Friday 25 February 2011, PM
DTG :: News :: Switchover Help Scheme helped half a million go digital
The number of older and disabled people who have received help to switch to digital TV this week passed the half a million mark. The 500,000th Switchover Help Scheme customer had their digital TV equipment installed this week, about two and half years after switchover began. The Switchover Help Scheme offers people aged 75 and over and people with certain disabilities practical help to switch one TV to digital in the run-up to switchover in their region. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.uk
World Service closures begin - News - Broadcast
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Government hunts for 'plan B' on internet piracy proposals - Technology - guardian.co.uk
The working group, which will comprise rights holders, internet service providers and search engines, is being formed after culture secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the Digital Economy Act's section 17 on website blocking to Ofcom for review. The issue of site blocking has been one of the most contentious elements of the DEA and the referral further raised the temperature of the debate, with some rights holders concerned it was a move to kick the measure into the long grass. On the latter issue it was decided to form a working group to look at ways of making the proposed system more palatable. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMedia Talk: Reporting from the front line
download.guardian.co.ukCameron tries to get Big Society adverts on TV for nothing - Advertising, Media - The Indep
For all those struggling to cope with those listless minutes between the end of Emmerdale and the start of Coronation Street, help may soon be at hand the Big Society is coming to the small screen. It is thought that the 60-second segments, to be shown on ITV, Channel 4 and Five, would aim to encourage people to get involved in their local community, showcasing specific projects. Officials from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have approached the three commercial public service broadcasting channels who are currently discussing the proposals. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Murdoch reported to be close to BSkyB deal - Media - guardian.co.uk
If an agreement is accepted by the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, a 15-day consultation will follow. To find out more information about driving traffic to your content or to place this widget on your site, visit outbrain.com. We welcome your feedback at userhelpguardian.co.uk or feedbackoutbrain.com. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 24 February 2011, PM
BBC - The BBC Radio Blog: Series catch-up for speech-based radio programmes is here
Thursday 24 February 2011, 1813 Andrew Caspari Ever since 2002, when we started offering listeners the chance to hear radio programmes on demand via the original Radio Player, listeners have consistently asked to be able to catch up on all the episodes of series whilst that series is on air. There is nothing more frustrating, they told us, than getting interested in a serial in the third week and not being able to catch up on the first two parts which disappear after 7 days. In fact we became quite concerned that people might not even start listening to a serial if they felt they would not be able to keep up. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC iPlayer - Help - Why is iPlayer buffering on Freesat?
If you're experiencing buffering or poor performance of iPlayer on your Freesat receiver, please get in touch with us using the 'Contact Us' formbelow. We'd particularly like to know the make and model of your receiver, the name of your ISP, and whether or not you have a problem viewing on other devices such as laptops using the same connection. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukiplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukNigel Dacre to bid to run new national TV channel - Media - guardian.co.uk
Nigel Dacre is bidding for the channel through his consultancy Inclusive Digital. Dacre is bidding through his company, Inclusive Digital, a consultancy which he hopes can work with, or help organise, a consortium. Separately, Channel 6 announced on Thursday that it had signed agreements with the universities of Sunderland and Cardiff to collaborate on the launch of local TV services in their areas. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukAll about plug-ins for Windows Media Center
One of the great benefits of the community of enthusiasts that has grown around Windows Media Center is the number of plug-ins developed to enhance the experience in WMC. Plug-ins also called addins, and lately even apps bring new information and features to the Windows Media Center environment. Over the years, plenty of enthusiast websites have written about their top 10 or must-have plugins for WMC. - windowsteamblog.comwindowsteamblog.comBBC iPlayer - Help - Why is the video not playing properly when I play TV programmes using the BBC iPlayer Android app?
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. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukiplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.ukTop Tory appeals over BBC cuts - 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: Digital One keeps Karma secret
- radiotoday.co.ukS4C protesters begin newsroom sit-in - News - Broadcast
24 February, 2011 About 15 demonstrators have occupied a BBC newsroom in protest at changes to the funding of the broadcasters Welsh language channel. 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
Sky’s EPG Monopoly game - Comment - Broadcast
24 February, 2011 By Kate Bulkley Moving up the listing is no guarantee of success, warns Kate Bulkley. 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
Pluralism and the bid for BSkyB - Media - guardian.co.uk
The ever-perceptive David Elstein, the former Channel 5 chief executive who once worked for BSkyB as its head of programming, was unimpressed and has produced an alternative set of measurements. I explored this subject in my column in yesterday's London Evening Standard. To find out more information about driving traffic to your content or to place this widget on your site, visit outbrain.com. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukApproval of series-stacking for radio
Please visit the BBC Trust homepage to find the information you want. you may have typed the web address incorrectly - please check the spelling, or that there are no spaces or capital letters. Alternatively, please try the other links and search box on this page. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC Trust approves series stacking : radio listeners rejoice - James Cridland
The BBC Trust has approved series stacking for radio Theyre kind of like the headmasters of the BBC. If you work there, they watch what youre doing, tell you off if you do something bad, and you have to ask them for permission to do new things. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netThursday 24 February 2011, AM
TV matters: Ad breaks - they re not just natural - Television radio - The Guardian
The Compare the market ad - ad breaks tend to be seen as either a financial inevitability or an irritation Yesterday's decision that commercial breaks can double to six minutes during films and dramas is not just off-screen bureaucracy. Ad breaks tend to be seen as either a financial inevitability or an irritation, but little attention is paid to the deep effect they have on the shaping and pacing of programmes. The biggest fear is welcome-back recaps of the sort that already disfigure Channel 4 documentaries. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Company to bid for TV network licence - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
The new channel broadcast on the Freeview platform would aim to support local news services and would be funded entirely from advertising. Channel 4 is still considering its response, and ITVs stance is unclear. Expressions of interest in launching the new TV network in 2013 are due to be submitted to Mr Hunt by March 1 and are designed to focus on the concept and vision, rather than legally-binding details. - walesonline.co.ukwww.walesonline.co.ukWednesday 23 February 2011, PM
News Corp/Sky negotiations grind on - Media - guardian.co.uk
Hunt wants to make an announcement when Parliament is sitting, and while that was also the intention with Lord Patten the will to do so is strong this time. Few outside News Corp place much faith in an independent board structure to deal with worries about media plurality/Murdoch-domination but it is not obvious what else could be on offer that is not a structural, sell-something off remedy. News Corp isn't going to roll over and concede a sale of Sky News, particularly when it can argue with a bit of justification that a new owner may not be so committed to an expensive service. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTinopolis joins race to run new national TV network - Media - guardian.co.uk
Channel 4 is still considering its response, and ITV's stance is unclear. Expressions of interest in launching the new TV network in 2013 are due to be submitted to Hunt by Tuesday, 1 March. Ron Jones, the Tinopolis executive chairman, said his company was acting on its own and was partly registering its interest in order to be involved as an insider in the process of developing plans to create a sustainable network of local television stations. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Lyons warns BBC Worldwide over "letting rip" | News | Broadcast
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Inmates smuggle Freeview into cells - Telegraph
The source said yesterday that some of the 2,810 prisoners in Standford Hill, Elmley and Swaleside had been caught with the digital set-top boxes. The source also said some prisoners were allowed set-top boxes for good behaviour, but only a select few had access to the 50-plus channels available on Freeview. Some of the prisoners that dont have set-top boxes have resorted to getting them smuggled in and a number have been caught and had their boxes confiscated, he said. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.ukWednesday 23 February 2011, AM
BBC - College of Production - College of Production
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.ukwww.bbc.co.ukGreg Dyke heads group bidding for national TV network | Media | guardian.co.uk
Greg Dyke will have to outline his concept for running a national network of local TV stations. Dyke's group, which is yet to be incorporated, agreed at a meeting on Monday to put in a formal expression of interest in running the national channel to Hunt, who is asking for submissions by Tuesday, 1 March. The 1 March deadline is the first formal step towards bidding for a licence, to start broadcasting in 2013 after digital switchover. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 22 February 2011, PM
BBC Radio Blog: The enduring value of live radio
It is rare that passionate radio listeners overwhelmingly and immediately support the scheduling changes that we maketo awell-loved BBC radio station. However,having just announced thatRadio 3 will broadcast live concerts every weekday at 7.30 p.m. for 46 weeks of the year, the reaction has beenalmost universallypositive. It iswelcomenewsfor UK performing groups andlistenerswho will enjoy an invitationtoso many outstanding classical performances. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC opens up radio training to all - James Cridland
BBC opens up radio training to all Posted on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 425 pm. One area where the BBC excels is training. During my two years for the Corporation, the training I had was well-presented and genuinely interesting. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netDVB approves 3DTV specification
DTG Staff 22.02.2011 Links open in a new window. The DTG is not responsible for the content of other web sites. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukMonday 21 February 2011, PM
Tory right will not try to derail Lord Pattens appointment | Media | guardian.co.uk
It would take the highly unlikely event of an almost unanimous rejection of Patten by the committee to pressure Downing Street into a change of heart. 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.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
News Corp to buy Shine for $673m
C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.netwww.c21media.netBBC - BBC Internet Blog: Frame accurate video in HTML5
An important part of my job is to help the BBC use the right internet and web technologies - and help the industry and open standards bodies create the internet and web technologies which are right for the BBC. Now the BBC is a very special place to work. At the BBC it is a currency, it is a goal, it is a culture - and as an engineer, it is something you are tasked to deliver. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC iPlayer - Check your connection speed
This page provides information on your broadband connection speed, and helpful tips to optimise your enjoyment of BBC iPlayer. To get a true test of your connection speed, please first close down all other applications that may be accessing the internet, including any active iPlayer downloads. To check your connection speed you need to enable JavaScript. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC Research and Development: TC Zero- the Film
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash Installed. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSolar storms could create $2tn global Katrina, warns chief scientist | Science | The Guardian
Solar storms pose threat to satellites and power grids, warn scientists. A solar storm starts with a solar flare that is accompanied by a burst of electromagnetic radiation that, when it arrives at Earth, ionises the outer atmosphere. On the ground, we would be safe but GPS satellites and others would be affected. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukNews Corporation faces stark choice over BSkyB bid | Becket McGrath | Media | guardian.co.uk
News Corp is now seeking to increase its minority stake of 39.1 in BSkyB to 100. The board of BSkyB has driven a hard bargain and, so far, the parties have not reached an agreement on the price to be paid for the remaining shares. From a public policy perspective, media mergers may cause concern because they reduce competition which may lead to higher prices, lower quality or less choice for consumers or because they reduce plurality in the sense that they may result in fewer distinct sources of opinion. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMonday 21 February 2011, AM
Lord Patten is the man for the job at the BBC Trust | Media | The Guardian
The nightmare scenario that the government might take its chance to appoint someone with a taste for undermining the BBC and public service broadcasting will have been avoided. On the face of it Patten is a man of real political weight. He has handled the Chinese government and knows Whitehall back to front, which you might imagine will stand him in good stead for dealing with the coalition government not to mention the BBC management machine. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 20 February 2011, PM
Patten poised for BBC Trust role - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
Former Conservative chairman Lord Patten looks set to be confirmed as the new head of the BBC's governing body. He served as a member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and has been chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. A key issue for the new chairman will be the ongoing row over senior salaries at the publicly-funded broadcaster. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukSaturday 19 February 2011, PM
Patten poised to beat rival to job as chairman of BBC Trust - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
Sir Michael, who decided not to seek a second term in post because he could not dedicate sufficient time to the task, was also criticised for being a cheerleader for the BBC as well as its regulator. The role of BBC Trust chairman has itself been under fire, with all three main parties having derided it as a dysfunctional model of governance. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukFriday 18 February 2011, PM
Can we have our ball back?
Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4badc032-3ae3-11e0-8d81-00144feabdc0.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.comwww.ft.comLord Patten expected to be named BBC Trust chairman | Media | guardian.co.uk
Lord Patten expected to be named BBC Trust chairman next week. Now Patten's name sits with David Cameron for approval having been put forward by Hunt and insiders said on Friday afternoon that the prime minister's consent was expected to be a formality next week. That would propel Patten into the 110,000-a-year, four-day a week role at a time when the public broadcaster has just asked for 20 cuts to meet the flat licence fee settlement imposed by the government last year. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBCs iPlayer rules are restrictive, claims BSkyB | Media | guardian.co.uk
Late last year the company launched Sky Anytime, which has potentially opened 3.5m Sky households to a full on-demand service for the first time. BBC content has proved to be a massive drawcard for online TV viewers on Virgin Media's service. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBSkyB response to the BBC Trusts provisional conclusions on the syndication of the BBCs on-demand content
- corporate.sky.comcorporate.sky.comATVOD - The Association for Television On-Demand
This website contains information on ATVOD and on the video on demand services it regulates. On it we publish the rules with which regulated services must comply, along with non-binding guidance on their application, details of how users of those services can complain about apparent breaches, and an online complaints form. Details of the fees required to be paid by service providers are available in the regulatory fees section of this website. - atvod.co.ukwww.atvod.co.ukBBC - Radio 4 Blog: Does it matter where a Radio 4 programme comes from?
David Liddiment, the BBC Trustee who led its review into Radio 4 among other stations, must be wondering what has hit him. No sooner had he published the review last week than newspaper columnists, the odd BBC presenter, and a lot of listeners attacked him for trying to fix something they don't believe is broken. Actually I have been economical with the actualit some listeners would like to wring his neck. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC Sport delays Salford move | News | Broadcast
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The Aristocracy is being filmed for broadcast in late 2011 or early 2012. The documentary is one of a number being made with an additional 6.7m allotted by Channel 4 for factual programming in 2011, an increase of nearly 40 on last year's budget of 17m, according to the broadcaster. This will mean that an extra 23 hours of documentary output will hit the screen this year, compared with last year's figure of 115 hours. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 18 February 2011, AM
Fifa and Uefa lose in EU court over UKs crown jewels legislation | Football | The Guardian
They challenged legislation in Britain and Belgium that reserves both tournaments the rights to which are major money-spinners for free-to-air broadcasters. The court said that it could not be predicted which games would be important for which country. The sports minister, Hugh Robertson, said he would look again at the issue after digital switchover in 2012 but was inclined towards further deregulation as long as profits were protected for grassrootssport. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRadio Today.. with RCS: Vaizey confirms no FM switch-off
- radiotoday.co.ukThursday 17 February 2011, PM
BSkyB and MTV criticise Lords proposal for TV ad cut | Media | guardian.co.uk
Compare the Market ad the Lords committee proposed ITV should be freed from current restrictions on what it can charge for ad airtime. Under current regulations commercial public service broadcasters ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are permitted to air an average of seven minutes of ads an hour, and up to eight minutes during peak time, between 6pm and 10.30pm. Other commercial channels including ITV2, E4 and Sky1 are allowed an average of nine minutes of ads an hour and a maximum of 12 minutes an hour in peak. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukpick a page