Trinity Mirror CEO Simon Fox on buying the Express, Star and OK

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Ten gigabit home broadband tested in UK

Broadband speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second have been tested in a home in the former Olympic village in east London. Broadband operator Hyperoptic conducted the test, claiming it is the first time such speeds have been brought to a UK home using an existing ISP network rather than a dedicated line. - www.bbc.co.uk

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viewers hail 'Scotland's return'

Despite the huge increase in the number of searchable locations online, some viewers were annoyed their home towns and cities were not shown on the main TV forecast map. Weather forecasts have formed part of the BBC's output for almost a century - the first radio weather bulletin was broadcast on 14 November 1922 while daily bulletins began on 26 March 1923. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Most UK kids now reject TV for personal devices

For the first time this year the majority of UK children view most video content on devices other than traditional TV sets, according to a new study into kids' media consumption. For the report it independently surveyed more than 2,000 children in schools across the UK about media consumption, purchasing and social habits as well as key behaviour. - tbivision.com

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Normalising our loudness

All you need is LUFS. The current broadcast standards for loudness are based around the ITU-1770 measurement recommendation, and the EBU R-128 recommendation which specifies a target integrated loudness of -23LUFS. This value works really well in the home and is the standard for our HD television transmission, but when a programme recorded to an integrated loudness value of -23 LUFS is played in a noisy environment on portable equipment with its legal volume limits, it can sound very quiet compared to commercial music, and at worst it can become inaudible against the background conditions. If we were just processing speech, we might go for a greater reduction in the loudness range, just pop music, we might look for higher integrated loudness values. - www.bbc.co.uk

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BBC gains 1bn punds from R

Innovation has delivered between £5 and £9 on every £1 spent, study reveals The BBC gained up to £1.4bn from R&D over its last ten-year charter period, according to a report and cost/benefit analysis published today. The net benefit from the corporation’s £160.8m R&D spend between 2007 and 2017 was between £5 and £9 of every £1 spent, a total of between £827m and £1.4bn. It also said that had the benefits of smaller R&D projects been considered, the figure could have risen up to £1.73bn, or £11 for every £1 spent. The new BBC charter specifies that the BBC must maintain a “leading role in research and development”. The broadcaster currently employs around 200 R&D staff in London and Salford. “These results demonstrate that R&D generates significant net benefits from its work and that even our most conservative estimates show that the value created per £1 invested are in line with findings from other studies on the value of research and development,” said the report. The wide-ranging document, which was partnered with a cost/benefit analysis conducted by economic consultancy DotEcon, also highlights how the launch of three additional HD and two SD channels over the period had saved between £77m and £152m from a £2.8m spend. The BBC’s Redux archiving system, which was launched in 2007, saved between £53m and £59m from a £1.4m spend. For the next decade, the report said BBC R&D would be focusing on three key areas: distribution, production and content, to “manage the transition to an Internet-led media distribution and consumption environment” and shift from creating the toolkit for IP production to “reaping its benefits”. The report stated: “While traditional long-form TV and radio will continue to deliver great audience value, the growth of adaptive, dynamic, responsive, interactive, immersive and sharable technologies will open up new ways to fulfil the BBC’s public purposes and reach new audiences.” The BBC has recently experimented with new technologies, such as VR, 360 Video and AR. This year, it will start testing the potential of voice-controlled internet devices such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home, and it has partnered with eight universities on a data and machine-learning project. R&D spend was responsible for the Super Hi-Vision used for Olympics coverage and funded its 3D binaural sound technology, which is used for the Proms. In a blog post, BBC R&D controller Andy Conroy said the R&D team had provided significant contributions to the likes of Freeview Play, Freesat and YouView. “These platforms helped ensure public service and free-to-air UK broadcasting – whether broadcast or online – remained universally available, prominent and widely used,” wrote Conroy. - www.broadcastnow.co.uk

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Motorsport.tv launches on Freesat |

Freesat, the UK's subscription-free satellite TV platform, has added Motorsport. Tv's quality programming will keep any motoring enthusiast's attention at maximum RPM. Freesat viewers will get to enjoy the latest Motorsport. - advanced-television.com

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Small Scale DAB radio consultation launched – RadioToday

A consultation with the aim of including community radio stations on the DAB platform has been launched today by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media Sport. C-DSP licence holders would benefit from being able to access the Community Radio Fund and other social/third sector funding and the reserved capacity for community radio stations on small-scale radio multiplexes. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Changes to some BBC local radio medium wave services

We know how much you love your local radio services, with more and more of you listening in different ways using FM, DAB or internet-based services such as BBC iPlayer Radio. On changes to medium wave coverage specifically, to identify areas where the impact would be felt the least, we conducted detailed assessments of the coverage of each BBC local radio station on FM, MW and DAB. Following this process, we trialled the switch-off of a number of medium-wave transmitters and asked for audience feedback. - www.bbc.co.uk

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