China broadcasters strike gold with foreign formats

The success of the show, which found its own unlikely star in winner Liu Wei - an armless pianist who plays with his toes - also marks a shift in China's television industry from copying to buying foreign copyrights. Viewers responded by making it SMG's highest-rated show ever, with the October 12 finale capturing 5.7 percent of the nationwide audience and a 34.9 percent share in Shanghai. Disney saw it as part of a long-term China investment, he added. - independent.co.uk

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Absolute Radio tries Full HD

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BBC firms up Television Centre sale | Media | The Guardian

In the summer the BBC unveiled plans to redevelop the Television Centre site into a 'creative quarter'. The Guardian has learned that plans about the next stage of the redevelopment has been drawn up and will be put before the BBC's finance committee next month. All news staff are being housed together in Broadcasting House after a 1bn revamp, which has now been completed. - guardian.co.uk

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New BBC Red Button Connected Homepage

As many of you know, if you have both broadband and a Freesat HD set top box, you can connect your box to the Internet with an Ethernet cable. This allows your Freesat box to receive content both via broadcast, and the internet BBC iPlayer for example, is streamed to Freesat IP-enabled devices so you can pick and choose which video to watch, whenever you want it to start playing. - bbc.co.uk

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Tim Davie on DABs ambitious target

Editor's note Tim Davie was interviewed on today's Feedback, Radio 4's weekly accountability programme - SB. BBC TV and Radio is running its own companion advertisments but some commercial radio stations are holding off. Fifteen per cent of listening is currently on DAB radio and that figure rises to nearly 25 per cent for listening on all digital platforms - online etc. Many of us have lots of analogue radios which we have no desire to see become redundant. - bbc.co.uk

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LG updates online service with iPlayer and Twitter

The new online applications are available to current owners of LG NetCast TVs via an update. Were committed to offering our customers a fully connected home and these new applications will further enhance our current offering. - dtg.org.uk

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Media Talk: Katie Price, Richard Desmond, and Murdoch's 'iNewspaper'

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PCTV Systems PCTV NanoStick T2 review | Expert Reviews

At that time, we were expecting PC tuners supporting the standard to follow on quickly. Weeks stretched to months, TV manufacturers launched HD compatible sets, but there was still no sign of PC tuners. This makes the potential market for such a tuner rather small. - expertreviews.co.uk

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Can sky-high broadband take off?

The spacecraft, called Hylas 1 Highly Adaptable Satellite, was scheduled to launch at the end of last year but will now go into orbit on 26 November. The UK government may see the launch as an answer to its prayers as it races to provide all homes with a minimum 2Mbps broadband connection by 2015. He said the service would provide an answer to rural communities which had been quoted thousands of pounds from firms such as BT to roll out broadband services. - bbc.co.uk

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Sonichi SB-50 DAB first look - Audio - Which? Technology

If that sounds complicated, don't worry - it's very similar to other in-car CD/radios, except it adds a DAB tuner and other features. It's rare to find brand-new cars with a DAB radio, let alone older ones, so this is one way of upgrading your car. There are a few other manufacturers offering a DAB in-car radio, but these are often significantly more expensive than the Sonichi unit. - which.co.uk

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Labour calls for Jeremy Hunt to sort out S4C mess of his own making | Media | guardian.co.uk

It may already be too late for that. S4C has been in crisis since last month when Hunt negotiated a deal with the BBC for the corporation to take over responsibility for its governance and most of its funding in 2013, without consulting the Welsh-language broadcaster. S4C is also facing a 24.4 budget cut in real terms as part of the government's comprehensive spending review. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC News Channel audience figures

This year has seen many major news stories, including the UK general election, the Haiti earthquake, the Pakistan floods, the shootings in Cumbria and the Chilean miners. During events like these, some traumatic and some complex, many people turn to the BBC. In the year so far, 9.6 million people have watched the channel each week a 24 increase on 2009, when the average was 7.7 million. - bbc.co.uk

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Tracking ratings for BBC programmes

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World Service to get funding boost in 2014 | 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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S4C chairman resigns | 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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OFT May Pass on Review of News Corp. s BSkyB Bid, Lawyers Say - BusinessWeek

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BT could bundle YouView boxes with broadband packages

BT is reportedly considering bundling its broadband packages with YouView set-top boxes when the internet protocol TV service hits the market next year. - cable.co.uk

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Coalition tried to force BBC to run government adverts - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The director general of the BBC claimed yesterday he had been placed under pressure to broadcast government advertising, threatening the independence of the BBC. Mr Thompson also claimed the deal struck with the Government had actually made the organisation larger rather than smaller. - independent.co.uk

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DAB radio ads fuel row over digital switchover - Business News, Business - The Independent

The analogue radio signal is set to be turned off in 2015. Mr Rogers attacks DAB for its lack of national coverage, claiming that even where the signal does exist it is of variable quality, and pointing out that not all stations will fit on to the new system. Other groups, including Global Radio and GMG, are also holding off from the Christmas ads. - independent.co.uk

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Challenge will arrive on Freeview in 2011

Freeview homes are to receive the Challenge TV channel in the new year for the first time, as Sky decides to keep the channel. Every night will be Saturday night for game show fans with Freeview The channel looks set to launch on Freeview in 2011, though it is not yet sure when. Offering the channel through Freeview will make every night Saturday night for game show fans, without the need for a subscription TV service. - digitalchoices.co.uk

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Lord Burns: Channel 4s independence threatened by new bill | Media | guardian.co.uk

You should not be able to make rapid changes without going through due process. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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Lord Bragg: Ofcom should do PSB deal if ITV ad rules are scrapped | Media | guardian.co.uk

Stross said that CRR should be scrapped because the TV market had completely changed since it was introduced in 2003. 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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Ofcom Draft guidance note for completion of C4C combined statement of programme and media content policy

The new duty, covering all C4C's delivery platforms, is in addition to the existing requirement to prepare a statement of programme policy for Channel 4 alone. In preparing each statement, C4C must have regard to guidance given by Ofcom. This draft note provides proposed guidance in relation to C4C's preparation of both statements as a combined statement of programme and media content policy. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC launches UKs first carbon calculator for television

The BBC today launches the UK's first carbon calculator for television as part of an industry-leading campaign to improve sustainability and cut carbon emissions. The BBC has a target of 20 reduction in energy consumption by 2013. The carbon calculator is an online tool that programme-makers can use to estimate their carbon footprint and will be accompanied by a guide with actions to reduce this footprint. - bbc.co.uk

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GMG and Global refuse DAB ads

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TV habits to evolve in UK

Research firm Kantar Media surveyed 2,234 people aged 12 years old and above, and found 42are currently aware of IPTV. However, 63 of subscribers to Virgin Media, which offers video-on-demand services via television sets, had streamed material in this way during the last month, declining to 22 engaging in such a pastime online. Elsewhere, 42 of Sky TV viewers had previously utilised this medium to access VOD, compared with 27 logging on to the internet for this purpose. - warc.com

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Think mobile internet is the future for radio? Think again - James Cridland

Think mobile internet is the future for radio Think again Posted on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 at 1044 pm. We transmit our radio station on our transmitters and a receiver gets our signal. - james.cridland.net

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Watchdog rebukes Sky channel in Germany - Business News, Business - The Independent

It took issue with the reported levels of subscribers, inflated profits and the value of the company. The reprimand comes after an 18-month investigation into the group, which dates back to before News Corp invested in the company, which was then called Premiere. It added that the total compensation for rights to show Bundesliga football matches, which were worth 335m 283m and 16.4 million shares, had not been provided in the group's financial report for 2007. - independent.co.uk

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Channel 5 plans revamp of news programmes | Media | The Guardian

The media mogul behind OK magazine and adult television programmes such as Wobbling Whoppers 2 is looking at ending current news provider Sky News's 9m a year contract early and creating a populist, new-look bulletin. Desmond, who also owns the Conservative supporting Daily Express, wants greater personal control over the Channel 5 News bulletins, and has asked a group of news producers to provide a team of journalists to help make the daily programmes. Sky has also been asked to submit ideas, but the Rupert Murdoch-controlled satellite broadcaster is not thought likely to retain the contract. - guardian.co.uk

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BT likely to offer free YouView boxes next year - Media news - Media Week

YouView has met with some resistance, most notably from Virgin Media and BSkyB, which claimed the service was anti-competitive. However, broadcasting regulator Ofcom said last month that it was too soon to investigate the service. Industry sources suggest BT will bundle YouView into its broadband packages and give away the hardware. - mediaweek.co.uk

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TVCatchup for iPad review - PC Advisor

TVCatchup has been available via your browser for sometime, and better still, is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. TVCatchup for iPad, available via ipad.tvcatchup.com and currently in beta, brings the online streaming TV service to Apple's popular tablet device. You'll need to sign up and login to view the channels but generally the iPad remembers your password if you're a regular viewer. - pcadvisor.co.uk

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2011 - the year of connected TV?

Virgin Media viewers, who already have access to on-demand content via their TV, are more likely to have watched catch-up services on their main TV set 63 than online 22 in the last four weeks. The gap is much smaller in Sky homes, where there is not yet a full on-demand service via the TV set 42 via TV, 27 online. In Freeview-only homes, where no on-demand service is available via a TV set, the study shows a greater proportion of people turning to online catch-up services 34 than in any other type of household. - mediatel.co.uk

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Church of England criticises News Corps BSkyB bid | Media | guardian.co.uk

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BSkyB: News Corp takeover is in the public interest | Media | guardian.co.uk

In a strongly-worded submission to media regulator Ofcom, published today, the Sky board said blocking the takeover would threaten the future of its 24 hours news channel, Sky News. Ofcom has been asked by the business secretary, Vince Cable, to advise him on whether the News Corp acquisition breaks media plurality rules designed to prevent a single company from becoming too powerful. Sky argued in its submission that blocking the deal on plurality grounds would have the opposite effect. - guardian.co.uk

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Skys aggression with Ofcom will win few friends | Media | guardian.co.uk

Photograph Jeff Sherman/Getty Images Sky never did have much of a reputation for comedy, but its submission to Ofcom released today is a masterpiece of grumpy humourlessness. Whoever wrote the document wastes no time to make it clear how pissed off Sky is with the Ofcom 'plurality' review that has been forced on the broadcaster by Vince Cable. The pointy heads at Ofcom must wonder whether teaching at an inner city school would be more fun. - guardian.co.uk

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BSkyB submission to Ofcom

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Driving with DAB - James Cridland

Driving with DAB Posted on Monday, November 22nd, 2010 at 1230 pm. Of note A few weekends ago, I drove to South Wales, near Swansea. Of note when I was listening, DAB did not drop out once. - james.cridland.net

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AverMedia brings Freeview TV to the iPad Smartphone Applications News - Know Your Mobile

Well, now you can thanks to AverMedia and its HomeFree duet, which plugs directly into your network router. Once its hooked up the router youre free to watch FreeView TV on compatible devices, which include PCs, netbooks and laptops. iPad users will need to download AverMedias HomeFree player app from the App Store for 2.99. - knowyourmobile.com

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Sky reveals Bravo closure date | News | Broadcast

22 November, 2010 By Alex Farber Sky has confirmed the date it is to turn off Bravo, ending 25 years on British screens. 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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informitv - BBC plans traffic lights to signal broadband speed

He was speaking after the communications minister suggested that service providers could charge for improved delivery. The involvement of the BBC in the YouView consortium with the two leading broadband service providers makes this all the more relevant. Two of the other leading broadband service providers, Virgin Media and Sky, have their own interests in ensuring high quality video delivery for their customers, most of which are also subscribers to their television services. - informitv.com

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Gurublog - How Twitter is killing Channel Krish

Over the last five years I have stopped watching everything except the news at the time it is broadcast. It started with the general election TV debates, where watching them with twitter open on an iPad or laptop transformed the experience. Ive even tweeted about the show Im watching in the vain and absurd hope that somebody else is, by coincidence, doing the same or still wants to talk about it. - blogs.channel4.com

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We are on the threshold of a golden age of journalism - Jon Snow - milne media

Either you supplied the wrong credentials e.g., bad password, or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required. - milnemedia.typepad.com

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BBCs Alison Kirkham plans a menu of restoration, live TV and cookery | Media | The Guardian

According to corporation figures, 25 of the population will have watched one of those programmes during the week. Changing jobs Kirkham's appointment in July was welcomed by those in the independent production world who work in the features sector, as they say the market across the broadcasters has been slightly slow because of a number of factors, mostly cuts and commissioners changing jobs. Her predecessor, Jo Ball, was only in the role for just over a year before she left to join the independent producer Ricochet. - guardian.co.uk

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The new chair of the BBC Trust urgently needs to find a new consensus | Media | The Guardian

Sir Michael Lyons, the outgoing chairman of the BBC Trust. The recent, very hastily concluded, licence fee agreement is described by the BBC executives who negotiated it as a prime example of pulling victory from the jaws of catastrophic defeat. They now tend to say that the deal is not just the best of a bad job achieved in the most difficult of circumstances, but in many respects a good deal for the BBC in any terms. - guardian.co.uk

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ITV chiefs look to pay-per-view

The introduction of pay-per-view will be possible due to the advent of YouView, the successor to Freeview that brings together TV and internet services on screen. It is set to launch next year provided that competition complaints against it are not upheld. Given the early stage of ITVs pay-per-view proposals, it is not known which programmes would be charged for. - express.co.uk

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Digital effects that arent getting a good reception News This Is Jersey

On Wednesday, Jerseys analogue signal was switched off for ever, allowing Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the Channel Islands for the first time. Meanwhile, another effect of the digital switchover is that Islanders will no longer be able to listen to Five Live on the radio in the evenings. Previously, Radio Jerseys medium wave signal carried Five Live in the evenings. - thisisjersey.com

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Rupert Murdoch has corrosive role, Ofcom told | Media | guardian.co.uk

Ofcom is expected to receive a considerable number of submissions for its review of News Corp's bid to take control of the 60.9 of the satellite broadcaster it does not already own, with more expected to be published in the coming days and weeks. Today is the deadline for submissions, with Ofcom due to submit a report to the business secretary, Vince Cable, by 31 December examining the impact of the proposed acquisition on media plurality in the market. Ofcom is expected to see a large number of submissions thanks to 38 Degrees and Avaaz, two internet-based lobbying organisations, which have been encouraging submissions against the deal. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Internet Blog: Round Up Friday 19 November 2010

Just in case you hadn't noticed the A-Z feature on BBC iPlayer has returned. - bbc.co.uk

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Whats On BBC Red Button 20th November - 3rd December

Kylie will perform five live tracks on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show on the morning of Wednesday 24th November. We're filming this event in legendary BBC Maida Vale Studio 3, in front of a lucky studio audience. Some songs will be performed with an 8 piece string section, and one track has been newly arranged for the occasion. - bbc.co.uk

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Crozier speaks of second switchover | News | Broadcast

19 November, 2010 Internet and television convergence has led to the advent of a second digital switchover, ITV chief executive Adam Crozier declared. 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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