Tuesday 05 August 2014, PM
Ofcom | Television Broadcast Licensing Update July 2014
Television services that have ceased to be licensed handed back or revoked in this period The following services are no longer licensed. The relevant licence is either no longer required by the licensee so has been handed back, or the service has been removed from a licence covering multiple services, or revoked as a matter of routine usually for non-payment of the annual licence fee. Licence transfers The following licences have been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee. - licensing.ofcom.org.uk
licensing.ofcom.org.ukDTG :: News :: Freeview TV Guide Update
As a result, Children's and News channels will move to new numbers. However, Freeview recommend people retune from time-to-time to ensure they have access to all available services in their area. Advice on retuning is available from Digital UK's website and the Freeview Advice Line on 03456 505050. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.uk
RadioToday | Date set for Yorkshire multiplex closure
Four other regional multiplexes operated by MXR have closed over the last couple of years, with no official confirmation on the future of the Yorkshire set-up. It is expected the Global Radio services will move to local multiplexes in the area. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukMonday 04 August 2014, PM
Ofcom | Ofcom invites applications for seven further local TV licences
The first of these was Estuary TV in Grimsby, which launched in November 2013. As well as broadcasting on digital terrestrial, it is anticipated that local TV channels might choose to offer their services on satellite, cable and online. The first local TV licences were advertised by Ofcom in May 2012. - media.ofcom.org.ukmedia.ofcom.org.ukBroadcast
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Talking TV: BBC and Love Productions
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Talking TV: BBC quotas Secret Life of Students
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Talking TV: Broadcast Digital Awards
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Talking TV: Kids’ classics and DocFest
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Talking TV: Media Summit Andrew Davies
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Talking TV: Hollywood stars BBC’s BA doc
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Talking TV: Hinterland and C5 sale
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Talking TV: Good Morning Britain Sarah Phelps
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Talking TV: BBC quotas John Kaye Cooper
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Talking TV: BBC Arts Made in Chelsea
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Talking TV special: The Last Leg takeover
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Talking TV: The great BBC3 debate
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Talking TV: Top Gear Ripper Street
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Talking TV podcast: Janice Hadlow and Line of Duty
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Talking TV: Broadcast Awards special
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Talking TV: Jon Plowman and diversity
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Talking TV: Benefits Street and Henry Winkler
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Talking TV: Christmas quiz
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Talking TV: Gogglebox and C4 ratings
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Talking TV: Doctor Who, Derren Brown and diversity
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Talking TV: Lifetime launch and holographic technology
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Talking TV: BBC1 gymnastics and The Wrong Mans
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Talking TV: Tony Hall's BBC vision
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Talking TV: Salford special
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Talking TV: BBC payoffs C4 purchases
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The Media Podcast #5 - Radio 5 Live reshuffle and kids' TV tax breaks
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The Media Podcast #4 - hacking trial verdicts, Rising Star US
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The Media Podcast #2 - Robert Peston Michael Woolf go off-message
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The Media Podcast #1: BBC News Cuts, Freeview Connect
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BBC News - Simon Mayo: "Mike Smith would shine and sparkle"
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www.bbc.co.ukMonday 04 August 2014, AM
DTG :: News :: ITV revenues hit ?1.3bn
In a better than expected rise in pre-tax profits, ITV has seen a 40 boost to 250m in the six months of the year. Total revenues at the broadcaster were up 6 to 1.3bn. These results come just two weeks after Liberty Global bought a 6.4 stake in the company from BSkyB. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukSunday 03 August 2014, PM
Four reasons why TV Everywhere isn't ready for prime time: A simple look at a complex problem - FierceCable
Measuring audiences across platforms is still a big issue. Here are four of the leading TVE rights issues. 1. Content creators, particularly sports leagues, have taken a long time to come around to the initiative. - fiercecable.com
www.fiercecable.comSunday 03 August 2014, AM
Kim Shillinglaw: 'The BBC is there to be distinct. Not highbrow or lowbrow' | Media | The Observer
She lives with her husband and two children in west London. I leapt up to give him a hug, something I've never done before, because he's not a very huggable person. I grew up abroad, in Cameroon and then Spain partly due to my parents' work, and partly it was shaggy 70s parenting and when we came back to Britain, I was mesmerised by television. - gu.com
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35,000 go in BT TV customer clearout
The swapout of older BT Vision boxes in favour of the new YouView units has resulted in the loss of 35,000 customers. The telco said the additional churn of the inactive customers in the programme last quarter was anticipated. In the quarter to June 30, 2014 BT added an additional 40,000 TV customers, in line with the growth of previous quarters, and taking the overall total to1,007,000. - broadbandtvnews.com
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If anyone can make local TV work then it's the KM group in Kent | Media | theguardian.com
By chance, news broke that morning of the latest two local TV licences being granted by Ofcom to Maidstone and Basingstoke. It's interesting because it will be a real test for the local TV initiative. Secondly, the KM group has broadcasting experience through its radio outlets and already has good facilities. - theguardian.com
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Ofcom must be brave and revoke London Live licence | Comment | Broadcast
Local station is not living up to its promise of community-led content, says Jonathan Kaye With increasing incredulity, I read of London Live’s attempt to persuade Ofcom to reduce the number of hours it is required to devote to local content – and that the regulator is publicly consulting on this possibility. I helped London Live to bid for its licence, promising to assist it with disability issues and attracting the 1 million Londoners with disabilities, who collectively comprise London’s largest minority audience (as Boris Johnson has stated), if it won. However, once it had won, I was then told that it thought it could do this for itself. With programming that fails to appeal to, let alone focus on and attract, diverse minority audiences, I’m sure many would agree that it is little surprise that London Live is failing.. - broadcastnow.co.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBT's TV customer growth slows but broadband market share grows | Business | theguardian.com
Photograph Guardian BT has outperformed City forecasts thanks to strong demand for fibre broadband lines, but growth in its pay television business has slowed. Group revenues in the June quarter were ahead of forecasts, but down 2 on last year to 4.4bn, with only the consumer division posting growth. BT television added just 5,000 customers in the quarter, because some 35,000 inactive set top box owners were removed from the numbers. - theguardian.comwww.theguardian.compick a page