Tuesday 03 May 2011, PM
Call to delay digital radio switchover by five years - News - Broadcast
3 May, 2011 Consumer group Which has called on the Government to delay digital radio switchover for at least five years. 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
www.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 03 May 2011, AM
Perform insists it will live up to its sporting name - Telegraph
Two of Perform's main sources of revenue are distributing sports content to betting sites and online media across the world and the sale of adverts running within content on its own and others' websites. The group owns digital rights through contracts relating to more than 200 leagues, tournaments and events and also manages websites, such as Chelsea FC's. There are 9,000 live events' rights under contract 3,500 are for football matches, 2,500 tennis and 1,000 for basketball. - telegraph.co.uk
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Dish Network, EchoStar will pay TiVo $500 million to settle DVR lawsuit -- Engadget
The parties also granted certain patent licenses to each other. No. 6,233,389 and certain related patents, for the remaining life of those patents. TiVo also distributes its technology and services through solutions tailored for cable, satellite, and broadcasting companies. - engadget.com
www.engadget.comMonday 02 May 2011, AM
Pay TV player BSkyB is winning the war to dominate digital - Steve Hewlett - Media - The Guardian
A good set of financial results from BSkyB hardly counts as news these days it has after all been the way of things for some time. Yes, there were customer additions in every sector of the business and the broadcaster is on course to exceed 1bn annual profits on a strongly rising trend. Which is why competitors are looking at BSkyB not just with green eyes but mounting concern that the position it has built for itself might already be unassailable. - guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.ukWould Sky pay to keep the Abbey habit? - Media - The Guardian
Indeed, a groundswell movement among disgruntled public-service broadcasters is finally gathering pace as its rivals weigh up challenging an arrangement that has proved as generous and useful to Sky as was the music industry's decision to allow MTV free use of music videos in that network's early days. Their aim is to claw back fees that they hope could amount to as much as 120m a year. Thompson looked for the best authority he could find, quoting News Corp chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, to back up his argument. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Complete guide to MythTV - News - TechRadar UK
MythTV is a little involved to set up, but worth the effort. It's more than a TV recorder - its plug-ins add plenty of extra functions, and the scripting interface means that you can do all sorts of clever things with it. We'll look at installing and setting up MythTV, as well as how to use the various functions. - techradar.com
www.techradar.comHelp on hand for the digital switch - News - Saffron Walden Reporter
To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. On that day the analogue TV signal will be switched off and replaced with a new, stronger digital signal. For more information, call 0800 4085900 or visit helpscheme.co.uk. - saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk
www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.ukThursday 28 April 2011, PM
BBCWW told to be more global
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Give auditors access to BBC books, says Hunt - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
A fresh start for ITV and STV - Comment - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC Worldwide gets green light for new global strategy - Media - guardian.co.uk
The strategy published today follows an 18-month review of the BBC's commercial activity which concluded in November 2009. The business reported record profits of 145.2m in the year to the end of March 2010, on the back of its biggest-ever revenue of 1.07bn. BBC Worldwide is still in the process of selling its magazine division and is understood to be getting close to a preferred bidder. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 28 April 2011, AM
Marks: BT Vision favoured subs over content - Broadband TV News
As a telco BT are first in the market in providing a telephony service and its sky that is playing catch up. When we started in the UK, BT was hampered by competition all of which was on the side of telephony, because no one wanted BT to get the same dominance in content. Marks explained the original philosophy of BT Vision was to start with a large amount of subscribers and a familiar trusted brand rather than secure content. - broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comWednesday 27 April 2011, PM
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PSBs should not shirk their responsibility to the world - Comment - Broadcast
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Why Hunt should think before he acts - Comment - Broadcast
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Microsoft opens Xbox Live to broadcasters - News - Broadcast
27 April, 2011 By Alex Farber Microsoft will offer broadcasters the opportunity to distribute content via its Xbox games console following a U-turn in its content partnership strategy. 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
UKTV's Kingsbury to spearhead launch of PBS in the UK - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC trials digital archive with UK cultural bodies - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.uk
ITV, STV end legal rows with $30m deal
C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.netwww.c21media.netBBC blames salary cuts as it struggles to fill senior roles - Media - guardian.co.uk
Although the BBC said it would cast its net globally for the Vision post and employed headhunters, few international executives put their names forward. It is thought the BBC is offering candidates north of 300,000 a huge sum to most licence fee payers. According to sources, the corporation's decision to cut the pay of the BBC Vision role has put off some candidates. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukVevo Launches In The UK, Netflix Next?
Way back in 2010, Reuters reported Netflix would make a UK launch during 2010. All of this means an opportunity for Netflix to expand in to Europes most attractive video market without having to deploy DVD rentals. More than any of its rivals, Netflix could shake up the UK market. - paidcontent.org
paidcontent.orgTuesday 26 April 2011, PM
Wenvoe transmitter: Time to re-tune your freeview box From Barry And District News)
The change will take place after midnight and is expected to be complete by 6am. Only viewers tuned to the main Wenvoe transmitter, which serves 360,000 households in the area, are affected. Anyone needing further help can get detailed advice from Digital UKs website digitaluk.co.uk/retuning or advice line telephone 08456 50 50 50. - barryanddistrictnews.co.uk
www.barryanddistrictnews.co.ukTelecomTV - News - Connected TV Euro-principles? Don't touch them with a barge pole
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www.telecomtv.comTuesday 26 April 2011, AM
Banerjee and Duflo: Remembering to respect the preferences of the poor - The Economist
TO CUT to the chase this is the best book about the lives of the poor that I have read for a very, very long time. Above all, Banerjee and Duflo take the poorest billion people as they find them. This approach is more than reasonable since the name of the discipline is in its title. - economist.com
www.economist.comMonday 25 April 2011, AM
Has the BBC become too afraid to take risks? - Media - The Guardian
Patten volunteered his opinion that there were concerns that the BBC's editorial policy controls were inhibiting programme makers from taking risks. However, while independent producers privately express their belief that the BBC editorial policy department represents an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy interfering with the relationship between editor and programme maker, very few have been prepared to talk openly, as evidenced by the IBT report. The Lords communications committee's inquiry into the role of the BBC Trust and the governance of the corporation has identified the compliance regime as a concern. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRadio 5 Live's audience appreciates our unique mixture of light and shade - Media - The Guardian
Established in 1994, in relative terms we are one of the new kids on the block for BBC national radio and to be talked about, and analysed, in the same way as our colleagues at Radio 1, 2 and 4 have been previously, confirms we've arrived on centre stage. We have record audience figures of more than 7 million and we have built a good reputation across the industry with another record last month 16 Sony award nominations, nine of which are for our news programmes. Our friends at TalkSport yes, there's a lot of mutual respect between us have been keen to contribute to the debate. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukNo news isn't good news for Radio 5 Live listeners - Media - The Guardian
Radio 5 Live is a great station, and I'm very proud of being part of its history. The debate about the type of news service offered by Radio 5 Live is not simply an external discussion, it's a very real internal debate about the station's responsibility to licence fee payers. Depending on who you talk to, Radio 5 Live is a news channel, a sports channel, a talk service or a populist speech channel. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 24 April 2011, PM
Avaaz - the online activist network that is targeting Rupert Murdoch's bid - Media - The Guardian
Avaaz protesters outside the high court on the day it was deciding how to proceed in the News of the World phone-hacking cases. Both events were the work of one of the most successful of a new breed of internet campaigner, in this case a global activism network called Avaaz, which means voice in Urdu and several other languages. It put out an alert to its half a million UK members calling for activists to attend the two stunts, with impressive results. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Radio 4 Extra: Responding to your feedback
I commented last week on the blog and Streetlight2 has identified some of the other things many of you are asking about so I've based my answers around them The presenters on 4Extra - what's the thinking behind changing them from the R7 team Now that Radio 4 Extra is aligned with Radio 4, the presentation teams are working together. Some of the Radio 4 presenters were keen to work on Radio 4 Extra, which is very different from reading the news on Radio 4 - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukSunday 24 April 2011, AM
Worcester Telegram Gazette - telegram.com - BBC, under criticism, struggles to tighten its belt
The implication Considering that the BBC has agreed to freeze most of its public funding for six years, effectively sentencing itself to a 16 percent budget cut through 2017, it surely could have looked harder at its staffing needs for the event. The corporation is the biggest, oldest and most revered public broadcasting company in the world, a centerpiece of the British brand, as essential to Britain's view of itself as the National Health Service or the royal family. Much of the criticism has to do with the license fee of 145.50 about 240 that is levied annually on every British household with a television set. - telegram.com
www.telegram.comSaturday 23 April 2011, AM
How to build a national cellular wireless network for 50m - The Register
A team of 20 developers in Cambridge wants to build a new radio network covering the entire country, but plans to cut costs by only offering connectivity to silicon-based customers. The idea is to connect up all the electricity meters, cars, e-readers and suchlike over a new national network that the team reckons can be built for around the same amount that O2 spends on its network every couple of weeks. White Space kit uses the same frequencies as terrestrial digital television, branded Freeview in the UK, but only in locations where they aren't being used to send TV pictures. - theregister.co.uk
www.theregister.co.ukThursday 21 April 2011, PM
BBC considers 'slimmed-down' news channel - Media - guardian.co.uk
The BBC News channel could be slimmed down as part of cuts at the corporation. Bakhurst told staff in his email that there will be further discussion about the 12 key questions about BBC Journalism at awaydays this summer. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 21 April 2011, AM
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download.guardian.co.ukTesco Fast Forwards Into Movie Streaming With Majority Stake In Blinkbox
Didnt see this one coming at all. UK movie streaming service Blinkbox has been an obvious acquisition target, particularly following the sa Didnt see this one coming at all. Instead, it acquired an 80 percent stake in blinkbox from Eden Ventures and Nordic Venture Partners for an undisclosed sum. - paidcontent.orgpaidcontent.orgWednesday 20 April 2011, PM
Viewer's Choice Awards - freesat
Freesat product range Browse through our product range of freesat set top boxes and HD TVs, find your local independent retailer or buy online. If you need a dish, installations can be arranged at any point of purchase. - freesat.co.uk
www.freesat.co.ukSTV forecast hints at summer TV ad gloom - Media - guardian.co.uk
Last summer STV's ad revenue was boosted by the World Cup. The first quarter has been strong for STV with total revenues up 9 year on year. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Tesco buys BlinkBox
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YouView sets sights on pay-TV broadcasters - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukRadio Today.. with RCS: 5 Live service review starts
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radiotoday.co.ukWednesday 20 April 2011, AM
Retune TVs today as digital switchover continues
All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and part of south Shropshire have been told they will need to retune their TVs and boxes today as the second phase of the digital switchover gets under way. All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and part of south Shropshire have been told they will need to retune their TVs and boxes today as the second phase of the digital switchover gets under way. The first phase of the digital switchover saw BBC transmissions boosted, with many digital viewers receiving a range of extra channels for the first time. - shropshirestar.com
www.shropshirestar.comTuesday 19 April 2011, PM
Where does your local BBC get its news?
-www.bbc.co.ukBBC Digital Public Space project
The speech also discussed the ways the BBC is seeking to get the maximum value from its archive and asked the audience 'what good is it to retain this archive it if can't be shared' before describing the 'digital public space' within which the BBC now sees itself as operating as it delivers its services online. As Ralph noted, the digital public space can mean different things to different people. I and a couple of colleagues work on the Digital Public Space project. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTV plays vital role in UK economy
In particular they warn that a weakening of the Intellectual Property IP regime in the UK threatens to undermine the sectors' ability to reinvest profits in economic growth and job creation and to support innovation and cultural diversity. The report shows that The audiovisual sector invests 4bn every year in UK content. The sector supports over 7,000 firms ranging from start-ups to world leading production companies and supports 132,000 jobs. - corporate.sky.comcorporate.sky.comMonday 18 April 2011, PM
Samsung: We'll hook Europeans on our TVs by giving them a 3D channel - Tech Gear News - Betanews
They'll let you watch Avatar at home in all its epic Cameron-esque glory. The 3D device/platform is there, from the likes of Samsung or Sony but where's the content where you really need it -- in the living room during prime time So it's not surprising that television set manufacturers are doing everything they can to whet our appetites for 3D TV. - betanews.com
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Backing for DMOL IP and local TV plans - Broadband TV News
However, it clarified its proposals, explaining that the new area would be similar to the 800-999 region used by consumer electronics manufacturers, rather than the release of individual channel numbers. Plans for local TV also received the thumbs up. DMOL is currently seeking guidance on the number of local TV services that may be introduced, which would be located around 200. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comEBU sets out connected TV principals - Broadband TV News
The Geneva-based organisation says that if applied, the principles could deliver lower costs, greater choice and a better viewing experience for consumers and called on its stakeholders to support and respect them. In addition, content must be easily accessible and displayed as the broadcaster intended. The EBU argues that simply putting a television receiver and an internet browser in the same device fails to take advantage of the opportunities to integrate linear and non-linear delivery. Standardised technology encourages more competition between suppliers, lower costs and more choice for consumers. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comMarch 2011 BBC iPlayer performance pack
Let's start a bright new week with a spring in the step and the information pack about BBC iPlayer performance in March. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukpick a page