Thursday 14 October 2010, PM
BBC denies Alan Yentobs departure imminent | Media | guardian.co.uk
The BBC was forced to issue a statement today denying that Alan Yentob, one of its longest-serving executives, is about to leave the corporation. His post would then be abolished, saving the BBC about 183,000 a year, although Yentob is likely to remain at the corporation in some capacity. Announcements about departures have trickled out throughout the week, taking some of the BBC's most senior figures including channel controllers by surprise. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukGovernment curbs Ofcoms powers | Media | guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt 'increasing the efficiency, transparency and accountability of public bodies'. The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, made the announcements today as part of sweeping changes that will see 19 of the 55 public bodies for which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible either abolished or significantly reformed. The DCMS also confirmed rumours that Postcomm, the postal services regulator, will be merged into Ofcom. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukDCMS: Ofcom reforms : | OfcomWatch |
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Daybreak lagging a million viewers behind rival -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
ITV's relaunched Daybreak show has slipped a million viewers behind its BBC rival for the first time, figures showed today. The programme has seen audiences slip after an impressive start of one million viewers, to settle at around 700,000 - lower than audiences for its predecessor GMTV. ITV bosses spent more than 1 million in rebranding and revamping the morning show with new sets and a big marketing push. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Government reveals Ofcom shake up | News | Broadcast
14 October, 2010 By Chris Curtis Ofcom is to undergo a major overhaul as part of the governments bonfire of the quangos that will return the policy-setting role to the secretary of state, reduce unnecessary expense and avoid duplication. 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.ukSun attacks duds opposing News Corps BSkyB takeover | Media | guardian.co.uk
Trinity Mirror and Channel 4 also put their names to the letter. News Corp is expected to seek regulatory approval for the deal from the European Commission in the next 10 days. Cable will then have 25 days in which to seek an intervention notice and would then ask media regulator Ofcom to investigate whether the deal could compromise media plurality. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Met office forecasters off screens -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
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World. News Corp. slows BSkyB bid
- www.ottawacitizen.comThe Times hits out at BBC over BSkyB takeover letter | Media | guardian.co.uk
Trinity Mirror and Channel 4 also put their names to the letter. The Times editorial begins by listing more than 70 BBC services, including its major TV and radio stations, website and local radio services. It argues that it is the BBC rather than News Corporation, which wields too much power. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukCanvas should be blocked, says Sky -Business News, Business - The Independent
Sky's late move means that decision is likely to be delayed. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Changing channels: YouView is highly controversial, despite its cosy image
Richard Halton, who heads the plan to transform British living rooms by enabling households to watch their favourite shows over the internet but on their TV sets, seems aware of this. We will be able to use social media features such as Twitter and Flickr, and channels from new broadcasters, such as arts and charities. All this will be available from the sofa, using neither a mouse nor a Merlin-style wand but an old-fashioned TV zapper. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukWednesday 13 October 2010, PM
News Corps self-service broadcasting | Media Monkey | Media | guardian.co.uk
We include only News Corp assets which are based or have influence in the UK. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBSkyB submits 11th-hour complaint to Ofcom and OFT in bid to halt YouView | Media | guardian.co.uk
YouView privately a number of partners in the service believe an investigation is likely. News of Sky's move prompted an angry reaction from the YouView chief executive, Richard Halton. YouView will enable the 7m Freeview households who have broadband access to download thousands of hours of programming over the internet direct to their TV. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFilm fans to get incredible new range of titles thanks to YouView - Broadband Genie
One of the leading UK websites dedicated to giving film fans what they want at the click of a mouse button has confirmed that it plans to use YouView as a vital tool for reaching out to new users. Formerly known as Project Canvas, YouView is a new service that utilises a TV box to allow viewers to tap into a mountain of televisual treats in the comfort of their own homes. The YouView concept aims to offer the simplicity of Freeview, but with the added benefit of catch-up and on-demand services without the need for any kind of contract. - broadbandgenie.co.ukwww.broadbandgenie.co.ukBBC marketing supremo is axed -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The BBC's marketing supremo Sharon Baylay is being axed in the latest shake-up of senior figures, it was announced today. The closure of the post of director of BBC marketing, communications and audiences comes a day after it was announced that deputy director general Mark Byford is to leave. Ms Baylay, who is paid 310,000, will leave the corporation when her role ends. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukMark Thompson announces reduced BBC Executive Board
The purpose of the restructuring is to further streamline management and management boards at the BBC and to make further progress towards the BBC's target of reducing its senior manager pay bill by 25 per cent by the end of next year. At a time when other broadcasters are struggling to maintain their origination budgets, it's critical that the BBC spends as much of the licence fee as possible on high quality content. As a proportion of spend, overheads are around half what they were in the 1990s. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Spring debut for MHEG-IC catch-up | Broadband TV News
Speaking at a Mashup event on the future of multiscreen, Cutts said the Freeview implementation would be similar to that already seen on Freesat. Cutts expects that a significant proportion of Freeview HD products sold from 2011 onwards will reach this specification, which includes facilities to deliver encrypted streams to TVs and to allow flexible playlist presentation of content and advertising. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comWednesday 13 October 2010, AM
Murdochs whingeing rivals actually have a case for once | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian
Murdoch is the best thing that ever happened to the British media, and they hate it. Without him and his Fleet Street revolution it is most unlikely that today there would be any Guardian or Independent, any third news channel and any Sky Arts 2. When Murdoch came along the pundits predicted at most three newspapers in Britain by 1980, as in most unionised countries. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 12 October 2010, PM
Rupert Murdochs will is likely to prevail over BSkyB buyout | Michael White | Comment is free | The Guardian
Combative, tenacious, charming, irritable, Murdoch was already recognisably the character who dominates a global media empire in his 80th year. So he cut a mutually useful deal with a Menzies coalition ally, the first of many politicians - and editors - to be discarded when the moment came to switch horses. That would square with his track record around the world since he inherited his father Sir Keith's newspapers in 1953. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
BBC News - Google and Apple heat up battle for TV screens
The view comes as Sony unveiled the first Google-powered TVs. Connecting the TV to the web has become a focus among manufacturers and set top box makers vying for market share. Google's emergence has energised things said commentators as has Apple's renewed bid for domination with its TV converter. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMark Byfords exit exposes BBCs leadership gap | Media | guardian.co.uk
It is widely assumed that director general Mark Thompson is planning to exit about 2012 once the London Olympics have taken place, ideally after he has also negotiated the next licence fee settlement. So who is qualified to be in the frame as the next director general of the BBC It would seem that recruiting an executive who has risen through news and current affairs, the path to the top which Thompson trod, is now out of favour. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC Trust - Chairmans Statement On Deputy Director General
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.ukNew Edition of BBC Editorial Guidelines launched today
- www.bbc.co.ukPeter Salmon to step down from BBC executive board
More details about further changes to the executive board are due to be revealed shortly as part of the director general Mark Thompson's plan to slim down his top team. Salmon hit the headlines after it emerged in July that he would not be moving to live in Salford the home of the BBC's new northern headquarters. It is understood that when Salmon became BBC North director the corporation did not include a clause in his contract stipulating he had to move to Salford. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRupert Murdoch BSkyB decision: the Fox in Vince Cables backyard | Michael White | Politics | guardian.co.uk
What a rotten week, thrust into the heart of painful rows, first over student finance and now Rupert Murdoch's tightening grip over the British media industry. Did he come into elective politics and become a senior minister at 67 to be battered from all quarters What mischief to give the job to Dr Vince ... - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Sorry Rupert, money is power and your BSkyB deal could threaten rivals | Media | guardian.co.uk
I found myself way out on a limb this morning in the face of an unprecedented alliance of media companies lined up in opposition to Rupert Murdoch's proposal to acquire complete ownership of BSkyB. Not then, and not since, has Sky News - BSkyB's only public service channel - been found to have breached broadcasting impartiality rules. Indeed, despite its small audiences, it has performed well. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 12 October 2010, AM
BBC lays off 475,000-a-year deputy director general -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
- www.independent.co.ukSky Sports big budget dwarfs competitors | Media | The Guardian
The satellite broadcaster fought hard to win control of live Premier League football in the 1990s, and with a budget of about 1bn a year it is easily able to outspend rivals, reducing competitors to a handful of events, most of which are restricted by law to free-to-air television. A tie-up with News Corporation, though, would increase Sky's firepower across Europe. Sky is already easily able to outbid rivals for sports it wants, such as cricket, which is no longer on live on free television after Sky paid 50m a year to snatch the rights from Channel 4 which was only able to bid a third of that sum a few months before England's home Ashes triumph in 2005. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Rupert Murdoch: Mr Cables obligation | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
Would anyone in their right mind want Rupert Murdoch to end up owning nearly half the British national press as well as the richest broadcaster in the country in revenue terms, twice the size of the BBC The simple answer is no. Is this because of some knee-jerk anti-Murdoch prejudice Again, no. It would be wrong for any company or individual to be allowed that kind of dominance over the media landscape in this or, indeed, any country. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMonday 11 October 2010, PM
Rupert Murdoch and BSkyB: how powerful would a takeover make him? | Media | guardian.co.uk
- guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBritish media join forces against Murdoch takeover of BSkyB | Media | The Guardian
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is proposing a full takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The signatories argue against a combined Murdoch multimedia empire that would have a turnover of 7.5bn compared with the BBC's 4.8bn. Over the past week both the Telegraph and the Mail have been critical of the government's plans to cut child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers, indicating strained relations between the two right-of-centre newspapers and Cameron's government. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThe TARDIS crash lands in America for series six of Doctor Who
They will also be joined by Alex Kingston who reprises her role as River Song. Series six will start airing on BBC One in spring 2011 and has been split into two blocks, with the second block airing in autumn 2011. By splitting the series Moffat plans to give viewers one of the most exciting Doctor Who cliffhangers and plot twists ever, leaving them waiting, on the edge of their seats, until the autumn to find out what happens. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
4Music/ITN to co-pro breakfast show | 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.ukTurning the heat on Rupert Murdoch | Media | The Guardian
It is March 2015, a couple of months before the general election. One media company bestrides British politics spanning television, newspapers and the internet. It is more than twice the size of the BBC, with a turnover of 9bn. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOfcom | Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 167 11/10/10
Some of the language and descriptions used in Ofcom's Broadcast Bulletin may therefore cause offence. The three programmes complained of followed a similar format presenters moderating a phone-in where viewers put questions seeking guidance and instruction in the Islamic religion to a small group of scholars. The licence for this channel is held by Ummah Channel Limited. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukCompany profile for BSkyB | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk
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One For All SV9380 Freeview HD indoor aerial reghardware
Review Most indoor aerials are priced between 10 and 20 but the One For All SV9380 is a different beast to most indoor aerials, selling for between 40 and 50. The first note of caution is that the packaging boasts of Full HD compatibility, a spurious claim given that there are no Full HD broadcasts, nor likely to be. If a digital signal is weak the receiver might not lock on to some, or all, channels or it may freeze or block. - reghardware.comwww.reghardware.comBBC Trust launches review of BBC radio services in the devolved nations
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Why is the ITV News political editor allowed to write a partisan column? | Media | guardian.co.uk
Please forgive me if this sounds unbearably pompous, but shouldn't political broadcasters observe some kind of impartiality by keeping schtum in public about their own views 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.ukMonday 11 October 2010, AM
Three bidders in running for Virgin Medias UKTV stake | Media | guardian.co.uk
However, it is constricted by a loan facility of 218m, out of which it had drawn down 134m at the end of last year. BBC Worldwide is in line to significantly boost its coffers with the sale of a majority stake of its magazines operation, but this is not likely to be completed before what is thought to be an end-of-the-year deadline for Virgin Media to offload its stake. The major issue with any potential deal is that the new joint owner will have to be the junior partner and acceptable to BBC Worldwide and its chief executive, John Smith. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWhy Olympic radio didnt get off the starting blocks | Media | The Guardian
Photograph Anthony Charlton for the Guardian It sounded like a champion idea a dedicated radio station, or even a whole bunch of radio stations, broadcasting exclusively about the Olympics when the games come to London in 2012. One commercial operator envisaged a bouquet of between 10 and 20 different stations on a dedicated Olympics multiplex. They would have included half a dozen different language services offering news and information to the Olympic village, which would have had a DAB radio in each room a channel dedicated to the games volunteers an Olympics traffic and travel station and coverage of the games in London and around the country. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBroadcasters try to wrest back more control from independent producers | Media | The Guardian
They are both made by independent production companies, and the broadcasters buy a licence to screen them. Talks between Pact, the indies' trade body, and leading broadcasters are taking place in a bid to reach agreement by next year. The interests of broadcasters and independent producers rarely dovetail, but the gap appears to be worsening just at a point when a fresh modus vivendi is needed - by next year, when internet-enabled television is expected to bring about a fragmented online world. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWhy Vince Cable must reel in News Corps bid for full control of Sky | Media | The Guardian
News Corp chairman and chief executive officer Rupert Murdoch. Last week it was revealed that rival newspaper owners and the BBC were preparing a letter calling on the government to intervene. This is not just a question of News Corp coming up with the right price. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRichard Klein on why BBC4 is the corporations best-loved channel | Media | The Guardian
Richard Klein, the controller of the culture channel BBC4, could be forgiven for feeling under pressure. Audience appreciation is the highest for any BBC channel. Political process Why hasn't that case been made to the government, then - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 10 October 2010, PM
TV licence staff get complaints guidance -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The 964-page official handbook, which was released following a Freedom of Information request, sets out in detail how the fee should be administered. Prisoners do not need a licence for TVs in their cells or other communal areas because prisons are subject to Crown exemption. If they choose not to buy a TV licence, TV Licensing cannot enforce the law against them. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukSunday 10 October 2010, AM
Vince Cable must be bold and break Murdochs stranglehold | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer
It is not just the usual liberal voices raised against him, but a large proportion of British broadcasters and newspaper publishers who are lining up against his plans for market domination with the purchase of all BSkyB's shares. This isn't Murdoch's Waterloo and, after 40 years of bending Britain to his political will, the 79-year-old probably is not losing much sleep over the new alliance. Give almost any politician a guarantee of anonymity and he or she will say much more but, as Peter Oborne's Channel 4 Dispatches programme made clear, most are too frightened to challenge him or his executives. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 08 October 2010, PM
Whats On BBC Red Button 9th - 22nd October
New for 2010, this year Autumnwatch fans will be able to press red to view our pick of Autumn nature photos taken by our audience. Full replays and highlights packages of selected events will be available after live coverage has ended each day. Additionally, in the build-up to the Games from Sunday 26th September Sky, Virgin and Freesat viewers can watch a special preview programme. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukNew 3D TV Which? test lab results - October - 2010 - Which? News
Which 3D TV was a terrible 3D performer Gulf in 3D quality Which researcher Michael Briggs said 'Despite a three grand price tag the 3D picture on one model is truly awful, the glasses are uncomfortable to wear and the supplied software upgrade kit didnt work properly. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukBBC reveals Salford timetable | Media | guardian.co.uk
Blue Peter will move in July of next year and a new garden for the show will either be built on a roof of a building or in a more accessible place at MediaCity, yet to be confirmed. Salmon said initially he would not be moving his family there, although he has now declared that they will move once they are able to. The decision to announce that BBC Breakfast is moving to Salford and the way it was done has also attracted criticism. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFirst talking Freeview box' launches in UK
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