DTG :: News :: Freeview homes top 11 million

The number of households viewing Freeivew on main-set televisions has reached a record 11 million, according to figures released by the DTT platform. The number of homes with Freeview on a main or second TV set has increased to almost 20 million76 of UK television homes. For the first time, the whole of the UK was able to receive Freeview and Freeview HD following the completion of digital switchover. - dtg.org.uk

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Eddie Mair: a rising BBC star - Media - The Guardian

Link to video Boris Johnson accused 'you're a nasty piece of work' The BBC likes to talk about journalistic excellence and a tradition of creativity, but really it is an academy for stars. In truth, the questions Mair raised over Johnson's integrity were far from new, and neither were they especially serious, but it was the first time the London mayor's bluffness has so publicly been called. It certainly would be a new direction for the programme, which needs one. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - FAQs - 1080i or 720p - Do the BBC’s HD channels broadcast in 1080i or 720p?

1080i or 720p - Do the BBCs HD channels broadcast in 1080i or 720p The BBC's HD channels currently transmit programmes using the 1080i standard. The BBC's commitment to the highest possible quality means that as the technology develops we will choose the standard that delivers the best possible pictures. - faq.external.bbc.co.uk

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ITV completes phase one of migration in to MediaCityUK - presscentre

Based over 62 000 sq ft the vibrantly designed floors include a state-of-the-art glass box news studio with 360 degree shooting ability and a glass walled stop-motion animation studio. Joining this creative hub outside of London, ensures the region is not only an important part of ITVs history, its also a hugely important part of our future. The Orange tower is now a flagship for ITV's operations. - itv.com

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Ariel - BBC closes network tv channel

26 March 2013 Last updated at 0920 In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the BBC closed one of its network television channels for the first time. BBC HD - the UK's first free-to-air high definition tv channel - ceased broadcasting more than five years after its official launch. Janice Hadlow, BBC Two controller, says the launch will 'allow us to showcase more of our programmes at their very best'. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - A big hello to BBC Two HD

The channel has always been committed tohigh quality, engaging and ambitious programmes and now we can show them at their very best. We have an exciting summer of sports and live events to look forward to with Wimbledon, Glastonbury rugby and Diamond League athletics all being shown at their spectacular best in HD. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What’s on BBC Red Button 23-30 March

Press the Red Button and whet your appetite with an exclusive prequel showing the Doctor take a break on Earth after feeling despondent that he cant find Clara. You can now also play along on a mobile or tablet by downloading the play along app.Find out moreand read thestep-by-step instructions. There are not one but three access all areas films that reveal what goes into making some top CBBC shows - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - BBC commissions original iPlayer dramas

However this is the first time original drama programming has been created specifically for the service. Figures from the BBC showed usage of the service has grown some 42 in the 12 months to January 2013. - bbc.co.uk

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How to buy the best sound bar - Sound bar reviews - TV DVD - Which? Technology

A sound bar is a compact speaker system that connects to your TV to enhance its audio performance. Modern TVs might have fantastic pictures, but sound quality is often disappointing as new slimline TVs have limited space for built-in speakers. Sound bars offer a stylish and compact solution. - which.co.uk

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Lochaber Provost wins TalkTalk TV battle - Lochaber News - News

Provost Alan Henderson won his wrangle with TalkTalk with a little help from the Lochaber News. Councillor Allan Henderson claims an engineer refused to install TalkTalks Freeview Plus package to his home, because it is a bed and breakfast. He said I was told that it would be 50 for the engineers to install Freeview Plus, and I said no problem. - lochaber-news.co.uk

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BBC News - Music sales are not affected by web piracy, study finds

The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies examined the online habits of 16,000 Europeans. They also found that freely streamed music provided a small boost to sales figures. They also found that music streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora gave a small boost to music sales. - bbc.co.uk

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Local television licences: searching for the elusive pot of gold - Media - guardian.co.uk

Photograph Lewis Whyld/PA The 19 winners of local television licences meet on Monday to share views on putting plans about how to co-operate into action. Through them, it says it will source apprentices and train 300 citizen volunteer reporters to accredited standards. Media internships are under fire, however much the new entrants can spin the line that those participating are benefiting from training and opportunities. - guardian.co.uk

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Film4+1 returning to Freeview in the summer - News, UK TV - imediamonkey

Revealing the news of the channels upcoming return, Film4s official Twitter page posted However, were excited to announce that Film41 is returning to Freeview in the summer Watch this space for exact dates Film4 HD will arrive on the Sky platform in September. Watch a trailer for the Film4-backed The Spirit of 45 below. - imediamonkey.com

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informitv - Decline in television screens in UK homes

The number of televisions has fallen to less than two per home in the United Kingdom, according to a report from TV Licensing. Yet industry audience measurement continues to suggest that people are watching more television, but still an hour a day less than those in the United States. There, Nielsen now recognises over five million households that do not watch traditional television. - informitv.com

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DTG :: News :: Freesat appoints Chief Technology Officer

Freesat has announced the appointment of Matthew Huntington as the company's Chief Technology Officer. In his new role, Huntington will drive and deliver Freesat's future facing technology roadmap. As well as leading the team to ensure smooth running of existing services, Matthew will be responsible for defining new specifications, selecting technology suppliers, managing manufacturing partners and the delivery of new broadcast and On Demand launches to the TV service. - dtg.org.uk

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Television Centre sale draws fire from BBC stars - Media - guardian.co.uk

Television Centre, which has been sold for 200m by the BBC, is irreplaceable, Michael Parkinson has said. John Cleese, who also appeared, took issue with BBC executives who he said insisted on having a say in every aspect of a show, despite never having made a programme. They said it made financial sense to get rid of all those tapes in the 60s and 70s, and we now know what a blunder that was. - guardian.co.uk

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Should You Buy ITV plc? - 18/03/2013

The company has undergone extensive reshaping in recent years, and last year delivered double-digit profit growth despite a subdued television advertising backdrop. Broker Liberum Capital has placed a 155p price target on the stock, suggesting the price still has further ground for gains. Advertising revenues set to march higher ITV's 2012 results released last month showed revenues rise 3 to 2.2 billion, driving earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation 13 higher to 520 million. - fool.co.uk

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BBC News - Inside the new home of BBC TV News

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Verizon Seeks to Shake Up Fees for TV Channels - WSJ.com

He declined to identify any of the media companies. Under existing arrangements, distributors like cable and satellite operators pay a monthly, per-subscriber fee to carry channels based on the number of homes in which they agree to make the channels available, regardless of how many people watch those channels. Viewership would be measured by Verizon's set-top box data, not Nielsen ratings. - online.wsj.com

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - HD Test Card Special

The test card returned in December 2008 after a long break in a new turbo charged high definition format along with the brand new AV sync check signal. The test signal package was added to the BBC HD promotion after we had many complaints about lip sync and odd looking pictures. The biggest issue was definitely lip sync however the complaints suggested we could have up to a four frame audio lead and a two frame video lead often on the same programme and at the same time - bbc.co.uk

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UKTV to reintroduce name to on-screen branding as part of relaunch - Media - guardian.co.uk

The pay-TV company opted to phase out its corporate brand from on-screen in 2008, after having built it into a household name over the previous 11 years, as part of a strategy to focus on building individual channel identities. The UKTV brand is also set to be used to allow the introduction of an upcoming umbrella video-on-demand service. UKTV's new logo and brand assets have been designed by Landor Communications. - guardian.co.uk

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xkcd: Aspect Ratio

Warning this comic occasionally contains strong language which may be unsuitable for children, unusual humor which may be unsuitable for adults, and advanced mathematics which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. - xkcd.com

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Barry Dillers Aereo Service Challenges Cable Television - NYTimes.com

In front of each of the 10 chairs was a leather case holding a fresh tablet of paper, with a sharpened pencil placed above it, just so. Aereo uses antenna farms to capture broadcast signals that can then be streamed on the Internet and viewed on a device of the customers choosing. Given that the service cuts out the cable television middleman and pays no retransmission fees to the programming producers, its a business idea that will sow chaos, disruption and turmoil. - nytimes.com

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BBC News - BBC News to broadcast final bulletins from TV Centre

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BBC News - BBC TV Centre to broadcast last network news bulletins

TV Centre has been sold for redevelopment, although the BBC is expected to lease back some studios and office space. The building opened in 1960 and BBC News was first broadcast from the site nine years later. Its impact was demonstrated by reporter Michael Buerk's 1984 report on the Ethiopian famine which inspired the original Live Aid concert the following year. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: at800 to conduct 4G pilot scheme

More trials will follow ahead of the first commercial rollouts of 4G at 800MHz expected from early summer 2013. This is an important phase and will give us a clearer picture of how many people are likely to be affected. DTG Testing will also provide a conformance testing service for manufacturers wishing to supply filters to the retail market. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button 16th - 23rd March

This week on Red Button weve got a musicians masterclass, a bumper package of sport and the return of the Antiques Roadshow play along quiz. You can guess the valuations of objects featured in real time and find out if youre an antiques expert or novice when your score is ranked. You can now also play along on a mobile or tablet by downloading the play along app.Find out moreand read thestep-by-step instructions. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - Organisation launches to help combat 4G interference

14 March 2013 Last updated at 1300 ET The organisation set up to help households experiencing interference from 4G signals has launched. Called at800, it has been given 180m by the UK's mobile operators to ensure that next-generation services do not cause interference with TV services. Ofcom has estimated that up to 900,000 homes could experience interference with their TV signal. - bbc.co.uk

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Freeview telly channels face £240m-A-YEAR shakedown by Ofcom • The Register

Freeview broadcasters in the UK face annual fees that could add 240m a year to Blighty's coffers by 2020. Ofcom wants to, effectively, charge telly stations every 12 months to transmit over the airwaves, just like mobile phone networks must regularly cough up cash to continue using their licensed radio frequencies for chatter and data. If the communications regulator gets its way, it will extract at least 10m for each Freeview multiplex. - theregister.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: DTG Testing awarded at800 4G filter testing contract

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Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior' - Techdirt

For many years we've written stories about the TV industry being in complete denial over cord cutting i.e., getting rid of pay TV. Instrumental in this has been Nielsen, the TV rankings people, who is closely aligned with the industry in propping up the facade. Most people watch TV in their living rooms using traditional cable or satellite options. - techdirt.com

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Hearing reignites BBC and Sky fees debate - 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

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DTG :: News :: Ofcom prepares for second phase of local TV licensing

Ofcom is inviting expressions of interest to offer local TV services in an additional 30 locations across the country including Cambridge, Salisbury, York and Malvern. Earlier this month, Ofcom awarded 19 licenses in the first phase, with Preston concluding the process. Ofcom anticipates that some channels will be on air before the end of 2013. - dtg.org.uk

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DTG :: News :: Digital switchover in Europe almost complete

The recommended switch-off deadline for analogue terrestrial television set by the EU was the end of 2012. Albania, Romania, Russia, Montenegro and Turkey are planning to have completed the process by 2015. New launches in 2012 took place in Greece and Belgium. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC News to move to Broadcasting House on March 18th

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Download 4G Rollout slides (PDF)

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BBC - Blogs - Internet blog - What's on BBC Red Button 9th – 16th March

We'll also be sharing sneak peeks of some brand new sketches that will appear in full on BBC One on Friday 15 March. Come back to Red Button each day this week for new sketches and more of the funniest moments from the archive. Miranda will be set a new challenge live on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show each day this week. - bbc.co.uk

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ITV Can Block Internet Streaming of Its Shows, EU Top Court Says - Businessweek

Television broadcasters have the right to prohibit the retransmission of their shows by another company over the Internet, the EU Court of Justice said today. The retransmission of works via the Internet cant escape the authorization of the copyright holders, the Luxembourg- based court ruled. The case, which was triggered by a dispute pending at a London court, establishes the scope of broadcasters rights under EU copyright rules and whether these include the right to prohibit broadcasts by a service such as online streaming service TVCatchup. - businessweek.com

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Switchdigital searches for DAB services : Radio Today

Switchdigital Scotland is investing in the future of DAB in Scotland by asking for broadcasters to join them on their multiplex. New slots will become available from July and Switchdigital invites commercial radio broadcasters, community radio stations, student radio and even online services to get in touch with them. In all, services broadcast on the multiplex will reach 1.2 million households and cover 2,000 miles of main roads. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Unauthorised TV live streaming is copyright breach, rules European court - Media - guardian.co.uk

Legal experts said the decision was likely to spark a renewed clampdown by rights holders against similar sites, many of which show live sport. The answer to question one is not influenced by the fact that a retransmission, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, is funded by advertising and is therefore of a profit-making nature. The answer to question one is not influenced by the fact that a retransmission, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, is made by an organisation which is acting in direct competition with the original broadcaster. - guardian.co.uk

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Hideman lets you watch foreign TV and bypass censorship restrictions

Hideman isnt new -- version 2.0 has just been released sporting a brand new user interface -- but its built a reputation as one of the better VPN services out there. Aside from providing you with the opportunity to spoof your own IP address, it also provides 256-bit encryption for all data received and transmitted, adding an extra layer of protection to your web browsing while also allowing you to surf safely via open public Wi-Fi hotspots. Second, you can only download 2GB per month, and the connection speed may be limited to 512Kbps. - betanews.com

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TalkTalk's Sir Charles Dunstone named interim YouView chairman - Media - guardian.co.uk

Sugar exited the BBC-backed venture last week, with the revelation that he was stepping down as chairman sparking an expletive-laden boardroom bust-up with another of its shareholders, Channel 5 owner Richard Desmond. Carphone Warehouse co-founder Dunstone is group chairman of TalkTalk, which has been a YouView shareholder since 2009. YouView said in a statement that Dunstone would be an interim chairman, with the search now beginning for a permanent non-executive chairman. - guardian.co.uk

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YouView ad review on track despite Lord Sugar's dramatic departure - Advertising news - Campaign

There is some confusion over whether the altercation between the two businessmen was prompted by Sugars resignation, as one source suggests, or whether Sugars resignation was a response to a dispute over future business. The source said only then did Sugar resign. Another source disputed this account of events and said Sugar had planned to resign and it was only after he had done so that the meeting became animated. - campaignlive.co.uk

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Ariel - BBC Trust to review children’s output

It will examine how the two networks, which cater for under-sixes and six-12 years olds respectively, serve their audiences and meet licence requirements. A dedicated questionnaire for children, alongside a survey for adults, has been launched on the BBC Trust website and will close after May 31. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer: tablet viewing requests nearly double in two months - Media - guardian.co.uk

Requests for TV shows made up the lion's share rising from 20m in November to 37m in January, compared with 11m in the same month in 2012. A year ago the monthly figure for January was just 12m. Total monthly requests for TV shows from smartphones has grown from 9m in January 2012 to 24m in November and 38m last month. - guardian.co.uk

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Fifth Freesat Awards opens - 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

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RadioToday launches weekly radio podcast : Radio Today

The team at RadioToday are to launch a new weekly radio industry Podcast, hosted by Trevor Dann and sponsored by Audioboo. He founded and hosted the Radio Academys RadioTalk podcast as part of his role as chief executive. Im really looking forward to getting back behind the mic and talking radio. - radiotoday.co.uk

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informitv - UHDTV terrestrial test transmissions

Meanwhile in America, a broadcaster in Baltimore is replacing its transmissions in the ATSC system overnight to trial the second-generation standard. The demonstration shows that so-called 4K television, which has four times the resolution of current high-definition television services, is a practical possibility, even over terrestrial transmission networks. DVB-T2 is already used in the United Kingdom and some other European countries to carry high-definition television services. - informitv.com

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