Freeview HD moves past 3 million landmark - News - TechRadar UK

Freeview has announced that sales of Freeview HD devices has surpassed the 3 million mark, with integrated televisions accounting for 90 per cent of that total. Freeview has proven to be a massive success in the UK, with 18 million homes in possession of Freeview devices. With many mainstream televisions boasting Freeview tuners, it is difficult to be specific about how many people are actually using the service as their primary viewing experience, with many using paid services such as Sky or Virgin Media. - techradar.com

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BBC4 to lose history and science programming - 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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BBC LOCALS: Audience up 288k in a year : Radio Today

BBC Local radio currently facing major cuts to programmes and staffing levels under DQF has posted an increase of more than a quarter of a million listeners over the last quarter. According to the Q3/2011 RAJAR results, the network of 40 stations now has 7.25m listeners a week 17.3 reach, compared with 6.962m 16.7 twelve months ago. Quarter on quarter, the rise was slight up by 26,000 from 7.224m to 7.25m. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC: Best network radio hours in 3 years : Radio Today

In addition, Radio 1 has its biggest reach since the research methodology changing in 1999 and Radio 2 hit 14 million listeners again as Chris Evans added nearly half a million listeners to his breakfast show over the last year. Digital station 5 live Sports Extra hit a record audience high of 1.15m helped by cricket coverage on Test Match Special over the summer. The 5 live spin-off service increased its reach by 77.5 from 12 months ago. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC extends Wimbledon contract to 2017 - 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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Ariel - MPs anxious over local radio cuts

The move comes after up to 50 MPs gathered in London's Westminster Hall today to champion their own local stations. The debate was also attended by Culture minister Ed Vaizey pictured. She also wanted MPs to write to Trust chairman Lord Patten with their views. - bbc.co.uk

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Why I believe it s all over for James Murdoch - Markets Analysis

It's now a case of heir today and gone tomorrow. Around 35 of the shareholders - and a much more telling 55 of the independent shareholders - voted against his remaining a director of News Corp. Indeed, leaving aside abstentions, the anti-James figure among independents rises close to 80. - thisislondon.co.uk

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BBC Local cuts debate goes to Parliament : Radio Today

It follows plans under the corporations DQF programme to introduce regional programmes during off-peak hours on the 40 services around England. Local Radio is being asked to make savings of 12. Thats actually lower than the average savings across the rest of the BBC. - radiotoday.co.uk

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The World in 2011 ICT FaCTs and FIgures

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BBC - About the BBC: Proposed Changes to Local Radio

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Ariel - S4C and Trust finally strike a deal

Chaired by Huw Jones, that authority will continue to oversee the service and its existing statutory remit to provide high quality programmes in Welsh, a joint statement confirms today. The key assurance on accountability between the Trust and the broadcaster will be a new operating agreement, setting out the scope of S4C's licence fee-funded output. The agreement on governance comes after protracted negotiations and tough political debate. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Roger Mosey: How to find the BBC's Olympic content

I often get asked - most recently at a meeting with students last week - what we think the toughest challenges are for the London Olympics and the BBC. If you want to watch table tennis live all day, you'll be able to. Darius Knight is expected to be one of Britain's table tennis stars at London 2012. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - The BBC Radio Blog: Digital radio: Signs of a tipping point?

With the completion of a full switchover to digital television now imminent, focus is likely to increase on radio and its progress in the digital world. The story of digital radio in the UK is one of slow, steady progress, and lively debate, rather then breakthrough. We have reached a point where over a quarter of all listening is via digital but there is a lot to do before the majority of listening moves off analogue, and a switchover would be accepted, and welcomed, by listeners. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Trust unveils S4C funding levels

It plans to contribute 75.25m from the licence fee for the financial year 2015/16 and 74.5m in 2016/17. Previously, it stated that it would contribute 76.3m for the financial year 2013/14, when it takes over the majority of funding for the channel, and 76m in 2014/15. Public support 'It has become clear to me that there remains one significant stumbling block to wider public support, which is certainty on the long term funding arrangements for S4C beyond 2014/15,' he writes. - bbc.co.uk

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informitv - Google TV reboot expected imminently

It was supposed to be available in the United States before the end of the summer. Developers were told in May that existing devices would be updated to the version of Android known as Honeycomb, which has already been overtaken by a new release. Google has now released Android 4.0, known as Ice Cream Sandwich, which aims to unify the application environment across mobiles, tablets and presumably televisions. - informitv.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 22nd - 30th October

Press the Red Button to hear exclusive commentary from ex Strictly Champion Karen Hardy and a special celebrity guest. Fearne Cotton will be taking her show to a different student union every morning, broadcasting live from 10am to 1pm, including music and special guests from the Live Lounge. Press red from 9pm on Thursday 27th October to watch them perform live from Manchester Cathedral. - bbc.co.uk

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Local TV calls for Muxco rethink - Broadband TV News

Over 40 companies looking to launch local TV services in the UK have written to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to reconsider plans to force them to use a single multiplex operator. The operator of Muxco is yet to be determined, though as the UKs principal transmission provider, Arqiva would be the obvious choice. Muxco would own the equipment and retain the revenues from selling any spare capacity on a local multiplex beyond a single local TV service. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Retransmission rows escalate in US, UK

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

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Absolute Radio s new radioplayer a quick review - James Cridland

Absolute Radio have tweaked their radioplayer as of this morning, adding a new feature they call RadioSync, which, they say, is all about enhancing the visual aspect of radio. Punch up Absolute Radios player from Absolute Radios website or from the Radioplayer and you now get some quite impressive visuals, properly synched to the audio. But, there are forward and back buttons within the player too allowing you to discover more about the stuff thats just happened and the song thats coming up next, say the station. - james.cridland.net

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BitTorrent Throttling Internet Providers Exposed

It reveals that Comcast was slowing down nearly half of all BitTorrent traffic in the U.S. early 2008, but only 3 last year. In Canada, Rogers has the worst track record as it systematically throttles more than three-quarters of all BitTorrent traffic. Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. - torrentfreak.com

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Jeremy Hunt's local TV plan smacks of top-down thinking - Media - guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture, media and sport. They are asking for a rethink of a critical element of Hunt's local TV plan, the method of organising the transmission, via licences for small pockets of digital terrestrial spectrum. Under the plans now advanced by Ofcom, the public subsidy of 25m, to be taken from the BBC licence fee, will be handed over to a single supplier, Muxco, without the new operators getting their hands on it. - guardian.co.uk

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DVB approves second 3DTV delivery system

Termed Service Compatible, the second system enables the 2D and 3D versions of a programme to be broadcast within the same video signal. Since 2009, the DVB leads the world in working on 3DTV delivery formats. DTG Staff 20.10.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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EXCLUSIVE: Real Digital planning integrated TVs and more PVRs - What Satellite Digital TV

TechRadaris part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. - wotsat.techradar.com

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EXCLUSIVE: Real Digital to offer premium HD TV and ITV Player by Christmas - What Satellite Digital TV

TechRadaris part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. - wotsat.techradar.com

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Pace slowed by Thailand floods Express Star

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BSkyB and BBC clash on fees - 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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Ariel - Print edition of Ariel to close

Four posts will be lost from the existing bi-media Ariel team along with comms jobs across the division, as it seeks to make 25 savings. 'And how will certain tabloids fill their diary columns now 'It is true that the current Ariel online site has no comment facility on stories, but that is something we are working to address. - bbc.co.uk

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Channel 4 and ITV join fight to end Sky carriage fees - What Satellite Digital TV

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Why should Sky give the BBC a free ride? - Media - guardian.co.uk

Sky is just another platform for distribution of BBC content such as The One Show. Photograph Des Willie/BBC What do the following have in common Yes, that's right they are all annual costs that the BBC has incurred and published on its website. - guardian.co.uk

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BSkyB profits rise despite slowdown in subscriber growth - Media - guardian.co.uk

BSkyB has succeeded in cross-selling its services to existing customers. BSkyB, which was on the brink of being taken over by its largest shareholder, News Corporation, until the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World scuppered the deal, exceeded most analyst targets. The company said that operating profit of 327m, a 32 year-on-year increase, was boosted by a 39m payout by News Corporation for breaking off the sale and 7m in costs for advisory fees. - guardian.co.uk

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http://thedrum.co.uk/opinion/2011/10/18/bouquets-and-barb-wires

A casual read of the article might give the impression these figures are official stats, particularly since it draws comparison with channels such as Sky Living, Sky Sports News and Yesterday. These figures are for viewers in Scotland, and Although the figures are calculated differently. It marks an industry standard, a benchmark for which all legitimate television channels are measured. - thedrum.co.uk

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Freeview HD - Android Market

This brand new app is brimming with features the full Freeview TV listings, personalised recommendations, pre-set alerts, easy share functions and more. There's no better way to plan on the move and make the most of your Freeview viewing time. Top Picks Explore the top shows for the day - whether new series or returning favourites. - market.android.com

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Ariel - Route to switchover is clear – Davie

18 October 2011 Last updated at 1521 After a long, bumpy journey, the 'roadmap' to digital radio switchover is clearer than ever, believes Tim Davie. 'Suddenly the game is changing and the route to a switchover is now clearer than it has ever been,' he said. There was a new UK industry consensus that a 'DAB broadcast backbone' was needed as part of a mixed digital radio future. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: Dual Screen Experiences: the Secret Fortune Pilot and the Sync API

In that earlier blog post, I mention that technologies exist that are already being used to synchronise media on mobile devices to television programmes, such as audio fingerprinting and watermarking, video fingerprinting and watermarking and delivering synchronisation information via the Internet. Our most significant contribution to the work has been an API to permit the developers of dual-screen applications to ignore the details of specific synchronisation technologies. It provides a standard interface, behind which any number of information sources may be working individually or together to provide the application with information about what programme the user is watching if any, and what events are occurring in it that might trigger synchronised behaviour. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - New chief executive for S4C is confirmed as Ian Jones

S4C hopes to have him in post by 22 April 2012 at the latest but is hoping for an earlier start date. Mr Jones' present employer runs the History Channel and a number of other digital channels. 'Impressive career' He started his career at S4C in 1981 before moving on to London Weekend Television. - bbc.co.uk

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Absolute to launch 60s and 70s stations - News - Broadcast

18 October, 2011 By Alex Farber Absolute Radio is extending its digital radio portfolio with the launch of two stations dedicated to the 60s and 70s. 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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One in five cars now have DAB as standard : Radio Today

Almost a fifth of new vehicles now have a DAB radio as standard, compared with just one in twenty a year ago. Senior executives from across the industry also heard about the BBCs plans to extend coverage of DAB to 97 of the population, with a focus in improving reception of their national multiplex on motorways and major roads. Were told the third quarter of 2011 JulySept has seen a record high of new vehicle registrations with digital radio as standard. - radiotoday.co.uk

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ITV acquires Channel Television - 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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Timeshift TV accounts for 10% of UK viewing - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC1's Hidden drama is the genre most likely to be watched using timeshifted viewing. New figures from Barb, the broadcasting industry's audience measurement body, also show that the most enthusiastic group of viewers using time personal video recorders such as Sky and other devices to record shows and watch them later are ABC1s and 16- to 34-year-olds, for whom 16 of viewing is timeshifted. The 10 timeshift viewing figure is for the week ending 25 September, according to Barb. - guardian.co.uk

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Science and history to remain on BBC4 - News - Broadcast

The link you clicked, or the URL you typed into your browser, didnt work for some reason. Here are some possible reasons why We have a bad link out there to a page that has been moved or removed You may have typed the page address incorrectly We have a problem with the server. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 15th - 23rd October

Also on Red Button, we have a special seasonal selection of photos. Watch funny clips, out-takes, star interviews, pop music, backstage previews and episodes from Children's BBC. On weekends the tone becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a topical interview in 'Five Minutes with...' or a round-up of the week's weird and wonderful videos in OddBox. - bbc.co.uk

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BT vs Sky: A New Brand Image for Vision -

One of the things BT has done to make its Vision service more marketable is create a new logo and colour scheme that will aim to forge the service a distinct identity, separate from associations between BT and outdated terrestrial television services. The new logo features an ambiguous triangular shape that falls somewhere between the V in Vision and the play button on a TV remote control. BT hopes that this new logo will add personality to its Vision service. - press-release-service.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Radio 4's longwave transmitter and cuts to BBC radio

The Chancellor makes his statement in the Commons, the Government's PR machine goes into overtime spreading the good news, and then gradually, as detailed scrutiny begins, rather less positive headlines emerge. To begin with it seemed as if Radio 4 had got off unscathed since it was to suffer no reduction in its 'content spend', whereas Radio 5 live for example, was being cut by 7.5 per cent. The Corporation accepts that the overall number of BBC producers will drop, but says the assistant producer total will go up, resulting in an overall net reduction in staff in the Radio production department of five per cent. - bbc.co.uk

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UTV News - Date set for NI digital switchover

Analogue television will close on 24 October 2012 and be replaced by a stronger Freeview signal that will reach an extra 500,000 viewers in the region. The region will be one of the biggest winners from the switchover process, with free-to-air digital TV and radio coverage boosted from 66 to 98 of households. On 10 October 2012, two weeks before switchover completes, analogue BBC Two will be turned off as a final reminder to viewers who have yet to switch. - u.tv

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Are you ready for the analogue switch-off in 2012? - Television radio - guardian.co.uk

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Clover’s Week: MHEG lives - Broadband TV News

The majority of the two million or so Freeview HD boxes in the market are compliant to the D Book 6.2.1. However, some do not support MHEG streaming as they were finished before the standards were completed. These services are essential for growth, and one would assume that sooner or later catch-up services from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will appear. - broadbandtvnews.com

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20% of drama viewing now time-shifted - News - Broadcast

14 October, 2011 By Chris Curtis A fifth of all drama viewing is now taking place on a time-shifted basis, Barb has revealed. 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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BBC local radio executive challenges Mark Thompson over cuts - Media - guardian.co.uk

Causey said her station, which has an annual budget of 1.6m, is facing cuts of 14 as part of the director general's Delivering Quality First initiative DQF. Causey's email, sent to Thompson, echoed concerns being privately expressed by several BBC executives that Radio 4 was being safeguarded at the expense of the corporation's local radio output. BBC insiders said it was dominated by concerns about the impact of the cuts on local radio. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - About the BBC: The new BBC Archive Centre at Perivale

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