Meet Ana De Moraes, the woman charged with rejuvenating the BBC - Media - News - The Independent

Theres a big challenge but its a very exciting time to be joining because theres a lot of change going on at the BBC, she told The Independent. Sometimes the BBCs In-house production is almost forgotten by TV development people as a place to go to with exciting shows. I am absolutely delighted that Ana is joining the BBC. - independent.co.uk

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Adam Boulton to step down as Sky News political editor - Media - theguardian.com

Adam Boulton is to leave his role as Sky News political editor after 25 years to anchor a new evening show for the broadcaster. Boulton, who turns 55 next month, is to become anchor of a new evening show based at Sky News' Westminster studio. He joined Sky News as political editor when the channel launched in 1989, setting up the fledgling operation's lobby reporting team, and has covered five general elections and interviewed five prime ministers in his 25 years as political editor. - theguardian.com

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London Live to launch on 31 March - Media - theguardian.com

London Live will be available on Freeview channel 8, Sky channel 117 and Virgin Media channel 159. London Live executives had been pushing for a more high-profile slot on Virgin Media's cable TV service. The channel is understood to have picked the last day of the March in order to make sure all the technical elements have been worked out at its studios in the offices of its newspaper stablemates in Derry Street, west London. - theguardian.com

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How Netflix won CES - The Verge

Just a few years after TV manufacturers banked on 3D to drive another round of TV purchases, theyve found themselves having to change direction, using 4K as the latest carrot to entice consumers. Having proved itself as a trusted entertainment brand and producer of Emmy-winning original programming, Netflix is now working with a host of TV manufacturers to bring 4K content into the home. The company is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of manufacturers and the consumer market, and 4K may be the disruptive masterstroke that turns Netflix from a company that changes the way we watch TV to the one that changes the TV business itself. - theverge.com

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BBC News - Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners

10 January 2014 Last updated at 0802 ET News from Elsewhere... ...a media feature by BBC Monitoring Russia has quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting - as cost finally catches up on the medium. At 1am on 9 January, state-run Radio Rossii wound up its broadcast as usual with the national anthem. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button 11-17 January

We've got live snooker aplenty on Red Button this week, as the world's top 16 players do battle on the baize at the Masters. There's also winter sports action, a look behind the scenes of one of CBBC's biggest shows, and a last chance to get to know the acts on the Sound of 2014 list. For a full list and times of sport coverage on the Red Button see the BBC Sport website. - bbc.co.uk

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Supreme Court to Hear Aereo Case - Variety

The Supreme Court has granted review to broadcasters challenge to the legality of startup Aereo, in a case that may not only determine the future of digital streaming of station signals but of network television itself. Justice Samuel Alito too no part in the consideration of the petition, the court said, without elaborating. We are pleased the Court has agreed to hear this important case, Fox, Univision, PBS and other plaintiffs said in a joint statement. - variety.com

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Ariel - BBC: WS wont become too commercial

It was speaking in response to MPs' concern that the World Service might become too commercial after it moves from grant-in-aid to licence fee funding in April. Principally about North Korea, the letter - leaked and printed by the Independent on Sunday - said that this might involve 'launching new language services, if they could be commercially self-sustaining'. S/he pointed out that the BBC had been encouraged to pursue these additional sources of income by the FCO in 2010 as well as by the trust more recently. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Come rain or shine: 60 years of TV weather forecasts

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Media Talk podcast: Benefits Street producer strikes back

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BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - BBC Weather at 60

As Head of Weather at the BBC I take strategic and editorial responsibility for a wide range of local, national, network and global coverage on radio, television and online. Our output ranges from global reports to postcode-driven weather. I wanted to use this opportunity not only to celebrate 60 years since the first TV weather broadcast, but also to explain a little of what the role of BBC Weather is today and how we work to deliver weather to our audiences. - bbc.co.uk

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TV Viewers Aren t Thrilled with Second-Screen Synchronized Content, Study Finds - Variety

According to a new survey, just 42 of people who use a smartphone or tablet to access related TV show content have tried synchronizing the second-screen experience with live TV. More than half of those who access synchronous second-screen content do so during commercials, according to the survey, which the groups said highlights an opportunity to provide synchronized content during ad breaks. The respondents all reported accessing some kind of second-screen content, whether that was synchronous with live TV or not. - variety.com

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DTG :: News :: UKTV reports year-end viewing boost

Audiences are rewarding UKTV's compelling and creative programmes and brands with record ratings. DTG Staff 09.01.2014 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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The BBCs Digital Winter Olympics

As with the non-snow-based incarnation back in the summer of 2012, the BBC has announced that it plans to serve up a cross-platform, multi-stream extravaganza encapsulating 650 hours of coverage in total. Indeed, while there will be six live HD streams, the video quality will automatically adjust based on the device and network connection. Theres also a live-stream switcher to make it easier to change streams in the page in the same way across all devices. - thenextweb.com

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Media: "Dramatised" natural history; Sir Hayden Phillips; Channel 5 08 Jan 2014

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AOL, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin and YouView caught in New Year ad bullshit crackdown - Recombu

A shameful showcase of misleading advertising from the UKs TV and broadband providers kicked off 2014 for advertising watchdogs. Sky was criticised for making only small changes before it repeated a direct mail booklet which had already been banned for misleadingly exaggerating the effect of Virgin Medias traffic management policy on broadband speeds. TalkTalk took a hit for running the same misleading table of comparisons with BTs broadband services which was used by its subsidiary, AOL. - recombu.com

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Sony Doesn t Have the Deals It Needs for Web TV But That s Not Its Real Problem - Re/code

Last year, Intel said it was going to deliver pay TV over the Web by the end of 2013. Now Sony says it will deliver pay TV over the Web sometime in 2014. Right now, Sony doesnt seem to be any closer to its goal of over the top TV than Intel. - recode.net

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BBC News - CES: LGs new television that bends before your eyes

The electrical goods manufacturer LG is showcasing a prototype television that has the functionality to bend from flat to curved. A remote control activates the 77 inch flexible screen, which when curved, the firm claims, enhances the viewing experience. - bbc.co.uk

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New Dish Hopper set-up can record 8 shows at once

On Monday, Dish also unveiled Joey boxes that can run wirelessly with the help of a router that sits next to the Hopper. The concept refers to the ability to watch your TV shows on all your devices whether you're in your home or on the go. For a 12 monthly fee, TV subscribers can rent Dish's Hopper, which can send all of a subscriber's live and recorded shows to mobile phones and tablets. - bigstory.ap.org

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BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - BBC North - A Content Bubble

David Jason starred in Still Open All Hours. In my first post for 2014, I wanted to look back on what has been a strong festive period here and look forward to a packed and challenging 2014 for the BBC across the North of England. What I was particularly proud of was our journalism, sports and religion over the period. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Amazon teams up with Samsung, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and others for4k development

The announcement shows Amazon's continued commitment to 4kin December 2013, Amazon Studios announced that it plans to shoot all 2014 full original series in 4k. - dtg.org.uk

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TiVo Moves Storage Of TV Shows Into The Cloud With New Network DVR Service - TechCrunch

DVR manufacturer TiVo has spent most of the last 15 years building hardware that would allow consumers to record their favorite TV shows and watch them later. Now the company is working toward building products that would let consumers save their favorite shows not on a hard drive in a box, but up in the cloud. TiVos network DVR offering isnt coming totally out of the blue. - techcrunch.com

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How to watch our new political programme Representing Border - Border - ITV News

We will cover the events of Holyrood and Westminster that matter to people in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. 59 of South of Scotland voters would vote no - itv.com

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Ofcom - Television Broadcast Licensing Update December 2012

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 licence has been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee. - licensing.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - Christmas 2013 on BBC iPlayer

With new gadgets being at the top of many Christmas wish lists, we see a lot of new devices accessing BBC iPlayer over the holiday period. 2013 truly proved to be the year of the tablet and after they were all unwrapped, Boxing Day saw tablet viewing overtake computer viewing for the first time in iPlayer history. BBC iPlayer daily requests for TV programmes by device type millions. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Director of BBC Trust Nicholas Kroll to retire

7 January 2014 Last updated at 1005 The director of the BBC Trust has announced his retirement. Nicholas Kroll, who is 59, will retire from the BBC at the end of June. He has been director of the trust since it was established in 2007. - bbc.co.uk

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BSkyB and BT rivalry could provide a cash bonanza for Richard Desmond - Media - theguardian.com

BT is already thought to have run the rule over a potential acquisition of Channel 5 last year, when Desmond was quietly sounding out potential buyers for a private sale, although certainly not at a valuation in the region he is now aiming for. Free-to-air options For BT, Channel 5 would increase its access to content beyond its bedrock of sport and films, as well as providing a free-to-air platform it could use to promote its pay-TV service. Channel 5 has six channels flagship Channel 5, 5 and 5 USA and a 1, one-hour time-shifted variant for each. - theguardian.com

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DTG :: News :: Dolby unveils its new Dolby Vision .

Even though most TV shows and movies are recorded using camera technology that captures the colours and brightness of real life, much of that richness is lost by the time consumers get to watch it. Dolby Vision changes that, giving creative teams the freedom to use the full gamut of colours, peak brightness, and local contrast, with the confidence that those will be reproduced faithfully on televisions that feature Dolby Vision. Televisions manufactured with Dolby Vision from Sharp and TCL are expected to retail later this year. - dtg.org.uk

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Radio Today - Absolute Radio blocks international streams

Bauer Medias new station Absolute Radio has blocked international listeners from receiving the station outside the UK. The station now says it is not economically viable for them to have their audio streams available outside of the UK, after over a decade of doing so. The station has invested in online streaming recently, using InStream technology to give advertisers the opportunity to buy online spots determined by geographical location, age and gender. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - Is niche internet television broadcasting the future?

Yet the marina here is still busy, its piers teeming with hundreds of motor cruisers and yachts that need to be looked after until the next holiday season comes around and their wealthy owners return. For Jason Wilkinson, a 41-year-old expatriate Briton, those boats and the industry that has grown up around them represented an ideal business opportunity. Any fan of cable TV, for example, will be well aware of the kind of obscure and esoteric material that can be found hidden deep within the channel list. - bbc.co.uk

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ITV Border s new Scottish political programme Representing Border - Border - ITV News

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All there in black and white: People still love old sets - Anglia - ITV News

Snelling in Blofield Heath in Norfolk has been selling televisions since the 50's but it's been a while since a black and white set left their shop. They don't make them like they used to... - itv.com

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Black and white TV licenses: who still has them? - News - theguardian.com

We've summarised how the number of black and white licences has changed and which are the biggest cities to still have them below. These days, a colour TV licence costs 145.50 while the price of a black and white one is 49 and will stay fixed until 2016. - theguardian.com

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BBC Trust director to retire - Media - theguardian.com

Nicholas Kroll, director of the BBC Trust, has announced that he is retiring from the position in June. Kroll, who has worked at the BBC's governing body since 2004, will leave at the end of June, aged 60, the trust announced on Monday. He was one of seven senior BBC figures past and present to give evidence before the House of Commons public accounts committee in September last year about the level of controversial payments to outgoing corporation executives. - theguardian.com

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Hands on ... Humax DTR-T1010 YouView - Herald Scotland

First digital video recorders such as TiVo and Sky allowed you to pause, rewind and record live TV. More recently, on-demand services like BBC iPlayer allow you to watch programmes you haven't even recorded, streaming them in HD quality. All modern TVs support live digital broadcasts but only some support on-demand services, while others offer built-in recording features. - heraldscotland.com

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David Cameron's internet porn filter is the start of censorship creep - Laurie Penny - Comment is free - The Guardian

'The worst thing about the porn filter is not that it accidentally blocks useful information but that it blocks information at all.' Illustration Satoshi Kambayashi Picture the scene. Actually, it's a nice lady in a telesales warehouse somewhere, employed on behalf of your service provider let's call her Linda. Linda wants to know do you want to be able to see hardcore pornography - theguardian.com

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DTG :: News :: 0.04 per cent of UK viewers still watching in black and white

Despite colour TV licences being around for nearly 48 yearsand the digital switchover forcing black and white viewers to buy an additional set top box0.04 per cent of households adhere to viewing black and white television. A colour TV licence currently costs 145.50 and a black and white licence 49 both are not due to be reviewed until 2016. - dtg.org.uk

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Americans want to see Downton Abbey at the same time as the Brits - Heather Long - Comment is free - theguardian.com

The show has plenty of devotees and people mocking it on both sides of the pond, but Brits get to see the latest season months ahead of their American counterparts. That episode premiered in the UK on 22 September. Downton Abbey was the biggest television hit on Twitter on Christmas Day, but only in UK. - theguardian.com

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Hypercritical: Fill Your TV

The reactions of my co-hosts and the feedback from listeners has made it clear that the entire concept of calibrating a home TV is foreign to most people. Before calibrating, dont forget to turn off all the image enhancement features of your TV. Check your TVs manual for explanations of what each setting does, if youre curious, but you really do want to turn them all off. - hypercritical.co

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button - 4-10 January

The play along is not available on Virgin TiVo but remember you can also download the BBC's free mobile play along app. - bbc.co.uk

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Market for TV sport to hit record £16bn in 2014 as broadcasters play hardball - Media - The Guardian

English Premier League football is among 10 competitions that generate 75 of all broadcast rights revenue. The accounting company added that sports rights payments will outpace global pay TV revenues, which are expected to grow 4 this year, with premium sports content more valued than ever as a lure for audiences. European football will contribute 46 of the 2014 rights total with 6.5bn, Deloitte said, with the Premier League accounting for 1.9bn. - theguardian.com

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YouView set-top box sales 'as expected' in 2012-13

YouView sales reached expected levels during 2012-13, it has been claimed. Only 30,000 are believed to have been bought through high street retail outlets to date. The YouView partners invested 42.1 million in the service during 2012-13, up 30 per cent from the 32.6 million spent in the previous financial year. - uswitch.com

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TV Player streams Freeview channels on your phone and tablet - Recombu

Channels can be streamed on cellular 3G or 4G connections as well as via WiFi and you can also browse the now and next programme guide while watching another. A new app has been launched that will let TV viewers watch all Freeview channels on their smartphone or tablet. Software firm Simplestream has developed the app, called TVPlayer. - recombu.com

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DTG :: News :: BARB signs agreement with Experian

Mosaic uses more than 340 demographic, lifestyle and behavioural variables to determine its groups and has been a trusted source of targeting for many years. This means that media planners will be able to examine how their clients' television advertising campaigns perform among the Mosaic lifestyle groups and gives further insight into programme profiles. Combined with BARB, the Mosaic classification system gives planners an additional predictor of viewers' lifestyles and how they spend their money. - dtg.org.uk

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Former BBC boss Mark Thompson to face MPs again over report into failed £100m digital project - TV Radio - Media

DMI was being developed to allow BBC staff to create, share and manage video content at their desks. The report, which cost the BBC 263,340 to produce, found that no single event or issue caused DMI to fail. Serious weaknesses in project management and reporting, a lack of focus on business change, together with piecemeal assurance arrangements, meant that it took the BBC too long to realise that the project was in serious trouble and unlikely to deliver its objectives. - independent.co.uk

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Ariel - Council approves plans for TV Centre

Developers Stanhope can now press ahead with the regeneration of the former home of BBC television at White City, which also includes building restaurants, shops, a cinema and offices. The Grade II listed central ring of the building will be preserved, while three of the eight studios will be upgraded and used to make programmes again. BBC Studios and Post Production has taken out a 15 year lease on them from 2015. - bbc.co.uk

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Radio Today - New national DAB station to launch in Feb

The exact genre of the new station has yet to be announced, but it is expected it will be on-air in February. Until then Birdsong will occupy the slot vacated by Jazz FM yesterday. Jazz FM announced plans to remove itself from national digital radio last month, and Arqiva advertised for a replacement jazz station in the summer in preparation for the change. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - BBC rejects subscription fee calls

It warned a subscription model - where users only pay for the services they want - would exclude many who could not afford it. It added the licence fee was funding a public service everyone could use. The government inquiry comes ahead of the licence fee and royal charter renewals in 2016 and 2017 respectively. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - TV Licensing Annual Review 2012/13

So it feels like an apt time to reflect on last year and the challenges and achievements that came with it. It goes without saying 2012 was a huge year for live TV events. We collected more revenue - 3.7bn, up 6.7m from last year. - bbc.co.uk

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