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Monday 24 April 2017, PM
Netflix numbers and room for growth
The company failed to meet its own forecasts and is forecasting slower growth for the next quarter, so how far can Netflix continue to grow. In comparison to HBO, which Netflix has long seen as a competitor, Reed Hastings points out that they have continued growing modestly, while Netflix has grown rapidly. - informitv.com
informitv.comThursday 20 April 2017, AM
BT confirms legacy Vision+ boxes to be scrapped this year
From April 28th, BBC iPlayer will cease to be available on the older boxes, with broadband delivered PSB HD channels such as BBC One HD removed from May 31st. On the same day on demand content from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will also be axed. BT has now confirmed that this will be followed by the removal of all paid-for extra channels as well as its BT TV video on demand service which gives access to additional catch-up content and pay per view movies, plus buy to keep films and TV shows. - www.seenit.co.uk
www.seenit.co.ukWednesday 19 April 2017, PM
Friday 14 April 2017, AM
#71 - Full Fact on fake news, Simon Pearson on writing obituaries - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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12/04/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
www.bbc.co.ukFinal speakers for Doing the DAB Birmingham – RadioToday
The upcoming radio event on DAB in Birmingham will feature a large panel of radio experts from across the West Midlands. The event runs from 6pm until 8pm on Wednesday 3rd May at the Hotel La Tour, and includes a welcome drink, a prize draw for a Pure digital radio and the opportunity for networking. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukFriday 07 April 2017, PM
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Monday 03 April 2017, PM
Two different views of television
Television makes up three quarters of all video viewing, with live television accounting for 60. Subscription video services, like Netflix, account for 4.1 of viewing, slightly less than online porn at 4.9. In 2016, average television viewing within seven days of broadcast was just over 3.5 hours a day, down from 4.0 hours at its peak in 2010, but only four minutes less than in 2006. Although digital video recorder penetration has risen to 60 of homes in the United Kingdom, 86 of all television viewed on a television set is watched at the time of transmission, and a further 6 is viewed on the same day, leaving just 8 viewed time-shifted. - informitv.cominformitv.comFriday 31 March 2017, PM
#70 - NARM conference, Bob Shennan on BBC Radio - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Westminster coverage, the end of Midweek and the editor of The Archers
www.bbc.co.ukThursday 30 March 2017, PM
Your Smart TV Can Be Hacked With Fake Freeview Signals
A security researcher in Zrich has created a smart TV hack that can be executed remotely, and about 90 of current models are susceptible to it. Rafael Scheel works for ethical hacking company OneConsult, and was looking into smart TV hacking. - www.gizmodo.co.uk
www.gizmodo.co.ukThursday 30 March 2017, AM
why we should all celebrate Channel 5's birthday
You might think that congratulations are in order, but where would you send the telegram Do you even remember who owns Channel 5 these days The response to Channel 5's nightly chat flagship, The Jack Docherty Show, was so underwhelming that ratings actually rose when guest hosts filled in for its star. - www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.comWednesday 29 March 2017, PM
Wednesday 29 March 2017, AM
BBC Performance
Under the new Royal Charter and Agreement, regulation of the BBC passes from the BBC Trust to Ofcom on 3 April 2017. As part of our new responsibilities, we are required to publish an operating framework containing provisions to secure effective regulation of the BBC. In relation to the BBC's performance, we must set an operating licence for the BBC, and we may set measures to assess the BBC's performance. - www.ofcom.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.ukTuesday 28 March 2017, PM
DAB radio coverage improved and celebrated – RadioToday
The DAB expansion has brought an additional 7,000 kilometres of the UK road network into coverage for local DAB stations and 2,300 kilometres of roads for the BBC national DAB stations. During the meeting, Digital Radio UK unveiled the new spring digital radio consumer campaign which highlights that DAB coverage is now available to over 90 of households and prompts listeners to reconsider digital radio with the message, 'if you think you know digital radio - think again. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukChannel 4 to stay in public hands amid pressure to relocate
The culture secretary has ruled out privatising Channel 4 following a protracted review of its long-term future, but in return wants the state-owned broadcaster to relocate some or all of its operations outside London. The new consultation, to be published in the coming weeks, will also look at whether Channel 4's quota of original British commissions that must come from TV production companies outside London will be raised from 35 to 50. Channel 4 already exceeds its target, with more than half of original commissions in 2015 coming from outside the capital. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com50 million DAB receivers now sold worldwide – RadioToday
New figures have been released from WorldDAB showing over 50 million DAB Digital Radio receivers have now been sold. The UK now has total receiver sales of 31.7 million, along with an increase in the number of new cars fitted with DAB as standard to 87. Available to download here, the new version includes information on receivers sold in cars for Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands - plus details on emerging DAB markets. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 24 March 2017, PM
Wednesday 22 March 2017, PM
Tuesday 21 March 2017, PM
UK broadcasters back BBC's call for top spots on programme guides
The House of Lords will debate an amendment to the digital economy bill on Monday that would extend rules that give the UK's public service broadcasters top billing on electronic programme guides. Purnell has said that BBC channels such as CBBC and CBeebies, which account for the bulk of UK-made children's shows, should be further up the programme guide than commercial channels aimed at children, most of which show US programming. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 20 March 2017, AM
BBC demands new laws to give its shows top billing over rivals in television guides
The Government argues that the move would be anti-competitive. - www.telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.ukFriday 17 March 2017, PM
Is it time to re-think the Official Chart show?
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PBS hits back Trump fund cut plans - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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tbivision.com#69 - Broadcast Indie Summit; Songs Of Praise; Daily Mail Newspaper Of The Year - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
feedproxy.google.comFriday 17 March 2017, AM
Invitation to comment for public interest test on the proposed acquisition of Sky plc by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
The public interest assessment that Ofcom has been asked to make by the Secretary of State and our ongoing duty under the Communications Act to assess whether a licensee is fit and proper are separate legal processes. We propose consider these matters within the same timeframe within which Ofcom will report to the Secretary of State on the public interest assessment. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 15 March 2017, PM
Tuesday 14 March 2017, AM
The 'invisible epidemic' afflicting millions globally
The app has also won the approval of partners such as the World Health Organization and USAID. But how much should we trust such diagnostic apps, however well-intended There are 259,000 health apps available to consumers globally, according to a recent study by the health research group Research2Guidance, measuring everything from heart health to female fertility, asthma to diabetes. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 13 March 2017, PM
www.broadcastnow.co.ukSunday 12 March 2017, PM
Channel 4 News editor Ben De Pear: 'I see no end to Jon Snow. He's immortal'
He may have been up until 2am the night before celebrating an Oscar nomination for the film Wattani My Homeland by former colleague Marcel Mettelsiefen, but Channel 4 News' editor, Ben de Pear, is clear as a bell about his programme's mission. Channel 4 News discovered her a year ago following a film she made about a child in Aleppo who had built a model city It gave her a contract and a week of training in Turkey. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 10 March 2017, PM
Keeping it impartial
www.bbc.co.ukTVPlayer calls for new OTT pubcaster rules - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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BT strikes deal to legally separate Openreach division
The regulator had threatened to force BT to legally separate Openreach. BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said the deal, reached after two years of negotiations with Ofcom, meant Openreach would have its own board and make its own investment decisions. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Made in Teesside
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www.thenorthernecho.co.ukThursday 09 March 2017, AM
BBC focus too middle aged and middle class, says Ofcom chief
The BBC has set ambitious diversity targets for on- and off-screen staff, which it says it is on track to meet. Ofcom is in the final stages of preparing a framework to assess the BBC's performance, including its distinctiveness, which White said would involve extensive consultation with the public. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 08 March 2017, PM
08/03/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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Consultations
Digital UK has published a consultation on options for the allocation of Logical Channel Number 7 in the Freeview programme guide, following confirmation of the BBC's plans to transition BBC Three to an online service. Digital UK has published a consultation on the reservation of channel numbers in the General Entertainment and News genres for HD-only services. - www.digitaluk.co.ukwww.digitaluk.co.ukShould presenters live near their station? – RadioToday
Sadly, too many local radio presenters still haven't grasped this. It's not the same role it had for the first 20-30 years of ILR. Remember when the floods in 2012 meant none of Radio Exe's presenters could get to the studio on a Sunday Heart Devon's presentation that day was coming from London but the team at Leicester Square did as much coverage as a locally-based jock would have done - thanks to technology. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukSunday 05 March 2017, PM
Podcast: All about loudness compression – RadioToday
This is just one of the weekly podcasts produced and published by RadioToday, hosted by Trevor Dann and sponsored by Broadcast Bionics. See our archive on the RadioToday Programme channel here. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 03 March 2017, PM
Friday 03 March 2017, AM
#68 - How Long Will ITV Hold Their Nerve With The Nightly Show? - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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TVCatchup cannot distribute commercial content
Britain's commercial broadcasters have won their long-running dispute with TVCatchup over the distribution of their content over the internet. ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 argued TVCatchup was in breach of copyright and couldn't rely on UK legislation that provided for retransmission over cable networks. - www.broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comThursday 02 March 2017, AM
Freeview Play TV sales surpass one million
Freeview has announced sales of Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play offers UK viewers a combination of live, catch-up and on demand content all in the same place and for no monthly cost. - www.tvbeurope.com
www.tvbeurope.comITV sees fall in profits as advertising revenues also drop
ITV has reported a 14 per cent fall in its annual pre-tax profits to 533 million as it saw advertising revenues drop by three per cent. On the positive side, ITV reported a 13 per cent increase in revenue from the ITV Studios division and underlying pre-tax profit was up slightly on the year, from 843 million to 847 million. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comWednesday 01 March 2017, PM
Wednesday 01 March 2017, AM
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox to formally notify EU of Sky bid
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is expected to formally notify the European competition regulator of its 11.7bn takeover offer for Sky later this week, after which the UK culture secretary will have to decide whether to launch an investigation into the extent of Murdoch's control of UK media. In 2011, Murdoch's bid for Sky resulted in a deal to spin off Sky News to quell media plurality issues before the takeover was abandoned. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comhttp://www.digitaltveurope.net/665782/bt-rolls-out-next-generation-of-youview/
- www.digitaltveurope.netwww.digitaltveurope.netMonday 27 February 2017, AM
Arqiva announces excellent results for the half year to 31 December 2016
During the six months to 31 December 2016, Arqiva increased the capacity of its two main DVB-T Multiplexes to 31 streams, all of which are utilised. As at 31 December 2016, Arqiva had 159 new transmitters on air helping broadcasters in reaching the targeted UK DAB network coverage of more than 97 of the population. - www.arqiva.comwww.arqiva.compick a page