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Wednesday 16 November 2016, AM

BBC World Service to broadcast news programmes in North Korea

The BBC World Service is to launch regular news programmes in North Korea as part of the biggest expansion of its journalism since the 1940s. Korean is one of 11 new language services included in proposals designed to double the number of people who can access BBC services around the world to 500 million by 2022, when the World Service will be 100 years old. - www.theguardian.com

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Tuesday 15 November 2016, AM

BT to introduce 'next generation' YouView service » Digital TV Europe

BT is due to introduce a 'next generation' YouView service in the coming months, while a refreshed BT TV App is due out next year. BT also plans to be the first UK broadcaster to launch Dolby Atmos sound, adding it to its BT Sport 4K UHD TV packages in January, and will start showing boxing on Saturday nights from early 2017 in a new partnership with BoxNation. - www.digitaltveurope.net

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Friday 11 November 2016, PM

#63 - Media Planning in an Uncertain World - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann

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Broadcast TV Technical Codes

New legislation relating to the resilience of communications networks, has also been adopted since the broadcast TV technical codes were last revised. We therefore carried out a consultation, which closed in June 2016, on proposals to update and rationalise the TV technical codes. - www.ofcom.org.uk

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Thursday 10 November 2016, PM

Freeview mulls ‘deeper integration' with Netflix, Amazon, Now TV » Digital TV Europe

Freeview Play, which is available on set-top boxes and connected TVs, already offers on-demand services like BBC iPlayer, the ITV Hub and All 4, alongside apps like YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime. - www.digitaltveurope.net

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Dead TV signals offer broadband hope in rural Scotland

The technology has been used at London Zoo to broadcast footage of meerkats and has also been considered as a way of providing broadband at sea. BT now believes it can get fibre broadband solutions to almost 99 of UK homes by the end of 2020, so has moved its attention to technologies such as long-reach very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line and fibre to the home. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Wednesday 09 November 2016, PM

09/11/2016 Radio 4 Feedback

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Monday 07 November 2016, PM

Changing channels around the world

Scheduled television channels still account for the majority of viewing, despite a substantial increase in online video, particularly short-form material. The report considers groups of viewers, as either heavy, average or light viewers of traditional television, and those that watch on any screen, those that mainly view online video on computers and those that mostly use the mobile screen for video viewing other than traditional television. - informitv.com

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Monday 07 November 2016, AM

Sky News boss: 'The only way to achieve longevity is to go through renewal'

The custom-built studio also provides a symbol of the contrast in fortunes between Ryley's news empire, which he has run for 11 years, and his former employers at the BBC. Until July, when director general Tony Hall guaranteed its future, speculation had been rife that the BBC News channel might be axed or merged with the BBC World News channel to help find the hundreds of millions in savings the BBC is being forced to make over the next few years. The proximity to the Murdoch-owned news organisations brings us to one of the big questions hanging over the long-term future of Sky News. - www.theguardian.com

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Thursday 03 November 2016, AM

DTG :: News :: The DTG's D-Book 9 defines latest UK TV industry requirements

The DTG's D-Book 9 is the industry determined, next generation, universally deployed specification which supports future interactive services and enables the transition towards HbbTV. Open, democratic and supportive of public policy, the D-Book is continually updated and peer-reviewed by industry experts, to help drive the UK TV market towards innovation and delivering real economic value in this vital industry. Jonathan Thompson, Chief Executive of Digital UK, said 'The DTG's D-Book has been vital to the success of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. The inclusion of HbbTV in this latest edition will allow us to streamline the specification for Freeview Play going forward and drive future innovation on the platform. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC iPlayer is getting this GREAT new feature sooner that you'd think

In a recent interview with Advanced-Television, BBC technology boss Andy King revealed the corporation's plans to update its iPlayer service to include 4K video output. The BBC is already filming shows in 4K and this latest news appears to show they will use the iPlayer service to beam it into homes. - www.express.co.uk

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