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TV channels have 'up to 10 years' to meet tech threat
Under UK broadcasting regulations, public service channels must be prominently displayed in the electronic programme guides of cable and satellite providers. Freeview, the UK's free digital television service owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Arqiva, is working towards getting its Freeview Play, a live and on-demand service, built into every TV set sold in the UK - which would ensure that viewers have easy access to PSB channels and the programming they produce. - www.ft.com
www.ft.comWednesday 29 November 2017, PM
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HDMI 2.1 can support 10K resolution, assuming devices ever catch up
The HDMI Forum, the governing organization that creates specifications for HDMI cables, has officially released the next version of the HDMI standard HDMI 2.1. As my colleague James Vincent pointed out when he first covered the specification back in January, HDMI 2.1 is more a future-facing update than one that will directly affect current devices, seeing as we're still just starting to reach the point where 4K video is becoming commonplace, to say nothing of 8K resolution or technologies like dynamic HDR video that HDMI 2.1 in theory will be able to support. - www.theverge.com
www.theverge.comFriday 24 November 2017, PM
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https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/107775/statement-spectrum-audio-pmse.pdf
Eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/uriCELEX32016D0687fromEN 1 Use of 694 to 703 MHz band by audio PMSE Decision sets out uses for which the 700 MHz band may be made available by Member States, including the option of use of the guard band by PMSE. 1.6 We consider that there are benefits in allowing PMSE users to have continued access to the guard band. Our response Making available the guard band and unknown spectrum quality 3.16 We acknowledged in the consultation on the proposed use of the guard band that there may be some risk to PMSE users operating in the guard band from mobile uplink data services in the adjacent band, 703 to 733 MHz. It remains our view that PMSE users would, in most cases, be unlikely to operate immediately adjacent to the 703 MHz boundary and could apply a suitable frequency separation to ensure the necessary quality of service while maximising the utility of the guard band. - www.ofcom.org.uk
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4K internet TV boxes from Amazon, Apple, Google and Roku are all here – but are they any good? – Which? News
With the release of the new and improved Amazon Fire TV with 4K the whole gang is here, which also includes Apple TV 4K, Google Chromecast Ultra and Roku Streaming Stick. Amazon Fire TV with 4K70. While this may have been the last big name model we were waiting for, this isn't actually Amazon's first 4K streamer. - www.which.co.uk
www.which.co.ukThursday 23 November 2017, PM
BBC News channel 20th anniversary special - 9.11.2017 1729 - YouTube
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Freeview bosses warn of SVoD challenge |
The companies responsible for UK free-to-air DTT platform Freeview have called on industry and policy makers to 'step up' to meet the profound changes in television being driven by American tech firms. To this end, he revealed a new online Freeview 'Bundle Builder' service as a response to growing demand for skinny bundles based on free TV. North suggested that Freeview Play was becoming increasingly important in the growth of on-demand viewing. - advanced-television.com
advanced-television.comThursday 23 November 2017, AM
Which? campaign win: Broadband providers told to advertise more realistic speeds – Which? News
This is also a win for our Broadband Speed Guaranteed campaign, supported by more than 120,000 people who signed our petition calling for broadband providers to be more transparent with their advertising. Our Fix Bad Broadband campaign calls on providers to do more to fix the problems people suffer with their home internet and deliver the speeds they've promised. - www.which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukWednesday 22 November 2017, PM
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Google to 'derank' Russia Today and Sputnik
He then named two of Russia's biggest media outlets RT, a TV and online news organisation, and Sputnik, an online media network. Russia has repeatedly denied claims that it interfered in the 2016 presidential elections. - www.bbc.co.uk
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BBC plots £500m debt-fuelled bid for full control of Dave broadcaster UKTV
The BBC is manoeuvring towards a 500m bid for full control of UKTV, the broadcaster behind the Dave and Gold channels, in what would be a major expansion into the advertising and pay-TV markets. Under a change of control clause in the UKTV joint venture agreement, the BBC will have the right to buy out Discovery when the Scripps deal is completed early next year. - www.telegraph.co.uk
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Cost savings from operating fewer bands Following the award of the 700MHz band, most UK operators are likely to have spectrum in two or three low-frequency bands. Figure 5-3 Summary of key constraints 1-Large FDD band 2 - Three TDD bands 3 - One TDD band Transitional licencing o o o Technical constraints o o Migration costs - o/- -- All of the proposed options will require transitional licencing as they include changes to the current band plans. - www.digitaluk.co.ukwww.digitaluk.co.ukTuesday 14 November 2017, PM
GroupM: young will 'erode TV viewing' as they age - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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Scoops from Paradise
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BBC keen to take World News free-to-air | News | Broadcast
BBC keen to take World News free-to-air Tony Hall has urged the government to provide financial support to enable it to offer BBC World News free to viewers across Europe as Brexit negotiations gather pace. The international news channel is currently distributed as part of pay-TV packages but Hall said he was keen to bring it in front of paywalls to enable larger audiences to access its coverage of issues such as the UK’s exit from the EU. He added that going free-to-air in highly-populated regions such as sub-Saharan Africa would have a significant impact on viewing levels, while the channel could also help bring trade benefits to the UK in other regions. Appearing in front of a DCMS committee on Tuesday (7 November), director general Hall said that he was keen for the distribution of World News to mirror BBC Radio World Service but warned such a move would require public investment. Hall said the extra funding was required to improve the service’s editorial output and make up the shortfall which would result from moving out of a pay-TV environment. “The World Service is a great export for us in the UK and highlights the need for us to be out there. So we’ve approached DCMS and others to see whether there is a different way of funding world television news,” said Hall. “In some territories it goes against interests of the BBC and the broader UK to try to make money. In Europe for example, if we removed the subscription barrier then people would be able to see what we were reporting on Brexit.” He said the extra investment would be used to expand the channel into territories in which many of its competitors from China and Russia were being funded by the state. - www.broadcastnow.co.uk
www.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 07 November 2017, PM
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Virgin Media subscribers could face losing ITV should the two companies not agree on £80m bill – Which? News
Virgin Media currently pays for smaller ITV channels such as ITV2 and ITVBe, but now would be faced with a hefty bill in order to carry the main channel. Should the unthinkable happen and Virgin Media and ITV do ungraciously part ways, then it certainly seems like you would, in theory, no longer be able to watch ITV via your Virgin Media PVR. The bad news is you'd need a new way to watch ITV. The good news is that there's no shortage of ways to do so, and it shouldn't cost you much either. - www.which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukMonday 06 November 2017, PM
U.S. radio's biggest opportunity in years
No local studios, no local voices, no local office, no local address, no local telephone number. They can invest in the biggest and best radio programming, junk all these pointless old-fashioned local callsigns and horrible underinvested office space to offer a great-sounding, national, real, and relevant radio station. - radioinfo.com.auradioinfo.com.auBBC extends Met Office weather contract due to delays in switch to rival
The BBC has been forced to turn back to the Met Office for its weather information after a high-profile switch to a new provider was beset by delays. The Met Office has provided data for the BBC's weather forecasts since the corporation's first radio weather bulletin in November 1922. - www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.comFriday 03 November 2017, PM
03/11/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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#83 - Katz Does Countdown - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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DTG :: News :: THE DTG'S D-BOOK 10 DEFINES LATEST UK TV REQUIREMENTS
The DTG's D-Book 10 is the industry determined, next generation, universally deployed specification which supports future interactive services and enables the continuing transition towards HbbTV. Where D-Book 9 introduced HbbTV references for Freeview Play at the MHEG to HbbTV transition which included the introduction of support for HEVC and HDR for IP delivered services, D-Book 10 continues to support the development of HD products and services with the introduction of Single Frequency Network support for the migration of COM 78 T2 multiplexes into the 700 MHz band. An IP Software Upgrade Option has been included in response to the requirements of manufacturers handling software upgrades to today's complex TVs, avoiding the need for SSU Broadcast updates. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukWednesday 01 November 2017, PM
Freeview blames air pressure for TV disruption
Freeview has said that high air pressure is the cause of disruption being experienced by some of its users in England and Wales. Freeview said it was unable to remedy the problem until weather conditions changed. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
How BuzzFeed exposed Kevin Spacey
www.bbc.co.ukTuesday 31 October 2017, AM
John Humphrys says Thought for the Day message 'deeply boring'
In an interview for the Radio Times, Humphrys and his Today co-presenters were asked how it felt to have to pause the programme for Thought for the Day. The majority of contributors to Thought for the Day are Christian, although there are regular Muslim and Jewish contributors and occasional Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 30 October 2017, PM
Ghostwatch: The BBC spoof that duped a nation
In the studio, Parkinson urged viewers to phone in with their own ghost stories on 081 811 8181 - the standard number for BBC phone-ins at the time, used on shows including Crimewatch and Going Live Volk went on to write an episode of Ghosts for the BBC in 1995, created ITV series Afterlife starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp, and was also behind the 2011 film The Awakening. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSaturday 28 October 2017, PM
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Apple hires ex-BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt
Apple has hired Jay Hunt - the former controller of BBC One and chief creative officer of Channel Four - to join its video team. When Jay Hunt missed out on the job of chief executive at Channel 4, where as chief creative officer she had overseen a series of big hits and bought Great British Bake Off from the BBC, everyone in the industry asked the same question. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 24 October 2017, PM
BBC apologises over interview with climate sceptic Lord Lawson
The BBC has apologised for an interview with the climate sceptic Lord Lawson after admitting it had breached its own editorial guidelines for allowing him to claim that global temperatures have not risen in the past decade. The programme in August featuring the interview with Lawson also included an interview with Al Gore, the former US vice president and climate campaigner, who discussed his new film An Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power, and another interview with the director Fisher Stevens, who made Before the Flood, also about climate change, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 23 October 2017, PM
TV tower firm Arqiva eyes £6bn UK listing
The UK's largest owner of TV transmitters, Arqiva, is planning a 6bn float on the London Stock Exchange expected to be the biggest this year. Arqiva traces its roots back to the BBC's first radio broadcast in 1922, and its masts are used by TV channels, radio stations and mobile networks. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 20 October 2017, PM
20/10/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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#82 - Harassment in Hollywood; Ofcom calls the tune at Radio 1; Cutting teeth on the Daily Mail
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Rocket wins £15m Freeview media
Freeview, the UK's biggest TV platform, has awarded its 15m media account to Rocket. Rocket is part of Omnicom's five-strong line-up of media agencies in the UK. Rocket now lines up with creative agency Anomaly and digital shop NMPi. - www.moreaboutadvertising.com
www.moreaboutadvertising.comThursday 12 October 2017, AM
TV access services 2017: Q1 and Q2
The first bi-annual report for 2017 on the provision of access services by broadcasters under the Code on Television Access Services shows the cumulative position from January to June 2017. All Channel 3 services are required to meet the same quotas, although there may be slight variations in the total percentage of access services provided on these channels. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 11 October 2017, PM
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#81 - Google caves over paywalls, ITV vs Newsnight - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Roberts Radio launches digital radio adapter – RadioToday
Roberts Radio announced that they would be entering the automotive market for the first time with the launch of a Roberts Radio digital radio car adapter, launched later this year. The digital radio car adapter market across Europe has been significantly boosted by the Norwegian switchover, the first in the world, which is underway and completes at the end of this year the planned Switzerland switchover which is scheduled for 2020 and the UK's on-going digital radio progress. - radiotoday.co.uk
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