Friday 29 July 2016, AM
BBC told to do more for colour blind people after election complaints
The BBC has been told to do more to help the 2 million people who are colour blind in the UK after the BBC Trust upheld a series of complaints about confusing general election graphics. Colour Blind Awareness commended presenter Jeremy Vine, the figurehead of the BBC's election graphics, but said a number of difficulties were caused by the on-screen colour palette. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 27 July 2016, PM
CEO of Liberty Global Mike Fries, Guardian losses, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes departs
open.live.bbc.co.ukFireman Sam Qur'an row gets alarm bells ringing at BBC
Spare a thought, if you would, for the good people of the BBC complaints department. Only to be expected, you might think, after the production company apologised for the incident and cut all its ties with the animation studio, which it blamed for the mistake. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 22 July 2016, PM
#55 - Brexit Boosts Fleet St... But For How Long? - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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open.live.bbc.co.ukThursday 21 July 2016, AM
Channel 4 privatisation review was Whittingdale's agenda, says Ed Vaizey
The Guardian reported in May that the government was backing away from proposals for full privatisation of Channel 4, but was still considering other measures such as part-privatisation or forcing it to sell off its 100m London HQ and move to Manchester or Birmingham. Channel 4 chairman, Charles Gurassa, has previously criticised the destabilising impact of uncertainty over the broadcaster's future that has been felt since plans for a potential sell-off emerged last autumn. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 20 July 2016, PM
Wednesday 20 July 2016, AM
DTG :: News :: DTG HOSTS PMSE DEBATE
The DTG was recently delighted to host an informative debate on Programme Making Special Events as part of its DTG Spectrum Access Forum activity. One solution proposed by Ofcom to the reduction in spectrum available to PMSE, is for PMSE audio applications to share spectrum used by the Civil Aviation Authority between 960MHz and 1164MHz. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukTuesday 19 July 2016, PM
BBC+ The BBC, just for you – Android Apps on Google Play
BBC is the new app from the BBC that lets you mould all the content the BBC has to offer to suit your own tastes. The new BBC app lets you customise the categories so we only send you the bits of the vast store of content and contributors available through the BBC that you've shown an interest in. - play.google.complay.google.comTuesday 19 July 2016, AM
BT must 'put its house in order'
For its part, BT is keen to prove that it is getting its house in order and has just announced improvements in the time it takes customers to get an appointment for an Openreach engineer to repair or install broadband. Companies such as Sky, Vodafone and TalkTalk, who pay to use the network, have claimed in the past that BT underinvested in Openreach, leading to a poor service with interruptions and slow speeds. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC 'personalisation' app ties together iPlayer and other digital services
The BBC has launched a new personalised app tying together access to all its digital services that it says will help the public get the most out of their licence fee. BBCPlus, which soft launches on Tuesday, collates BBC content and tailors recommendations, bringing together different services such as iPlayer and the BBC News website. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 18 July 2016, AM
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/88911/Digital_UK_Update_July_2016_web.pdf
- www.digitaluk.co.ukwww.digitaluk.co.ukRadio Yorkshire returns to DAB in Leeds
Some of the services transferred to Bauer's Leeds multiplex but Radio Yorkshire didn't make the move. In programming news, Radio Yorkshire has also hired former Leeds and Rotherham boss Neil Redfearn as lead summariser for Leeds United Live coverage for the 2016/17 season. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukSaturday 16 July 2016, AM
Ed Vaizey ends role as Communications Minister
Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Ed Vaizey has left the Government. He previously served as jointly Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Minister of State for Energy in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukFriday 15 July 2016, PM
Thursday 14 July 2016, PM
John Whittingdale leaves role as Culture Secretary
John has only been in the role for 14 months, having been appointed by David Cameron in May 2015 following Sajid Javid's move to become Business Secretary. Since then he's attended many radio industry events, including the Radiocentre conference and the launch of DAB multiplexes. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukBBC News channel and World News face 10% cuts after merger is ruled out
The BBC News channel and the World News service face 10 cost cuts after the corporation decided against merging the two operations. The Guardian reported in December that the corporation had shelved plans to shut the BBC News channel and replace it with digital services after coming to the conclusion that it would only save in the region of 16m. Though the costs of running the channel exceed 110m, much of that budget in areas such as newsgathering would have to be assigned to other parts of the corporation if it were to close. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 13 July 2016, PM
BBC deputy director-general Anne Bulford, Should BBC have filmed the raid on Cliff Richard's home, Risks of true crime
open.live.bbc.co.ukFriday 08 July 2016, PM
Wednesday 06 July 2016, PM
THE MEDIA SHOW - 06.07.17
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About 100 BBC Monitoring jobs to be axed amid £4m cuts
At least 98 jobs at the BBC Monitoring department are to be cut ahead of a 4m reduction in funding. BBC Monitoring was set up in 1939 to tap into foreign broadcasts and propaganda during the Second World War The service was independent from the BBC, and paid for by the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service Since its inception, it has provided coverage of the Cold War, the Yugoslav War and most recently, the Arab Spring The service translates communications from 100 languages from 150 countries, with offices across the globe In 2013 the service began being paid for by the licence fee. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 01 July 2016, PM
Wednesday 29 June 2016, PM
Top EU referendum journalists, Brexit's impact on media industry, Lord Puttnam inquiry
open.live.bbc.co.ukMonday 27 June 2016, PM
Brexit: CBS, Liberty Global, ITV Stocks Among Buying Opportunities After Sell-Off, Analysts Say
Malone's international cable operator Liberty Global, which owns British cable firm Virgin Media among others, saw its Class A stock drop 13.1 percent on Friday, which also led some to argue that the stock was oversold. Peel Hunt analyst Alex DeGroote also says that more defensive stocks like pay TV firms, including Liberty Global, which aren't driven by advertising revenue and the like, should end up getting more attention and love from investors amid the current Brexit jitters. - www.hollywoodreporter.comwww.hollywoodreporter.comBBC moves to support HbbTV
The BBC is finally dropping its insistence on the legacy MHEG standard and will support the adoption of HbbTV for interactive television services. The BBC will remove its requirement for MHEG support and will work with industry groups such as the Digital TV Group to align specifications around HbbTV. The first version of the hybrid broadcast broadband television specification published as a standard in 2010. - informitv.cominformitv.comFriday 24 June 2016, PM
#54 - EU Referendum Special - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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BBC commits to next HbbTV standard
The BBC has announced plans to adopt the HbbTV 2.0.1 standard. The BBC has developed a plan to move beyond legacy MHEG technology to industry-wide adoption of HbbTV 2.0.1 in time for equipment manufacturers to build HbbTV into 2018 product cycles. - www.telecompaper.comwww.telecompaper.comWednesday 22 June 2016, PM
Newspaper Leave and Remain editorials, Media in Afghanistan, TV talent shows.
open.live.bbc.co.ukBBC Worldwide CEO Tim Davie, The state of Welsh media, The BBC loses The Voice
open.live.bbc.co.ukWednesday 22 June 2016, AM
BBC to scrap flagship current affairs show Scotland 2016
BBC executives lured Sarah Smith, the then Channel 4 News journalist and former More 4 News anchor, to host the show as it tried to respond to audience and political complaints that its news coverage in Scotland was too weak. Smith told the Guardian that once Scotland 2016 goes off air, Newsnight will return in Scotland to the 10.30pm slot it has across the rest of the UK, running at full length on BBC Scotland for the first time since 1999. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comTuesday 21 June 2016, AM
BBC News merger 'needless act of self-harm' says former chief
The BBC is considering replacing the two existing services with a single 24-hour news channel as part of plans to save 80m in BBC News, as the corporation as a whole looks to save an estimated 800m by 2021-22 following last year's funding settlement with the government. The BBC has also looked at a potential merger of BBC Radio 5 Live with local radio as part of its BBC News cost-saving proposals. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comSaturday 18 June 2016, PM
Wednesday 15 June 2016, PM
Reporting the refugee crisis, Accessing news online, Achieving 'balanced' EU coverage.
open.live.bbc.co.ukTuesday 14 June 2016, PM
ITV should make more current affairs content, says Puttnam inquiry
The inquiry also recommends that, along with other public service broadcasters, ITV should be paid by platforms such as Sky which currently host its channels for free. Though ITV has been criticised for reducing current affairs output over previous decades, it recently launched Peston on Sunday, a weekly politics show fronted by former BBC business editor Robert Peston, one of a number of high profile hires. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Fairhead: BBC board needs fresh thinking
Rona Fairlead has said it will be an “enormous privilege” to chair the BBC’s new unitary board and argued that she wants “fresh thinking” to protect the interests of audiences. The BBC Trust chairman, who will see out her term on the new board after the governing body is abolished next year, said it will ensure that the corporation is focused on its duty to licence fee payers. In her first speech since being confirmed in the role, Fairlead said: “Because the new board’s role will be to ensure the management is held to account in terms of quality of output, the ways risk is managed, and in how the licence fee is spent. “Crucially, the new BBC board, like any company board, must remain focused on its primary duty. And that duty is to its shareholders. And for the BBC the shareholders are the people who – like you - pay the licence fee.” The former Financial Times Group chief executive said “fresh thinking” will be critical to this as she helps assemble the unitary board. “I want us to think differently about how we connect with everyone around the UK. Take their temperature. Act on their concerns,” she told the National Federation of Women’s Institutes. Fairhead added that there must be “clear water” between the government and the new unitary board to preserve the BBC’s independence. “We must have editorial and creative independence, with no scope for interference. And that means financial independence too,” she said. Fairhead will head up the new board until at least 2018 www.broadcastnow.co.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 14 June 2016, AM
everything you need to know
To receive those your TV or set-top box will have to support Freeview HD and you'll need to have HD coverage in your area, check you postcode here. Models such as the Panasonic Viera TX-40DX700B use Firefox OS as the underlying operating system and use Freeview Play for watching TV. The TVs have all of the catch-up apps available, so you can use these independently, or you can use the Freeview Play EPG to find content to watch. - www.expertreviews.co.ukwww.expertreviews.co.ukMonday 13 June 2016, AM
Jerry Springer to broadcast weekly on talkRADIO
TalkRADIO is to broadcast a bespoke version of Jerry Springer's podcast show, every Saturday at midnight. Jerry started his broadcasting career on University radio in Cincinnati before moving on to local stations. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
UK facing 'digital skills crisis' warn MPs
The report found that.22 of IT equipment in schools is ineffective Just 35 of computer science teachers had a relevant qualification Only 70 of the required number of computer science teachers have been recruited The UK needs another 745,000 workers with digital skills by 2017 90 of jobs require digital skills to some degree Skills gap costs economy around 63bn a year in lost income. Our Digital Strategy, to be published shortly, will set out how we will help employers and individuals access the tools they need to power our digital economy. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 10 June 2016, PM
#53 - Snoopers’ Charter, 360° Video 5live shake-up - The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
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open.live.bbc.co.ukThursday 09 June 2016, PM
Does the government want the BBC to be a state broadcaster?
Dunja Mijatovic, the human rights advocate who is the OSCE's representative on freedom of the media, points out that in some cases the transformation of state television into a public one was a condition of these new democracies becoming member states of the Council of Europe. Government control exercised through its planned unitary board takes the UK closer to eastern European models, even allowing for the fact that the government already appoints the chair and deputy chair overseeing the BBC. Is this really the direction of travel Britain should be taking - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWhittingdale accused of misleading MPs on plan to privatise Channel 4
The culture secretary, John Whittingdale, has been accused of misleading parliament over the government's plans to privatise Channel 4. 7 June 2016 Whittingdale appears in front of the committee again and is probed on why he did not mention that discussions on C4 privatisation were under way when he appeared on 9 September. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comBBC's most popular shows still face axe under charter renewal, Labour claims
Strictly Come Dancing and other popular BBC programmes may still be at risk of being axed under government plans to overhaul the corporation's governance, Labour has warned. Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle said prescriptive requirements in the BBC white paper for charter renewal suggest shows such as Countryfile and Doctor Who may also be under threat. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comRadioDNS to hold ‘radio in the car' event
RadioDNS is hosting a one day event to examine 'ten themes crucial to the future experience of radio in the car'. RadioDNS says the ten themes reflect the discussions that it has most often between broadcasters and manufacturers looking to keep radio prominent and relevant in the car. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukDelicious Digital to create new sound of 5 live
London based Delicious Digital has won the pitch to provide the new sound of BBC Radio 5 live. The company, founded by Ollie Raphael, will create a brand new sonic identity for the broadcaster and a full network imaging pack to use on-air across the station. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukWednesday 08 June 2016, PM
Tuesday 07 June 2016, PM
John Whittingdale defends BBC plans after MPs voice concerns
SNP MP John Nicholson was one of several members of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee to raise concerns about the future independence of the BBC after last month's white paper unveiled a radical overhaul of its governance. Under the proposed changes to its royal charter, the BBC Trust will be replaced by a unitary board, with the BBC responsible for appointing at least half of the members and the government no more than six. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comBBC urged to reject proposal to merge news operations
MPs have called on the BBC to reject a proposal to merge BBC News and BBC World News into one new 24-hour channel. The proposal goes before the BBC News executive board next month. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 03 June 2016, PM
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