Great things to read about British TV from March 2008 to today

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.uk

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Feedback: 20 Aug 2010: Political coverage

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Perth councillor's fury at limited TV channels - Perthshire Advertiser

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BBC4 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.uk

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BBC 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.uk

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Tuesday 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.uk

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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.uk

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Tuesday 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.uk

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Monday 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.com

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Open 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.uk

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Monday 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.uk

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Make 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.uk

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Saturday 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.com

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Saturday 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.com

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Friday 20 August 2010, PM

Dundee becomes Scotlands first digital city

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A new home for the BBC Archive

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ITV 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.uk

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France 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.uk

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Thursday 19 August 2010, PM

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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.uk

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Television 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.uk

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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.uk

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Wednesday 18 August 2010, PM

Ofcom s legal team: 2 people : | OfcomWatch |

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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.uk

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Safeguarding 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.uk

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Tuesday 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.com

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ITV.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.com

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Digital 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.uk

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Monday 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.com

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Hundreds of Colchester homes still not ready for digital TV From Gazette)

Many homes in the district still cannot pick up digital television just months before the analogue TV signal is switched off for good. Greenstead residents in and around Scarfe Way and Avon Way have often had poor reception and say they have never been able to use Freeview boxes. Tiptree residents Brian and Linda King, of Oak Road, had to install Sky just to be able to watch television. - gazette-news.co.uk

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Greg Dyke rejects approach over top job at Five | Media | The Observer

Seven of the channel's nine directors are leaving as part of a cost-cutting drive that will see up to 80 jobs go from the 300-strong workforce. The most high-profile departure is that of Airey, Five's chairman and chief executive. Airey was Channel 5's director of programming when it launched, with David Elstein as chief executive until RTL assumed control in 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Feedback: 13 Aug 2010: coverage of the Charles Taylor trial

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Tories backtrack on broadband promise | Technology | guardian.co.uk

The government has shelved plans to look at how fibre-optic networks are taxed in the UK. Several network operators are angry that Ed Vaizey, minister for culture, communications and creative industries, has not delivered on his pledge to review the business rates that are applied to fibre networks. Vaizey revealed last week that this review would not take place, following a meeting with the branch of HM Revenue Customs which taxes fibre networks in the UK. - guardian.co.uk

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HD: Highly Disgusted

As you know Im not the biggest fan of the Royals but even I think the latest slice of celebrating Queenies Jubilee year has gone too far. Last updated 21 December 2012 Published by http//www.newsandstar.co.uk Stay out of peoples private lives In the grand scheme of things and in a real world where innocents are slaughtered in their schoolrooms and homelessness, abject poverty and hunger live cheek by jowl with eyewatering wealth it matters not a jot. Last updated 20 December 2012 Published by http//www.newsandstar.co.uk Follow the News Star on - newsandstar.co.uk

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Project Canvas specification not so open after all

The specification is still work in progress and as such a wider release would not be in the interests of either members of the DTG or wider interested parties. However, the completed technical specification will be published in due course. Separately, informitv has made a formal request for the release of the documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Given that the stated aim is to create an open technical specification, the BBC appears remarkably reluctant to release any details for public scrutiny, at least until the specification is completed. - informitv.com

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Monday 16 August 2010, AM

Two months to plot a media regulation big bang? Get ready for shrapnel | Media | The Guardian

Pity those poor civil servants in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. MPs may wail that the usual three-month summer recess has been cut to two such an outrage but in Cockspur Street there is justifiable woe. Not only may half of them be made redundant under plans put forward by the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, but they are working harder than ever to find ways of cutting media regulation. - guardian.co.uk

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Who will Richard Desmond keep at Channel 5? | Media | The Guardian

Richard Desmond outside Channel 5's Long Acre offices - which will be one casualty of his cost-cutting. Desmond doesn't need a well-paid broadcasting cadre his lieutenants do all that. The previous management structure was one for a standalone terrestrial channel, aping Channel 4, in a highly regulated market. - guardian.co.uk

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Coronation Streets dramatic dilemma | Media | The Guardian

I feel I understand the soul of the show my mum worked in a factory like the factory that sits on the street and I grew up on an estate that I suppose people would call a bit rough. If Collinson is daunted at taking the programme through its 50th anniversary this December, he doesn't show it. People haven't got used to Thursdays yet so we need to look at how to make them feel more important, but all the conversations have been about what we do between now and December and how we make sure people don't turn on for the anniversary week and then turn off again the week after. - guardian.co.uk

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Where CBeebies toddles next | Media | The Guardian

Fletcher presents and helps create some of CBeebies' most popular programmes, from Something Special, where he uses sign language to communicate with children with learning difficulties, to Gigglebiz, a sketch show in which children also tell their own jokes. Benbow, 48, comes from the heartland of the children's department CBBC. She helped to commission two of the biggest hits supplied by independents In the Night Garden and Waybuloo, which mixes children with animated characters exactly the kind of crossover she wants more of. - guardian.co.uk

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Wales needs S4C but it needs debate, too | Media | The Guardian

Traditionally, this Welsh-language television network was regarded in Wales as a sacred cow and by British politicians as not worth meddling with. This is a very welcome development, even if it has been forced by a crisis. Trouble has been quietly brewing at S4C for several years. - guardian.co.uk

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