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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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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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Rethinking frame rate
By capturing media at a high frame rate, the visual 'look' can be resampled in software and output at appropriate frame rates for distribution in different formats. According to RealD, so long as the capture rate is 120 frames per second or higher, it is possible to produce output at lower frame rates, including fractional frame rates. - informitv.com
informitv.comLG TVs get Freeview Play at last
Originally touted to arrive on 50 LG TVs over the summer, the first Freeview Play update released in May added little, if any, functionality. You can already find Freeview Play on Panasonic TVs and PVRs, as well as on TVs from JVC and PVRs from Humax. - blogs.which.co.ukblogs.which.co.ukFriday 28 October 2016, PM
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feedproxy.google.comNew DAB radio transmitter for Scunthorpe
BBC Radio Humberside's David Burns is broadcasting his mid-morning programme live from Caf Indie Pendent in Scunthorpe between 9am and midday, with Nic Dakin, MP for Scunthorpe, and long-term listener, Meg Smith, who pressed the big green digital radio switch at 10.30am live on air with Burnsy to mark the moment the transmitter launched. The Scunthorpe transmitter is the final of five new transmitters which have been built to expand and boost local DAB digital coverage for over 220,000 listeners in Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, taking local DAB digital radio coverage up to 98 of households. - radiotoday.co.uk
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RAJAR Q3 2016: Digital radio continues to grow
Digital listening has grown to 45.5 share, a year-on -year growth of 9, with 6 Music continuing to attract extra listeners on DAB. The BBC station has recorded a new record weekly reach of 2.34 million listeners, followed by BBC Radio 4 Extra with a weekly reach of 2.04 million listeners. Following the launch of the second national DAB commercial network broadcasting 18 national commercial stations earlier this year, digital listening hours to national commercial radio has grown by 25 year-on- year. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukWednesday 26 October 2016, PM
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open.live.bbc.co.uk'Even my 78-year-old father streams'
Some fans have stopped watching football as they are fed up with the focus on money, celebrity, hype and melodrama, while others still want to watch games but can't bring themselves to pay for Sky and BT. Some go to the pub and some wait for Match of the Day, but an increasing number of supporters are turning to online streaming sites and boxes. There are fantastic, free streams out there and I doubt anyone feels any guilt in using these rather than paying the same price as a Premier League season ticket to watch live games on TV. Even my 78-year old father streams his games now. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 24 October 2016, AM
Sky and Virgin Media could be forced to give iPlayer and CBeebies better slots
Labour is pushing for broadcasters including Sky and Virgin Media to do more to promote online services such as the BBC iPlayer and children's channels including CBeebies. PSBs including the BBC have become increasingly concerned that the current rules, passed into law in the Communications Act 2003, do not take into account technological developments such as the iPlayer and the new wave of smart TVs. Broadcasters such as Sky do not have to give any prominence to services such as the iPlayer, or to channels such as CBeebies and CBBC which are buried below 12 US cartoon networks in the channel listings, much to the annoyance of the BBC. PSBs including the BBC are concerned that just as more viewers turn to catch-up and on-demand services they are being made harder and harder to find, and accuse companies such as Sky of deliberately burying them in favour of their own shows and services, or those of commercial partners. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 21 October 2016, PM
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TV Access Services 2016 Q1 Q2
The first bi-annual report for 2016 on the provision of access services by broadcasters under the Code on Television Access Services shows the cumulative position from January to June 2016. We expect to publish the next access services report in March 2017, and it will set out the data from the second half of 2016 to provide a cumulative figure for 2016. - www.ofcom.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 19 October 2016, PM
Three BBC News Channel presenters set to go in cost cuts
Three BBC News Channel presenters will be among two dozen staff to lose their jobs as part of cost cuts across the corporation's national and international news channels. The cuts are part of an attempt to find 10 savings from the BBC News Channel and BBC World News after it was decided not to merge the two services in July. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comCaitlin Moran on crowdfunding Raised by Wolves, John Whittingdale on James Purnell, What's Twitter worth?
open.live.bbc.co.ukMonday 17 October 2016, PM
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#61 - How The New European was launched, BBC Studio cuts - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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Press Release: World-first Freeview FV mobile app launches in November
Offering a new TV experience with more than 15 free-to-air channels delivered live from Freeview members, the free Freeview FV mobile app also features catch-up content from all the free-to-air networks - on the go, in a single app. Freeview FV will be available to all Australians through their mobile devices and will be measured and reported through OzTAM VPM. The Freeview FV mobile app brand joins Freeview's existing hybrid TV service, FreeviewPlus. - prwire.com.auprwire.com.au
Introducing the BBC Engineering Trainee Scheme
The BBC needs to ensure we have enough Engineers trained to the highest standard to prevent us from falling off the air and to also pioneer and innovate the future What's the BBC offering 22 month paid sponsored Masters degree You will work towards an MSc in Broadcast Engineering taught and accredited by a UK University 20,800 per annum training salary Your university tuition fees paid by the BBC A CV full of amazing work experience - See details below What you need to apply You need to have completed an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject within the last 5 years. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukUnited Kingdom leads channels in Europe
Comparing channels established by country with their availability through service providers in the 11 sample countries, only the United Kingdom was a net exporter of channels overall, with a contribution of 916 channels. Users of service providers in the United Kingdom had the fewest channels available established in one of the other 10 sample countries, with just 31 available, while Ireland had 454 channels from one of the other countries available. - informitv.cominformitv.comFreesat offers Metaphor for experience
Freesat does not manage or deliver channels, it simply aggregates existing free to air television and radio channels available on satellite, so the core service is about managing metadata for those channels and providing a convenient user interface for them as a package. According to Freesat data, personal video recording, together with timeshifting, accounts for about 11-12 of viewing, which is attributed back to the time slot for the channel. - informitv.cominformitv.comFriday 07 October 2016, PM
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Americans watching fewer television channels
The numbers have tended to rise, but American television viewers are for the first time watching slightly fewer channels on average. Older viewers tend to watch more television and more channels, with those aged over 50 watching an average of 28.6 channels over a month. - informitv.cominformitv.comWednesday 05 October 2016, PM
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Friday 30 September 2016, PM
The BBC's Bake Off bust-up with Channel 4 is not good for either of them
Channel 4's decision to take on the Great British Bake Off from the BBC is a story about Channel 4's remit, the BBC's failure to agree a deal with format owners and originators Love productions to the comings and, mostly, goings of the talent, in media terms this remains a huge story. First, as a former Labour government minister - a fact Purnell introduced in his row with Jay Hunt to give weight to his contention that C4's move made privatisation politically more likely - he would have effective control over and responsibility for a significant element of coverage, likely to be an issue for many Conservative MPs. Second, with the exception of a brief spell with a small independent production company, Purnell has no editorial experience to speak of and certainly none of actually running a TV or radio network. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 30 September 2016, AM
Piracy fighters battle Kodi 'epidemic'
Tackling the use of Kodi and other set-top box software to stream pirated videos is now the top priority for rights-holders, a report says. Some shops sell set-top boxes and TV sticks known as Kodi boxes, preloaded with the software. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Freeview on why Netflix and Amazon Prime are its ‘friends'
The real-time ads, which Freeview has worked on with Anomaly and hopes to launch 300 of by the end of the year, will comment on household favourites such as Coronation Street, as well as the benefits of the Freeview Play service. Many people, he insists, are now creating their own bundles by mixing Freeview and Netflix, and then going elsewhere for their broadband. - www.marketingweek.com
www.marketingweek.comAttitudes to potentially offensive language and gestures on TV and radio
As the regulator for the UK communications industries, one of Ofcom's important responsibilities is to set standards for offensive language in TV and radio content, and to assess if there are breaches of the rules in Ofcom's Broadcasting Code. To understand current public attitudes towards offensive language on TV and radio to establish a contemporary barometer of offensive language in terms of acceptability and to give Ofcom an understanding of the contextual factors which influence the acceptability of offensive words on TV and radio - both generally and in particular. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukThursday 29 September 2016, PM
Sam Allardyce, Future of online journalism, STV - news for Scottish viewers
open.live.bbc.co.ukDTG :: News :: Freeview Play Update adds support for new TV Technologies
Mandatory support for the decoding of HEVC for programmes delivered via broadband1 Optional support for Ultra HD and HDR content via broadband2 Enhanced subtitling in on-demand programmes using the EBU-TT-D standard3 Support for additional content protection technologies Freeview Play products developed using the new 2017 specification will also include enhanced search functionality, allowing viewers to find their favourite shows across on-demand players. James Jackson, Technology Director at Digital UK, said 'As more manufacturers and content providers join Freeview Play the platform is evolving for the future and embracing new technologies, including HEVC and the potential for Ultra HD via broadband. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukWednesday 28 September 2016, AM
Digital radio switchover in focus at IBC 2016
At the show, there was significant interest in digital radio - both from countries interested in setting up DAB trials, and from more established markets looking to the world's first digital radio switchover which starts in Norway in January next year. Laurence Harrison of Digital Radio UK talked about this growth in digital stations in the UK, including stations launched in the last month such as Union Jack, which plays music from British artists with the listeners picking the playlist. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukTuesday 27 September 2016, PM
DTG :: News :: DTG's roundup of IBC 2016
The DTG kicked-off IBC 2016 with a DTG Dinner to debate how we can best invigorate our Industry while bringing together traditional and new forms of digital media consumption. The DTG also helped close IBC 2016 with our CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies joining the panel to discuss the key trends coming out of this year's show. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukCalling all Android users join our mobile research project
Ofcom is calling on the UK's 20 million Android smartphone users to join its first crowdsourced research project for better mobile phone services. By downloading the Ofcom Mobile Research app, mobile users can join a nationwide panel of volunteers who will help gather valuable information about mobile coverage, reliability of voice calls, mobile broadband performance and users' experiences and habits. - media.ofcom.org.ukmedia.ofcom.org.ukHelen Boaden confirms retirement from BBC Radio
BBC Director of Radio Helen Boaden has confirmed she will step down from her position within months. She started her radio career in the UK at commercial stations Radio Tees and Radio Aire before joining the BBC in 1983. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukTuesday 27 September 2016, AM
Small scale DAB trials
The trials showed that the small scale approach to DAB transmission is technically sound, and they helped Ofcom, the triallists, and wider industry to understand the practical requirements for successfully sustaining DAB radio transmissions using the small scale approach. The technical documents contain more in-depth information on the technical development and operational aspects of the small scale trials, as well as technical studies on potential frequency availability for small scale DAB, a technical report on DAB receiver performance that we commissioned during the project, and some summary results of a survey of radio stations on small scale DAB that we carried out while preparing this report. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukNews Corp completes acquisition of Wireless Group
Wireless Group stations including talkSPORT, Virgin Radio, Pulse and Signal Radio are now officially owned by News Corp after the sale was approved. News Corp says there are significant opportunities to grow reach in the world of sport and entertainment, share talent and cross-promote brands with the new stations, but will run the company on a standalone basis. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
BT in £60m YouView takeover talks with BBC
BT is in talks towards a deal worth tens of millions of pounds for full ownership of YouView, its set-top box technology joint venture with Britain's public service broadcasters and broadband rival TalkTalk. Given the project did not meet its original objective of succeeding Freeview, BBC chiefs fear criticism if they are seen to have in effect subsidised BT. The broadcaster has pumped tens of millions of pounds from the licence fee in to the project since it was founded as Project Canvas in 2008. - www.telegraph.co.uk
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16/09/2016 Radio 4 Feedback
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open.live.bbc.co.uk#59 - Badly burnt by Bake Off - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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