Friday 19 November 2010, PM
BBC Trust is "broken", says Bland | 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
Alan Rusbridger warns of chilling effect of News Corps bid for BSkyB | Media | guardian.co.uk
Alan Rusbridger the future of all media appears dependent on subsidy. Combined, the two companies would have a turnover of 7.5bn, compared to the BBC's 4.8bn. Cable referred the bid to Ofcom in early November, after News Corp had formally notified the European Commission of the proposed takeover. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC Internet Blog: A-Z programme list back in BBC iPlayer
Following my last post I wanted to share that based on your feedback, two features are now back in BBC iPlayer. You may have noticed that the A-Z programme list has returned to the BBC iPlayer homepage, so if you like discovering titles in this way, just click on a letter. We've also reinstated the TV pop-out option for live TV streaming. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 19 November 2010, AM
Media Talk: The royal engagement. With Matt Wells, James Robinson and Jane Martinson
download.guardian.co.ukBBC Trust chairman deadline looms | Media | guardian.co.uk
The field, though, is likely to be broad. Roger Parry, the chairman of YouGov, has long been linked to several high profile media jobs, including a bid for ITV. He would not comment yesterday, but industry sources told MediaGuardian.co.uk that he has been carefully preparing an application, which it is expected he will submit. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukGoodmans Smart Talk Freeview box - TV DVD - Which? Technology
The Smart Talk Freeview digital box from Goodmans has been designed for partially-sighted or blind users, or simply those who struggle to get to grips with new technology. Not only have these consumers been considered with the introduction of the box's 'talking' feature, but also in the design and lay out of the remote control. Smart Talk Freeview digital box from Goodmans video Please enable JavaScript to access this content. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukInternet TV - TV DVD - Which? Technology
Internet TVs, also known as Smart TVs, are getting better. We put the latest generation of internet and Smart TVs from Samsung and Panasonic head-to-head at the Which test lab. Are the new app stores and web browsing options better than the 2010 models - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukThursday 18 November 2010, PM
S4C Authority chair expected to quit | Media | guardian.co.uk
Jones is expected to leave next February or March, according to sources close to S4C. An S4C spokesman confirmed that the authority was meeting today and considering an independent report on the state of the broadcaster's governance, but declined to comment on Jones's position. Jones, a former senior civil servant, who was appointed for a second term as chair a year ago, has been blamed for presiding over a protracted crisis at S4C, which began in July when chief executive Iona Jones was abruptly sacked by the authority. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWhat is the future of television?
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. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukThursday 18 November 2010, AM
Has Richard Horwood found a way to make local TV profitable? | Media | guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt has said no 24-hour local TV news stations are profitable. The former Trinity Mirror executive, Richard Horwood, thinks he has come up with an answer to Hunt's local television prayers. Horwood's Channel 6 is not after much of the 25m-plus swiped from the BBC's licence fee for local TV as he says it is commercially viable. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 17 November 2010, PM
D-link boxee box review - The Inquirer
Like tablets, Connected Television has been a shiny new thing that has seen a lot of print and online coverage but to date not much to play with. Youview won't tip up until next year and, again, in the UK Google TV is nowhere to be seen. So is the Boxee Box the tortoise to Google and Youview's hares - theinquirer.netwww.theinquirer.netThe Channel Islands have gone Digital - Jersey News, Jersey Local News, Jersey Latest News, News In Jersey - channelonli
Islanders switching to Freeview need to tune in their digital tvs and boxes once signals are available in their area follow guide below. The switch has meant virtually all households across the islands will be able to receive Freeview digital channels for the first time and will see their choice of terrestrial channels increase from four to around 15. Viewers across the Channel Islands should have a digital signal for their TV or Freeview box by mid-afternoon on Wednesday. - channelonline.tvwww.channelonline.tvBBC Internet Blog: Building a Connected Britain
This is a summary ofthe keynote presentation that I gave this morning at the FT World Telecoms Conference 2010. The BBC's sixth public purpose is to deliver to the public the benefits of emerging communications technologies and services. Pioneering technologies and platform innovation is enshrined in the BBC's Charter. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Date set for 4G airwaves auction
The airwaves that will enable 4G networks will be auctioned off in the first half of 2012, Mr Richards said. It means the spectrum will become available from 2013. The auction was originally earmarked for 2009 but was delayed because of legal action by mobile firms. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Developing story, CNN leaves Freeview | Broadband TV News
The news network had occupied capacity in the ITV-owned SDN mutiplex. With this trial period coming to a natural end on November 13th at midnight, well be looking anew at the distribution opportunities across all platforms, for CNN content in the UK, as part of our overall international distribution strategy. Well now assess how Freeview might fit into our plans going forward as an international multiplatform brand in the future, said a CNN spokesperson. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comChannel Islands wake to a Digital Dawn
Analogue TV in the Channel Islands was switched off for good today, signalling the dawn of an all-digital era for 50,000 households. Viewers switching to Freeview should tune in their digital TVs and boxes once signals are available in their area1. Digital UK, which has co-ordinated the switch, and the Switchover Help Scheme are today running advice points and a roadshow to provide face-to-face support for viewers who need it. - dca-pr.co.ukwww.dca-pr.co.ukTest highlights discrepancies in Blu-ray quality - November - 2010 - Which? News
17 November 2010 Films on Blu-ray typically cost twice the price of a DVD, so youd expect them to live up to marketing that promises the maximum high-definition experience. Only five Blu-rays, such as newer films Avatar and Casino Royale, and classics, including Zulu, were of the highest high-definition quality expected. A Which expert viewing panel watched a number of films from different genres, decades and studios. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukWednesday 17 November 2010, AM
Teletext gears up for analogue switch off - www.travelweekly.co.uk
- www.travelweekly.co.ukMore student questions about DAB - James Cridland
It seems its the week for student questions via my email address. Better reception would help, too, but mainly, radio stations need to give good reasons for people to go out and buy a DAB Digital Radio. You can get Capital FM on this radio, too is not a good reason to get people to replace a speaker-in-a-box with another speaker-in-a-box more functionality and more content from familiar brands Capital Extra - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netDAB in Yorkshire - James Cridland
As part of my research I conducted a survey and would like to put my findings to you. I have found that there is a lack of understanding of the radio switchover and a dissatisfaction with reception and content especially in rural areas. The only thing thats been said is that if we reach 50 digital listening by 2013 we wont then the government will force large FM broadcasters off the dial in 2015 theyd be mad to in an election year, and the market should decide in any case. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netReclaiming the word radio - James Cridland
Reclaiming the word 'radio' Posted on Monday, November 15th, 2010 at 1126 am. It always strikes me as mad to the point of lunacy to see radio stations not use the word radio in their logo. How on earth are you supposed to know that talkSPORT is a radio station, for example, if youve not heard of the brand before - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.net
ITV fights back as advertising rebounds - Business News, Business - The Independent
Revenues rose by 11 per cent to 1.46bn in the nine months to September, comfortably above the 1.31bn booked for the same period last year. The gains were spurred on by a 16 per cent increase in television-advertising revenues in the three months to September, a period which coincided with part of the football World Cup. ITV expects the figure to ease to 10 per cent in the final quarter. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukITV.coms video views fall year on year | Media | guardian.co.uk
Susan Boyle helped drive a massive traffic spike on ITV.com last year. ITV.com's performance was a sour note in an otherwise upbeat financial update from the broadcaster today, with video views falling by 6 year on year in the first nine months of 2010. The broadcaster revealed today that average monthly video views have fallen by about 1m year on year in the nine months to the end of September to 15.6m, although ITV.com's monthly unique users increased 13 to 9 million over the same period. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 16 November 2010, PM
Which? warns against buying Alba STB300HD STB - November - 2010 - Which? News
Three shop-bought samples of this set-top box failed during Which testing at our Which labs. Based on our findings, we'd advise you to avoid buying this model. To find Best Buy Freeview and Freesat set-top boxes that won't let you down see our Which reviews. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukWill Treasury return to pensioners free TV licences plan?
The full fascinating story has yet to be told of what happened between 15-19 October, when the BBC's future was effectively decided and arguably secured for the next seven years. The Corporation and its allies furiously tried to stop George Osborne taking a big chunk of licence fee income to help fund other government departments. They all argued that it would be wrong to divert BBC income to fund a government social programme. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 16 November 2010, AM
Discovery Networks and Scripps in running for Virgins UKTV stake | Media | guardian.co.uk
It is thought that a deadline for final bids set for around the middle of last month was extended as the remaining bidders sought more time to try to solve outstanding issues, other than the sale price, before tabling a deal. This is likely to sustain the business, which has a turnover of about 200m a year, and in particular Gold, for about 20 years. Discovery has the benefit of having worked with the BBC as a commercial partner since 1997 in the joint venture and has just extended the factual programming co-production element of the relationship until 2014. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMonday 15 November 2010, PM
BBC Worldwide sells 97m stake in Discovery joint venture | Media | guardian.co.uk
Today's deal brings to an end a 13-year broadcast partnership between the BBC and Discovery, which began in 1997. He said the scale of next year's dividend payment to the BBC was still to be decided. The dividend to the BBC has been growing very substantially over the last few years. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC - Jersey goes digital on 17 November
Jersey will switch to digital television at the end of 2010 On Wednesday 17 November 2010 Jersey's analogue television signal will be switched off, with a new digital system turned on in its place. This will then allow Freeview digital channels to be broadcast across the islands for the first time. All terrestrial TV services from the Fremont Point transmitter will be off-air during the night. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukMonday 15 November 2010, AM
Channel 6 would favour local programming - Telegraph
There has been much scepticism in recent months as to whether Mr Hunt's vision for a nationwide network of local TV channels is commercially viable. Mr Shott is looking at other proposals but Mr Horwood's is understood to be one of the preferred options. However, it is understood one concern held by Mr Shott's team is that the geographic spectrum suggested by Mr Horwood to carry the channel will not be sufficient to cover certain parts of the country. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.ukIts audiences who make and break TV stars l Maggie Brown | Media | The Guardian
The Miriam OReilly and BBC tribunal doesn't focus on the fact that it is actually audiences who decide on the stars they love or hate. This group of media achievers, one of whose founder members is Sheila Hancock, plays a gutsy role in promoting the achievements of women across these fickle sectors. Now it seems the next really fundamental cause has presented itself via an industrial tribunal the issue and practice of ageism, ruthless station controllers drumming wrinkly women off screen, and excluding, without regret, unknown others. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 14 November 2010, AM
In the Grip of the Internet Monopolists - WSJ.com
It wouldn't be impossible, but for even a moderate Internet user, it would be a real pain. For most of us, avoiding the Internet's dominant firms would be a lot harder than bypassing Starbucks, Wal-Mart or other companies that dominate some corner of what was once called the real world. So why does it look increasingly like a Monopoly board - online.wsj.comonline.wsj.comSaturday 13 November 2010, PM
BT and TalkTalk win judicial review of Digital Economy Act on all four grounds | Technology | guardian.co.uk
TalkTalk is challenging the Digital Economy Act with BT. It does little to change the course of the controversial Act in the short term, but it stops the dust settling. Other rights holders, also generally supportive of the Act and its measures, believe there is little to say until Ofcom's draft initial obligations code, expected in the next few weeks. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 13 November 2010, AM
Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD network TV tuner reghardware
Review It's really hard to recommend a product from a vendor who, having taken 250 for the hardware, then expects you to fork out a further 18 to get the best out of your purchase. At least you get all the cables you need... Its parsimony might not be so bad if said hardware - the latest in the Slingbox line - delivered a more consumer friendly experience than it does. - reghardware.comwww.reghardware.com25 workers sacked at call centre for handing out free Sky TV packages - The Daily Record
- www.dailyrecord.co.ukFriday 12 November 2010, PM
Unthinkable - UK company can put four TV channels in your PC server
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BBC Red Button 'must be cheaper' says BBC Trust
The report found while it was the UK's most used interactive TV service with 12.7m users per week, its cost - 39.3m last year - needs to be reduced. The Trust recommended a less varied service between digital TV platforms to lower distribution costs. It also suggested it focuses on its digital text and live events content instead of covering various genres. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukDAB+ and DAB the differences, and why it s not for the UK - James Cridland
Given its been many years of work, Im delighted for him and his team. Your iPod uses AAC as standard aacPlus uses a number of clever techniques to make it more efficient, so audio sounds better at lower bitrates. Many DAB radios on sale today will cope with DAB automatically, or will prompt you with instructions on how to upgrade which could be as easy as typing a code in, or downloading some new firmware. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netOctober BBC iPlayer monthly performance pack
This is a month-on-month increase of 22, with requests up 43 year-on-year. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC iPlayer on BT Vision: top line technical details
This is all the more enjoyable when the experience is accessed from the same remote as the TV, as is the case with BT Vision. TV programmes are delivered in the WMV format at a total data rate of 1300kbit/sec. BT Vision tell us that all customers should be able to watch this without interruption, whatever their broadband connection speed. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFormer ITN chief demands urgent action on ITV local news | Media | guardian.co.uk
He also argued that the new local TV services should be subject to more relaxed regulations regarding advertising and impartiality. 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.ukFirst broadcast of interview with creator of Doctor Who theme
In the interview she reveals that one of the primary influences on her music, including Doctor Who, were the abstract sounds she heard as a child during the Coventry blitz. Inside Out also features previously unseen footage of Delia later in life at a Doctor Who fan convention. But, 47 years on, the Doctor Who theme is probably the most famous piece of electronic music in the world. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 12 November 2010, AM
Thursday 11 November 2010, PM
Digital Economy Act to get judicial review - November - 2010 - Which? News
The act, which aims to curb illegal filesharing, was passed in April prior to the coalition government coming to power. BT and TalkTalk feel that the act was rushed through parliament, and are concerned that the basic rights and freedoms of internet users are impinged upon. Most controversial is the so-called three strikes rule, whereby users accused of illegal file sharing would be disconnected after three warnings about their online behaviour. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukBBC Red Button: BBC Trust Service Licence Review
This review follows a public consultation undertaken in late 2009, which produced over 5,600 responses, and included a study of the BBC's own research into how viewers engage with the service. I have captured the key points below but the full report can be read on the BBC Trust website. Wide usage The review shows that BBC Red Button has a large and varied audience. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC and BT partner to bring BBC iPlayer to BT Vision
All BT Vision customers will be able to access the service by April 2011. Over 20 million of those requests were delivered to TVs. The software will be delivered as a phased upgrade, which will start in December 2010 and conclude by April 2011. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC Trust review of Red Button finds service has high reach but should look to tighten focus and reduce costs
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.ukFuture of Digital Economy Act in limbo until next year, say lawyers | Technology | guardian.co.uk
The house of commons during a reading of the digital economy bill, April 2010 The Digital Economy Act, which has divided creative industries since its first inception, has hit what may turn into a considerable stumbling block. He heard both sides and fairly quickly came to the view that there was a case to answer. Privately, though, lawyers familiar with the proceedings suspect BT and TalkTalk don't rate their chances of an injunction being granted, and that the review is little more than an adjunct to the pair's campaign against the act. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 11 November 2010, AM
YouView presses ahead with plans for 2011 launch | City A.M.
BBC-backed online TV service YouView stepped up preparations for its launch next year by officially approaching content providers who want to join the venture. YouView, which will support video and audio streaming as well as web-based apps, is discussing the technical implications of uploading content from disparate providers to a single platform. Richard Halton, chief executive of YouView, said Our ambition is to open up the TV screen to content providers who until now have been unable to build an audience, bringing viewers a brilliant choice of content. - cityam.comwww.cityam.comTV ad growth forecast to continue | Media | guardian.co.uk
The 2010 rebound in UK TV advertising revenues looks set to run to the end of the year, with December forecast to be up by as much as 10 year on year. A straw poll of media buying agency executives by MediaGuardian.co.uk puts the average expectation for December at about 8.5 up year-on-year. The runup to Christmas is being closely watched by the industry because last December marked the end of the TV advertising recession, with revenues rising by about 11 compared to the same month in 2008. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Former BBC1 controller: I dont hate women - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
Jay Hunt, the former BBC1 controller, insisted that during her tenure at the channel, she had promoted a number of women in their forties and older into prime-time television slots. I am a 43-year-old woman, I have had my own difficulties surviving this industry. For that reason, the last thing I would ever do is ever discriminate against anyone on the basis of gender or age. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukpick a page