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Monday 12 March 2018, PM

DTG :: News :: Award of 2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum by auction

Ofcom is auctioning a total of 40 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz frequency band, which will allow mobile operators to improve their current services. The regulator is also auctioning 150 MHz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz band to prepare for the roll out of future 5G services. - dtg.org.uk

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Virgin Media expands fibre network to rural areas

Virgin Media said a broadband advocate community group representing the 12 villages contacted it in 2016, asking that the company bring its fibre network to their area. He does not think that Virgin Media will start providing a fibre network in all rural areas. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Friday 09 March 2018, PM

09/03/2018 Radio 4 Feedback

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#90 - Guardian Changing Media Summit 2018 - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

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Friday 09 March 2018, AM

My TV's audio isn't great

Of course, everybody calls everything a soundbar nowadays, but you'd probably have been happier with a soundbar instead of a soundbase. At the time of writing, the Best Seller in Amazon's soundbar category was Majority's Snowdon Soundbar with Built-In Subwoofer, apparently reduced from 119.95 to 45.95. - www.theguardian.com

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Thursday 08 March 2018, AM

Media Masters - Neil Thompson

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Wednesday 07 March 2018, PM

DTG :: News :: Switzerland votes to retain licence fee

The Swiss public voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the country's TV and radio licence fee at the weekend. The No Billag initiative, referring to the name of the private company responsible for collecting the 451 Swiss francs licence fee, called for its abolition in 2015 and raised over 100,000 signatories which resulted in the public vote. - dtg.org.uk

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Wednesday 07 March 2018, AM

The British Library's race to save old audio recordings

The British Library is in the process of digitising its 6.5 million sound recordings. The audio is in more than 40 different formats from wax cylinders to MiniDiscs so staff are having to hunt down old machines to play back the audio. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Tuesday 06 March 2018, PM

DTG :: News :: Award of 2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum by auction

Virgin Media expands fibre network to rural areas

09/03/2018 Radio 4 Feedback

#90 - Guardian Changing Media Summit 2018 - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

My TV's audio isn't great

Media Masters - Neil Thompson

DTG :: News :: Switzerland votes to retain licence fee

The British Library's race to save old audio recordings

Media Masters - Bob Leaf, former International CEO of Burson-Marsteller

The right to be forgotten, TV's stubborn popularity, and the end of lads' mags?

Newsnight's future, data journalism, and town hall Pravdas

New BBC Trust Chair, crowdfunding the news, Kate s bottom

Media Masters - Popbitch's Camilla Wright

Channel 5, Journos in PR, Courtroom TV

UKIP, Lenny Henry, and London Live

Celeb Deaths, Hate Speech and Curated Content

Editorial Freedom, Equality, The Licence Fee

BBC Cuts, Greenwald's Intercept, and Piers Morgan

Social Media, Election Trolling, and Drones

Dacre, SuperBowl, Politics and Top Gear

Immigration, the March to Digital, the Lib Dem Blues.

Breaking News, the BBC Trust, Is Print Dead?

Launch Episode

Media Masters - Katya Adler

Media Masters - Madhav Chinnappa

Media Masters - David Yelland

Media Masters - Jessica Coen

Media Masters - Lorraine Candy

Media Masters - Adam Boulton

Media Masters - Tom Newton Dunn

Media Masters - Ian King

Media Masters - Jane Francisco

Media Masters - Mike Williams

Media Masters - Joanne Lipman

Media Masters - Farrah Storr

Media Masters - David Pemsel

Media Masters - Carl Johnson

Media Masters - Mark Frankel

Media Masters - Alistair Smith

Media Masters - Louisa Compton

Media Masters - Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Media Masters - Rob Stringer

Media Masters - Lionel Barber

Media Masters - Darren Scott

Media Masters - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Media Masters - Iain Martin

Media Masters - Richard Bradley

Media Masters - Gavin Hewitt

Media Masters - Justine Roberts

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