Saturday 12 June 2010, PM
ITV1 HD massive world cup fail - James Cridland
Turns out I made the wrong choice ITV1 HD managed to go to an ad break at the worst possible time. Watch the video above to discover how badly they messed up. Adrian Chiles at half time apologised for some breaks if you were watching in HD hardly an honest apology and the channels been in SD since. - james.cridland.net
james.cridland.netSaturday 12 June 2010, AM
Goodbye, radio via 3G we can t afford you - James Cridland
The typical refrain of poor journalists and sub-grade radio consultants is that broadcast radios days are numbered. Talk to them and theyll tell you not to bother with DAB, or HD, or whatever because the internet is the future of radio. In the US, 50 of total hours TSL is spent in a mobile situation, like in a car. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netRadio Today.. with BIONICS: NME Radio to leave DAB
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radiotoday.co.ukFriday 11 June 2010, PM
Thursday 10 June 2010, PM
Project canvas could engage by september - The Inquirer
If it comes to fruition, Project Canvas should be available to all ISPs that want it, offering a range of on-demand services through broadband Internet and a television set. All content will be in one place without any subscription required, so in effect anybody with a broadband connection will be able to use it. Also speaking at the event was Bob Hannent, chief technologist at Humax, who said that Project Canvas is all about the seamless combination of broadcast and broadband, truly integrated with each other so that consumers don't have to worry about it. - theinquirer.net
www.theinquirer.netMedia Talk: Jeremy Hunt, GMG's losses, and Big Brother
download.guardian.co.ukThursday 10 June 2010, AM
High definition brings fans closer to World Cup action Ofcom
It has been 40 years since the last major development in World Cup viewing technology, when in 1970, the Mexico World Cup was broadcast in colour for the first time. This year, fans will be hoping for a better result from HD. HD sales figures Up to five times more detailed than standard definition TV, every flick of the ball, every blade of grass, and every bead of sweat will be more visible than ever before in HD. - ofcom.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.ukWhich? Tech weekly podcast 10 June 2010 - TV, music and radio - Which? Advice
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www.which.co.ukWednesday 09 June 2010, PM
Dont mind your language: public relaxed over TV swearing | Media | The Guardian
More recently, 10 million ITV viewers saw John Lydon use the C-word and fewer than 100 complained. Ofcom, which is responsible for policing taste and decency on the airwaves, said the public were willing to tolerate mild swearing and offensive language at any time of the day. It is the first detailed research on attitudes towards offensive language on television and radio to be published by Ofcom in five years. - guardian.co.uk
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BBC The Media Show, 09/06/2010
At the same time, he has cancelled plans to pilot replacements for ITV's news in Wales, Scotland and the north east of England. The architect of the local tv plans, Roger Parry, explains how they could work and media analyst Claire Enders gives her view on whether they really are viable. Sue Ayton, who represented Adrian Chiles for 10 years, looks behind the speculation. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukTwo cheers for Jeremy Hunts plan for ultra-local TV services | Markets Analysis
In signalling his intention to sweep away cross-media ownership rules he hopes that the absence of restrictions will lead in turn to investment in local TV. Surely the capital is crying out for similar screen-based coverage of news, weather and traffic reports. English attempted to emulate NY1, adopting its main news-gathering operation, which involved a battalion of young video journalists running around London streets and in the days before digital transmission returning as fast a possible to base to edit and transmit their stories. - thisislondon.co.uk
www.thisislondon.co.ukWelcome to Project Baird Project Baird
Project Baird is a collaborative effort to collate a set of open-ended specifications for delivering different kinds of content to digital TV devices across the Internet. The specifications are intended to be device, broadcaster and platformagnostic as much as possible. Project Baird is built upon, wherever possible, existing standards and projects. - projectbaird.com
projectbaird.comWednesday 09 June 2010, AM
BBC Trusts Sir Michael Lyons reaches out to Jeremy Hunt | Media | guardian.co.uk
Lyons and Hunt are said to have had a lengthy private meeting, without the presence of advisers, over the past few days. A BBC Trust spokeswoman declined to comment on Lyons's diary appointments. The pair disagreed publicly in the run up to last month's general election over the future of the BBC Trust. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOfcom online copyright infringement consultation : | OfcomWatch |
-www.ofcomwatch.co.ukWhat Jeremy Hunt didnt say | Media | guardian.co.uk
Photograph Sarah Lee There were a number of big issues left untouched by the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in his first media policy speech yesterday. When pressed about why this institution was omitted from the coalition government's initial media plans, Hunt said that it was a subject for another day. Hunt said the device of top-slicing the licence fee may also have to be continued after 2012, should continued subsidy for broadband be needed. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukPace to add Wi-Fi technology to boxes
Pace has announced it has become a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance and is to incorporate Wi-Fi technology into selected upcoming set-top boxes. Darren Fawcett, Chief Technologist, Pace, said As we move towards a converged home entertainment environment, one of the biggest challenges is moving content around the home Pace is at the forefront of developing a whole range of technologies which allow operators to offer these kinds of capabilities. Our membership of the Wi-Fi Alliance will aid us in exploiting wireless technology to develop future generations of products with increased flexibility in connecting and sharing media content. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukTuesday 08 June 2010, PM
Sky News Briefly Falls Off Air on Freeview - News on News
Further viewing problems involving Sky's channels broadcast on Freeview were reported later in teh afternoon, however this time it is thought that a temporary transmitter fault in the north of the UK was at fault, and not connecting to this morning's outage. - newsonnews.net
www.newsonnews.netMonday 07 June 2010, PM
Panasonic Blu-ray recorders with twin Freeview+HD tuners | Easier
Besides their ability to record two digital broadcasts at the same time, the twin HD tuners also allow users without a digital TV to watch a digital broadcast and record it simultaneously. 5.1-channel surround sound Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus signal and subtitles that are included in digital broadcasts can also be recorded, allowing users to enjoy surround sound and subtitles during playback. For standard definition DVDs as well as 1080i and less sources, the P4HD renders progressive images superbly, expresses motion smoothly, and draws crisp diagonal lines. - easier.com
www.easier.comGoing Social with the BBC iPlayer Beta
It's been a few days now since we launched the new BBC iPlayer Beta site, and the feedback has been fascinating. Lots of people have been commenting on the new social features, in fact it's been one of the dominant themes in the new media and press coverage so far. Now that's great, but when you're on Facebook or reading your email, you're not always in the mood to watch a 60 minute TV show or listen to a 3 hour Zane Lowe show. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukInternet video traffic to increase massively
Global internet protocol traffic will increase by four times from 2009 to 2014. Cisco forecasts that the biggest single component of that will be internet video, overtaking peer-to-peer file sharing as the biggest single usage of bandwidth by the end of 2010. The combination of all forms of video will continue to exceed 90 of all global consumer internet traffic and by 2014 nearly half of it will be high-definition video. - informitv.com
informitv.comMonday 07 June 2010, AM
Will the World Cup bring ITV a bonanza summer of advertising? | Media | The Guardian
It's across all media you can see it in the amount of poster ads. Since then, late bookings have reportedly nudged the figure up to 25, and a good England run could push it higher. This would offer a marked contrast to the network's fortunes when the 2006 World Cup was held in Germany, when a 5 boost in ad spend was expected as the tournament took place in Europe, there was no problem with the timing of games, as there had been in Japan and Korea in 2002. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFru Hazlitts appointment brings another outsiders perspective to ITV | Media | The Guardian
Fru Hazlitt is ITV's new managing director of commercial and online. It's not personal everyone likes her and wishes her well but they just can't see what someone with no commercial TV experience can bring to a company whose core business is, well, commercial TV. When Norman arrived at ITV, he found a culturally sick company, with different divisions not just failing to work together but actively working against each other. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukJonathan Dimbleby: BBCs culture of compliance is extremely damaging | Media | The Guardian
As scions of the legendary war reporter and anchorman Richard Dimbleby, Jonathan and David are perhaps the closest thing to British broadcasting's royal family. His interview with Prince Charles in 1994 was a milestone for the royal family. His own life was much reported on after he left Bel Mooney, his wife of 35 years, and later married a woman 30 years his junior. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukGrant Goddard : radio blog: The cost of upgrading DAB radio: why it will never happen
To get DAB up to FM standard, a huge amount of work needs to be done, which would cost a lot of money. What information is in the public domain about the costs of DAB transmission The BBC owns one of the two national DAB radio multiplexes, for which only a small amount of data about costs has been published. - grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.com
grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.comSunday 06 June 2010, PM
Points of View: 2009/2010: Episode 20
- beta.bbc.co.ukbeta.bbc.co.ukPicture Quality on BBC HD: a Viewers Group Visit (part 3)
Part one and part two are already posted on the Internet blog. There is no doubt that the group's visit has given us a better understanding of all the issues. We can now see that there are, in fact, three important variables that can adversely affect the PQ of the channel, namely production decisions and programme quality assurance, encoder software and finally the bit-rate. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSaturday 05 June 2010, AM
Sky turns on set-top box internet connection - Telegraph
I would have loved to have done this sooner but we had to first focus on ensuring the software in our HD boxes was as up to date as possible so the integration of all of our services was seamless. Sky began showing press previews this week of its Sky Anytime service. It allows people to download programmes using a Sky broadband connection only and save it on their box for an indefinite amount of time. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.uk
BBC opens up about its lack of Dolby Freeview HD support | News | TechRadar UK
As for Dolby and its carrying of audio description, Layton is hoping that the Dolby EAC3 format will be able to deliver receiver mix audio description in the future. - techradar.com
www.techradar.comPicture Quality on BBC HD: a Viewers Group Visit (part 2)
The method requires the assessment of two versions of each test clip. One of each pair of test clips is unimpaired while the other presentation may or may not contain impairment. In the series of tests, the position of the reference picture is changed in pseudo-random fashion. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 04 June 2010, PM
Tech podcast: Stephen Fry, iPad World Cup TV - Which? News
Multi-talented technophile, Stephen Fry, was on-hand to give his opinions on the iPad launch, as were keen customers who had queued overnight to get their hands on Apple's tablet. We look at the statistics to see how consumers' attitudes to digital technology have changed in the last year, and focus on 3DTV. It's all in this week's Which tech podcast. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukPicture Quality on BBC HD: a Viewers Group Visit (part 1)
The debate about picture quality had met an impasse and we thought this might be a way to move it on and, for me at least, be a way of discussing quality as a whole and not just as a bit rate issue. It took some time to arrange the meeting, mainly due to the move of all the test equipment from its old home in Surrey to a building in London W12. Have a look at the BBC RD web site for some of the history of the buildings. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukPanasonic Freeview HD Blu-ray recorders announced - Which? News
The twin HD tuners give you the ability to record two digital broadcasts simultaneously or to watch one programme live while recording another. Blu-ray recorders These new models will also both feature Blu-ray recorders so you can also record onto a dual-layer Blu-ray disc. Each 50GB disc would give you around 7 hours of high-definition recording time. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukQuestions around surround sound on Freeview HD
Some people have asked why we don't currently use Dolby as the sound solution for Freeview HD. As always there's a quite complex reason behind this decision so I thought it would be a good idea to do a post on it. Typically there are two to three programmes everyday which are audio described. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukChannel 4 barred by law from buying Five | Media | guardian.co.uk
Provisions in the Broadcasting Act 1990, and amended in subsequent acts, specifically prevent Channel 4 from taking control of Five's terrestrial licence. Senior industry sources said the law would have to be changed to enable Channel 4 to bid for Five. Channel 4 is aware of the clause but executives do not regard it as a significant obstacle to a potential deal, should they decide to pursue one. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC faces criticism in strategy review responses | Media | guardian.co.uk
BBC management's attempt to reposition itself before the next charter renewal has been dominated by reaction to one of its few pledges to cut services, 6 Music. The strategy, devised by BBC executives, selects five areas for redirected funds, while cutting 25 of its website content by 2013. The five targets, or aspirations, are the best journalism in the world inspiring knowledge, music and culture ambitious UK drama and comedy outstanding children's content and events that bring communities and the nation together. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSky buys TV channels from Virgin in 160m deal -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
As well as expanding its range of basic pay TV channels, Sky said the deal eliminated the carriage fees it currently pays for distributing Virgin channels on its platform. Virgin Media said the deal had generated substantial value and would allow it to offer its cable customers an enhanced range of Sky services, including HD channels and on-demand content. Today's sale agreement will see Sky pay 105 million on completion of the deal and the remainder following regulatory approval. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukFriday 04 June 2010, AM
Hazlitt is given top advertising job at ITV -Business News, Business - The Independent
Ms Hazlitt has not held an executive role since she left Gcap after it was bought by Global Radio in April 2008. She has been a non-executive director at the online bookmaker Betfair and at the Rare Tea Company. Group M raised its forecast for the wider UK ad market in 2010 from flat to 4.2 per cent growth. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukThursday 03 June 2010, PM
Media Talk: The David Laws saga
download.guardian.co.ukBBC Trust launches review of BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 7
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.ukYour feedback on the iPlayer beta
Hello, The new iPlayer site's been up for a week now and we've had lots of people getting stuck in usage of the new site is now peaking at 8.3 of the total. Thank you for all your ideas and constructive criticisms - we've been tracking these across the blogs, messageboard, Twitter and even calls to the good old BBC call centre. As promised in my previous post, here's a round up of that response to let you know what we're doing with it. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 03 June 2010, AM
STV Launches HD Service on Freeview and Virgin Media
- allmediascotland.comwww.allmediascotland.comSwitchover begins in Caithness and north Sutherland
Caithness and north Sutherland have completed the first stage of the digital switchover. According to Digital UK, these households will now be able to receive Freeview for the first time. These services have moved to new frequencies and can be restored by retuning equipment. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukBBC -On-demand syndication
Possible reasons for this include We have a bad link out there on the web somewhere and you were unlucky enough to click it You may have typed the page address incorrectly Something has gone wrong at our end Sorry we couldn't find what you were looking for. Our site is pretty simple, you might find what you're looking for if you poke around a bit. If you give us a call on 0845 638 1848 we'd love to help. - consultations.external.bbc.co.ukconsultations.external.bbc.co.uk
Ian Burrell: From radio to television, mobile phones and iPads -Commentators, Opinion - The Independent
With 241 million watching, listening to or accessing by internet its global output, the BBC has the largest audience of any international news provider. The BBC stopped the shortwave service in Europe two years ago and is now reconfiguring its strategy in other parts of the world to keep pace with technological change. The BBC is either setting up its own FM transmission in key cities, or entering into partnership with local media organisations. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukToday: Future of 24-hour news
downloads.bbc.co.ukMedia: Media: Sir Harold Evans, media 'stings', new journalism for new politics? 02 Jun 10
downloads.bbc.co.ukTuesday 01 June 2010, PM
Humax HD-FOX T2 review - PC Advisor
Its a compact unit which serves as a regular Freeview digital terrestrial tuner, but with the extra capability to tune into the new-style DVB-T2 transmissions. Premium channels such as BBC 1 use a more generous bitrate of around 4Mb/s which preserves picture quality better. Sound quality from the HD broadcasts was not so clearly better though. - pcadvisor.co.uk
www.pcadvisor.co.ukMonday 31 May 2010, AM
Virgin and BSkyBs summer of love | Media | The Guardian
Five was launched in 1997 after a decade-long gestation, and pitched, like a throwback, into an era of digital television its German-based owner RTL has made no secret of its desire to sell off the UK's weakest terrestrial channel. In return Virgin gains a long-term deal for the premium content it needs from Sky to drive its cable TV business forward. It is likely to focus on its increasingly successful cable business selling a package of superfast broadband, cable TV and on-demand content such as films and to dismantle its small sales house, IDS. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 30 May 2010, AM
DAB blow as Q Radio backs out - Telegraph
Ford Ennals, the chief executive of Digital Radio UK, is in charge of making sure the radio industry meets those standards. However he admitted in an interview with The Telegraph, that there was not yet enough DAB-only content to entice audiences. With just eight national digital-only stations live now, such as Planet Rock, Ennals conceded that broadcasters so far havent offered enough. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.ukSaturday 29 May 2010, AM
Tech podcast: trade-in for cheaper DAB radios - Which? News
Our featured gadget of the week is a portable battery-powered speaker - the X-mini Happy. It connects to MP3 players, mobile phones or netbooks, or has got a built-in SD card slot for playing audio files. Find out whether this tiny speaker can deliver a big sound, and how usable its MP3 functions are. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukpick a page