Tuesday 18 May 2010, PM
Humax announces Freeview HD PVR | Expert Reviews
It's a shame for those shopping for a new PVR, as the tournament is a big shifter of TV hardware, and Humax has only missed out on it by a couple of weeks. We expect Humax's track record for excellent user interfaces to continue here, with the EPG benefiting from a crisper high definition display. We'll bring you a full review as soon as Humax gets us a sample. - expertreviews.co.uk
www.expertreviews.co.ukBBC Trust issues revised service licences
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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Sky News sports operation to be streamlined | Media | guardian.co.uk
The decision was taken earlier this month for Sky News to drop bulletins and take a feed from Sky Sports News. The restructure is also understood to affect the position of Sky News sports editor Lee Wellings. BSkyB would not provide details about who was affected by the restructure. - guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.ukOver 25 percent of Brits now watching HD TV
One in 10 survey respondents said they knew a great deal about the Freeview HD, while 17 claimed to know nothing at all about the service, in the survey of 2,324 Brits. Freeview HD is being rolled out across the UK, and is not yet available in all areas. However, Freeview has said that by the time the 2010 World Cup kicks off on 11 June, 50 of UK homes will be able to access the service. - digitalchoices.co.uk
www.digitalchoices.co.ukDigital UK start countdown at Guernsey school - Guernsey News, Guernsey Local News, News In Guernsey - channelonline.tv
In order to view the video you require Flash Player Version 9 or above. To start the countdown, officials have been in Guernsey and they visited children at Castel Primary School. - channelonline.tv
www.channelonline.tv999 designs packaging for Freeview high definition launch | packagingnews.co.uk
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packagingnews.co.ukMonday 17 May 2010, PM
Project Canvas verdict looms: Funny kind of openness | Media | guardian.co.uk
It's just licence fee payers who are locked out The venture is estimated to cost 115.6m over five years, 16.4m of which would have come from the BBC licence holders, based on having six partners, before Arqiva joined. Four months later, it fleshed Canvas out in a new, 76-page document. Canvas is disclosing its specs rather later in the scrutiny process. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukinformitv - BT reveals Vision 2.0 for television
BT is persisting with its television offering, planning to supplement its BT Vision broadband video service with additional broadcast bandwidth to deliver Sky Sports channels for its subscribers, who still number less than half a million. The British telecommunications company is a partner in the proposed Project Canvas platform but it is not entirely clear how this will fit with BT Vision. BT also plans to extend its investment in bringing fibre closer to customers, within reach of two-thirds of the country, enabling it to offer bandwidth comparable to cable. - informitv.com
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Ocean Blues MHEG-5 powers interactivity for Freeview HD | SourceWire
The announcement comes in time for the surge in demand for HD services on Freeview in the run up to the World Cup. The new software release also allows for interactive services on Freeview HD. As per all Voyager enhancements and evolutions, the new HD development involves adding software interfaces to the existing API. - sourcewire.comwww.sourcewire.comWhat are Jeremy Hunts priorities as the new culture secretary? | Media | The Guardian
Just after becoming the culture secretary last week, Jeremy Hunt was asked what his priorities would be. He looked surprised and said that the first thing he had asked the department's civil servants to do was to work out how to help meet the 6bn of public sector savings required. Cuts of about 66m are expected in a newly reintegrated department, which gives Hunt responsibility for the Olympics as well as oversight of sport, media and thearts. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Agony of ITVs own goal on Corporate Rights Renewal lingers on | Media | The Guardian
For its part, the commission told ITV to stop exaggerating. All verywell until you consider the inevitable and entirely predictable reduction in ITV's share of viewing thatgoes with the spread of digital multichannel viewing to more and more homes. This explains why, ever since, ITV has been campaigning for CRR's removal or reform. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 16 May 2010, AM
Freeview HD gets Which? survey boost - Which? News
Four fifths of those surveyed said they were aware of the new Freeview HD service, with most claiming to know a little about how to get Freeview HD one in 10 claimed to know a great deal about the service. Of those surveyed, 17 claimed to know nothing at all about Freeview HD. However, the service is not yet available throughout the UK. - which.co.uk
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Friday 14 May 2010, AM
Media Talk: Rajars analysed and Sonys dissected
download.guardian.co.ukGrant Goddard : radio blog: Digital radio station listening: a blip in time saves 6?
1Xtra was up slightly but still lower than it was in 2009. Without the coincidence of those two successes, the latestquarter would have proven another disaster.The question is what the next quarter will look like. We have seen listening to BBC 6 Music rise temporarily before at times when the channel has been in the press. - grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.com
grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.comThursday 13 May 2010, PM
BT launches rival to iPad | Business | The Guardian
BT has developed a touchscreen phone to rival the iPad, above. Gamers will be able to play the latest releases without having to own a video games console, such as an Xbox360 or PlayStation3. They will play via the internet, using just a gaming controller and a TV. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
UPDATE: Transmitter blaze could take days to repair From Oxford Mail)
The mast at Beckley provides analogue and digital television for almost 410,000 homes across the county, all of which were believed to have experienced some form of signal black out. Fire crews were called to the scene at about 2.30pm when smoke was seen drifting from the top of the mast. The picture cut out across the county minutes later. - oxfordmail.co.uk
www.oxfordmail.co.ukOrkney switchover underway
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BT to create BT Vision 2.0 | Broadband TV News
It has also reached agreement with Arqiva to take DTT capacity to relay Sky Sports 1 and 2. To date BT Vision has offered a mix of on demand and linear content, the latter being drawn from the terrestrial Freeview platform. 2.5 billion is being invested in the expansion of BTs fibre network. - broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comFreeview HD PVR on sale before World Cup | Expert Reviews
DigitalStream isn't a brand we're familiar with, but a quick look at the specifications and feature list has buoyed our excitement. Obviously there are two Freeview HD tuners, so you can record one channel, while watching another. In addition, you can record or watch a third channel if it's on the same multiplex as one of the other two channels. - expertreviews.co.ukwww.expertreviews.co.ukThursday 13 May 2010, AM
Record audience for BBC 6 Music
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www.radiotoday.co.ukRegulator out of touch over advertising ruling, says ITV -Business News, Business - The Independent
The commission feared the market power held by the combined group could distort competition. The mechanism essentially means that advertisers automatically pay less if ITV's audience shrinks. The channel's audience share has fallen since since 2003 because of the proliferation of digital channels. - independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukWednesday 12 May 2010, PM
Media Talk: Emily Bell, Adrian Chiles, and the new Independent
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Dont blame CRR for your troubles, review chair tells ITV | Media | guardian.co.uk
ITV should stop blaming the complex system of restrictions on how it can sell advertising airtime for its woes, according to the chair of the Competition Commission's investigation. The problem, however, is who should review the industry. The ideal candidate is Ofcom, but before the election the Conservatives made it plain that they want Ofcom stripped of its policy-making power and a full-scale alteration of how TV advertising is sold sounds a lot like a policy decision. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukITV loses advertising charge ruling -Advertising, Media - The Independent
ITV's mass audience appeal means that rules governing how much it can charge advertisers must stay in place, the competition watchdog ruled today. ITV wants the rules to be scrapped altogether, arguing that they are no longer appropriate in a world of digital TV and leads to a risk-averse attitude among programmers and production teams. The broadcaster - home to shows such as X Factor and Coronation Street - accounted for 982 of the top 1,000 most-watched programmes on commercial television last year, the Competition Commission said. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukITV Response to TCC decision on CRR - ITV Press Centre
ITV and other UK media companies are increasingly unable to sustain valuable public service programming such as high quality news and drama. Restrictions to the supply of high quality programmes and valuable audiences on which the UKs advertisers rely have reduced the commercial sectors ability to compete with the BBC. Todays decision on CRR is based on the misconception that the competitive environment is still very similar to that identified in the Competition Commissions 2003 report. - itv.comwww.itv.comFour weeks of TV problems as engineers work on transmitter - The Star
The Emley Moor transmitter is being prepared for the switch from analogue to digital TV. Work started on April 14 and is due to last another four weeks. - thestar.co.ukwww.thestar.co.uk
Skys Burley and Boulton spark 1,400 complaints | 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
www.broadcastnow.co.ukWednesday 12 May 2010, AM
Panasonic Viera TX-P50G20B Review - TV Reviews - TrustedReviews
This model sits squarely in the middle of Panasonics new plasma range, yet actually it feels more like a high-end model in many ways. Our reasons for saying this kick off with its tuner situation. Panasonic is the only brand weve seen so far offering both free-to-air HD broadcast platforms on a single TV. - trustedreviews.com
www.trustedreviews.comHave the cracks begun to show in Skys duty of impartiality? -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
For 21 years, Sky News has been regarded by left-leaning politicians as the most acceptable face in Rupert Murdoch's hydra-headed British media business. Committed to the rules of impartiality which govern British news broadcasters, the network has been held up as a shining example that contradicts the theory that every outpost of the Murdoch empire is signed up to the Australian-born tycoon's personal agenda. Sky News has repeatedly thrashed its bigger BBC rival in television awards ceremonies and has, for almost a generation, been the channel of choice for the newsrooms of national newspapers who admire its speed and agility in covering breaking stories. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukTuesday 11 May 2010, PM
Prisoner complains TV channels are too low brow - Telegraph
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www.telegraph.co.ukMark Thompson: BBC news vital to UKs overseas image | Media | guardian.co.uk
Mark Thompson said BBC was 'unique among international news-providers'. He cited research commissioned by the BBC which found that four out of five opinion-formers in four countries said that the corporation made them think more positively about Britain. One in five respondents said the armed forces made them think more positively about Britain. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 11 May 2010, AM
Ex-editor fined for Sachsgate fee protest -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
A former national newspaper editor who withheld his BBC licence fee in protest at the Sachsgate lewd message scandal has been fined 262, it emerged today. Writing in the paper today, Moore said he was fined 262 for using a colour TV without a licence during an appearance at Hastings Magistrates Court yesterday. Ross, who was earning 6 million a year at the time, also ended up being suspended from the corporation for three months while Brand resigned from his own radio show. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukMonday 10 May 2010, PM
Switchover underway in North Scotland
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Only 100,000 homes worldwide will be watching 3DTV programming by the end of 2010, rising to 22 million by the end of 2015, representing 1.6 of television homes. Although there are significant growth opportunities beyond this, stereoscopic 3DTV will not be as significant as colour or high-definition, as some have suggested, and will never be adopted by the mass market, Informa Telecoms and Media predicts. For manufacturers, 3D is a relatively inexpensive way of differentiating their displays and maintaining a price premium. - informitv.cominformitv.comSaturday 08 May 2010, PM
First live transmission for DVB-C2
DVB-C2 employs the latest modulation and coding techniques to enable highly efficient use of cable networks. It offers a range of modes and options that can be optimised for the different network characteristics and the requirements of the different services planned for delivery to cable customers. After analogue switch-off the cable networks can be optimised for digital transmission. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukThursday 06 May 2010, AM
Digital switchover begins in Shetland | Aberdeen and North | STV News
Television viewers in Shetland will need to retune their TVs on Wednesday as the digital switchover gets under way in the north of Scotland. The turnoff process began at the Bressay transmitter at midnight and the remaining terrestrial channels will be switched off permanently by May 19. The signal will be replaced by digital signals at eight relay transmitters which will serve thousands of homes. - news.stv.tvnews.stv.tv
National broadcasting | TV matters | Television radio | The Guardian
One of my children was asked in an infant school quiz the other day what the letters BBC stand for, but this question seems increasingly more suitable for philosophy or economics classes at university. The prime ministerial TV debates and especially the first, on domestic issues were complicated by the need to explain that certain policies on health and education, for example didn't apply outside England. On Sunday morning, Sky TV which doesn't use regional opt-outs offered its national and international audiences a debate between the Scottish leaders. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukDo we really need to watch the election in HD? According to Sky News we do -UK Politics, UK - The Independent
For an election as closely run as this one seems likely to be, a single Swingometer was never going to be enough. Sky News is basing its pitch for your election night attention on the attraction of seeing Adam Boulton, Jeremy Thompson et al strutting their stuff in high definition. The singer Peter Andre, who recently started crying during a Burley interrogation, might doubt the pleasures of watching her in a format famous for capturing every laughter line and bead of sweat. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukMedia: Does TV harm children? 05 May 10
downloads.bbc.co.ukWednesday 05 May 2010, AM
Channel 4 boosts Film4s budget by 20% | Media | guardian.co.uk
Chris Morris's Four Lions is a recent recipient of Film4 funding Channel 4 is increasing its movie production arm Film4's annual budget by 20 to 10m. This budget increase for 2010 returns Film4's budget for film development and financing to the level it was before the economic downturn. Channel 4's commitment to funding UK film-making was included in the broadcaster's new public service remit for the first time in the Digital Economy Act, which passed into law last month. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 04 May 2010, PM
MaxLinear Partners with Cocom to Deliver DVB-T2 Certified Freeview HD Set-Top Box | Business Wire
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Humax to fix Freeview set-top-boxes
For the owners of older Humax Freeview PVR set top boxes the digital switchover has caused poor performance and in some case freezing. For some consumers this is an issue that has been going on for some months. However, according to Humax, the issue has been quite complex and therefore the solution has been a long time coming. - techwatch.co.uk
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Panasonic DMR-BW780 Review - Home Cinema Reviews - TrustedReviews
Like Freesat HD, it provides a way of getting high-definition TV without paying a penny in subscription fees, but the ability to get it through a rooftop aerial is the crucial factor that will push high-definition closer to mass-market ubiquity. Like most new technologies, there are obstacles to overcome you have to fork out for new equipment and at present only a few areas of the country can receive it but once kit prices drop and the whole country is covered, Freeview HD is almost guaranteed to be a huge hit. Aesthetically the unit looks like the rest of Panasonics recorder range a slim black deck with an obligatory blue light and a couple of tinted flaps covering the disc tray, connections and buttons. - trustedreviews.comwww.trustedreviews.comJeremy Darroch: Sky planning three-pronged assault on Ofcom |Media |guardian.co.uk
The appeal is unlikely to be heard until September. Sky will argue that Ofcom's powers do not extend in scope to using the Communications Act to push through the pricing regulations by changing its broadcast licences. Under more general competition law Ofcom could not have pushed through all of its regulations, BSkyB will claim. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 02 May 2010, PM
Friday 30 April 2010, PM
Dundee counts down to TV digital switchover
Dundee residents will have their analogue TV signal switched off on 4 August. A 20-page guide, which includes tips on retuning Freeview equipment for the best signal, is being sent to every home affected by the change. Until the switchover takes place on 4 August digital viewers are able to access Freeview channels from the area's main transmitter sites only, offering viewers about 40 channels. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukHumax Freeview PVR faults: apology and upgrade incoming! | Electricpig
Humax has issued an apology and promised a software upgrade after owners of older Humax Freeview PVRs were plagued with faults including freezing and slow performance. Read on to find out if your Humax Freeview PVR is due for a fix. Though its technical team has been working on a fix, it claims the issues are so complex that it has taken longer than expected. - electricpig.co.uk
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