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Monday 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.com

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Friday 03 February 2017, PM

New Editor of Today

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Wednesday 01 February 2017, PM

Sarah Sands, new Editor of Today; the PM's press pack; editors and politicians

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Monday 30 January 2017, PM

Discovery, Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Friday 27 January 2017, PM

27/01/2017 Radio 4 Feedback

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BONUS - Fake News and the Fallout - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

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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.uk

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Thursday 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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Wednesday 25 January 2017, PM

James Harding on claims of BBC bias against Trump. Plus Sky and iconic news photos

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Monday 23 January 2017, AM

Sky buys stakes in UK indies - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Friday 20 January 2017, PM

20/01/2017 Radio 4 Feedback

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Wednesday 18 January 2017, PM

18/01/2017 Radio 4 Feedback

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Saturday 14 January 2017, PM

#66 - Media Predictions 2017

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Friday 13 January 2017, PM

BBCWW, Cohen form funding initiative - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Why the BBC will struggle to make iPlayer as good as Netflix | Media | The Guardian

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Thursday 12 January 2017, PM

Sir David Clementi named for BBC Chair; Donald Trump: fake news and good journalism

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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.uk

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Wednesday 11 January 2017, AM

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.uk

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BBC 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.com

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Saturday 07 January 2017, AM

UK digital video revenues up 22.8% in 2016 - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Friday 06 January 2017, AM

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.uk

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Thursday 05 January 2017, PM

David Blunkett on press regulation; TV ratings and the battle for Saturday night

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Thursday 05 January 2017, AM

Dish combines over-the-air and internet video

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Wednesday 04 January 2017, PM

Norway to start FM switchover on January 11th

The countdown is on to the official start of digital radio switchover in Norway, beginning on January 11th at 1111.11am. The formal ceremony in Norway will be watched by many countries around the world who themselves are heading towards a digital radio future, including the UK. Norway is the first country in the world to move the majority of its radio stations off FM. Norway has 25 national radio channels via DAB and currently has five national radio channels via FM. The DAB network now covers the same as FM. 54 of digital listeners listen to radio on DAB 19 per cent of digital listeners are on the net. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Wednesday 04 January 2017, AM

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Eurosport becomes the new European home of the Olympics

Eurosport has officially become the new home of the Olympic Games in Europe. During the unveiling, Eurosport premiered its new Olympic Games film Millions of Journeys, One Destination, following the journeys of two athletes from childhood to competition. - www.tvbeurope.com

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Friday 30 December 2016, PM

Court told TalkTalk ‘only has 125,000 paying TV subscribers'

The number of TalkTalk customers paying a regular monthly subscription for TV channels could be as low as 125,000 according to evidence recently heard by the Competition Appeals Tribunal. TalkTalk has been asked for a response to the claims. - www.seenit.co.uk

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Thursday 29 December 2016, PM

Scoops, scandals and sackings: Piers Morgan's life story - A Media Show Special

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The bid for Sky; Christmas TV; BBC Monitoring

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Wednesday 21 December 2016, PM

Entering the brave new world of IP

IP brings multiple advantagesOnce you get beyond the intangible nature of IP connectivity, there's really a lot to recommend no more expensive, heavy and bulky double-shielded coax and shielded twisted-pair audio cables with labor-intensive connectorisation no more multicore control cables and no need for separate control, video, programme audio or intercom cables, since all these signals can share the same CAT-type cable if you really want them to. Transitioning to an IP-based environmentPerhaps the best way to gain a comfort level with a new technology, like IP, is through a gradual transition - the same way we moved from tubes to transistors, monochrome to colour, analogue to digital, and more recently from SDTV to HD and beyond. - www.tvbeurope.com

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Tuesday 20 December 2016, PM

The Guardian view on the BBC chair: selfless public servant wanted

Yet it is the delicate mechanism of BBC governance - the manner in which its director general is supported and made accountable, and the BBC's independence is upheld - on which depends the bounty that the public, in Britain and beyond, enjoys. What has sustained the BBC since 1922 is the fact that it is a public, not a state, broadcaster. - www.theguardian.com

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Monday 19 December 2016, PM

Satisfying the audiences of tomorrow

In 2011, 28 per cent of our respondents said that they watched content on YouTube at least daily, out of which three per cent claimed that they watch more than three hours a day. In contrast, US consumers spend 45 per cent more time choosing what to watch on VoD services than linear TV. Paradoxically, 63 per cent of consumers claim that they are very satisfied with content discovery when it comes to their VoD service, while only 51 per cent say the same for linear TV. This, of course, could be indicative of two things - the richness of the content available or the effectiveness of the content discovery experience. - www.tvbeurope.com

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Saturday 17 December 2016, AM

DTG :: News :: DTG Statement on today's Ofcom Report 'Connected Nations 2016'

The DTG welcomes today's Connected Nations 2016 report from Ofcom which confirms that more people are, or can be, connected to the communications they need. Ultra High Definition services are beginning to emerge and Ofcom notes three key themes Linear TV consumption still remains dominant There has been a significant increase in both the number and sophistication of hybrid platforms Ultra High Definition television has arrived. - dtg.org.uk

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UK public backs BBC licence fee - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Thursday 15 December 2016, PM

Murdoch's dominance is insidious. He must not be allowed to buy Sky

If Rupert Murdoch was not a suitable person in 2011 to run a television company, nothing since has made him more so, as he renews his failed bid to take over the other 61 of Sky. Murdoch's bid seizes Sky on the cheap, after the plunge in the pound due to the Brexit vote. - www.theguardian.com

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Thursday 15 December 2016, AM

Tony Hall: The Brains Behind the BBC

For Hall, what matters is the content that has made the BBC a byword for distinction and distinctiveness the world over. Hall knew the BBC well, having worked there for 28 years, starting as a trainee and climbing up to head of news before he decamped to the opera house in 2001. - variety.com

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Wednesday 14 December 2016, PM

Murdoch, Fox and Sky; Eve Pollard; Value of newspapers

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Wednesday 14 December 2016, AM

Gordon Brown: delay Murdoch Sky takeover till after Leveson part 2

Gordon Brown has demanded that Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Sky satellite business be delayed until the government carries out the second part of the Leveson inquiry into press malpractice. Bradley launched a consultation exercise on whether to launch part two of the Leveson inquiry in November, citing the costs involved and the fact that the first part had brought about changes in the industry as reasons for the review. - www.theguardian.com

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UK government 'must take action' on 5G

The communications regulator's targets are based on the percentage of properties that have access to a mobile phone signal rather than coverage to all parts of the country. The idea is that these would have less range than the current mobile phone masts, but there would be more of them and they would be better positioned to ensure blanket coverage. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Tuesday 13 December 2016, PM

Sony Movie Channel to go live on UK platforms - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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DTG :: News :: DTG TESTING OFFERS FREEVIEW PLAY CONFORMANCE TESTING

DTG Testing, the industry's not-for-profit test centre, is now a one-stop-shop for Freeview Play Conformance. Includes conformance for ITV Hub, All4, Demand5, STV and UKTV, with BBC iPlayer pre-conformance. - dtg.org.uk

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Saturday 10 December 2016, PM

Campaigners and MPs raise concerns over Murdoch bid for Sky

Ed Miliband 1/Do we want Rupert Murdoch controlling even more of media landscape No. Government must refer bid for Sky to CMA/Ofcom. Others said the change in circumstances since the last attempted Sky takeover could give Murdoch an easier ride. - www.theguardian.com

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Saturday 10 December 2016, AM

TV3 overhauls channels, replaces UTV Ireland - TBI Vision TBI Vision

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Friday 09 December 2016, PM

Get me viewing - Powered by the Confederation of Aerial Industries

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Thursday 08 December 2016, PM

#65 - Has the BBC given up on millennials? - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

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Thursday 08 December 2016, AM

BBC tests 4K Planet Earth II in HDR on iPlayer

The BBC has begun a trial of 4K high dynamic range video on its iPlayer streaming platform. The test involves four minutes of footage from its Planet Earth II series, which promise to reveal more detail and present more vibrant colours than was possible before. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Wednesday 07 December 2016, PM

Trump and New York Times, the next Chair of the BBC board

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YouView 2.0 Update: What's new and why should you care?

YouView was the first hybrid over-the-air/internet delivered TV service to launch in the UK. What Freeview Play has only just started to do, YouView was pioneering back in 2012, and as its rivals play catch-up, YouView is in the process of rolling out a massive update that fundamentally changes the look and feel of its service. The new YouView Search is excellentSearch is key to the new YouView design, and the system uses programme metadata better than any other TV platform I've experienced. - www.trustedreviews.com

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