Eric Schmidt's MacTaggart lecture - live video - Media - guardian.co.uk

Watch the Google chief executive deliver the keynote speech from the 2011 Edinburgh TV festival live from 6.45pm on 26 August. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 4 and ITV challenge Sky over data it gleans about their shows - Media - guardian.co.uk

Abraham said that, as public service broadcasters, Channel 4 and the BBC had a responsibility to lead the way in being clear with how their data is used. Our duty as a commercial broadcaster is to see what consumers will pay for and that comes down to data. Vaizey said he wanted to see transparency in how data is used. - guardian.co.uk

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Can Android apps save Google TV?

Google TV, an ambitious project to bring Google's powerful search tools and targeted advertisement to the television screens of America and eventually the UK, has been something of a commercial dud. Logitech's Revue set-top box, the first Google TV device to hit the market just short of one year ago has dropped in price by a whopping 60 to try to spur consumer adoption. Part of the optimism for the platform comes from its nascent ability to run Android apps, and consumer tech companies have been jockeying to get a strong TV-based app ecosystem in place for years. - betanews.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Changes to BBC services on satellite and cable this autumn

Satellite dishes in Tower Hamlets, London We're planning to make some changes to our satellite transponder line-up in about a months time. For the vast majority of viewers, these changes should occur seamlessly and require no intervention. However, a few of you may need to switch your receiver off and on again or retune it in order to continue to receive all of the BBC services available to you. - bbc.co.uk

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Google TV Coming to the UK Finally! AndroidGuys

Ok so even though our reader base is predominately US based, Im from the UK so feel obliged to be the one getting excited over this Even though Google TV hasnt been the raging success that Google would have liked, its update to Honeycomb bringing apps along for the ride make it a much better prospect. Although 6 months is quite a long time at least we know it is coming, and it stops me doing something stupid like buying an Apple TV. - androidguys.com

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BBC4 chief: we are not going to be axed - Media - guardian.co.uk

Will BBC4 face some consequences of the BBC-wide reduction in our funding of 20 An online Save BBC4 petition, launched earlier this month after MediaGuardian.co.uk reported that the channel was facing cuts, has attracted more than 18,000 signatures in 10 days. The Spies of Warsaw spans the decade from 1933, against a backdrop of Nazi Germany expanded its power and influence across Europe and eventually provoking the outbreak of the second world war with its invasion of Poland. - guardian.co.uk

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MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival - News

Dr. Schmidt comments Its a great honour to be invited to give the MacTaggart lecture the previous speakers are all incredibly impressive. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation. The MacTaggart Lecture will take place on Friday 26th August 2011 at 6.45pm. - mgeitf.co.uk

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Channel 4 revamps 4oD on Channel4.com

Channel 4's catch-up TV service, 4oD on Channel4.com, has been rebuilt to include a host of new features to enhance the user experience. New features include predictive search and viewer driven recommendations. The new 4oD will also include My 4oD', where registered users can create playlists of episodes, keep track of episodes they've watched or started watching and get in-page reminders from Channel 4 whenever a new 4oD episode is available for them to watch. - dtg.org.uk

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Google TV gets set for UK launch?

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Hunt urges Virgin and YouView to support local TV - News - Broadcast

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The Expendables Makers Dismiss Massive BitTorrent Lawsuit - TorrentFreak

The makers of The Expendables have voluntarily dismissed their case against 23,322 alleged BitTorrent users who they accused of illegally downloading and sharing their film. This means that the once-largest BitTorrent lawsuit ever is finally over, and it could signal the beginning of the end for the entire scheme. Their example was soon followed by other law firms, representing dozens of copyright holders, who saw an opportunity to convert instances of piracy into a healthy revenue stream. - torrentfreak.com

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Eric Schmidt's MacTaggart lecture to be streamed live on YouTube - Media - guardian.co.uk

Schmidt, who stepped down as chief executive of the internet giant in January, is expected to tell delegates that Google needs the content industry in order to thrive. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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Ariel - Technology experts to demonstrate latest specification

25 August 2011 Last updated at 1305 BBC Research Development is to conduct its first public demonstration of a new technology standard that promises to transform the experience of watching programmes on the move. The new profile can be mixed with conventional T2 signals in a single multiplex, providing a T2-Lite component that could give audiences a reliable 'TV or radio experience' on their handheld devices such as the one pictured. This is the leading global trade show and conference for people involved in the delivery of broadcasting media and entertainment and an event at which the BBC has always had a strong presence. - bbc.co.uk

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Cambridge internet TV station’s bid for Government cash - News - Cambridge First

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BBC iPlayer - Help - What do I need to know about HD on BBC iPlayer?

We recommendyou watch HD content in Full Screen for the best possible experience. We use h.264 with a bitrate of 3.2Mbps and 192kbps audio, which means that streaming and downloading will put demands on your network connection and computer's graphics processing. We recommend then that you have a A modern computer with a graphics card and processor than can handle the graphics, otherwise playback will be choppy An internet connection fast enough to allow 3.2Mbps playback. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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Cable Forum: Virgin Media and BT named and shamed over sub-standard road repairs

The Roads Authorities and Utilities Committee, which examines the standard of roadworks undertaken by utility companies and local councils across Scotland, found that 26 of all road repairs failed the grade. Virgin Media and BT were jointly named and shamed for having the worst performance of all 37 of road repairs undertaken by them were judged substandard. The state of the roads has been a hot topic in Scotland for nine years, since a nationwide survey found 56 of all road repairs to be below acceptable standards. - cableforum.co.uk

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STV to launch Scottish Newsnight - News - Broadcast

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Ariel - DG points to irony of Sky chairmans Edinburgh speech

We do however sometimes break the rules in what we take to be the public interest the Bristol care home investigation for example.' If regulation could be simplified, then it should be, Thompson believes. Further, the BBC's new licence fee settlement means that there will be significant outright reductions to its scope. David Cameron's claim 'The case against the BBC for narrowing news plurality is, if anything, even less promising. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Press Office - BBC Research Development demonstrates DVB-T2-Lite

The profile can be mixed with conventional T2 signals in a single multiplex, to allow separate optimisation of the individual components and also to reuse the existing broadcast transmitter infrastructure. Using this new profile live broadcasts can be delivered to multiple audience members without major investment in the already existing infrastructure. For these transmissions BBC RD have developed their own T2-lite modulator and demodulator. - bbc.co.uk

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STV to reinstate dividend payments after solid results - Media - guardian.co.uk

Taggart STV expects Scottish TV revenues to be down 18 year on year in the third quarter. STV has reported an underlying pre-tax profit up 8 year on year to 6.5m in the first half of the year. Total revenues dipped slightly to 47.2m, in part due to tough comparisons with the World Cup advertising bonanza last year. - guardian.co.uk

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YouView broadband TV service 'expected to fail' - uSwitch.com

The YouView IPTV service may struggle to attract customers when it finally launches, a new study has suggested. Simon Murray, the report's author, noted that digital TV penetration has almost reached saturation point as it exceeds 95 per cent. Services are scheduled to launch during the first half of next year, but according to Digital TV Research, this could prove to be too little, too late. - uswitch.com

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UK evolves into HD hothouse - News - Rapid TV News

The outcome should be that nearly a quarter 23 of the world's primary TV sets will be HD-ready by the end of 2011. Thomas attributes the UK lag to the popularity of Freeview which is forecast to have only around half of its users watching HD programming by 2016. According to the data, by the end of 2016 TV services in several countries will be approaching the point where most, if not all, of their users are watching HD content. - rapidtvnews.com

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Hunt could drop N+R quotas - 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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Time to retune for TV switchover - Community - Derbyshire Times

ALL analogue TV channels in Chesterfield were switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for more than 153,000 households. The services have moved to new frequencies and can be restored by retuning Freeview TVs and boxes.1 Viewers in some areas may also find their digital TVs or boxes load more than one regional service. Homes watching the main Sheffield transmitter will need to retune again on 27 September to continue receiving all available channels. - derbyshiretimes.co.uk

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Why James Murdoch is wrong about the BBC - Mark Thompson - Comment is free - The Guardian

This is the week of the MacTaggart lecture that ancient religious ritual which each August summons British television's scattered faithful to Edinburgh to talk shop, drink responsibly, and hear an assortment of fatwahs, imprecations and misty-eyed visions from that year's chosen prophet. It's a phrase which sums up his entire case that all forms of public intervention in and regulation of media are both morally reprehensible and practically useless, and that it is the market alone which can deliver brave, worthwhile, independent journalism. There is no good reason why privately owned and run papers should be held to the same content requirements or accountability as broadcasters who reach very large proportions of the public and who, in the case of the BBC, are paid for by everyone. - guardian.co.uk

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Mark Thompson attacks James Murdoch over BBC - Media - guardian.co.uk

The only reliable, durable and perpetual guarantor of independence is not profit. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC to show off next-gen television streaming for mobiles - News - TechRadar UK

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IPTV not a cashcow, analyst says - BroadbandWatcher

It seems that according to a recent report IPTV is not a cashcow at all. - broadbandwatcher.co.uk

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BBC to phase out 'red button' video

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BBC iPlayer launches on TVonics HD DTRs

BBC iPlayer can be accessed through the red button, provided a network connection is established. Once upgraded, future software and feature updates can be automatically downloaded via the viewers internet connection. DTG Staff 23.08.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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Report: 94% of UK households HDTV-ready by 2016

This compares favourably to the worldwide average of 48 and puts the UK third globally, behind Canada and New Zealand each with 95. Owning an HD-ready set does not, of course, automatically mean reception of HD programming. Again, the UK is ahead of the game, with 72 of HD-ready homes expected to watch HD programming by 2016. - dtg.org.uk

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3G mobile data network crowd-sourcing survey by BBC

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. - bbc.co.uk

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UK mobile coverage survey

During three weeks over the summer, 44,600 people allowed their mobile coverage to be tracked for our 3G survey. Continue reading the main story Our Android app collected 1.7 million hours of data from 44,600 people across the UK. Enter your postcode to see the results where you live Please enter a valid postcode About the data The data displayed on the map was collected by people who chose to participate in our survey by downloading the app to their phone. - bbc.co.uk

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Analogue TV signal in parts of Yorkshire and Derbyshire switched off

The digital switchover entered the second stage of the process on Wednesday and digital channels replaced the analogue channels. Sky TV, Freesat and Virgin Media viewers will not need to retune their equipment. Viewers receiving their signal from the Emley Moor transmitter will switch over later. - bbc.co.uk

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Channel 4 seeks sharper picture of viewers - FT.com

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Online TV dwarfed by porn - News - Broadcast

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New Humax PVR That Removes TV Commercials Set To Upset TV Stations - Smarthouse

The Ice TV electronic program guide application allows Humax to avoid the controls that Freeview place on consumers who want to skip advertising. ChannelNews has been told by retailers that Humax executives are set to announce the product in September. The 500 GB version will sell for 449 and the 1TB version for 549. - smarthouse.com.au

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The Official Google TV Blog: Preview of Google TV add-on for the Android SDK

Google TV emulation is currently supported on Linux with KVM only, and we are working on support for other operating systems. Were very happy that through KVM weve been able to create a fast Android emulator for TV. Depending on the design and use case, an existing Android app may work well on Google TV as is, or it may require fixes. - googletv.blogspot.com

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Believe TV channel exploited viewers says Ofcom - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

A report published today found Believe TV was in breach of the broadcasting code. It cited the example of two programmes featuring televangelist Paul Lewis which were shown in December 2010. - independent.co.uk

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Ofcom unimpressed by 'miracle' cures - Media Monkey - Media - guardian.co.uk

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Helping put the stabilisers on economy as austerity Britain gets back on its bike

The report quantifies for the first time the full economic success story of the UKs cycling sector which generates 2.9 billion for the British economy, equating to a value of 230 for every biking Briton in the country. Increasing levels of participation A growth in the amount of cycling events and initiatives such as Sky Ride - are boosting the number of Britons getting back on their bikes. 208 million cycle journeys were made in 2010 meaning that there were 1.3 million more cyclists bringing the total UK cycle population to 13 million. - corporate.sky.com

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'Google needs television industry' will be message at Edinburgh - Media - The Guardian

Despite its status as an internet giant with annual revenues of just under 30bn 18bn and an 85 share of the search market, Google needs content creators in order to thrive. Good content drives search, and search drives advertising. The more compelling the content there is online, the more money Google makes. - guardian.co.uk

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Google TV gains credibility with Motorola Mobility

The planned purchase of Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion is the largest acquisition to date by Google. It will serve to defend and promote the Android ecosystem, not only for mobile handsets and tablets but also for set-top boxes. Google will also own the leading provider of set-top boxes by revenue worldwide. - informitv.com

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BBC News - Local TV: Will it be worth watching?

TV stations broadcasting news and entertainment to specific towns and cities are nothing new in many countries. In the UK, though, attempts to set up local TV stations have largely fallen flat. Now Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is making a concerted attempt to establish dozens of stations. - bbc.co.uk

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Replacement cycle an issue in UK connected TV adoption - News - Rapid TV News

TV manufacturers are now hoping that internet connected TVs will generate another spurt in growth. Yet the analyst cautions that despite a lot of optimism generated for connected TV, there will be a challenge with regards to replacement cycles. The analyst calculates an installed base of TV in the UK in the region of 60 million units and assumes that all of the 9.5 million TVs sold in 2010 are replacements and not simply increasing the number of sets per household. - rapidtvnews.com

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Google TVs? They re selling really well

Google TV products should be selling, because Sony has priced them to move as part of a clever back-to-school promotion. The marketing pitch is simple They're perfect for the dorm room. The Blu-ray player, which sold for 399.99 a few months ago, is 199.99. - betanews.com

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