Norman may need to break up ITV to achieve growth |Media |The Guardian

Photograph Reuters Archie Norman's appointment as ITV chairman has been well received and it didn't even get played out in the press beforehand. What's more, it doesn't seem to have triggered another round of corporate infighting at least not yet. However, Norman will need all his acknowledged personal qualities and experience to deal with the key questions facing ITV, which are strategic and cut right to the heart of the long-standing, fundamental disagreement between the broadcaster and some of its most powerful shareholders. - guardian.co.uk

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Call it by its name - this is theft |Media |The Guardian

Part of the strength of the British economy recently has been its ability to adapt as the world, and what consumers expect, have changed. Its flexibility, resilience and mixed nature should stand us in good stead as we, and the rest of the world, exit recession. We are leaders in film, music, publishing, TV production and sports rights British popular culture, sport and production values are viewed as among the best in the world. - guardian.co.uk

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Computer vs TV, where do you stand? |Media |The Guardian

Computers are becoming increasingly like TVs, and vice versa, so which dominates your living room at the moment Like a computer it has a USB 2.0 port to connect thumb drives with pictures or music. Many people already have powerful computers in their living room such as the Xbox 360 and the PS3. - guardian.co.uk

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British press split in two by Wapping s great gamble -Press, Media - The Independent

Far greater than the ideological differences that have traditionally set apart the great national titles, this divergence in opinion over whether the written word should be a free commodity or one that is charged for will set the news industry at each others throats. The battle lines became clearer last week, as Rupert Murdochs senior executives proclaimed from the ramparts, or at least from the luxury hotels of western Europe, their determination to erect a pay wall around the content of News Corp websites. We are actually going to be charging a premium price, he said. - independent.co.uk

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New ITV chief mulling pay-TV move - European, Business - Independent.ie

ITV's new chairman is considering charging viewers for some of its channels as part of a complete overhaul of the broadcaster, it has been reported. He is also understood to be planning a shake up in the boardroom in the wake of the firm's protracted leadership crisis in which it struggled to replace Michael Grade, who holds a dual executive chairman role. The former Conservative MP and Asda boss, who will lead the search for a chief executive, is expected to cut the number of board members over time. - independent.ie

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Sale, clearance, half-price: satellite radio in Canada - blog - James Cridland

Sale, clearance, half-price satellite radio in Canada Posted on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 442 am. It doesnt matter whether its XM or Sirius, this display, seen the other day in a store in Toronto, would seem to show the end of paid-for radio. In this store, there was not a single unit retailing at the normal ticket price. - james.cridland.net

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Murdochs pay walls will be paper tigers and he darent put them round Sky |Media |The Observer

How can we build our own pay walls, attracting a bit of money back into our journalism, while bbc.co.uk sits there centre screen, spending 150m of our licence fee money For click on to the Sun's website knowing that the Bun, under Rupertian edict, will be playing the same wall games as Harding next year and go to the bottom of the home page. Yes, there's another range of sites you can click on down there the Times, plus Sky News and Fox News. - guardian.co.uk

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YouTube introduces automatic captions for deaf viewers

YouTube's parent company Google has announced on its blog that automatic captions are to begin to roll out across the site. The machine-generated captions will initially be generated in English. At first they will only be found on 13 channels. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Radio Bill creates deep divisions among industry - Media news - Media Week

Andrew Harrison, chief executive of RadioCentre The Bill aims to provide all commercial radio stations with a time frame for digital switchover in 2015 and includes greater flexibility in the current localness rules. The move has been welcomed by the commercial radio industry's official body, the RadioCentre, which claims the proposed digital radio upgrade will offer a better service for listeners, as well as improved opportunities for all commercial radio stations. However, today's Bill has attracted strong criticism from former RadioCentre members who cancelled their membership with the association last month in disgust. - mediaweek.co.uk

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Marc Watson, BT Vision | In-depth | 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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Give Ofcom the "off switch", says Gaunt | 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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Major reform of TV regulation under Tories, says Hunt | News | Broadcast

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Humax Freeview HD set-top box to debut early 2010 Register Hardware

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BBC iPlayer on the Wii: technical details

We have been bowled over by the positive response to the launch of the new BBC iPlayer for the Wii. First, the video we're using the H.264 codec at a rate in the region of 700kbit/sec. The quality is probably as good as H.264 can get on this device. - bbc.co.uk

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Media Talk: Archie Norman, James Harding, and Adrian van Klaveren

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James Murdoch signals reduced role for his familys newspapers -Business News, Business - The Independent

James Murdoch, annointed heir to his father's media conglomerate, News Corporation, signalled that the family love affair with newspapers is coming to an end and the business will shift its focus to television and entertainment in the future. Rupert Murdoch, who is chairman of News Corp, has become, if anything, more vociferous in defence of newspaper journalism in recent months, threatening to ban Google from offering links to his papers' online content and promising soon to start charging for newspaper content that his titles put on the internet. James Murdoch's comments reflect a view that, no matter how successful that effort to convert readers to a paid-for service, newspapers will continue to offer less profitable opportunities for News Corp. - independent.co.uk

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Humaxs new Freeview HD player pictured - Pocket-lint

We will bring you more on the new HD set-top offering as soon as we can prise it out of Humax, and we'll keep you informed of all Freeview HD developments in the mean time. - pocket-lint.com

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BT Vision boxes will pack Freeview HD in future | T3 magazine

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Andy Duncan makes quiet exit from Channel 4 |Media |guardian.co.uk

Andy Duncan handed over his responsibilities as Channel 4 chief executive on Tuesday. Duncan has handed over his responsibilities to Channel 4's finance director, Anne Bulford, who will be acting chief executive until his replacement is appointed by new chairman Lord Burns. The outgoing chief executive is expected to return next week for a low-key leaving drinks party at Channel 4's Horseferry Road headquarters in central London, which other directors are holding for him. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC, ITV learned how to use HD bitrates - Digital Spy

ITV HD also suffered a temporary reduction in screen resolution in September from 1440x1088 down to 960x1088 due to routine maintenance on an encoder. However, existing HD screen resolution issues on Freesat have been widely criticised by viewers, leading to fears that the same problems could result on Freeview HD when the service launches. - digitalspy.co.uk

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The Ingex Project- an Introduction

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The future of audio: The UK Radioplayer

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Virgin1 Adds U.S. Dramas to 2010 Grid

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BT Vision to embrace Freeview HD | News | TechRadar UK

To receive HD channels consumers will need set-top boxes with DVB-T2 tuners, though none are expected to go on sale until 2010. - techradar.com

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Power-guzzling TVs to be banned

Television sets in California will be required to be more energy efficient Energy-hungry television sets will soon be banned across California in a landmark move by state legislators to reduce energy consumption. The state will be the first in the US to impose a mandatory energy curb on TVs, an often-overlooked power drain. Supporters say the move will help save California residents more than 8bn over 10 years in energy costs. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Tories urge overhaul of UK media

At present, rules prevent any single media group from owning newspapers, radio stations and television channels in the same geographical area. He will also say that media companies have been prevented from taking full advantage of new opportunities online. A spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the government would soon be piloting three regional news partnerships designed to help local providers cut costs. - news.bbc.co.uk

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The Big Question: Will appointing a new chairman be enough to end ITVs problems? -TV Radio, Media - The Indep

Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster yesterday unveiled its new chairman, Archie Norman, the former Conservative MP and chairman of the Asda supermarket chain. The process of filling this apparently prestigious post has bordered on the farcical. Channel 4 have endured similar difficulties in finding a chairman, finally taking on Lord Burns earlier this month. - independent.co.uk

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Media: 18 Nov 2009 - The PCC fights back; Belle de Jour; Channel 5 newsreader; ITV changes.

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Pic of the day: iPlayer on the Wii

The iPlayer has been usable in the past using the Opera-powered browser channel, but has been of limited quality and, well, not very easy to use. Now we have a very specific channel just for iPlayer. The service went live last night and we're starting to see and hear what you think about it. - bbc.co.uk

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Conservatives deny they would scrap BBC ALBA - Stornoway Today

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BBC: We may do 1080p on Freeview HD - Crave at CNET UK

We've been dying to know what broadcast format the BBC is planning to use for its HD broadcasts, which start in December. The first good news is there are currently no plans for any 720p material. If we were to get 1080p on Freeview HD, it would be 1080p25. - crave.cnet.co.uk

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Tory 'big bang' plan to shake up media is good sense | Business

Now the Conservative Party, which has revealed precious little of its concrete policies should it form the next government, has made its own proposals crystal clear. Jeremy Hunt, the shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, will make a speech at the Manchester media festival tomorrow in which he will list a set of changes that he believes necessary to transform the current bleak outlook for media. This, by coincidence, chimes with an announcement yesterday by the media regulator, Ofcom, that it too recommends a liberalisation of cross-media regulations, though it stops short of abolition. - thisislondon.co.uk

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Archie Norman: I expect no favours |Media |guardian.co.uk

This is effectively my comeback into public company life. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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Digital economy bill promises action on piracy, games and ITV regional news |Media |guardian.co.uk

A clampdown on unlawful online file-sharing, a push for the switchover to digital radio in 2015, tougher laws to stop children getting hold of violent video games and power for Ofcom over the provision of regional news on ITV are the highlights of a rather anaemic digital economy bill, to be published on Friday. The bill, announced in the Queen's Speech today outlining this Labour government's final legislative programme, will also include a simplification of the UK's complex copyright laws, making it easier for people to use images on the internet without having to get permission. The digital economy bill is due to be announced in parliament tomorrow, with full details published on Friday. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - The Media Show: 18/11/2009

The editor of The Guardian newspaper, Alan Rusbridger, has called the report 'worse than pointless' and 'dangerous to the press'. James Partridge has a facial disfigurement and he has been reading the news on Channel 5 this week. He will be telling Steve why he hopes this is more than a gimmick. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: North west Wales goes digital

The final stage of digital TV switchover in north west Wales has been completed, extending Freeview coverage to all households served by the Llanddona transmitter group. All terrestrial TV signals were turned off shortly after midnight on 18 November. Analogue services will remain switched off permanently, allowing new Freeview channels to be broadcast from 22 local relay transmitters serving areas such as Arfon and Conway for the first time. - dtg.org.uk

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Argos on Standby for Switch to Digital in Granada Region

By 2012, all television signals will be digital and analogue TVs and videos will no longer work without extra equipment. Locals neednt worry, with advisors on hand to help at their local Argos store. Argos is working closely with Digital UK to ensure customers have all the information they need for the switchover. - prweb.com

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Archie Norman to be ITV chairman

Mr Norman is credited with turning around Asda in the 1990s, before its sale to US retailing giant Wal-Mart. He will be paid an annual salary of 300,000, and will be given 1.2 million shares in ITV during the next three years - 400,000 each year. Shares in ITV were up as much as 5 during the day, closing up 3, or 1.8 pence, to 53.75p. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Windows 7 Delivers Next-Generation Audio

When it comes to optimizing and really advancing the personal entertainment experience on the PC, Microsoft and Dolby Laboratories share a history of improving the integrity of audio playback. The collaboration between the two companies started when they began working together to enhance audio delivery for the Xbox in 2001. After this design was completed, Microsoft extended its usage of Dolby audio technology in Windows Media Center. - windowsteamblog.com

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Thought for Day complaints rejected -TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The BBC Trust said yesterday that only allowing religious contributors on the slot did not breach editorial guidelines on impartiality. The ruling comes after 11 complaints about Thought for the Day and one complaint about BBC editorial policy on non-religious programming. A statement from the trust said it considered that it was a matter for the BBC executive board as to whether the remit of Thought for the Day should remain the same or be changed in the future. - independent.co.uk

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Council makes Gaelic channel call

Programmes are currently only available on Sky, Freesat and live on the BBC iPlayer. Highland Council's call follows last month's announcement by the BBC Trust that it is to review the channel. Broadcasting it through Freeview would be one of the issues the review would look at. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Ideal Shopping Direct: Ideal World Gets a Winter Hill Boost

The page you're looking for might have been moved. Its name might have changed, or it might be temporarily unavailable. Try searching Enter your subject's keywords into the search box at the top of the page. - tradingmarkets.com

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BBC insiders give cautious welcome to ITV regional news decision |Media |guardian.co.uk

However, the full replacement ITV regional news service is not due to roll out nationally until 2013 and if the Conservatives win next year's general election the party has already vowed to scrap the scheme. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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Digital Vision USB digital TV recorder gains Freeview+ approval

The USB DTR also has audio description, subtitles, parental control and a favourite channels list. DTG Staff 17.11.2009 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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DAB+ services fail to launch

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Ofcom recommends reducing media ownership regulations Ofcom

Ofcom today published its report to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommended changes to the media ownership rules. The final report draws from evidence published in our consultation document on 31 July 2009 and stakeholder responses to that consultation. It recommends two main changes Removing the rules around local radio service and multiplex ownership and national multiplex ownership. - ofcom.org.uk

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Government avoids BBC licence fee clash

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Ad sales conflict between online and broadcast tightens |Media |guardian.co.uk

Online video represents only a small piece of the total advertising pie, but the growth in streaming ad revenue is becoming more of a threat to the broadcast medium that supplies most of the high CPM content. Hulu is a case in point, as Mediaweek and paidContent sources point out the ways the site's ad sales team often undercuts the network media buys for both streaming and broadcast. At this point at least, paidContent is told, the situation is more of an annoyance for networks, than serious damage, since the dollar amounts remain comparatively minuscule. - guardian.co.uk

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