Saturday 22 May 2010, AM
Tech podcast: the future of Freesat - Which? News
When can UKconsumers expect to get their hands on an iPad Why are Google's Streetview cars accused of snooping into wi-fi networks Where can you get the best World Cup deals on TVs - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukFriday 21 May 2010, PM
Philips Debuts 285 Freeview HD PVR - ITProPortal.com
Dutch Electronics giant Philips has launched its first Freeview HD personal video recorder, one which is produced by Pace, and which will go on sale for as little as 284.99. Online retailer Puresatellite will be offering the Philips HDT8520 for that price including free delivery from tomorrow. Comet also has it on sale online although you will pay 15 extra and will need to wait more than a fortnight before getting it delivered. - itproportal.comwww.itproportal.comFriday 21 May 2010, AM
TalkTalks Charles Dunstone comes out fighting for Project Canvas | Media | guardian.co.uk
Dunstone admitted that there had been arguments over the strategic direction of Project Canvas among the seven partners in the BBC-backed joint venture, but said the eventual goal was clear. Project Canvas was cleared of breaching competition regulation relating to mergers by the Office of Fair Trading on Wednesday. The service is now awaiting the final verdict of the BBC Trust, unless there are further competition investigations. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukGoogle just shot cable s Franz Ferdinand
One could be forgiven for writing off Google TV. Id be one but for the fact that this is too big to be an experiment its a declaration of war. Not in a direct way as many have noted, Google TV, being a delivery system, relies entirely on others for its content. - crunchgear.comwww.crunchgear.comThursday 20 May 2010, PM
Google is Headed For Your TV - PCWorld
The goal is to fuse the Web with televisions in a way that other Internet-connected TVs don't. That is, Google TV is an open platform free of restrictions and powered by hardware that can handle Flash. Google TV will be available in set-top boxes and televisions this fall, with Sony and Logitech as hardware partners. - pcworld.comwww.pcworld.com
How can radio broadcasters persuade teens and twentysomethings to tune in? -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
According to statistics released last week by the industry body Rajar, the proportion of radio listening done digitally on digital DAB radios, through television sets or online was up by 19 per cent year-on-year in the last quarter, the biggest upsurge ever recorded. In return for handing over that cherished tranny or vintage FM set, listeners will be given a discount on their new DAB model. Unfortunately the British child is less likely to see a digital radio indeed any radio as such a thoughtful gift. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Google launches smart TV service
Special TV sets - or normal TVs connected to a Google box - will also allow people to access the web and download applications. The first TV sets will be produced by Sony and should be available in the Autumn. So many people in the 5,000-strong audience were using the conference wi-fi that the demo ran into repeated problems. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukMedia Talk: The Mail on Sunday and the Lord Triesman scandal
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Freeview HD Set-top Receivers reghardware
If the lure of the World Cup doesnt tempt you, there are other possibilities that Freeview HD opens up. To take advantage of the new service, youll need a Freeview HD set-top box, or a TV that has it built in. Though Freeview HD's technical launch of the service took place in December 2009, and the consumer launch at the end of March, its only now that a good selection of boxes is starting to filter through to the shops. - reghardware.co.ukwww.reghardware.co.ukInside PURE radio s future - James Cridland
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BBC Licence fee to fund superfast broadband roll-out
Ed Vaizey, who has been appointed as the new broadband minister, will oversee the roll-out. The BBC said it looked forward to discussing the proposal with the government. The Conservatives had always opposed the tax, instead preferring to allow the market to install services before government intervention. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukThursday 20 May 2010, AM
Cheap DAB radios in Radio Amnesty - Which? News
Discounts dont apply to all new DAB radios, but selected models from the big players in the digital market including Pure and Roberts will be available. Motorists may be tempted to a converter for in-car digital listening. Roberts' Unologic and Duologic digital radios with built-in battery compartments will alsobe part of the scheme. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.uk
S4C braced for cuts to 100m grant | Media | guardian.co.uk
Jones, responding to recent criticism of S4C, also said that it needs to change and adjust its output. He said S4C is considering how to expand its Welsh-language offering online. He added that S4C senior executive pay was frozen last year. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRadio Amnesty wants scrappage
- www.radiotoday.co.ukAvoid TV Tension and Watch World Cup 2010 on PCs and Laptops with New USB Freeview and TV Tuners
- press-releases.techwhack.comWednesday 19 May 2010, PM
Live Radio over the Mobile Web
Mobile users with internet connectivity can now listen live on pretty much any phone to all of the BBC's national radio networks directly via our mobile web pages. Live radio is the original mobile media, since the mid 1950s when the Regency TR-1 introduced the world to transistor-based radios - looking not enormously dissimilar to the Apple iPod. See this picture comparing the two on Flickr. Although many devices have FM radios included - this is not so in most of the latest web-centric smartphones, nor does it give access to our digital radio networks. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Discount for old radios in scrappage deal -TV Radio, Media - The Independent
The initiative developed by the BBC and commercial radio stations, draws inspiration from the Government's recent popular car scrappage scheme and will run until June 26. It said it hoped to deliver the Digital Radio Upgrade programme by the end of 2015. Manufacturers such as Pure, Roberts and Sony among others have agreed to take part, with discounts expected to be around 10. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Project Canvas: OFT approves internet TV service - Telegraph
The internet connected TV set-top box, which has faced strong opposition from several media and technology companies such as Sky and Virgin Media, is now expected to go into production, having cleared its biggest regulatory hurdle. Several organisations believe Canvas could distort the IPTV market, and claim the companies involved with the project have failed to engage sufficiently with the wider industry. Canvas partners have argued that a common standard is needed to help develop the on-demand television market in the coming years, while opponents, including the Digital TV Group, which has set standards for set-top box technology for more than a decade, claims they and television manufacturers have not bee sufficiently consulted. - telegraph.co.ukwww.telegraph.co.ukSky News election coverage brings 2,600 complaints to Ofcom | Media | guardian.co.uk
Boulton, the Sky News political editor, attracted 1,605 complaints. In addition, 163 called Ofcom received 163 joint complaints about the Burley and Boulton interviews. Ofcom is assessing the complaints to see if there has been a breach of the broadcasting code. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC Media Show: The Paywall Debate 19 May 10
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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.ukwww.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.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 18 May 2010, AM
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.ukwww.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.ukwww.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.tvwww.channelonline.tv999 designs packaging for Freeview high definition launch | packagingnews.co.uk
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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.cominformitv.comMonday 17 May 2010, AM
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.ukwww.which.co.ukFriday 14 May 2010, PM
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.comgrantgoddardradioblog.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.ukwww.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.comwww.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
- 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.ukwww.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
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