Humax HDR-Fox T2 priced and dated | News | TechRadar UK

The box certainly has its work cut out, with rival models appearing left, right and centre on an almost weekly basis. - techradar.com

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Media players square up in battle for best positions in convergence | Opinion | Marketing Week

The repeal of cross-media ownership laws and battles between media owners for content shows the drive to convergence is speeding up. For the past few years, media pundits have followed the inexorable growth of digital new media and anticipated the parallel decline of the traditional old broadcast sector. Instead, its now clear media consumption will involve the old alongside the new in a converged landscape. - marketingweek.co.uk

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Eitshal switchover underway

All Freeview viewers in these regions covered by the Eitshal transmitter groups will now need to retune their TVs and boxes. Analogue BBC Two has been turned off permanently at the Eitshal transmitter and digital signals have been switched on at eight relay transmitters serving thousands of homes. These services have moved to new frequencies and can be restored by retuning Freeview TVs and boxes. - dtg.org.uk

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Canvas sets out content protection approach

We have also considered the submissions of key industry participants into the BBC Trust approval process. Our content protection requirements have to cater for the widest possible number of content providers, including giving reassurance to those looking to support pay per view and subscription access to film. The industry is looking for a fully supported DRM solution, and Marlin will give content providers the best option at launch. - dtg.org.uk

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Switchover boosts confidence in new technology

One in three older viewers say that getting ready for digital TV switchover has boosted their confidence with new technology, according to research published by Digital UK. The report found that 31 of over-65s in areas where analogue TV has been switched off felt more tech-savvy as a result of converting to digital. Among all ages, 26 said they felt more confident. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC Media Show Wed, 7 Jul 10: A big week for the BBC.

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Pure Oasis Flow weatherproof DAB radio launched - Which? News

06 July 2010 Pure has announced a new digital radio in its line-up - the Pure Oasis Flow - a weatherproof, splashproof, rechargeable portable digital radio. According to Pure, the Oasis Flow will retail for around 170, and is ideal for the bathroom, beach, garden, DIY, boating and barbecues. Pure claims the design of the Oasis Flow includes a splash-resistant case, waterproof vents, a durable cast aluminium frame and rubber seals. - which.co.uk

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Ofcom's multiplex renewal plan

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The BBCs approach to combating online piracy

The legislation primarily focused on one approach to preventing online piracy legal action against those who illicitly use peer-to-peer file technology to exchange unlawful copies of copyright material. So I thought it would be useful to take a step back and bring all these different strands of the debate together by summarising the BBC's broad approach to combating piracy in the digital age. For example, in addition to illicit use of file sharing technologies, streaming of whole channels over the internet and services which allow unauthorised access to BBC iPlayer by internet users outside of the UK can also pose challenges. - bbc.co.uk

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Retailers stop sales of analogue TV sets as digital switchover approaches | Media | guardian.co.uk

All the major high street electronics retailers have now stopped selling analogue sets after quietly running down their stocks in recent months, in preparation for the switch to digital terrestrial television DTT by 2012. With 5 million homes now transferred to a DTT-only signal and 11 million more due to switch by the end of 2011, new analogue TV sets are of little use to viewers. The phasing out of analogue television began in 2005 after the government announced the country would switch to digital, region by region, by 2012. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC told to improve service it provides in Scotland - Herald Scotland | News | Home News

Some people also cannot access broadband and digital radio services. - heraldscotland.com

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Channel 4 to handle UKTV ad sales | Media | guardian.co.uk

Sky will take on VMTV's ad sales at the same time. ITV's ad sales operation, which includes its digital channels and GMTV, accounts for around 45 of the market. Channel 4 and BSkyB have held discussions with Five over some form of ad sales partnership. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC daytime programming criticised by trust | Media | guardian.co.uk

The BBC's flagship TV network was also criticised for offering a narrower range of output in peaktime. Similar criticism was levelled at BBC4 and the trust said it would work with management to create a new remit for the digital channel. The BBC also defended its current affairs output. - guardian.co.uk

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Ofcom rejects complaints over Sky News election coverage | Media | guardian.co.uk

Adam Boulton viewers had objected to his treatment of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. Boulton, the Sky News political editor, attracted 1,787 complaints. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Trust - Lyons sets out initial conclusions on future direction of the BBC

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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BBC 6 Music saved from closure -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The BBC proposed the station's demise under a strategy rethink, sparking protests from politicians and stars from the worlds of music and broadcasting. Publicity generated by their campaign helped boost the small station's audience to more than one million listeners a week. The plan needed the approval of the Corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust. - independent.co.uk

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How Michael Lyons is fighting to save the BBC Trust | Media | The Guardian

Sir Michael Lyons is a battle-hardened apparatchik who tackled plenty of vested interests during a long career in local government. There is probably no better preparation for life at the BBC. Now the chairman of the BBC Trust must draw on all his experience as a political street fighter as he seeks to save his own job and possibly even the trust itself from the threat of liquidation at the hands of the new government. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky and BT are engaged in a bigger battle than a sports price war | Media | The Guardian

Sky has increased the prices of its premium sports channels, rather than slashing them. The Ofcom pay-TV review which led to BT and others getting the access they craved to Sky's premium sports channels at reduced regulated prices was widely predicted to lead to prices being slashed. No doubt there is some truth in that, and 8-10 price increases are a relatively regular feature of Sky's business history. - guardian.co.uk

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Why Sky News has an attitude problem -Stephen Glover, Opinion - The Independent

Does Rupert Murdoch want to turn Sky News into Fox News Fox is an unashamedly right-wing American television news channel owned by Mr Murdoch. Sky News, by contrast, is pretty even-handed, constrained as it is by Britain's television impartiality laws. - independent.co.uk

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DTG consults on innovation and interoperability in UK digital terrestrial television

It opened on Friday 2July and will close on Monday 20 September. Details of how to respond are available on the DTG website at www.dtg.org.uk/dtvconsultation. Later this year we will publish the 7th edition of the specification, making hybrid Connected TV devices a reality for viewers. - dtg.org.uk

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Japan not that interested in 3D TV

It's been dubbed as a televisual revolution, the year when 3D tech bursts out of cinemas and into living rooms. If there was one nation of early adopters you'd have banked on jumping head-first into the 3D fray, it'd be the tech-savvy consumers of Japan, right That's not a bad number for a sample pool really, which must send chills down the spines of Samsung and Sony execs. - hdtvuk.tv

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HbbTV specification approved by ETSI

The consortium charter, signed by all of the founding members, signals the opening of the consortium for membership for organisations wanting to become involved in the groups activities and is a significant development for HbbTV. The recent completion of the second HbbTV interoperability event also demonstrates widespread support and commitment from across the value chain for the HbbTV initiative. DTG Staff 02.07.2010 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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Feedback: 2 July 2010: Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust

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Scaling the BBC iPlayer to handle demand

One of the key goals we set ourselves when we developed the new iPlayer was that it would have to be fast to use. We understand that any delay in getting you to the video is frustrating as the site is just a jumping off point into TV and Radio content. Displaying a web page in the browser contains many steps, some we can control some we can't. - bbc.co.uk

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3D TV test results back from the Which? Lab - Which? News

'Over the coming years, however, we can expect the amount of 3D content available to rapidly grow and the price to fall. At present, watching 3D TV at home with the heavy active shutter glasses is a little too much like hard work.' - which.co.uk

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Now live on DirecTV: TVs first set of 3D-only HDTV channels | Tech Gear News - Betanews

Why did Panasonic pitch in on the rollout of DirecTV's 3D channels - betanews.com

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Why Project Canvas Will Revolutionise The Way We Watch TV - ITProPortal.com

Indeed, some are already saying that Canvas is the next logical evolution of iPlayer with many more channels and significantly more features. The fact that the service will be known as Youview, a portmanteau for Youtube and Freeview, illustrates this case perfectly. By blending the two approach, Canvas expects to deliver the best of both worlds, a traditional, curated approach and the wilderness of the internet. - itproportal.com

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Next-generation iPlayer service on the way

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Is radio too London-centric? - James Cridland

As Ive said before, I was amazed at how introverted the BBC is as an organisation they simply dont know whats going on in the commercial radio sector, much less actually tune in. Its not London vs the rest of the country its the BBC vs commercial radio. The majority of commercial radio groups dont intermingle, too. - james.cridland.net

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RT Begins 24 Hour Broadcasts on UKs Freeview - News on News

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InView/4TV ends Freeview box EPG updates - Digital Spy

InView Technology, the company which provides 14-day updates to Freeview electronic programming guides, has terminated the service to certain receivers. InView/4TV is also not thought to be in negotiations to renew the contract, meaning that the updates will most likely never return for the affected receivers. The removal of EPG updates for the PVRs means that their recording functionality is significantly reduced as the box will not provide any advance programme information. - digitalspy.co.uk

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5 Live introduces Men's Hour

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BT locks horns with Sky over pricing for sports -Business News, Business - The Independent

BT ratcheted up the battle for pay TV viewers as it yesterday unveiled aggressive prices to offer customers Sky's premier sports channels. Sky was furious about BT's new pricing model. BT believes there is a huge market to play for after it carried out research that found four million homes were interested in Sky Sports content but currently found it too expensive. - independent.co.uk

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Whats On BBC Red Button: 3rd - 16th July

Setting a hymn to the divine creative spirit alongside words from the closing scene of Goethe's Faust, the work expresses the idea of redemption through the power of love. It promises to be a fitting start to the world's greatest classical music festival and a nod to the Proms' founder and conductor, Sir Henry Wood, who gave the work its UK premire 80 years ago. During the First Night performance digital viewers can press the red button to hear a unique insight into the evening's works as three orchestral players provide a live commentary on the music. - bbc.co.uk

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Ideal Shopping Direct: Ideal World Continues to Profit from Niche Product Categories and Introduces Pets to the Mix - Ma

To find what you're looking for, try one of these options MarketWatch Front Page A starting place for all your financial news and information needs. - marketwatch.com

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Sir Michael Lyons makes history by acknowledging the BBC is overfunded | Media | guardian.co.uk

Photograph Graeme Robertson Last night's speech by Sir Michael Lyons was historic by any standards. For the first time in three decades, the chairman of the BBC Trust has said that the corporation will no longer seek inflationary rises to the licence fee. That means in the next round of negotiations, for the four years from April 2013, a real cut is likely. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky wrongfoots rival BT by raising prices | Media | The Guardian

The cost of watching Sky Sports is going up - but probably not for BT Vision customers. The move means BT is likely to make a loss on providing sports coverage. Ofcom demanded that Sky drop its prices by more than 20. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC to save 6Music after public outcry | Entertainment | News Comment | The First Post

The BBC could be about to save 6Music, the digital radio station it recommended just four months ago should be axed. The sweeping changes set out in the review are aimed at reducing the size of the BBC's reach in order to give its commercial rivals room to breathe. The fact that 6Music has almost no commercial rivals seemed to have been forgotten and Thompson could not have expected the stations relatively small listenership of 620,000 to respond so vociferously. - thefirstpost.co.uk

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BBC Trust bows to pressure to publish star presenters salaries | Media | The Guardian

The BBC's governing body has bowed to public pressure and ordered the corporation to publish more details of the salaries paid to its top presenters and stars. It risks opening a rift with BBC managers, who have fiercely resisted calls to publish details of individual contracts on confidentiality grounds. The BBC has already told staff paid more than 37,726 a year they will have their pay frozen this year, while those on less will get a flat 475 rise. - guardian.co.uk

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Who will take a punt on the future of Five? | Markets Analysis

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TV series skipping TV broadcasts in favor of the web: how to watch them for free -Media, News - The Independent

Since the rise of BitTorrent, peer-to-peer P2P sharing, and live video streaming sites, broadcasting companies have been fighting against consumers who download content illegally on the web. For consumers, P2P sharing, BitTorrents and on demand video streaming provide the flexibility of being able to consume their favorite TV shows at a time that is compatible with their busy schedules. According to a 2009 study conducted by German-based bandwidth management company Ipoque, the transfer of BitTorrent files made up an estimated 27 to 55 percent of all internet traffic in 2009. - independent.co.uk

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BBC Media show: Impartiality, Al Jazeera and World Cup rotters 30 Jun 10

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Al-Jazeera English to launch on Freeview | Media | guardian.co.uk

David Frost presents a weekly chatshow on al-Jazeera English. The English-language version of the Arabic news channel will be available in about 10 million homes that get digital TV via Freeview from tomorrow. Al-Jazeera English is currently available in about 10 million homes that subscribe to Sky's digital satellite TV service or have Freesat. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC content-sharing deal live from today - Brand Republic News

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ITV endures worst day in 55 years | 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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BBC Trust loses two trustees | Media | guardian.co.uk

This year, eight of the BBC's 12 trustees come up for re-appointment. However, while Hodgson is understood to be continuing for another four years, some of the other trustees are requesting they serve only a two-year term. Bharucha and Lewis-Jones have been trustees since the trust was established in October 2006. - guardian.co.uk

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InView ends Freeview box EPG updates

InView Technology, the company which provides 14-day updates to Freeview electronic programming guides, has terminated the service to certain receivers. InView/4TV is also not thought to be in negotiations to renew the contract, meaning that the updates will most likely never return for the affected receivers. The removal of EPG updates for the PVRs means that their recording functionality is significantly reduced as the box will not provide any advance programme information. - digitalspy.co.uk

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Windows 8 Plans Leaked: Numerous Details Revealed | Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Office 15 | Stephen Chapman @ MSFTKitche

A big thanks to floo1989 for the heads-up Over the weekend, the Italian Windows site Windowsette got a hold of some super secret squirrel Microsoft presentations apparently laying around on the internet somewhere. Long story short, these slide decks are chock full of internal thinking on Windows 8 everything from customer target audiences to the Windows 8 developer market to the Windows 8 product cycle and much, much more. - msftkitchen.com

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Proposals for product placement on TV and paid-for references to brands and products on radio | Ofcom

Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. 4G auction bidders announced December 20, 2012 Ofcom has today announced the bidders in the forthcoming 4G mobile spectrum auction the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. npower fined for making abandoned calls December 6, 2012 The conclusion of an Ofcom investigation has today found npower, the gas and electricity supplier, to be in breach of rules on abandoned calls. - ofcom.org.uk

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We thought they had it all now baby boomers get own TV channel -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Now, when they are tired of roaring about on their new motorbikes, working out at the gym or renovating their Umbrian farmhouses, the baby-boomer generation will be able to relax with its own television channel. Vintage TV, which is due to begin broadcasting in September, is aimed at the over-fifties. It will focus on culture and music from the post-war rock'n'roll years from the Berlin airlift to the fall of Mrs Thatcher. - independent.co.uk

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