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MGEITFs Channel of the Year Awards | Media | guardian.co.uk
- www.guardian.co.ukNext series of Doctor Who to be split transmission
The split transmission is the result of a request from Steven Moffat to write a new Doctor Who story arc which involves a big plot twist in the middle of the series. 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. For the kids it will never be more than a few months to the next Doctor Who - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSunday 29 August 2010, AM
Go global or face huge cuts, says BBC boss -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
This could be the future of programmes in a new, leaner BBC described yesterday by its director general, who is this weekend wrestling with critical press, worried staff and the threat of a reduced licence fee. The public broadcaster faces a pension deficit of up to 2bn and future partnerships with American producers in order to make programmes like Wallander to sell around the world, according to Mark Thompson. I don't think in five or 10 years anyone is going to remember any of this. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukSaturday 28 August 2010, PM
New ITV1 Factual Strand unveiled at Edinburgh - ITV Press Centre
Perspectives will be the umbrella title encompassing single, factual films from a variety of film-makers and, on occasions, presenters, offering their take on subject matter ranging from life in Britain today to the arts. The unlikely group now have a million pound record contract, a book about their life and a film deal. The film follows them over six months as men who have spent a lifetime working around a small, sleepy harbour face the glitz and glamour of the showbiz world. They were ordinary working men who had spent years down the pits before organising an art appreciation class for themselves in the 1930s. Despite their lack of professional training, their works, which drew on their own lives, were bought by collectors and praised by connoisseurs, which begs the questions what makes an artist, and can anyone paint - itv.comwww.itv.comYamgo Live Mobile TV and Video Streaming
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Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt tells BBC to prepare for deeper cuts | Media | guardian.co.uk
Link to this video The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has warned the BBC that it faces making deeper cuts and refused to rule out a reduction the licence fee. He was then asked if he considered the BBC to be a government department. He added that on this basis he could not categorically rule out the licence fee being cut. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival - MGEITF 2010 - Highlights
- www.mgeitf.co.ukSaturday 28 August 2010, AM
For BBC chief Mark Thompson, revenge is a dish best served cold -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The director-general has himself faced criticism, particularly over the size of his annual remuneration of 838,000, which he recently agreed to reduce by 20 per cent. Mr Thompson also drew attention to News Corporation's press interests and complained of what he depicted as an unprecedented level of hostility in coverage of the BBC. Other organisations might rise and fall but the BBCs income is guaranteed and growing. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukFriday 27 August 2010, PM
Mark Thompsons MacTaggart lecture the full text | Media | guardian.co.uk
We all know the ingredients of a classic MacTaggart. If you can manage it, rage though no one's ever going to match Dennis Potter, not just for eloquence and passion, but for sheer undiluted bile. If you study the best MacTaggarts, there's always a proper, black-hearted villain. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOn TV: perspectives on television in words and numbers | Media | Telecommunications, Media Technology | Deloitte UK
Background On TV perspectives on television in words and numbers is Deloittes fourth annual report on the current issues impacting the television sector. The in-depth research was based on interviews with senior industry executives and a detailed survey of the UK public designed by Deloitte and conducted by YouGov between 9th and 12th July 2010. Online television has proved more supportive than disruptive to broadcast television while social media has so far proven to be a powerful ally in raising awareness of televisions most compelling content. - deloitte.comwww.deloitte.com
YouTube UK to launch free movie service | Technology | guardian.co.uk
YouTube, which already delivers TV through deals with Channel 4 and Channel 5, will initially make more than 400 titles available for free and on-demand. For Blinkbox, which will receive revenue from advertising around the films, the move to make content available for free is about building the brand and reaching new audiences. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 27 August 2010, AM
MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival - MGEITF
Dr Schmidt will be discussing the impact of the internet revolution and how the television industry can engage with new technologies. - mgeitf.co.ukwww.mgeitf.co.ukThe new Sky Sports News in HD gives me a headache - Sportingo
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PURE offers sub-40 DAB radio
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BBC Media Show: "The Web is Dead", Press freedom in South Africa, and Mark Thompson 25 Aug 10
downloads.bbc.co.ukPrototype: BBC TV Made Richer By Hypertext| paidContent:UK
What if your TV automatically showed you links to related material Right now, its just a prototype, and works only with the web stream of the BBC News Channel. Some of the suggested material also looks a bit off-topic. - paidcontent.co.ukpaidcontent.co.ukFeedback: 20 Aug 2010: Political coverage
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Perth councillor's fury at limited TV channels - Perthshire Advertiser
- www.perthshireadvertiser.co.ukBBC4 to air Anna Nicole Smith opera | Media | guardian.co.uk
The digital channel's programming lineup for autumn 2010 and early 2011 also includes Patrick Stewart in a film version of Macbeth. Smith died of a prescription drugs overdose in 2007, aged 39. Anna Nicole The Opera is due to be broadcast on BBC4 in early 2011. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC to increase competition in radio commissioning following Trust review
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.ukTuesday 24 August 2010, PM
Five comes back to Project Canvas
Channel Five is to re-join Project Canvas, following Fives recent acquisition by Northern Shell. Northern Shell Chairman, Richard Desmond, said Project Canvas is set to shape the future of broadcasting and open up new and exciting possibilities for viewers. This is important to the future of Channel Five and having an open internet-connected TV platform fits closely with our plans to bring brilliant new content and interactive services to viewers. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.uk
Channel 5 returns to Canvas | 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.ukTuesday 24 August 2010, AM
TV advertising skipped by 86% of viewers | Media | guardian.co.uk
Respondents said that shorter adverts and shorter ad breaks would encourage them not to skip them. More than half 52 of respondents said television was more memorable than any other form of advertising medium, followed by 10 who said newspapers and just 2 for online video adverts and 1 for online banner ads and on iPhones and iPads. Respondents said shorter ad breaks highlighted by 48 of people, more memorable campaigns 32 and shorter ads 17 would encourage people to watch more advertising. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMonday 23 August 2010, PM
Will viewers switch off X Factor after vocal row? - Channel 4 News
If you thought our winter was cold, spare a thought for the Chinese who have had to put up with the coldest winter in 28 years with snow and ice closing roads, cancelling flights and knocking out power in several provinces. China Meteorological Administration said the national average was -3.8 degrees Celsius since late November. - channel4.comwww.channel4.comOpen Source Release of MHEG+ Toolkit
MHEG pronounced em-heg plus is both a programming language and a suite of tools developed by the BBC for building interactive television services. Today MHEG is not just a programming language but also a comprehensive suite of tools for developing interactive television applications. Further, we hope to encourage the community to get involved in MHEG and make it better. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 23 August 2010, AM
Broadcasters cautiously optimistic as television advertising increases
With advertising spend up a healthy double digits over last year, a cautious optimism has begun to infect the boardrooms of the big broadcasters. Indeed the downturn has shown no respect for heritage, with ITV, for example, completely rethinking how it delivers dramas, to the cost of classic series such as Heartbeat and The Bill pictured. Even if the boost can be tempered by sexy looking annual comparatives thanks to the precipitous advertising falls last year, broadcasters have been making the right noises about freeing up spending. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMake or break for Mark Thompson as BBC boss prepares MacTaggart lecture | Media | The Guardian
Mark Thompson's rise to the upper echelons of the BBC began in 1997 when he delivered an impromptu speech to an audience of media executives about the virtues of public service broadcasting. More than a decade on, if he is to convince his critics inside and outside the BBC that he is the right man to continue leading the corporation through a turbulent period, the director general will need to repeat that feat on a far bigger stage on Friday evening. The BBC is under siege from its commercial rivals and preparing for what will be a bruising licence fee renegotiation with David Cameron's coalition government while internally Thompson is facing the most serious staff revolt in years over plans to reform the corporation's generous final salary pension scheme. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 21 August 2010, PM
APP OF THE DAY - Freeview HD - Pocket-lint
Some things in life are pretty much dead certs, unquestionable truths if you will the sun rises and sets, throw a ball into the air and gravity will do its best to drag it back down to earth, the moon is made of cheese, and App Of The Day will bring joy and wonderment into your life. So not only will this give info on HD channels you might want to watch, but it makes for a very handy allround tool for keeping abreast of telly in general - and best of all it's free. - pocket-lint.comwww.pocket-lint.comSaturday 21 August 2010, AM
Google TV demo shows off Dish Network integration, universal search (video) -- Engadget
For those still wavering over the possibility of dropping a few Ben Franklins on something rocking the Google TV logo this fall, maybe the best idea is to get to know this new flavor of Android a bit better. StuffWeLike grabbed video of a Comic-Con 2010 demo that showed off its universal search in a level of detail we hadn't previously seen. - engadget.comwww.engadget.comFriday 20 August 2010, PM
Dundee becomes Scotlands first digital city
- www.dtg.org.ukA new home for the BBC Archive
- www.bbc.co.ukITV Player to go on PlayStation 3 | Media | guardian.co.uk
It is the first commercial catch-up TV service to go on the games console, which already gives users access to the BBC's iPlayer. Total long and short-form video views on ITV.com more than doubled last year to 200m. ITV Player content on PlayStation 3 will be free and advertiser funded. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFrance blamed for TV signal glitches down to
Viewers across the Island have reported losing the signal for ITV, Channel 4 and related channels. Experts believe the problem is linked to the switch to digital transmission in France, which like the UK, is replacing its terrestrial network. Wight Aerials boss Mike Downes said they had been contacted by people from Freshwater to Sandown, experiencing problems. - iwcp.co.ukwww.iwcp.co.ukThursday 19 August 2010, PM
BBC Genome: The Complete Broadcast History of the BBC
- www.bbc.co.ukBBC Media Show: The One Show, Wikileaks and S4C 18 Aug 10
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IP Vision submits Canvas complaint to Ofcom
However, this group of industry Goliaths, supported in part by BBC licence fee funds, will have the power to dominate the sectoreven though what Canvas will offer will not be superior to solutions already on the market. Surely this cant be good for the UK television industry or for the consumer Abrams continued As well as requesting a level playing field for IP Vision and other young, innovative companies in this space, we believe that by questioning the validity of the Canvas joint venture, we are also championing the consumer. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukTelevision viewing increases despite rise of internet and social media | UK news | The Guardian
Television viewing figures have continued to rise to their highest point in five years despite competition from the internet and social media networks. Photograph Getty Predictions that the internet would kill the television star appear to be premature. Just as the cinema survived the advent of home video, TV is booming despite the growth of digital media and popularity of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Too high a price: Why huge executive salaries are the bane of the BBC -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
So much so that corporation staff, furious at plans to change their pension scheme, are threatening strike action next month that could target landmark broadcasts such as coverage of the Last Night of the Proms and the autumn party conferences. The BBC employs 85 senior managers on salaries of more than the 142,500 paid to the Prime Minister. The corporation's top 15 executives were paid 4.76m last year, up from 4.6m in 2008-09, according to figures released last month. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukWednesday 18 August 2010, PM
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Project Canvas prompts new Ofcom complaint The Register
Some of the issues raised in the new filing are familiar and were discussed by Virgin Media in its own Canvas Ofcom filing. One is that the project isn't needed and would swamp the market. Ofcom hinted last year that Canvas could be halted if it was judged to skew the market, reminding broadcasters that they must give alternative platform access to the content. - theregister.co.ukwww.theregister.co.ukSafeguarding the BBCs archive
There are almost five million items held on a wide variety formats including film, dating back to 1936, videotape, first introduced into the BBC in the late sixties and numerous audio tape and disc including a small collection of wax cylinders which date back to the early 1900s. The collection is made up of 650,000 film components, 2.4 million videotapes and 2 million Radio sound items. 75 of the holdings reside in London with the rest deposited around the BBC's Nations and Regions in smaller local collections. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 17 August 2010, PM
Music licensing: A nightmare in the digital world | MyCE My Consumer Electronics
Now we can all see the complexity of music licensing, rights, and royalties at a glance, thanks to a flowchart created by Pure, the company which just launched cloud-based music service FlowSongs. Yassaie noted during his talk that it took him about three hours to decipher the chart after it was explained, and that there were many instances when he felt like giving up. Basically, what you are looking at in the flowchart is based upon copyright legislation which was enacted in the 18th century and has simply been added on to as technological innovations have eventually brought us the digital world we live in today. - myce.comwww.myce.comITV.com Managing Director Appointed - ITV Press Centre
ITV.com should be about extending exclusive content, video on demand and monetisation both through the business of advertising and directly from the consumer. It is also vital that we identify the right distribution strategy for the ITV player and effectively integrate the product where appropriate. Please note that the above press contact will only respond to enquiries from the Press. - itv.comwww.itv.comDigital switchover reaches final stage
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ITV.com MD revealed | 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.ukMonday 16 August 2010, PM
Intel succumbs to evolution of 4G
Over recent months, a number of network operators who supported WiMax have indicated they are making the switch to LTE. Intel itself recently closed its WiMax program office in Taiwan, although it insists that this does not mean it is dropping the technology. Weve never said it will be the only solution, weve said it will be a timely solution. Nevertheless, analysts said the company appeared to be backing away from the technology. - ft.comwww.ft.compick a page