Tuesday 27 October 2009, PM
Ruling bodies appeal to keep rugby and cricket off crown jewels TV list |Media |guardian.co.uk
The ECB has suggested the cost of adding the Ashes to the 'crown jewels' list will be about 140m. 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
www.guardian.co.ukBBC to sub-let spectrum capacity on Freeview multiplex B in parts of UK
The BBC remains committed to delivering the very best video content to Freeview viewers via its remaining interactive stream. The two streams will be available in approximately 80 of the country from the end of 2009, and coverage will reduce to zero when switchover is complete in 2012. The BBC has launched its competitive bid process which will provide third parties the opportunity to launch new services for audiences in the UK. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukMP Jamie raises issue of Freeview
However, Mr Bradshaw did reveal that up to one million homes throughout the UK had been affected by the reduction in channels. The channels were lost to make way for high-definition TV in the near future. Meanwhile The Whitehaven News petition available in our office or at Brooks in Duke Street has collected more than 200 signatures complaining about the reduced service. - whitehaven-news.co.uk
www.whitehaven-news.co.ukChanges to BBC Sport on the red button
Next week the BBC will be making some changes to the Freeview service which will have an impact on our sports coverage. We know from the feedback we get that HD is increasingly popular with sports fans and this development will mean that even more viewers get to watch BBC Sport's big events in the best possible quality. What the arrival of HD does mean, though, is that there will be a reduction in the amount of capacity available on Freeview for our interactive services. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukDigital TV - News - Arqiva offers new Freeview channels - Digital Spy
According to the transmission firm, the two new channel slots will be able to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Arqiva is the licence holder for multiplexes C and D, which principally make up the Freeview platform. However, the company stressed that the available slots will be used for TV channels only, and not radio, data or any other related service. - digitalspy.co.uk
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BBC to release Freeview capacity | 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.ukVIVA TV CHANNEL LAUNCH (Viva Freeview on channel 21 Up Your VIVA)
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www.prfire.co.ukBBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Gaelic TV channel being reviewed
Firstly, whether the channel is achieving wide appeal to viewers beyond existing Gaelic speakers and helping to educate people in the language. Secondly, whether to make BBC Alba available through Freeview. Programmes are currently available on Sky, Freesat and live on the BBC iPlayer. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.ukSwitching to Digital Television: UK Public Policy and the Market
Presented as a 'case history' for academics, this impressive book nevertheless is a highly readable piece of journalism, with a strong and compelling narrative line. - amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.ukThe Dream That Died: The Rise and Fall of ITV
It is a book based on more than 90 exclusive interviews with key players who had their hands on the money, and the power, behind commercial television, but who saw politicians, businessmen and broadcasters convert high quality public service broadcasting into a ratings driven commercial wasteland, undermining the BBC and Channel 4. The book goes a long way to explain the complete sorry, downmarket mess that ITV has become. That is my problem with the book it's terribly one-sided, making little reference to the context of technological change which has had an impact on the TV industry. - amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.co.ukReviews of the financial terms for the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences | Ofcom
You might like to try one of the following to help find what you were looking for Make sure the address of the page you are looking for is spelled correctly. Try submitting a question to our FAQ system Go to the Ofcom homepage and navigate to the information you want. Click the 'back' button to try another link. - ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukSoftware update causes problems for Bush, Goodmans, Grundig Freesat boxes
-blog.wotsat.comEXCLUSIVE! London to switch on Freeview HD on December 2
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Greg Dyke and Richard Eyre among frontrunners to be Channel 4 chairman |Media |guardian.co.uk
Interestingly, those being tipped for the job all have heavyweight broadcasting experience. Sir Richard Attenborough was the last Channel 4 chairman to have worked in the industry. According to reports, others being considered for the position include Chorion chairman Waheed Alli. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukOpen Rights Group - survey on file sharing attitudes : | OfcomWatch |
-www.ofcomwatch.co.ukPace introduces new multiroom DVR
Pace has unveiled its new Home Content Sharing According to Pace, HCS can distribute nine simultaneous HD streams throughout the home. HCS also offers advanced DVR features including a folder system, a bulk delete tool, and the ability to bookmark playback to resume in another room say Pace. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukMPs call for local TV channel on Freeview
We think it is vital that the government and Ofcom now take action to ensure that there is a guaranteed space for the community on our television screens. It seems extraordinary to reserve six whole multiplexes for Freeview but not a single channel for local news and community programming. We believe that existing services such as NvTv can help Ofcom and government to review the policy options and hope they will engage constructively with us and our colleagues in United for Local Television to seek to route a path forward. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukNorth west Wales begins switch to digital
The first stage of switchover in north west Wales has been completed. Digital UK are now advising all Freeview viewers in the region to retune their equipment in order to receive the range of digital channels currently available. All TV services were temporarily switched off at the Llanddona transmitter group at midnight on 21 October. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukRound up: Tuesday 27 October 2009
The Internet blog got a look in with a post on the future of the iPlayer regarding syndication. Speaking of syndication see what I did there Paidcontent revealed the BBC's plans to syndicate unsigned bands to online services like Spotify. Across the spectrum of BBC blogs there's been a high level of dissatisfaction about the closure of Red Button interactive streams. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMedia Talk: Nick Griffin on Question Time
download.guardian.co.ukMedia: Ben Bradshaw; strong opinions; BBC Trust - 21/10/09
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Steve Green / digitalradiotech - blog - James Cridland
Steve Green / digitalradiotech Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 1212 pm. Steve has been harrassing me since around 2000, on internet newsgroups, via my previous employers blogs, and his own site, as well as lodging complaints with former employers, and a large number of FOI requests every mention of my name in the full list is from Steve Green. I am taking advantage of not having a current employer to set the record straight about Steves appalling behaviour. - james.cridland.net
james.cridland.netBBC - About the BBC - Syndication Guidelines
Please visit the Inside the BBC 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 below or the search box on this page. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC - About the BBC
Unless youre launching a brand new radio station then the show youre joining will have pre-existed. So much fun in fact, we wanted to put all the links in one place. Window 4 on our Advent Calendar opens up a whole new advent calendar via cbeebiesfun plus dress your own snowman - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Trusts good news for CBBC
This comes as a fantastic endorsement of the important role the BBC has to play in empowering children as they become more experienced online and supporting them to develop the skills required to operate safely in the digital world. Take a quick glance at Ofcom's 'interim' research on children's use of internet in the UK published a couple of weeks ago and you realise how timely this is. Children are spending more and more of their allotted screen-time online, both supervised and unsupervised. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Microsoft wows Windows 7 crowd with Internet TV | Tech Gear News - Betanews
Actually, Internet TV has been under development at Microsoft since way back in September of 2007. In May, Internet TV for Media Center officially entered beta 2. With today's release of Windows 7, though, the feature finally leaves beta testing behind. - betanews.com
www.betanews.comClosing the News Multiscreen
For BBC News, this means that we're no longer going to be able to provide one of our services. The News Multiscreen, which we've been broadcasting on Freeview for a number of years now, will close on Tuesday 27 October 2009. Obviously News content will still be available for viewers of Freeview. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC Red Button Changes on Freeview
This sometimes means I have to make hard decisions about what we do and what we can offer to our audience. In order to make space for HD broadcasts in the future we need to now switch off two of the three interactive streams we use to deliver BBC content on Freeview. So what does that mean for you watching on Freeview - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 19 October 2009, AM
BBC and Arqiva announce agreement to roll-out of terrestrial HD network
From then on, the new technology will roll-out with digital switchover at each transmitter, with most areas which have switched over already being upgraded before the end of 2010. In addition, the BBC has made arrangements with Arqiva to build a small network of five additional transmitters which will bring HD services to certain key metropolitan areas ahead of their planned switchover dates. London will benefit from the end of 2009, with transmitters for Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leeds/Bradford due to be on-air during spring 2010. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC and Arqiva announce agreement to enable roll-out of terrestrial HD network
From then on, the new technology will roll-out with digital switchover at each transmitter, with most areas which have switched over already being upgraded before the end of 2010. In addition, the BBC has made arrangements with Arqiva to build a small network of five additional transmitters which will bring HD services to certain key metropolitan areas ahead of their planned switchover dates. London will benefit from the end of 2009, with transmitters for Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leeds/Bradford due to be on-air during spring 2010. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukITVs share rally shows its fortunes are due to turn around |Business |guardian.co.uk
Perhaps Ant and Dec could jump ship to the BBC, depriving the broadcaster of its most popular double act There is a leadership vacuum at ITV, where executive chairman Michael Grade is on the way out and a less powerful, non-executive chairman is being sought, along with a chief executive. The search for a fresh management team has become farcical, with candidates for both posts rejecting the jobs, turning Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster into an object of derision. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
STV and UTV aim to keep local news |Media |guardian.co.uk
ITV plc may have decided to stop producing regional news but outside England and Wales it's a different story. Northern Ireland's minister of culture, arts and leisure, Nelson McCausland, supports a pilot taking place in the province and has suggested it could bring in 3m a year. Ten Alps is also interested in playing a part in Scottish local news. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC confirms London will get Freeview HD this year
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BT Vision - TV down your (BT) broadband - seenit.co.uk
How does BT's on demand TV service measure up As a writer for an entertainment news site youd probably expect me to have a top tier subscription package with Sky or Virgin but until now Ive been well served by Freeview and the preview discs and screenings so generously made available by PR agencies. Thinking it was maybe time for a wider choice of shows and films I looked around and, after discovering Virgin wasnt available in my area and not wanting Skys very linear service, decided on BT Vision. - seenit.co.uk
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BBC opens way for first HD Freeview by Christmas - 16/10/2009 - Electronics Weekly
It will then roll-out to other transmitters as part of the digital switchover, with most areas which have switched over already being upgraded before the end of 2010. - electronicsweekly.com
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MTV to launch VIVA to replace TMF - Marketing news - Marketing magazine
VIVA will launch on 26 October and is supported by a seven figure TV marketing campaign. The new channel will offer a wider scope of content including comedy as well as music. It will be available on Freeview channel 21, Sky 358 and Virgin Media 313. - marketingmagazine.co.ukwww.marketingmagazine.co.ukFreeview HD confirmed for London in 2009 | News | TechRadar UK
Although it was expected that London's transmitters would be upgraded to cope with the extra capacity needed for the deployment of DVB-T2, the confirmation has now arrived. Granada will still be the first television region to become Freeview HD enabled with the service to be rolled out on 2 December, and London will now follow by the end of the month. The HD changes are being rolled out with the ongoing digital switchover, but Arqiva's deal means that five additional transmitters are being built for key metropolitan areas. - techradar.com
www.techradar.comFive of the best Freesat receivers - Times Online
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BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Apology to viewers over Welsh TV
The analogue signal was switched off earlier this year, but after a retune on 30 September, about 200 Freeview customers' services were disrupted. The Welsh mast transmits on a similar frequency as the Ilfracombe relay, but it has a much more powerful signal. Digital UK said specialist advice for affected viewers would be available on its website or via its phone helpline. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.uk
ITV in 120m bond issue as it scraps plans to sell off SDN |Media |guardian.co.uk
ITV is to raise 120m through a bond issue and has scrapped its plans to sell digital television business, SDN. It added that the rate of decline in UK television advertising had continued to ease in the second half of this year. Total advertising revenue is expected to be down around 3 year on year this month, with forecasts for November predicting a similar level of decline. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFT.com / UK - Sky hits out at BBC over web TV funding
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www.ft.comMTV replaces TMF with Viva |Media |guardian.co.uk
There are also Viva channels in Austria, Hungary, Poland and Switzerland. 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.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 16 October 2009, AM
Channel 4 steps up hunt for chief executive |Media |guardian.co.uk
The trio are understood to be considered realistic candidates by Channel 4's board, which has hired the executive recruitment firm Egon Zehnder to start the process of drawing up a shortlist of candidates to take over from Andy Duncan, who leaves at the end of the year. It is not known, however, whether his name has circulated as a strong candidate prospect at board level. Fairbairn, ITV's director of strategy and development, joined the broadcaster in 2007. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukDigital Participation Consortium launched today | Ofcom
Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. 4G auction bidders announced December 20, 2012 Ofcom has today announced the bidders in the forthcoming 4G mobile spectrum auction the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. npower fined for making abandoned calls December 6, 2012 The conclusion of an Ofcom investigation has today found npower, the gas and electricity supplier, to be in breach of rules on abandoned calls. - ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.uk
Digital TV - News - ITV scraps plans for SDN multiplex sale - Digital Spy
ITV has scrapped plans to sell its digital terrestrial multiplex operator SDN and will instead raise 120m through a bonds issue. Some experts believe that the sale of SDN, which is expected to exceed 40m in revenue this year, would have generated around 200m for ITV. It plans to use SDN as asset backing for the ITV pension scheme to reduce the deficit on a funding arrangement. - digitalspy.co.ukwww.digitalspy.co.ukC4 secures landmark deal with YouTube -Business News, Business - The Independent
Fans of shows such as Peep Show and Skins will be able to access some of their favourite programmes on YouTube for the first time after it sealed a groundbreaking deal with Channel 4 yesterday. The Google-owned video site will add shows in full and free of charge shortly after broadcast on C4, via its 4oD 4 on Demand catch-up service. 4oD will remain available on C4's website. - independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukPrince Philip sticks it to TV designers
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download.guardian.co.ukThe Media Show: 14/10/2009
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