Sky broke rules over telling customers TV contracts were up, watchdog rules

Sky has been breaking consumer protection rules by not informing pay-TV customers that their contracts are due to expire so they can shop around for cheaper deals, according to a ruling by telecoms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom estimates that between February 2020, when the new ECN rules were implemented, and the end of last year 3.5 million Sky TV customers were not told they could look around to save money on their TV packages. - www.theguardian.com

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BBC iPlayer records strongest Q2 ever

The Glastonbury music festival saw 36 million streams up to the end of June, and 39.4 million to date, reaching a total of 20.6 million people across both the TV broadcast of the event and iPlayer. The Wimbledon tennis tournament generated 18 million streams during June, 53.8 million streams across the whole tournament, and a total reach of 25.5 million people watching on BBC TV. Soap opera EastEnders continues to dominate as the best performing continuing series - with 83 million streams between April and June. - www.digitaltveurope.com

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Have soaps run their course?

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Small-scale DAB radio returns to Glasgow with new Like Multiplex – RadioToday

The new small-scale DAB multiplex for Glasgow has been launched carrying an initial 18 services, with more to follow in the coming weeks. The multiplex is now operating under the Like DAB name. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Younger viewers shun traditional TV channels as 90% opt for streaming services

Watching traditional TV channels has almost stopped among younger viewers, with 90 of 18- to 24-year-olds heading straight to their favourite streaming service, according to a report by the media regulator Ofcom. Viewers aged between 16 and 24 spend just 53 minutes a day on average watching traditional broadcast TV - a fall of two-thirds over the last decade - seven times less than those aged 65 and over. - www.theguardian.com

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12/08/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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IBC to present BBC with International Honour for Excellence

BBC to be honoured at IBC awards, with the show's Special Award going to Sonya Chakarova, Daniella Weigner and Phillip Covell, who brought together more than 400 broadcast and media companies and individuals to provide resources, solutions and hardware to Ukrainian TV channels and media outlets. To mark its centenary, IBC is presenting the BBC with its International Honour for Excellence during this year's show. - www.tvbeurope.com

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Covering strikes: Whatever happened to the Industrial Correspondents?

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05/08/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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RAJAR Q2/2022 – Matt Deegan Writes

With both Radio Today and Adam Bowie taking a Summer break, you're stuck with my analysis Yes, it's RAJAR day - the UK radio ratings are out. The key change seems to have been the recovery and consolidation of Bauer's Hits Radio network - this includes Hits Radio, the old Bauer ILRs, the ones they acquired and Gem. - www.mattdeegan.com

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It's... another true crime show!

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How Generation Z became obsessed with subtitles

A 2021 survey by the captioning charity Stagetext found that in the 18-25 age group, four out of five use subtitles all or part of the time, despite having fewer hearing problems than older generations. Which does nothing if not constantly monitor its dwindling membership's whims, has also revolutionised its captioning on English-language shows with a so-called English Timed Text Style Guide for its in-house productions. - www.telegraph.co.uk

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TBI Tech Analysis: Digging into the UK s record linear declines

While the conversation about the future of content consumption rumbles along, TBI continues its dig into Omdia's annual Cross-Platform Viewing Time Report to cut through the noise and uncover exactly what viewer habits around the world are telling us right now. Linear TV viewing was the prime driver of this decline with viewing down by 16 minutes, the largest fall in live TV for the UK on record. - tbivision.com

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29/07/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Into the Metaverse

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FreeSports and its phantom TV platforms

Publicity for FreeSports even claims BT TV and TalkTalk TV viewers can still see the service on channel 64. As for FreeSports being on BT and TalkTalk channel 64 - that was a hangover from when the channel was originally on that number. - rxtvinfo.com

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SPECIAL: British Podcast Awards 2022

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22/07/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Inside the Tory TV showdowns

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15/07/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Channel 4's statement on Tower Block of Commons

Channel 4 takes any allegations of misrepresentation extremely seriously and always rigorously investigates any such claims. Channel 4 then reviewed Love Productions' findings and undertook its own internal document searches and review. - www.channel4.com

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New PM, new media policy? Plus BBC s news consolidation inaugural Audio Lab podcasts

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BBC annual report: 1bn savings in five years; headcounts and trust drop

The BBC says it has saved more than 1bn over the past five years, according to its latest annual report. The report points to a drop in trust in and appreciation of the BBC in the past year on multiple indicators. - pressgazette.co.uk

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R-Book - a publication covering the installation of digital television receiving systems - with the last update (R-Book

Satellite signals are affected by moisture in the air in there is negligible degradation of the C/N or MER The signal levels are not high enough to cause the receiver to overload The MER is high enough to ensure a high level of 22 R BOOK Downlink frequencies Why IF frequencies are used the range of frequencies that the signals are moved to The spectrum from 10,700 MHz to 12,750 MHz can be Signals at the frequencies transmitted by the satellite is 950 MHz to 2,150 MHz, which is known as the satellite filled with multiplexes, as illustrated in Figure 17. Communal systems As far as any satellite receiver is concerned, a multiswitch Cable colour Signals While an Octo LNB might appear to make a simple and behaves in the same way as an LNB. Yellow Horizontal High Band inexpensive way of getting satellite signals to up to four flats, with two cables per flat, most systems are also IRS, because it has four cables from a satellite dish and a Green Horizontal Low Band required to carry terrestrial TV signals, and often FM and further one carrying terrestrial signals DAB radio. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC sets out plans for TV news channel merger in 2023 - BBC News

In May, the corporation announced that as well as merging its two news channels, it would stop airing CBBC and BBC Four as traditional broadcast channels. The new news channel will be broadcast globally, with advert-free access for licence fee payers in the UK, who will also be shown more international coverage. - www.bbc.co.uk

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BBC News and BBC World presenters among 70 staff facing sack

Presenters on the BBC News channel and BBC World are set to be sacked as part of a raft of 70 job cuts in the UK in a plan to create a single more digitally focused rolling news service. The BBC's annual report lists names including Clive Myrie, Reeta Chakrabarti, Victoria Derbyshire, Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling - who combined are paid more than 1m for work across the BBC - as presenters on the BBC News channel. - www.theguardian.com

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The Race for the Tory Crown

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Channel 4 privatisation plan could be dropped by next prime minister

Channel 4's privatisation could be dropped by the next prime minister, with plans to sell the channel unlikely to be published before September. The change in party leader does not necessarily mean the privatisation plan is entirely dead. Removing the sale of Channel 4 from the rest of the media bill, much of which has been widely welcomed by the British television industry, could prove tricky. - www.theguardian.com

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Campaign on Cannes CALM

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08/07/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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TBI Tech Analysis: What Channel 4 s rising ad revenue spells for privatisation potential

In addition to the flagship channel, Channel 4 Corporation owns free-to-air channels E4, More4, Film4, and 4seven the All 4 video-on-demand service and The Box Plus Network, a group of pay-TV music channels. In 2020-a year when advertising sales were decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic-Channel 4 reported an operating surplus of 736m on revenue of 934m. Omdia's Advertising Intelligence service forecasts that Channel 4 advertising revenue will continue to grow over the next five years, slightly outperforming the market. - tbivision.com

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Arqiva: 'Spectrum commitment needed'

Laurie Patten, Director of Strategy and Regulation at UK broadcast communications infrastructure provider Arqiva, has called in the government to guarantee the future of terrestrial TV and radio services in the UK to 2040 and beyond. A TikToking clock heading towards regeneration - or not - advanced-television.com

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Analyst: Channel 4 privatisation 'likely to be pushed back' following Johnson's ousting

Gill Hind, director of TV at Enders Analysis, has told TVBEurope she expects the government's plan to sell off Channel 4 to move to the backburner following Boris Johnson's resignation as UK prime minister. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is expected to publish its detailed plans for Channel 4's privatisation next week. - www.tvbeurope.com

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How Boris Johnson lost the press

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Britbox expansion, podcast moves disability and inclusion passports

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The Return of 'Q'

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Relicensing of the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licences

The report gives our opinion on the ability of the Channel 3 and Channel 5 licensees to contribute to the fulfilment of the purposes of public service broadcasting, at a commercially sustainable cost, over the next ten-year licence period. Channel 3 and Channel 5 are an important part of the PSB system, alongside the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C. Each of the public service broadcasters plays a unique role in ensuring that the system has something for everyone, so that together they can meet the needs and interests of as many different audiences as possible. - www.ofcom.org.uk

www.ofcom.org.uk

Paramount+ launches, BBC s bias woes KISS ad-free radio experiment

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Another Warning for the BBC

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BBC must transform the way it serves audiences, Ofcom warns

The BBC must be much more open and clear with audiences about how it handles their complaints, responds to concerns and meets viewers' and listeners' needs, Ofcom warns today. BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, the BBC website and other online services have become increasingly important for reaching audiences. - www.ofcom.org.uk

www.ofcom.org.uk

Channel 4 subtitles outage breached licence, Ofcom rules

Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence by failing to provide enough subtitled programming to some viewers in autumn 2021 after a sonic boom destroyed equipment used to broadcast its programmes, the media watchdog has found. An investigation by the media regulator Ofcom concluded that Channel 4, which is under threat of privatisation, breached its licence conditions when a fire alarm caused the sonic boom to damage computer servers. - www.theguardian.com

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Paul Foot Awards crowd-funding investigative journalism

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Carole Cadwalladr v Arron Banks: a victory for press freedom?

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TV Round Up! Must watch summer shows, Edinburgh TV Fest preview CNN s Chris Licht era

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GB News: One Year On

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Reporting on the Royals

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John Whittingdale on Channel 4, BBC cuts... and a media policy rundown

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The Digital Future: BBC4 CBBC on demand, Telegraph Subs Soar, Fake News 101

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Tim Davie's full speech to BBC staff on a digital-first future – RadioToday

Here's the full speech delivered by BBC Director General Tim Davie on a digital-first BBC. We've highlighted some radio-relevant parts in bold. The World Service is critical to the BBC, and its growing digital reach means bigger impact with audiences, more brand value for the BBC and the UK, and bigger opportunities for commercial growth. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC to close CBBC BBC Four as ‘digital first agenda set out – TBI Vision

News of the job cuts was mooted earlier this week, while the closure of CBBC - whose output includes Operation Ouch, Horrible Histories and Wolf Blood - and BBC Four, whose former chief Cassian Harrison departed for commercial arm BBC Studios 2020, had been rumoured. Detailed plans and budgets will be set out in the BBC's reports, namely its 'annual plan' and 'annual reports and accounts'. - tbivision.com

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