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BBC ups Welsh programming investment by 50% - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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ITV outlook darkens as Brexit anxiety kicks in - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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BBC reveals new
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ITV to shut London studio with 40-year history of top programming
The London television studio where some of the UK's most popular shows of the past 40 years have been filmed is to be closed by ITV. Programmes from Upstairs Downstairs to Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway have been shot at the London Studios on the capital's South Bank but it is to close as a result of plans to redevelop the broadcaster's headquarters on the same site. The tower block in which the studio is housed was built in the 1970s for London Weekend Television, with ITV securing the freehold on the site in 2003 for 56m. In December the Wembley studio where the ITV shows The X Factor and Pop Idol were shot was closed before a planned demolition. - www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.comMonday 20 February 2017, PM
SS-GB viewers listen up! Actors should be allowed to mutter as well as shout
Until SS-GB, the BBC dramas that had faced most accusations of inaudibility were Jamaica Inn, Taboo and Happy Valley. If drama wants to be convincing, TV characters must be allowed mouths that mutter as well as shout. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comSearch for even higher efficiency compression
The search is on for improvements in video compression beyond the latest High Efficiency Video Coding standard, otherwise known as HEVC or H.265. Further details are available in the Preliminary Joint Call for Evidence on video compression with capability beyond HEVC. itu. - informitv.com
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Ministers pledge to keep sport's 'crown jewels' on free TV channels
The rights for major events including the Olympics, the football World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis finals must be offered to free-to-air channels which can be received by at least 95 of the population under the current rules. Highlights of events that must be offered to free-to-air channels include England's home cricket tests, the Six Nations rugby championship involving the home nations and the Commonwealth Games. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Google and Bing to demote pirate sites in UK web searches
Google and Microsoft's Bing have signed up to a voluntary code of practice and will ensure offending websites are demoted in their search results. The organisers of the new agreement say in future internet users will be more likely to be taken to bona fide providers than pirate sites where their online security could be at risk. - www.bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukFriday 17 February 2017, PM
#67 - Zuckerberg’s state of the union a new threat to whistleblowers - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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feedproxy.google.comBBC iPlayer gets personal on connected TVs
Along with the new development, the BBC announced iPlayer had another record-breaking month in January. There were 304 million requests in January, the highest ever seen by the BBC. January was up eight per cent on December, BBC iPlayer's previous best ever month, and saw over 50 million requests more than the same month last year. - www.tvbeurope.com
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Time to re-think Russia?
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Secrecy and whistleblowing, Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell, Radio style guides
www.bbc.co.ukDiscovery to launch second free-to-air UK channel
Discovery Communications will launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK this year. Discovery currently has free-to-air channel Quest which is available on Freeview as well as Sky and Virgin. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comTuesday 14 February 2017, PM
Opinion piece: Commercial radio deregulation – RadioToday
David Lloyd writes It's been a long time coming, but many in the commercial radio sector, but not all, will be delighted to see today's announcement from DCMS on the future regulation of commercial radio. On World Radio Day, let's celebrate another chapter for this great thing called radio - as it enters its third age. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukMonday 13 February 2017, PM
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591463/Radio_Deregulation_Final.PDF
From 1995, commercial radio saw both a major acceleration in the licensing of new stations to fill the remaining coverage gaps and an increasing number of take-overs and mergers, leading to the emergence of major radio groups holding a large portfolio of local licences throughout the UK. The 1990 Broadcasting Act opened the way for the creation of quasi-national brands such as 'Classic Gold' and the Magic AM network and allowed the Radio Authority to advertise one national commercial FM licence and two national commercial AM licences for the first time - these would be won by Classic FM, Virgin Radio and Talk Radio. Pdf 14 Commercial Radio by Weekly Audience Reach 2007 Commercial Radio by Weekly Audience Reach 2015 Since 2007 Global and Bauer have emerged as the two largest commercial radio groups accounting for around three-quarters of all commercial radio listening and around 80 of commercial radio revenues. - www.gov.uk
www.gov.ukHeart ends More Music Variety slogan and logo – RadioToday
Heart has dropped the More Music Variety slogan the station has had for over 21 years. The More Music Variety was challenged by a listener in 2012, who said it was misleading because the network wasn't offering variety in its music. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukBBC plans box sets to 'reinvent' iPlayer
The BBC is due to publish a run of box-sets on its iPlayer service, as part of director general Tony Hall's plan to reinvent the service. Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will be the first boxsets to be made available, with all episodes of each show to remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast - and the full series box-set to be available for a further 30 days. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.comFriday 10 February 2017, PM
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Cross-party call for 'fit and proper' test of James Murdoch
Mr Murdoch is chief executive of 21st Century Fox, which has made a 11.7bn bid to seize full control of Sky, the UK broadcaster, which he chairs. In a letter sent to Ofcom on Thursday, Mr Miliband, an outspoken critic of the Murdoch family, writes that the regulator should investigate whether Mr Murdoch would pass the watchdog's test. - www.ft.comwww.ft.comThursday 09 February 2017, AM
RAJAR Q4 2016: Digital listening almost 50% – RadioToday
The figure was boosted by record levels of DAB digital listening, as hours grew by 12 or 51.3 million hours compared to Q4 2015, driven by record growth in DAB hours which increased by 23 and online hours which increased by 14. DAB digital radio now accounts for a third of all radio listening and 73 of all digital listening, with 31 million adults or 57 of the population owning a DAB radio - a year-on-year growth of 6. Digital listening via online/apps now accounts for 7.4 of all radio listening and 16 of digital listening, while digital television accounts for 4.9 of radio listening and for 11 of digital listening. Q4 2016 saw the highest-ever recorded proportion of in-car radio listening, accounting for 23.3 of all radio listening, growth supported by the increase of in-car digital radio with 87 of new cars now fitted with DAB as standard. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukWednesday 08 February 2017, PM
David Beckham and reputation management, Curbing abuse on Twitter, The Guardian
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Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. Some shops sell legal set-top boxes and TV sticks, often called Kodi boxes, preloaded with the software. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 06 February 2017, AM
Rupert Murdoch accused of enjoying 'astounding access' to Downing Street
The bulk of the meetings with Murdoch and his senior executives were with Cameron, Osborne or other minsters under the previous government. Since becoming prime minister, May has met Thomson twice and Murdoch once, the latter at the Wall Street Journal in New York. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 03 February 2017, PM
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Sarah Sands, new Editor of Today; the PM's press pack; editors and politicians
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Discovery, Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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27/01/2017 Radio 4 Feedback
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Not guilty plea in landmark Kodi box trial
The trial will begin in May. Mr Thompson denied two charges of selling equipment that facilitated the circumvention of copyright protection measures. Users can add the software themselves but may require a degree of technical knowledge, said Mr van der Sar.Kodi is free, legal software that allows users to collect videos, music games and photos in one easy-to-use application. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 26 January 2017, AM
Discovery threatens to pull channels from Sky in carriage dispute
Sky viewers could soon see Discovery's portfolio of 12 channels - including Discovery, Animal Planet, Eurosport, Investigation Discovery, DMAX, Home and Health and Discovery Turbo - vanish from their EPGs after the two broadcasters failed to reach agreement on a new carriage deal. Channels owners have long privately complained that Sky squeezes them on price and this is said to have worsened since its last premier league bid, with the need to finance the 4.1bn deal seeing Sky seek to cut content and other costs in order to protect margins while avoiding the need to pass the full price of the football deal on to consumers. - www.seenit.co.uk
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BBCWW, Cohen form funding initiative - TBI Vision TBI Vision
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Wednesday 11 January 2017, PM
Director-General Tony Hall's New Year message to BBC staff
This is what has to motivate us constantly in all our traditionally delivered services but now we also need to look again to the online space, where competition is highest, new audiences are most present, and where I believe we can serve them in brilliant new ways. How can we push boundaries, do new things, in the way that we have done so well with new developments in the past. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer will aim to be 'number one' online TV service
The BBC iPlayer will be reinvented in a bid to be the top online TV service in the UK by 2020, the broadcaster's director general Lord Hall is to say. He hopes to reach this goal by 2020 and in order to do so, the BBC will need to double the number of people it reaches through the online service. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC iPlayer faces complete overhaul in Tony Hall's future-proofing plans
The BBC iPlayer must be completely re-invented with new technology such as artificial intelligence, voice recognition and personalisation if it is to keep its lead in online video, director general Tony Hall is to tell staff. BBC Worldwide, which sells BBC content and intellectual property overseas, would be crucial in exporting BBC Studios content and providing more money for programming. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comSaturday 07 January 2017, AM
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CES 2017: Sony chief pledges to detangle confusing TV tech
Sony's chief executive says his firm must do more to help consumers get to grips with a mass of TV tech acronyms. Kazuo Hirai made the pledge the day after announcing the firm's first 4K OLED screen, which he said supported two kinds of HDR. Rory Cellan-Jones has more from the CES tech show in Las Vegas. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukpick a page