Monday 14 September 2009, AM
Mark Thompson: People want the BBC to step backwards |Media |The Guardian
In a small office next to the splendid art deco suite commanded by earlier director generals, Mark Thompson is enjoying a bit of historic context. The ideological battle between state broadcasters and the Murdoch family may go back three generations, but the BBC finds itself facing unprecedented challenges. Last week, the BBC Trust took pre-emptive action by announcing a strategic review likely to lead to a reduction in its services, led by Thompson. - guardian.co.uk
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Question of the week: What would you cut at the BBC? |Media |The Guardian
I would have no problem with it if it actually delivered a proper public service to young people aged 19, 20 but it doesn't. I would also question the viability of the BBC's range of digital services. This would reduce the layers of managers and increase UK production overall. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 13 September 2009, PM
Product placement to be allowed on British television - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
ITV welcomed the news that product placement is to be allowed on British television programmes for the first time. Ministers hope lifting the ban will throw a lifeline to struggling independent broadcasters such as ITV by opening new multi-million pound revenue streams. The move - which is likely to prove highly controversial and could be announced as early as this week - represents a major U-turn. - independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukSaturday 12 September 2009, AM
EXCLUSIVE: Humax Freeview HD receiver pictured
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blog.wotsat.comBBC considers 3D coverage for London Olympics
The BBC is considering screening coverage of the 2012 Olympics in 3D. Nobody would expect the games of 2012 to be comprehensively in 3D because the technology will be nothing like widespread enough but it would be a shame not to have any images of London that were part of an experiment with what will be one of the next big waves of change. The DTG is not responsible for the content of other web sites. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukFriday 11 September 2009, PM
Pace Unveils DVB-T2 Freeview HD Box at IBC 09
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www.reuters.comBBC - BBC Internet Blog: New version of BBC iPlayer for PS3 now available
This blog post is about a web-based version of BBC iPlayer launched in 2009. We first released a version of iPlayer for PS3 about a year ago. It worked pretty well, but back then the PS3 used an older version of Flash that didn't support H.264 playback and didn't support full-screen mode, which somewhat limited the playback experience we could provide. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukMedia Talk: Terry Wogan, Mark Thompson, and children's TV
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Cut or keep: which parts of the BBC would you axe? |Media |guardian.co.uk
Here's a fun parlour game which bits of the BBC should be lopped off This hardy hypothetical appears to be moving nearer to the realms of cold hard reality, after the BBC admitted yesterday that director general Mark Thompson was conducting a strategic review of the future scale of the corporation's activities. Reach and cost of the BBC's services, as set out in its 2008/9 annual report. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukNew Senior Spectrum and Technology appointments at Ofcom | 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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Channel TV criticises ITVs double compliance decision |Media |guardian.co.uk
The regulator has only previously been able to fine the individual licensee responsible for legal compliance of shows with its broadcast code. Ofcom moved to update the sanction regulations following a review that concluded that the fines levied over TV phone-in deceptions were not hefty enough. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSTV defends dropping ITV dramas |Media |guardian.co.uk
The decision backfired, with a mere 112,000 viewers, just 5.9 of the Scottish audience, tuning in to Blue Crush, making it the least watched programme on the five terrestrial channels in Scotland at that time. Across the UK on ITV1, 21 of the audience watched Marple. One of the rare network dramas it has taken is Murderland, because it is set in Scotland and features the Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 10 September 2009, PM
BBC may show 2012 Olympics in 3D |Media |guardian.co.uk
The BBC could screen some of the 2012 London Olympic games in 3D, a senior executive said today. Roger Mosey, the director of the BBC's 2012 Olympics operation, said the corporation was looking at a number of new technologies to improve the spectacle for viewers. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Ofcom raises maximum ITV fine |Media |guardian.co.uk
Ofcom, the communications regulator, has toughened the financial penalties it can impose on ITV, following a review that concluded that the fines levied over TV phone-in deceptions were not hefty enough. However, because the ITV network is made up of 15 separate regional franchises with individual Ofcom licences, the regulator has only previously been able to fine up to 5 of the revenues of the individual licensee responsible for legal compliance with its broadcast code. In effect, Ofcom is updating the element of regulatory regime relating to fines to take account of the consolidation in the ITV network of companies over the past 15 years. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
ASA sides with BT over Sky advert - Digital Spy
The Sky ad in question depicted a conversation between two men in which it was claimed that customers switching calls and broadband packages from BT to Sky could save 185 a year. BT also said that Sky only offers free security services for the first 12 months of a customer's contract, compared to BT's provision of such support for the whole duration of the contract. Despite the telecoms giant claiming that the ads did not include Sky's 30 connection fee, the ASA upheld Sky's argument that the cost had been factored into the calculations. - digitalspy.co.uk
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ITV to introduce double compliance to avoid Ofcoms financial penalities |Media |guardian.co.uk
The regulator has only previously been able to fine the individual licensee responsible for legal compliance of shows with its broadcast code. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukApples new iPod Nano is great news for radio but not for DAB |Media |guardian.co.uk
The new range of iPod Nanos, unveiled by Apple yesterday, will also include a tagging device allowing users to tag a song they like and then preview and purchase it when they sync to iTunes. Having just invested in an iPhone, I have mixed feelings about this innovation. I'm not going to shell out for a Nano as well, although I can download an app allowing me to listen to some - but not all - of my favourite radio stations on my iPhone. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukThursday 10 September 2009, AM
Ex-BSkyB boss negotiates terms for top job at ITV - Times Online
- business.timesonline.co.ukbusiness.timesonline.co.ukElectra Entertainment to Launch Channel Zero Interactive TV Service for Freeview This Fall | InteractiveTV T
When it first announced the middleware in March, 2008, Electra said that it would license it free-of-charge to major manufacturers for use in set-top boxes, DVR's and integrated digital television sets. - itvt.comwww.itvt.comCity completes digital switchover
Wales will be the first nation in the UK to go completely digital Swansea will become the first city in Wales to go totally digital when the analogue television signal is completely turned off later. Everyone in Wales watching S4C on Freeview will also need to retune. The first stage of the switch off began in Swansea last month when analogue users lost BBC Two Wales. - news.bbc.co.uknews.bbc.co.uk
Arqiva improves DTT with Tandberg tech - Digital Spy
The EN8100 also improves picture quality on Freeview to offer greater choice and quality of service for customers, as well as greater incremental revenue for Arqiva. - digitalspy.co.ukwww.digitalspy.co.ukFreeview ready to begin HD testing
It seems to have been a long time coming, but finally Freeview is getting ready to test its high definition TV service. Once this has taken place the service will be rolled out around the UK. - techwatch.co.uk
www.techwatch.co.ukWednesday 09 September 2009, PM
Mark Thompson email to BBC staff
It showed very strong public support for us. Our score for trustworthiness was up too 69 agreed that the BBC was trustworthy, compared to 60 in 2004. Our services have never been stronger just look at the summer of music, drama and sport we've been able to deliver to the public. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC Trust - Chairmans open letter to licence fee payers
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.ukBBC Media Show: 09/09/2009
downloads.bbc.co.ukWednesday 09 September 2009, AM
DTG :: News :: BBC launches new version of iPlayer for PS3
As part of a V3.0 firmware update, Sony have added an iPlayer icon to the PS3's cross-media bar. The BBC has also optimised the BigScreen interface in a new larger size to take advantage of high-definition displays. DTG Staff 08.09.2009 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukAsus unveils high-def monitor range - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com
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www.v3.co.ukNext step in digital changes for television viewers
The switch-off of the analogue signal will mean 10 relay transmitters serving areas such as Neath and Clydach can, for the first time, broadcast their signal. People in Swansea responded really well in adapting to the change at stage one of switchover by preparing in good time. - thisissouthwales.co.ukwww.thisissouthwales.co.ukTuesday 08 September 2009, PM
Radio Today with RCS: DAB postcode checker launched
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radiotoday.co.ukFreeview HD product testing to begin October | Home Cinema Choice
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Monday 07 September 2009, PM
BBC HD: Autumn Schedule
Hello Everyone There has been a communications lull from me over the summer - although I know that a number of you have been engaging vigorously with Andy Quested's entries about our new encoders, and debating picture quality. I have been working on a range of issues relating to the future of HD and the BBC. They don't address entirely the points that many of you regularly raise with me around your desire to see all the BBC channels, and certainly all the programmes you regularly watch, in HD. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 07 September 2009, AM
Rupert Murdochs News Corp launches global service to link all its outlets |Media |guardian.co.uk
The service, called NewsCore, will operate like a global wire service for all the company's newspapers, TV networks and websites. When TG24 learns that Vesuvius has blown its top again, everyone in NewsCorp will have it. The NewsCore service, approved by the News Corp chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, will scan the company's electronic story queues, satellite feeds and websites and make all the content available to company newsrooms around the planet. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Murdoch Jr gives BBC a preview of the battle ahead |Steve Hewlett |Media |The Guardian
Predictable perhaps, given the recessionary woes afflicting most of the corporation's competitors and the fact that a Murdoch was giving the keynote speech. First there was the matter of talent pay and whether the BBC should publish details of its salaries. A consensus appears to be building everywhere except the BBC that it is right, or at least inevitable, that the information be made public. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Global warning: time to wage war on BBC s Politburo radio - TV Radio, Med
This means he presides over more than 40 per cent of commercial radio content. Theres a recovery taking place in commercial radio, he asserts in his soft Scots burr, acknowledging that the total UK radio audience has reached a record high, and that Global itself attracts more than 19 million listeners. No, he says, commercial radio cannot now put aside its long-running complaint that the BBC has it over a barrel. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.uk
Charlie Brooker on James Murdoch and his media empire |Culture |The Guardian
Damien Thorn, offspring of Satan, was educated at Yale before inheriting a global business conglomerate at a shockingly young age and using it to hypnotise millions in a demonic bid to hasten Armageddon. I guess that's what the News Of The World does when it challenges the consensus view that personal voicemails should remain personal, or that concealing a video camera in a woman's private home bathroom is sick and creepy it magically becomes acceptable when she's Kerry Katona. As a news source, Fox is about as plausible and useful as an episode of Thundercats. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 06 September 2009, PM
BBC Radio 4 In Business, Media Mayhem
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Testing times for Freeview HD | Broadband TV News
Product testing, which also includes Freeview HD personal video recorders, will get underway in October. Testing against Freeview HD brand requirements will mark a step change in market compliance. The DTG can now utilise eight years of test suite development as a foundation to ensure that Freeview HD receivers will meet levels of compliance, only achieved previously on vertical or lower volume proprietary standard platforms. - broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comSunday 06 September 2009, AM
North West Evening Mail | News | Digital viewers set for fourth retune
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Public rejects Murdoch view of BBC, says ICM poll |Media |The Guardian
It shows rising levels of trust in the broadcaster and increased public support for the licence fee. His comments opened up debate about the future of the corporation, which is protected by its guaranteed licence fee while some other media organisations are facing sharp falls in revenue. An overwhelming majority, 77, think the BBC is an institution people should be proud of up from 68 in an equivalent ICM poll carried out five years ago. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBroadband woes: a 2 per cent solution?
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Do not adjust your set: a revolution in television as content moves online |Media |The Guardian
There's a revolution going on in television but you may not necessarily be watching it on the set in your living room. Online viewing of programmes in the UK will more than triple in the next few years, according to the latest forecasts, boosted by new video on demand websites offering the best British and US shows to internet users for free. This figure is forecast to jump to close to 5bn views by 2013. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk2009 Review of Television Access Services | Ofcom
-www.ofcom.org.ukEnquiry to Ofcom from BBC Free to View Ltd concerning its DTT high definition multiplex licence | 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.ukNews Star | News | Cumbrian digital TV viewers facing Freeview retune
Some people in west Cumbria have already retuned their set-top digital boxes four times, and many will have thought that the current service was the end of their part in the digital revolution. However, Freeview has now announced another retune on September 30, designed to give better access to Channel 5 and to pave the way for high definition television on Freeview. Terrestrial television signals were turned off in north and west Cumbria on July 22, and the Caldbeck transmitter and its relays were switched to all-digital television services. - newsandstar.co.uk
www.newsandstar.co.ukFriday 04 September 2009, PM
Friday 04 September 2009, AM
Five signs agreement with Sony for new internet TV platform
Five has signed an agreement with Sony that could allow viewers to instantly access TV shows by plugging their TV into an existing broadband connection, according to the broadcaster. Charles Constable, Director of Strategy, Five, said Its vital for broadcasters and other industry stakeholders to explore such initiatives if they are to gain a solid footing in the digital world. As broadband content continues to grow in popularity, Five looks forward to working with Sony to explore and learn from the exciting opportunity to bring on-demand content to the television in the home. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukBarry Fox's Inside View
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ITV Goes HD - AVReview News and comment
More detailed plans will be made available next month. The only concern comes with the lack of availability of Freeview HD boxes, which aren't expected to be available in serious numbers until later next year. - avreview.co.ukwww.avreview.co.uk
Freeview HD content protection issue resolved | Broadband TV News
Subsequently, Ofcom has rushed through its consultation process, inviting comments by September 16th on an amendment to Condition 6 of the licence, making clear the licensees ability to protect intellectual property rights subject to clearance from the regulator. The difficulty for the BBC is that any move would require the co-operation of receiver manufacturers. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.compick a page