. Objections were raised over the original plan to syndicate on-demand content via three standard versions of iPlayer. In Wednesday's report, the Trust said that it still believes licence fee payers' interest are best served by content being available in a 'BBC environment' but it was now adopting a 'more flexible approach'. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC relaxes guidelines on providing content to rivals - Media - guardian.co.uk

Sky's pay-TV rival Virgin Media was the first commercial broadcaster to launch the iPlayer on its cable service. The iPlayer launched in 2007 and the cable TV operator launched it in 2008. However, the BBC and BSkyB have been unable to reach agreement in the intervening period of almost four years. - guardian.co.uk

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Get TV from your PC, anytime, anywhere

Watching TV using the Internet is nothing new, but sometimes you cant access the channel youd like to view from where you are. The simplest way to watch any form of television on your computer is with a TV tuner --whether its cable, satellite or terrestrial, it gives you access to the widest possible range of channels, including those you subscribe to. Once in place, you can access your TV tuner from over your network using a range of devices, including DLNA-certified kit, mobile devices and other computers. - betanews.com

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BBC brings online spend under control

C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.net

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ITN news deal for Channel 5 - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

ITN has won the contract to produce Channel 5's news. The deal follows an agreement by Sky, which has produced the bulletins for the last six years, and Northern Shell, which owns Channel 5, to terminate their 5 News contract early. ITN originally launched the news service in 1997 and produced it until 2005. - independent.co.uk

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David Abraham: Channel 5 thinks its clever, but were still the No 1 - Features - TV Radio

David Abraham, chief executive of Channel 4 for the past 18 months, says he is not worried by the apparent resurgence of its rival Channel 5, owned by the maverick media mogul Richard Desmond. He sleeps easily at night, partly because he is convinced that Channel 4 is performing better than its critics suggest and partly because he doesn't accept the narrative that says Channel 5 is on the up, with profits soaring and a new, young audience arriving to watch Big Brother, a show his own channel made famous. Once an advertising executive himself, he told the key media agencies, who decide where to place the millions their clients spend on promoting goods and services, that they needed to put their cash with Channel 4 and not with Desmond's network or other commercial rivals. - independent.co.uk

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Channel 4 News: 'It will always be the Jon Snow show' - Media - The Guardian

Jon Snow is having a mea culpa moment. For 22 years he anchored Channel 4 News with a junior colleague sometimes a woman, often from an ethnic minority, occasionally both sat in a corner of the studio with a remit little beyond a brief news round-up. Which raises the question why did he not say something sooner - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 5th - 13th November

On Red Button, we have a seasonal selection of photos. You can relive Red Button commentaries from the past weeks on the Strictly Come Dancing website. Elsewhere it will be broadcast on BBC Two as usual. - bbc.co.uk

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ITN poised to replace Sky as C5 news provider - News - Broadcast

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Could DAB Digital 2 be re-advertised? : Radio Today

Re-advertising a second national commercial multiplex could be one option to help the growth of DAB, it has been suggested. Digital One, the only national commercial multiplex, can accommodate new stations but only if other services reduce their bandwidth. Three years ago Channel 4 withdrew from launching a second multiplex after winning a licence in July 2007. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Ofcom says seven million homes to be hit by 800MHz digital TV retune - What Satellite Digital TV

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Richard Desmond to launch Channel 5+1 - Media - guardian.co.uk

Channel 51 will launch on Freeview, Freesat and BSkyB in early December. Channel 51 will join the broadcaster's existing one-hour timeshifted spin-offs from digital channels 5 and 5USA. ITV launched a timeshifted variant of its flagship channel in January. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 5+1 to launch next month - News - Broadcast

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TechCon a look back - James Cridland

Monday was TechCon, the annual event that is a curtain-raiser for the Radio Festival. TechCon is for the engineers and techies in radio, rather than the content people and is unashamedly techie in places. I try to keep this light-hearted and humorous something normally rather required at that time of day. - james.cridland.net

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