Friday 26 July 2013, PM
Now TV box is cheap alternative to Apple TV for UK viewers, but with a catch
Like the idea of Apple TV but feel the hardware is a little expensive This is significantly cheaper than Apple's flagship streaming device, and even manages to undercut Google's Chromecast. There's also the option of using apps such as Spotify and Facebook to transform a regular TV into a smart TV. - betanews.com
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Google Chromecast -- greatness in its infancy [Review]
There are too many devices on the market that do similar things but in different ways. When Google announced the Chromecast, I was a bit skeptical -- surely I didn't need yet another device. However, the low price of the product 35 and the fear of it selling out caused me to order it anyway. - betanews.combetanews.com
BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button 28 July - 3 August
From butterflies to crime dramas with plenty of sports action sprinkled on top, the BBC Red Button has something for everyone this week. Make sure you dont miss the best of the action with this weeks Red Button highlights. As the BBC's Summer of Wildlife continues, discover why it has never been more important to give them a helping hand and how it's possible for all of us to create a butterfly-friendly haven, even in the smallest of back gardens. - bbc.co.uk
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Ofcom - UHF and VHF spectrum planning - Call for inputs to Ofcom’s plans for the potential procurement of models, tool
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stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukFeedback: Royal Baby coverage: 26 Jul 13
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Ofcom - Change Request: Cardiff Newport. Request to extend coverage area and change frequency of Cardiff Newport lo
These statutory provisions require Ofcom to consult on any such requests before it makes a decision, and so a public consultation was held between 21 June and 19 July. Ofcom has published a general policy for exercising our section 54A powers. Where a request for a licence variation requires a change to the existing frequency, Ofcom's general policy is to approve such requests subject to the availability of a suitable alternative frequency and consideration of the knock-on implications to the frequencies of other multiplexes and the stations they carry. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukMedia Talk podcast: who will win the VoD wars?
download.guardian.co.ukFriday 26 July 2013, AM
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc : Convert your TV into a 'smart TV' for under £10 with the brand new NOW TV box - 4-T
They can also access other popular online services such as Facebook and Spotify - all delivered over broadband to the big screen TV. Simply plug the box into your TV set via the HDMI cable provided, connect to your wireless internet connection and you're away. Sky News Stay up-to-date with all the latest breaking news from Sky News. - 4-traders.comwww.4-traders.com
News - SES.com
Although the German analogue switch-off in April 2012 limits the comparison with the prior year period, the underlying growth has accelerated. We launched, and will shortly bring into service, SES-6, an important satellite supporting our future growth. Revenue from these regions increased by 9.3 compared to H1 2012. - ses.com
www.ses.comWhy Chromecast is such a big deal for Google, and a threat to Apple Tech News and Analysis
Both executives have been heading Google TV that other foray into the living room that didnt fare so well. Chromecast wasnt just demoed by Queiroz and Chandra. Add to that the ability to turn on your TV simply by starting video playback on your tablet, and youve got something that looks a bit like the anti-Google TV. - gigaom.com
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Googles TV BuzzMachine
Nevermind smart TVs and cable boxes the net is now in charge. Theres no more awkward searching using the worlds slowest typing via my cable box or a web-connected TV. If its as advertised, Ill just click on my browser and up it comes on my TV. - buzzmachine.com
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Official Android Blog: From TVs to tablets: Everything you love, across all your screens
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officialandroid.blogspot.co.ukDTG :: News :: Report: DTT boom extends beyond Europe
The growth, so the report, will principally be fuelled by the emerging markets such as China, Brazil and India. Western Europe will lose market share over the forecast period, down from 40 at the end of 2012 to 19 by 2018, according to the report. The report predicts that this decline will occur despite the total number of homes receiving DTT signals growing by 20 over the same period to 105 million. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.uk
Google Chromecast, a $35 device to stream media, web to any HDTV
Google just announced the new device, and what it does is simple, yet so veryimportant to how we watch media. Simply put, Chromecast is a tiny dongle that plugs into your HDTV to stream your media from any Chrome-connected device. Some have said its a perfect marriage of the Nexus Q and the Google TV, but Google is touting this as simply a practically setup-free, easy-to-use experience. - androidguys.comwww.androidguys.com
Review: Pinell Go portable DAB+/FM radio
It's possibly, the first radio I've seen which highlights the company's design credentials throughout - taking cues from the master of industrial design, Apple, while adding a Norwegian twist. The packaging - a forgotten part of the consumer experience by almost every company - is beautifully produced two sides of the box contain hand-drawn images that reflect Norwegian country life I can identify pine cones, mushrooms, a traditional Norwegian wooden house, an axe, a warm jacket, a wellington boot. It has an AUX input, and a headphone output. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comThursday 25 July 2013, PM
Ofcom - Renewal of the Channel 4 licence
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Ofcom - Review of Sky’s Access Control Services Regulation
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Media: Covering the Royal Baby; Channel 4; blocking internet porn
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Fox Loses Appeal Asking for Injunction Against Dishs Hopper Ad-Skipper
Today, an appeals court says the judge didn't abuse the discretion in finding that the record hadn't established that the broadcaster would win its direct and contributory infringement claims. Fox challenged the technology as directly infringing its copyrighted programming. Looking at that ruling, Ninth Circuit judge Sidney Thomas writes that the district court didn't abuse discretion. - hollywoodreporter.com
www.hollywoodreporter.comWednesday 24 July 2013, AM
Credit Suisse Increases ITV Price Target to GBX 180 (ITV) - Daily Political - Part 1
The firm currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Credit Suisses target price indicates a potential upside of 13.64 from the companys current price. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. - dailypolitical.com
www.dailypolitical.comTuesday 23 July 2013, PM
Ariel - Royal baby coverage draws 247 complaints
23 July 2013 Last updated at 1450 More than 250 people contacted the BBC on Monday to complain the corporation was broadcasting excessive coverage about the royal baby. The BBC received 247 official complaints and 72 comments about airtime on the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. BBC One's News at Ten also drew a below-average 3.97m 20 share of viewers. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukChannel 5 edges past Channel 4 in weekly share of viewing - Media - guardian.co.uk
Channel 5's ratings were boosted by drama in Big Brother last week. Photograph Channel 5 Channel 5 has outperformed Channel 4 across a week in terms of total share of viewing by the tiniest of margins for the first time since launching in 1997. Last week Channel 5's flagship channel managed just shy of a 5 share of total viewing, including its 1 timeshift service. - guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.ukTuesday 23 July 2013, AM
The Web s longest nightmare ends: Eolas patents are dead on appeal - Ars Technica
The Eolas patents were uniquely threatening to the Web, and drew Tim Berners-Lee's personal attention. The inventor of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee, had never testified in court before last year. In February 2012, he left Cambridge to fly down to Tyler, an east Texas city of about 100,000, to testify at a patent trial. - arstechnica.com
arstechnica.comStaff shocked as UTV head of news is made redundant - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
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www.belfasttelegraph.co.ukMonday 22 July 2013, PM
TV Foresees Its Future. Netflix Is There. - NYTimes.com
Apple and Google were back making waves in the television world last week, with reports suggesting they were renewing efforts to use technology to transform the box in your living room. Its worth remembering that it managed to go from the largest user of the Postal Service to the largest source of download traffic on the Web in the span of months, not years. After a big stumble on pricing in 2011, Netflix recovered and then some, using its expertise in technology and algorithms to accrue over 36 million users worldwide, a number that will probably grow when it announces its earnings on Monday. - nytimes.com
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Dish Networks Cuts Service to Web TV Startup NimbleTV - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD
NimbleTV wants to deliver pay TV, over the Web, to any device, anywhere in the world. NimbleTV says it is working around the clock to fix things with Dish and restore service, which has been out for more than a week. In the meantime, it says it has provided refunds to its customers. - allthingsd.com
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Freeview retune in run up to mobile broadband roll-out - The Orcadian Online
More information is available at web address digitaluk.co.uk and through digital UKs advice line on 08456 505050. - orcadian.co.ukwww.orcadian.co.ukMonday 22 July 2013, AM
Keeping TV free is more crucial than the right to vote, say Britons - Metro News
Nine out of ten Britons believed in universal access to the main TV channels, according to a poll of 2,000 adults for Freeview. When asked what they would hypothetically give up to keep free access to the main broadcaster, four per cent said the right to vote in elections. Freeview TV also scored higher than unrestricted motorway travel 86 per cent, non-emergency healthcare 81 per cent, access to museums 77 per cent, University education for 18 to 21-year-olds 61 per cent and access to home broadband 33 per cent. - metro.co.uk
metro.co.ukSunday 21 July 2013, PM
SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones - Forbes
Yet after three years of research, German cryptographer Karsten Nohl claims to have finally found encryption and software flaws that could affect millions of SIMcards, and open up another route on mobile phones for surveillance and fraud. The two-part flaw, based on an old security standard and badly configured code, could allow hackers to remotely infect a SIM with a virus that sends premium text messagesdraining a mobile phone bill, surreptitiously re-direct and record calls, and with the right combination of bugs carry out payment system fraud. Payment fraud could be a particular problem for mobile phone users in Africa, where SIM-card based payments are widespread. - forbes.com
www.forbes.comDTG :: News :: Comux UK launch Local TV Manifesto
Comux presented the roadmap for the launch of local TV services in the UK, promising that the network would start to launch by the end of 2013. His presentation covered many of the questions faced by the project and launched a 'Manifesto' that outlines the opportunities provided to commercial and community organisations by the changes that local TV will bring. The changing TV landscape offers exciting opportunities to new talent, programme makers, advertisers, operators, and viewers. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.uk
Why Google, Apple, Microsoft or Amazon Should Buy NFL's Sunday Ticket - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD
Ive been watching closely as all of you have tinkered with television for the last few years. I can see the attraction The TV Industrial Complex is a big, lucrative target. The problem So far none of you guys have tried building something that could really shake things up. - allthingsd.comallthingsd.com
BBC News - Freeview failure hits Sony recorder owners
Dozens of owners have written to the BBC to complain that a malfunctioning software update on Friday has caused their devices to stop receiving or recording Freeview. Many complained about a lack of response from Sony customer support. Sony said it was doing everything possible to solve the problem. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukRetune reminder for Freeview users ahead of broadband roll-out - Scotland - News - STV
TV viewers in the north east and the Western Isles will face service disruptions during the roll-out of faster mobile broadband. Freeview customers who are served by the Knockmore, Rosemarkie, Durris and Skriaig transmitter groups will also need to retune their devices following the upgrade on Wednesday, July 31. Programmes on the main channels, including STV, will be subject to disruption from midnight on the day in question as the services are moved to new frequencies. - news.stv.tvnews.stv.tvat800 accredited installer scheme announced - at800
at800 is working closely with the aerial installer industry to address possible disruption to Freeview services caused by 4G at 800 MHz. For the minority of viewers who experience disruption, at800 will deploy its accredited installers if a free at800 filter fails to resolve television interference. at800-accredited installers will be available to help householders resolve disruption to Freeview services caused by 4G at 800 MHz on their primary TV set. - at800.tvat800.tvSaturday 20 July 2013, PM
BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button - 20-27 July
Its another jam-packed week on the BBC Red Button this week with an eclectic mix of content for everybody to enjoy. Coverage starts from Sunday evening where you can catch highlights of German electronica legends Kraftwerk from 7.45pm. You can also catch highlights as well as leaderboards throughout the championships on BBC Red Button. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTony Hall's letter to Maria Miller on sexism in sports coverage - full text - Media - guardian.co.uk
I agree that the comments made by John during the build-up to the Women's Final were totally unacceptable and fell well beneath the standards we expect of our presenters. In addition, the director of sport and the controller of 5 live have both spoken to John to make it clear that his comments were unacceptable and that an incident of this nature must never happen again. The BBC has a proud record of supporting women's sport, as I am sure you will have recognised from the current coverage of Euro 2013. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukBBC and BT Sport to share FA Cup TV rights - Media - guardian.co.uk
The FA Cup is one of those big national moments. The FA has periodically considered radical changes to the FA Cup format but claimed last season that more subtle moves, including the controversial decision to kick off the final at 5.15pm, had helped reinvigorate it. Although he had little to do with the negotiations, when he was at the BBC he was vocal about the need for it to bid for major sporting events. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Ariel - BBC launches user experience partnership
18 July 2013 Last updated at 1737 The BBC will collaborate with six British universities to research people's interaction with computers and new forms of media content. It will explore new ways of producing content and aims to improve media access for older users, young children and people with disabilities. A BBC spokesperson said research outcomes will be shared with the wider industry to encourage more audience-focused innovation, help define open standards and support the creative industries. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 19 July 2013, PM
Thursday 18 July 2013, PM
Media Talk podcast: BBC annual report, Daily Star sales rise
download.guardian.co.ukMedia: New presenter of Today; trust in the BBC; Ofcom and Anjem Choudary; Chris Blackhurst
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BBC News - BBC to launch five new HD channels
The news coincides with regulator Ofcom's announcement that is making it possible to launch a total of 10 new HD channels using airwaves freed up by the switch off of analogue TV. As a result there is still the potential for up to a further eight new HD channels to be offered over Freeview as a result of Ofcom's move. Transmission company Arqiva will provide the infrastructure behind the new Freeview services, having being awarded a licence to do so by the regulator. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 16 July 2013, AM
Exclusive: Apple Pitches Ad-Skipping for New TV Service – jessica lessin
Apple has a new trick up its sleeve as it tries to launch a long-awaited television service technology that allows viewers to skip commercials and that pays media companies for the skipped views. For more than a year, Apple has been seeking rights from cable companies and television networks for a service that would allow users to watch live and on-demand television over an Apple set-top box or TV. Talks have been slow and proceeding in fits and starts, but things seem to be heating up. - jessicalessin.comjessicalessin.comMonday 15 July 2013, PM
Ariel - BBC digitises the Radio Times as part of Genome project
15 July 2013 Last updated at 0951 An ambitious BBC project has finally reached the end of a journey that spans 90 years. From Monday, BBC staff will be able to digitally search all the back issues of the Radio Times through a website not yet made available to the public. The scheme was given its name because the corporation likens each of its programmes to 'tiny pieces of BBC DNA' that will form a 'data spine' once reassembled. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukDTG :: News :: Report: Apps the future of TV viewing
According to TDG, the app ecosystem will extend to the net-connected devices that link to TV sets over the next seven years. The report predicts that by 2020 almost half of all video viewing will happen outside of a legacy pay TV service or a television set, and will instead be via an app or application dedicated to a specific video service. DTG Staff 15.07.2013 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.uk
BBC World News extended across Germany - News - Broadcast
It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk
www.broadcastnow.co.ukinformitv - Why people watch television
A new study from Thinkbox, the commercial television marketing association, claims to explain why live viewing satisfies all our television needs. Meanwhile research commissioned by YouView suggests that catch-up or on-demand services now account for a fifth of television viewing in the United Kingdom, a finding that is far from compatible with conventional industry measures. The Thinkbox study, Screen Life TV in demand, suggests that the live television experience satisfies human emotional needs that on demand viewing alone cant. - informitv.com
informitv.comSunday 14 July 2013, PM
Ex-BBC boss to return to former Corporation job to be sacked - NewsBiscuit
Its understood his former colleague Mr Mark Byford, who received a 950,000 BBC payout, will sponsor the bill for salty and other snacks. Topping the bill will be cheery comedian Frankie Boyle, also making a return to the BBC after some time. The following day Mr Thompson will appear before a parliamentary select committee where he will be shouted at by Margaret Hodge, MP. - newsbiscuit.com
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BBC News - Net firms raided over broadband throttling
The probe was kicked off by complaints made by US net firm Cogent. It claims that the three ISPs are holding back net traffic from Cogent so their own data arrived more quickly. Cogent acts as a network middleman and delivers traffic to many European ISPs on behalf of net companies such as YouTube. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBT looking for a Premier League buzz in broadcasting battle with Sky - Football - The Observer
The high-profile entrance into the market of a deep-pocketed rival to Sky Sports, which has driven the growth of the Premier League and revolutionised sports broadcasting over the past two decades, has raised the stakes for both. On one side of London, towards the M4, Sky is preparing for the season in new studios with an overhauled schedule and new signings, including Jamie Carragher. In the east, at the Olympic Park, BT is putting the finishing touches to vast studios from where its three sports channels will go live on 1 August. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukpick a page