MPs 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.uk

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North 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.uk

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Round 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.uk

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Media Talk: Nick Griffin on Question Time

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Media: 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

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BBC - 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.uk

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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.uk

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BBC - 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.uk

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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

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Closing 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.uk

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BBC 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.uk

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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.uk

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BBC 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.uk

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ITVs 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.uk

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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.uk

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BBC 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.uk

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Freeview 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

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Five 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.uk

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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.uk

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FT.com / UK - Sky hits out at BBC over web TV funding

Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba940c48-b6c5-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.com

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MTV 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.uk

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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.uk

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Digital 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.uk

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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.uk

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C4 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

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Prince Philip sticks it to TV designers

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Media Talk: The Trafigura scandal

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The Media Show: 14/10/2009

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Technisat Freesat box to get PVR add-on

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Media Talk: Chris Evans, Strictly and the Standard

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Viewers baffled by Freeview retune - Highland News

The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try the following Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly. Click the Back button to try another link. - highland-news.co.uk

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Thousands of viewers lose channels after Freeview retune - Telegraph

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Digital TV losers: Having led the way we are now paying the price

Since the last retune we were able to receive Channel 5 plus the two others mentioned, now we only have Channel 5. The Freeview website says this is also to free up more channels for HD programmes before the World Cup next year. Dont ask my opinion of football, you wouldnt be able to print it - whitehaven-news.co.uk

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North Devon loses Freeview channels

However, the problem arises from the fact that nearly 50 of viewers in North Devon receive their signal from one of the 14 relay transmitters across the region. - thisisnorthdevon.co.uk

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Humax fixes set top boxes after Freeview retune

During the Freeview digital re-tune some set top boxes stopped working. The owners of set top boxes made by one manufacturer, Humax, found that their equipment stopped working all together. The issue was that although Freeview did list all the set top boxes they believed were too old and definitely would not work after the switchover, Humax equipment was not on this list, which has caused much distress to the owners of this equipment. - techwatch.co.uk

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Whitehaven News | News | TV viewers' fury at loss of channels Sign our petition

The axeing of the channels, which featured popular programmes such as Poirot, Inspector Wexford and live football, has led to a storm of protest. About 25,000 homes in Copeland are affected because they receive their TV from the Bigrigg relay transmitter. Pat Graves, of Moor Row, said I have tried ringing three separate phone numbers to complain and have been just kept hanging on for 20 minutes each time. - whitehaven-news.co.uk

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BBC One - Watchdog, 08/10/2009

Anne Robinson, Matt Allwright and Anita Rani take on the big names and businesses that are letting viewers down, with investigations and topical reports. On Rogue Traders, Matt meets the mobile mechanic who could leave clients with a bill for hundreds of pounds but a car that is impossible to drive. - bbc.co.uk

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Michael Bishop is frontrunner to become ITV chairman as Crispin Davis withdraws |Media |The Guardian

Sir Michael Bishop in his days as chairman of BMI. Bishop, the former chairman and owner of airline BMI, is thought to lead the field of candidates for the role and has held at least preliminary discussions with ITV's nominations committee. His chances were bolstered after Davis, the former chief executive of the information group Reed Elsevier, pulled out of the running. - guardian.co.uk

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Qualcomms FLO TV debuts its own mobile television | Tech Gear News - Betanews

The device looks almost exactly like a smartphone or a touchscreen media player, and has the specs to match. This is the first time the company has released its own exclusive hardware, but more items are expected to follow soon. The main drawback right now is the service's contractual commitment, which can cost as little as 8.99 per month, but requires a massive three-year contract. - betanews.com

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Media: Election debates, the BNP and the VLV 07/10/09

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Michael Wolff on Rupert Murdoch | vanityfair.com

He runs his business not on the basis of giving the consumer what he wants but through more old-fashioned methods of structural market domination. Murdoch has contributed as much as anyone, with his low-priced papers, to the expectation that news is a de-valued commodity. But more than being about cost, his strategy is about pain. What he is always doing is demonstrating a level of strength and will and resolve against which the other guys, the weaker guys, cower. - vanityfair.com

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BBC - Radio Labs: RealMedia - an update

We constantly review our services to make sure they deliver 'public value'. When streaming services are evaluated against these measures, we take into account where different formats might need to be implemented, evolved or deprecated. The streaming service provided in RealMedia format has been with us at the BBC since 1996. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC to unveil new editorial guidelines - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The BBC Trust, the broadcasting corporation's internal regulator, will today unveil new editorial guidelines aimed at rebuilding the trust of viewers in wake of a series of high-profile breaches of standards. The corporation is also expected to take the unprecedented step of putting its guidelines out for a 12-week public consultation, allowing the public to have their say on how it creates and monitors its content. - independent.co.uk

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At-a-glance: Whos in the running for ITV and Channel 4 jobs | Media Monkey |Media |guardian.co.uk

- Channel 4, it's not easy keeping track of who's in the running for what job. So what Monkey needed was a cut-out-and-keep - or bookmark-and-glance-at-occasionally - guide to who is in the running for which job at ITV and Channel 4. Thank goodness Dawn Airey has stopped swapping jobs - we couldn't cope with two more vacancies at the top of Channel Five. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC unveils new logo for a new Doctor

The logo is the 11th to have been used on screen in the show's history. Accompanying the logo at bbc.co.uk/doctorwho is an animated insignia of the show's initials, which will be used as branding for the new series in conjunction with the logo. The 11th logo for the 11th Doctor those grand old words, Doctor Who, suddenly looking newer than ever. - bbc.co.uk

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