Wednesday 12 May 2010, PM
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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.uk
www.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.uk
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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
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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
-www.dtg.org.ukinformitv - 3DTV projections pessimistic despite promotion
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
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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.uk
news.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
www.electricpig.co.ukKevin Lygo appointed MD of ITV Studios - ITV Press Centre
With Kevin in place heading up the content business and working alongside Peter Fincham, who has been fully involved in the appointment process, ITV now has a team of unrivalled creative talent working right across the company. Lee Bartlett has done a fantastic job in establishing ITV as a global player and focussing the business on international growth. I am delighted that he will continue to oversee ITV Studios international interests and will be an integral part of the new team. - itv.comwww.itv.comFriday 30 April 2010, AM
Steve Jobs Thoughts on Flash is just smoke | Betanews
Apple posted the nearly 1,700-word essay earlier today, in response to the ongoing debate about Adobe Flash on iPhone OS devices. I surmise two main reasons, although there are surely others The Flash cross-platform tools will still be available with Creative Suite 5. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20 percent of the company for many years. - betanews.com
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download.guardian.co.ukCut-price Sky Sports deals could be available by start of next football season |Media |guardian.co.uk
Premier League matches could be available on digital terrestrial and cable TV by next season. Under Ofcom's ruling BSkyB would have had to have offered its prime sports content to any competitor in the market. It will present the appeal to the CAT in a matter of weeks, but its rivals will be able to take advantage of those new prices while it argues its case. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 29 April 2010, PM
Skys press release on its Competition Appeal Tribunal agreement |Media |guardian.co.uk
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Sky v Ofcom: CAT delivers compromise | 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.ukDavid Abraham: no compromise on Channel 4s independence |Media |guardian.co.uk
David Abraham said he preferred a 'no guts, no glory' attitude from programme-makers to playing it safe Channel 4's new chief executive, David Abraham, has pledged to protect broadcaster's independence in any partnership discussions with commercial rivals in his first speech to staff today. The two broadcasters have discusses a full merger twice before, in 2004 and late 2008 at the suggestion of the government. On programming he said that it was important that Channel 4, which is set to air its 11th and final series of Big Brother this summer, continued to be cutting edge and take creative risks. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBen Bradshaw confirms BBC top-slicing plan |Media |guardian.co.uk
Ben Bradshaw said he intended to dismantle the BBC Trust. There may even by arguments for using parts of the licence fee to help secure the future of children's broadcasting which people feel very strongly about. It has never been exclusively the property of the BBC either by legislation or by practice. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 28 April 2010, PM
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Hulu abandons UK plans after broadcaster talks collapse - Telegraph
According to several senior broadcasting executives, members of Hulus negotiating team have said that the service will not launch in the UK in the forseeable future because they have been unable to get any traction in the British TV market and the market does not match their business expectations. Hulu has told several people at the British broadcasters that it has been forced to abandon its UK expansion plans after failing to sign any content deals, said a senior TV executive who has been close to the negotiations. It has been locked in talks with the major UK broadcasters for the best part of a year trying to sign exclusive content deals so it can launch its hugely successful TV service this side of the pond. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.ukU.K. online video viewing up 37%
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You can watch the daily TV show online and catch up on all the latest gaming news, learn a little bit more about the team on their individual profiles, and interact with each other about all things entertainment in the sparkly new forums. You can also check out the YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/GameTankTV, where you can view all previous shows. - gamasutra.comwww.gamasutra.com
Top BBC strategist quits after inquiry into leak of 6 Music closure plans -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
A senior BBC strategist has left the corporation following a high-level internal investigation into the leaking of a confidential report mapping out the future of the organisation, including the closure of the digital radio station 6 Music. There was speculation that the leak had been officially sanctioned from high within the BBC in order to fend off criticisms from the Right-wing press and the Conservatives, who were at that time well ahead in the polls and expected to win a clear majority at the election. The Tories had widely hinted that they would be looking to significantly reduce the scale of the BBC. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukTuesday 27 April 2010, PM
Scotlands digital switchover set to begin in earnest
In a week's time, a year-long programme to switch off analogue television in Scotland begins in earnest. More than 90 of people already have digital TV on their main sets It seems barely credible that scarcely 10 years ago most Scots seemed happy with only four or five television channels. Indeed many people looked at satellite dishes with derision. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukChannel 4 turns to Travers for HD advice | News | The Lawyer
This new vehicle will be useful in ensuring tax efficient and transparent fund structures. 2012-03-28 Tax authorities, including New Zealands own Inland Revenue Department, sometimes try to promote the idea that companies must pay their fair share of taxes on a theory of social duty. 2012-03-23 Many Jersey investment funds will be required to comply with new codes of practice from early 2012. - thelawyer.com
www.thelawyer.comTuesday 27 April 2010, AM
Bitterwallet s A-to-Z of free (and paid) online TV and video | BitterWallet
So in the proud tradition of great alphabetical features, heres our guide to free online television and video and some stuff thats paid for, too. Blinkbox lots of content, plenty of it bang up-to-date to watch for free, to rent or buy Cue Sport TV A to Z lists are always a pain in the arse having said that, we didnt think itd be this letter that caused a headache. Still, weve come through for you with this online TV portal for snooker and pool fanatics. - bitterwallet.comwww.bitterwallet.comMonday 26 April 2010, AM
Adam Crozier joins ITV today but how will he tackle its challenges? |Media |The Guardian
Adam Crozier, the new chief executive of ITV. If timing is everything in life, then Adam Crozier, who takes over as ITV's chief executive today, is arriving at arguably its most auspicious point for a decade. The company has returned to profit, albeit of just 25m, after swingeing cuts followed a loss of 2.7bn the previous year. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Question of the week: What should Adam Crozier do first at ITV? |Media |The Guardian
What advice do you have for the television newcomer Adam Crozier, who starts today as chief executive of ITV Dawn Airey, chairman and chief executive, Channel Five My advice assume nothing. This quarter looks like being the best for many years for TV advertising. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 25 April 2010, AM
Yorkshire: Anger as TV switch becomes a blackout - Yorkshire Evening Post
Television reception across Yorkshire is facing disruption by engineering work on the Emley Moor transmitter and it could last two months and affect millions of people. Some Yorkshire viewers say they are now unable to receive a single channel. Engineering work on the transmitter, between Huddersfield and Barnsley, began on April 14 and is due to last two months. - yorkshireeveningpost.co.ukwww.yorkshireeveningpost.co.ukFriday 23 April 2010, AM
Andy Duncan paid almost 1.4m for his final months at Channel 4 |Media |guardian.co.uk
The payment is made up of last year's salary, for 11 months to the end of November 2009, of about 510,000, plus an equivalent amount of a full year's salary of 580,000 in lieu of notice for 2010, because Duncan was on a one-year rolling contract. Other remuneration included a 255,000 payout under a two-year long-term incentive plan, running from July 2007 to July 2009. Duncan agreed to waive half the figure he was due under this scheme. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 22 April 2010, PM
TBI drops file sharing claim against Which? reader - Which? News
Computing reader and has apologised for the distress caused by its actions. In a letter to our reader dated April 20th, TBI wrote We understand the concerns you have raised. Please note that it was never our clients intention or the intention of TBI in its communications to bully or harass you and we apologise for any distress caused. - which.co.uk
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STV to offer HD in time for World Cup |Media |guardian.co.uk
The broadcaster added that it is performing in line with the UK market. STV said that in the first quarter national TV ad revenues were up 17 year on year and regional sales for Scotland were up 4. Regional TV ad revenues will be up 5 in the second quarter. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 21 April 2010, AM
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