30,000 homes not ready for the switchover - BroadbandWatcher

The West Midlands will enter the digital TV switchover phase on the 7th of September but despite this, 32,000 homes still arent ready for it. Peter Last, chairman of the Walsall Pensioners Convention, has stressed that the majority of the 32,000 homes are most likely occupied by elderly people who wont know what to do once the first phase of the switchover begins in a few weeks time. The entire UK is on track to be completely digital by 2012. - broadbandwatcher.co.uk

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DAB in Australia growing faster than UK - James Cridland

The CRA compares this to internet radio, which shows 5 hours 40 minutes listening time. Im unclear what this time period refers to, but its interesting that in Australia, internet radio is doing considerably worse than DAB. That matches with the UKs experiences too. - james.cridland.net

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 16th - 29th August 2011

This summer BBC Three is bringing you the best comedy from this year's Edinburgh Festival. Keep a close eye on the Red Button from the 16th of August onwards for exclusive collections of anything-could-happen sketches and stand up from the best new hot shots in this biz of show. The late show each day will culminate in a louche spectacle of weirdness, surrealness and oddities Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC's London 2012 Olympics plans approved - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC3, which usually operates from 7pm to 5am, will air all day during the Olympic period, from 19 July to 12 August. The temporary station will have a budget of 200,000. In addition to the BBC's usual online coverage, the corporation has been given permission to offer about 1,000 hours of live Olympics video coverage, which will not be shown on TV. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC3 to broadcast in daytime for Olympics - News - Broadcast

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Scripps Networks Interactive and Virgin Media Agree on UKTV Transaction - MarketWatch

To find what you're looking for, try one of these options MarketWatch Front Page A starting place for all your financial news and information needs. - marketwatch.com

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Viewers watched more TV in first half of 2011, according to Thinkbox - Media - guardian.co.uk

Viewers are also watching more non-live TV on personal video recorders such as Sky. Viewers were exposed to an average of 47 ads a day up from 45 in the same period last year. Thinkbox, which uses figures from TV audience measurement organisation Barb, said a number of factors had fuelled the rise in overall viewing. - guardian.co.uk

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Coming soon: all the TV news that's fit to ignore - Comment is free - The Observer

That phrase was coined, I should explain for the benefit of those unfamiliar with the chaotic days of the Major administration, by the first of Hunt's predecessors, David Mellor, who in his short tenure, revealed himself to be a big fan of fun. Last week the government named 65 suitable homes for local stations. The word seems less appetising when applied to politics and the media local councils, local elections, local newspapers and local radio feel less buzzy. - guardian.co.uk

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Three Kent towns invited to launch local TV channels - News - Kent News

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Local charities, community groups, universities and media companies are now being invited to bid for the new licences, with the first ones awarded next year with a view to a summer 2013 launch date. The stations will be allowed to broadcast unlimited amounts of advertising in return for providing a minimum of an hour of local news per day. - kentnews.co.uk

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Indoor aerial reviews - TV DVD - Which? Technology

Energy Savers We award the Energy Saver logo to products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning they'll cost you less to run. - which.co.uk

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PBS sets UK launch date

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Northamptonshire misses out on local TV service - Local Businesses - Northampton Chronicle Echo

Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, yesterday revealed 65 towns and cities across the UK which could host new local television stations. Despite areas such as Hemel Hempstead, Bedford and Stoke being included among those chosen, nowhere in Northamptonshire was picked. But the fact that it hasnt been chosen among these first 65 areas doesnt mean that it might not be picked in the longer term, if and when the pilot areas work well. The ultra-local television stations will be broadcast on channel six of Freeview. - northamptonchron.co.uk

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Sussex TV hell after digital switchover From The Argus)

The nationwide process of switching from analogue to digital, described as the biggest change in broadcasting for a generation, is just months away from starting in Sussex. They explained that if they push the signal too much then it starts to interfere with users in France. Advice on all aspects of the change will be made widely-available in the coming weeks including a 20-page leaflet sent to every home. - theargus.co.uk

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Sky and BBC News attract record audiences during UK riots - TV ratings - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC News channel attracted a daily audience of 13.1 million, easily beating Monday's previous record audience of 8.8 million. The daily audience figure is based on 15-minute reach the number of viewers who tuned to the channel for at least a quarter of an hour during the day. The BBC News channel audience peaked at 2.6 million between 8.45pm and 9pm. - guardian.co.uk

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Media Talk USA: Google, Murdoch and Oprah

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Media Talk USA: Letterman comes clean, but at what price?

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Media Talk live: Edinburgh preview

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Media Talk: Murdoch's paywall, and the future of the Observer

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Media Talk: TV viewing in rude health

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Media Talk...will return in July

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Media Talk: Erik Huggers and Michael Wolff

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Media Talk: How OK is OK!TV? And there's a Rastamouse in the kitchen

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Media Talk podcast: Jeremy Hunt unveils his grand plan for local TV

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Media Talk: Naughty James Naughtie and the X Factor final

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Media Talk: City AM makes a profit, Sky Atlantic in focus

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Media Talk podcast: Ryan Giggs, Twitter and Cheryl Cole

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Major TV makers to create 3D glasses standard - August - 2011 - Which? News

It seems that while the new glasses will be compatible with all three signals, Bluetooth is likely to be the signal that is commonly adopted. Samsung introduced Bluetooth receivers in the 3D glasses that it unveiled earlier this year. - which.co.uk

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Local TV locations revealed - News - Broadcast

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DTG :: News :: Sixty five towns and cities in running to pioneer local TV

Sixty five towns and citiesare in the running to pioneer the UK's first local television services, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. With the first wave of licences due to be awarded next year, the eligible areas including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Leeds and Southampton are being asked to make the case for why their town should be one of the first to bid for the service. Ofcom has carried out a detailed analysis to establish which towns and cities across the UK have good geographic interleaved GI spectrum coverage from existing transmitters and are therefore potential locations for the first licences. - dtg.org.uk

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Sky’s the limit for publicans and sports fans

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UK must allow satellite dishes - Advanced Television

There are many thousands of UK residents who at least so far have been forbidden to have satellite dishes because of restrictive covenants on their homes or apartments. People living in so called conservation areas and listed buildings are particularly limited in what they may fix to their homes. The case, brought by Swedish tenants, has found in favour of the tenants who are of Iraqi origin and who had taken their government to court after being evicted by their landlord after installing a dish. The Court ordered that 13,950 be paid to the tenants as compensation. - advanced-television.com

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Astra 1N takes flight - What Satellite Digital TV

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Having a satellite dish 'is a human right,' says European court - Mail Online

In an extraordinary ruling, lawmakers in Strasbourg have warned that banning dishes on listed buildings, social housing and even private homes could breach the right to freedom of expression by preventing people from practice religion. Disputes Having a satellite dishes on the side of a property in order to recieve information is a 'human right', a European Court has ruled The judgement is a huge blow to campaigners who have fought to stop the large metal dishes blighting the brickwork of historic buildings and rental properties. The quango issued the guidance following a recent case at the European Court of Human Rights. - dailymail.co.uk

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Cable Forum: Virgin to extend cable service to a further 100,000 homes

VM is also expecting to be able to extend its reach in other parts of the UK by the end of the year. So far in 2011 its cables have reached a further 73,000 homes in Northern Ireland and West London. In Press briefings this morning, the company has been very keen to point out that homes are connected to its fibre-optic network with high-capacity coaxial cables, whilst homes getting connected to BT Infinity still rely on a traditional twisted copper wire to link them to the services new fibre cables. - cableforum.co.uk

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Digital One given 12 year extension - Radio Today

National DAB multiplex Digital One has been granted a 12-year extension to its licence by Ofcom. It means the commercial radio service, owned by Arqiva, will continue until at least November 2023. Global Radio sold their stake in the multiplex in April 2009 to NTLs successor Arqiva. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC - Press Office - BBC launches new BBC iPlayer for TV

For the first time, BBC iPlayer on TV is personalised, specifically designed for the living room, and easy to use. With today's announcement, were transforming iPlayer in its most natural home right on the living room TV. For a full list of devices, see the BBC iPlayer Help Site. - bbc.co.uk

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Shock, awe: British government agrees that copyright has gone too far

The British government today pledged PDF to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. Responding to an independent study done earlier this year, the government has also endorsed the creation of a digital copyright exchange to facilitate licensing. This is evidently not referring to the power of copyright holders tocompel individual ISPs to block infringing sites after a lawsuit, but to a more comprehensive system whereby the government maintains a list of sites that all ISPs in the country would be required to block. - arstechnica.com

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A DAB radio for just $1 kickstarts a new market - James Cridland

A DAB radio for just 1 kickstarts a new market Posted on Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 1017 am. DAB goes live in Hong Kong later this year, with a total of 18 digital radio stations launching in November from established and new broadcasters. DAB therefore has a great opportunity in Hong Kong to be marketed on choice. - james.cridland.net

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Commercial radio in Wales why so poor? - James Cridland

Since I know I have a lot of Welsh readers am I talking rubbish Why do you think the commercial radio industry in Wales is struggling, despite this weeks Rajar figures showing 845,000 more listeners to radio across the UK Ofcoms research also highlights that 62 of the radio listening hours in Wales were attributed to BBC services. - james.cridland.net

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Ariel - Digital stations get the extra factor

4 August 2011 Last updated at 0841 The BBC might want to align most of its digital radio channels closer to the bigger networks, but latest listening figures show that the sister stations are most definitely doing it for themselves. The family-focused archive and comedy service is now officially the country's most popular digital-only network with an audience of 1.6m, outstripping 6 Music by more than 300,000. Now branded a stand-alone station, 6 Music is down 27,000 on the start of the year but up 80,000 to 1.27m, year on year. - bbc.co.uk

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Bid Media puts new Freeview slot up for sale - News - Broadcast

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Today booms and Moyles slips in radio ratings - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

A record audience is tuning in to the Today programme whilst Chris Moyles and Chris Evans have shed listeners, figures from the Rajar radio body have revealed. Radio 4 is more popular than ever, with 10.85 million weekly listeners, boosted by a strong performance from Today, which attracted its highest ever audience of 7.18 million in the last quarter. Gwyneth Williams, Radio 4 Controller, has announced controversial schedule changes, which would cut back the number of short stories broadcast each week. - independent.co.uk

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It s all in the brand - James Cridland

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MediaTel: Newsline: Is the Grand Prix deal the shape of things to come at the BBC?

Disgruntled petrol heads were quick to work through the implications that from next year the BBC will be showing only half the schedule of F1 races live with Sky showing the lot. Think how much money could be saved if you just sat Paxman down to do a single interview and ditched the rest. The seven-year Grand Prix deal may be messy and less than ideal but it is the clearest indication so far of what a 20 cut in revenues will mean in reality for the BBC. - mediatel.co.uk

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IT Law in Ireland: Site Blocking: What the UK Government would prefer you not to see

It's well known that internet blocking is easy to circumvent. Updated - 1.15pm The full, unredacted version now appears on Scribd. Text in italics was not redacted but appears for context pp.28-29 Robustness Bypassing IP address blocking is technically straightforward for those who have an incentive to do so. - tjmcintyre.com

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This is Scunthorpe - Rush to upgrade TVs as digital switchover starts today

TV shops and aerial technicians say there has been a surge in residents heading to the shops to replace old television sets for the switchover which will see old analogue signals that have been used for decades finally turned off. Picture Carl Gac The region's first stage of the switchover starts today and will affect viewers whose signal comes from Belmont Tower in Lincolnshire. The first phase will see the analogue signal for BBC2 being switched off, and replaced with a number of digital frequencies. - thisisscunthorpe.co.uk

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Lincoln digital switchover begins

Analogue signals are being turned off in Lincoln and across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, as the first phase of the digital switchover begins on August 3. Homes already watching Freeview will need to retune their TVs and boxes in order to regain BBC services, which will be missing this morning. Switchover began in the early hours when analogue BBC Two was permanently turned off at the Belmont transmitter group, which serves 712,000 homes. - thelincolnite.co.uk

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