Tuesday 30 October 2012, PM
S4C eyes decentralised structure - News - Broadcast
30 October, 2012 By Jake Kanter S4C is assessing whether it should reorganise itself into three hubs across Wales. 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.ukDTG :: News :: Report: Catch-up TV voted most important tech development in last decade
The ability to watch TV content at a time to suit the viewer has been hailed as the most important technological development in the last decade, according to a poll by Freeview to celebrate its 10th birthday. Digital Switchover, giving mass access to free digital channels across the UK also scored highly, with one in ten 10 stating this was the most important development of the period. The launch of 3D TV ranked eighth of the ten options 5, with mobile TV in 9th place 4, according to the poll. - dtg.org.uk
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Ad industry backs LondonTV Consortium bid for new channel - Politics - London news, sport events - London24
The battle is hotting up for the biggest publicly-awarded franchise since Channel 5 in the 1990s which will go on Freeview across London next year as well as globally on satellite, as part of the first round of local TV stations announced by the government. It is the only one of the five bidders that the big ad agencies say has the right commercial model to make a free public service station work commercially for a global city the size of Londonbecause it can surround its local programming with world class quality entertainment to get large enough audiences. The Consortiums chief executive, Richard Horwood, said The alternative is the wall-to-wall low budget, endless repeats and unwatchable programmes that have characterised local TV in the past and condemned it to commercial oblivion. - london24.comwww.london24.com
BBC iPlayer launches on Sky+ - Telegraph
The free service will use customers broadband connections, via any internet service provider, to access the web and download programmes available on the iPlayer to Sky boxes. Standard definition programmes will typically be available almost instantly, while HD will take longer because of larger file sizes. The BBC iPlayer is now available on over 650 platforms and devices, including apps built-in to smart TVs. - telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.ukMonday 29 October 2012, AM
Ofcom - 200 community radio stations now on air
Over two hundred community radio stations are now broadcasting in locations across the UK, Ofcom announced today, after new services went live in Kent and Dorset. The milestone comes as the first community radio station to hit the airwaves The Eye in Melton Mowbray nears its seven-year anniversary. Since Ofcom awarded the first community radio licence in 2004, new stations have launched in areas all over the UK from inner London to Orkney each serving a particular communitys needs. - media.ofcom.org.ukmedia.ofcom.org.ukWho's in line for London's local TV franchise? - Media - The Guardian
There has been widespread scepticism in the media industry about the proposals, with even the investment banker Nicholas Shott questioning the commercial viability of local TV services outside major conurbations in a report commissioned by Hunt. All the local TV services in England will be broadcast on channel 8 on Freeview and channel 17 on Sky. The BBC is providing 25m for infrastructure and 5m a year over three years towards content costs for all local TV services. - guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.ukSunday 28 October 2012, AM
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 20th - 27th October
The red button show includes irreverent interviews from each act, to introduce them to the viewing public - some for the very first time. Dog as they guide you through a totally top-drawer CBBC Wolfblood Extra special All you have to do is consider each of the objects featured in the programme, select an option before our experts give their valuation and see how many you get right. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Trust - Trust launches second review of BBC Online and Red Button services
BBC Online was last reviewed in 2008 and Red Button in 2010. This time the process will be more focused, looking at how the services are meeting the objectives set for them by the last reviews, how well they are serving their audiences and how they have adapted to changes in technology, media and audience behaviour. To help the Trust with this, a public consultation has been launched and views will be welcomed from members of the public who use these services, as well as relevant organisations and stakeholders. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSaturday 27 October 2012, AM
Freesat launches 'tongue-in-cheek' campaign - Archive - Marketing Week
TV ads will feature two tongue in cheek brand characters who will illustrate its new ltfree timegt service, which offers a backwards EPG with editorial recommendations for programmes from the past week and gives viewers easy access to on demand services. The ads form part of a multi-million pound marketing campaign that it hopes will help consumers reappraise how good a free TV service can be. Will Abbott, marketing and communications director at Freesat, says We set out to create a distinctive campaign that would both grab attention in a crowded market and explain the benefits ltfree timegt offers satellite viewers, in a simple and fun way. - marketingweek.co.uk
www.marketingweek.co.ukFriday 26 October 2012, AM
Irish TV will cost most viewers extra - Northern Ireland, Local National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
This week's digital switchover means that everyone in Northern Ireland will now have access to the Republic's main television channels for the first time. Prior to the analogue switch-off, a large number of viewers here could receive the likes of RTE and TV3 free, thanks to the overspill signal from south of the border. An HD set-top box will cost around 40 and most modern TV sets are HD ready so there should be no further expense. - belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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McKevitt expresses digital switchover concerns - Newry Times - Newry Times
Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said it is worrying that many vulnerable people in our society have been left with no access to television. Television now plays a central role in peoples lives and the range of services provided by RTE are in fact vital for proper balance in our cultural life. McKevitt added, We acknowledge that with such a large logistical operation, gaps will appear. - newrytimes.com
newrytimes.comYouView from BT is here! - BT Life - the technology and lifestyle blog from BT
The Programme guide this is one of the best features of YouView. You can scroll backwards and forwards a week in either direction to play a programme you missed or a record a programme if its in the future. Searching for programmes on demand whats unique about YouView is its ability to find programmes on demand from any of the players. - btlife.bt.comwww.btlife.bt.comBBC 2 declares War on BBC 1 - NewsBiscuit
Warring news-tribes, angered by the Panorama investigation, opened fire on studios where radical BBC 1 journalists are known to be in occupation. Blue helmeted health and safety officials tried to separate the fighters, but were unable to produce the correct paperwork, and were asked to leave at gunpoint by privatised security staff. Ken Bruce, who was eating his sandwiches in a nearby office, took a direct hit to his Thermos flask increasing the prospects of Radio 2 being drawn in to the dispute. - newsbiscuit.com
www.newsbiscuit.comDTG :: News :: BBC Trust launches Red Button and Online review
The review will look at how the services are meeting the objectives set for them by the last reviews, how well they are serving their audiences and how they have adapted to changes in technology, media and audience behaviour. BBC Online was last reviewed in 2008 and Red Button in 2010. A public consultation has been launched as part of the review process and the Trust has invited views from members of the public who use these services, as well as relevant organisations and stakeholders. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukThursday 25 October 2012, PM
http://www.mediauk.com/article/34355/rajar-q32012-the-digital-revolution-begins
Cab drivers saw their figures down by 20-40 store traffic in London fell, too, by 4.5 in central London. He then went to do a radio programme about it. The Olympic Games caused significant changes to the way we consumed media, too. Many stations report on half-yearly 'H' or even yearly 'Y' figures smoothing out any bounces or short-term Olympics-related dips. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.com
BBC News - TV switchover help scheme runs out of HD digital boxes
25 October 2012 Last updated at 0619 ET A scheme to help the elderly with the switchover to digital television has been inundated with requests for high definition set-top boxes. The Switchover Help Scheme was set up to help older and disabled people with the change. However, there has been an unexpectedly high number of requests for HD Freeview boxes in Northern Ireland. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 24 October 2012, PM
DTG :: News :: UK completes digital switchover
The UK ended more than 70 years of analogue broadcasting today with the completion of the switchover to digital television. Switchover has boosted Freeview coverage to 10 million viewers in reception blackspots across the UK and cleared airwaves for new uses, including 4G mobile broadband services. Over the last five years switchover has modernised the terrestrial TV network and ensured that the benefits of digital are available to everyone. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.uk
BBC News - Landmark in TV history as analogue signal ends
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 23 October 2012, PM
BBC One - The Magic Box
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BBC News - Ceefax service to end after 38 years on BBC
At moments of high pressure - with little time for detailed examination of the news - Ceefax headlines offered an instant window on the world. Continue reading the main story Fond farewells Gary Lineker via Twitter I see Ceefax has finally been put to rest. Its premise was to give viewers free access to the same information that was coming into the BBC newsroom, as soon as the BBC's journalists had received it. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
BBC News - NI digital switchover: All analogue channels to be turned off
It means that anyone still watching analogue TV will lose access to all of their channels at 2330 BST. Viewers who need information on how to update their TV equipment in order to access digital channels should call Digital UK on 08456 50 50 50. Those already using digital TVs or set-top boxes will have to re-tune. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 23 October 2012, AM
U.K. 4G network EE announces pricing; no unlimited data plans - ZDNet
Access to the next-generation network, dubbed 4GEE, will cost you more than the average cell contract -- as one might have expected. For consumers and small businesses alike, access to 4GEE in the initial 10 cities with six more by the end of the year will cost you significantly more for the benefit of speeds of about 30Mbps on the go. By the end of 2014, EE says the U.K. will reach 98 percent coverage. - zdnet.com
www.zdnet.comFarewell to Ceefax - diamond geezer
You could have watched Ceefax yesterday, had you been awake early enough. Yesterday's highlights kicked in at 445am, a rolling programme of news, sport and weather, just like it has done for decades. A rare appearance for the 1979 BBC2 logo was accompanied by a reminder to viewers of the significance of what was about to happen. - diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk
diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.ukMonday 22 October 2012, PM
BBC's Ceefax: the last pixel show - Media Monkey - Media - guardian.co.uk
There is no better place to indulge in a little Ceefax nostalgia than with this BBC retrospective featuring some music and some channel logos viewers of a certain age and above will remember. To find out more information about driving traffic to your content or to place this widget on your site, visit outbrain.com. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
Lord Sugar details vision for the future of TV - The Drum
Speaking before an audience composed of some of the UKs leading marketers including Barclays, Nestle and Ford, Sugar claimed that the days of passively watching broadcast ads would soon be numbered as digital content rises to the fore. Sugar was in attendance on behalf of his Amscreen firm, the digital outdoor company which he owns. This has been at the forefront of changing patterns of behaviour as traditional ad revenues decline in the face of digital and out of home sectors. - thedrum.com
www.thedrum.comMonday 22 October 2012, AM
Ofcom: Local TV ‘muxco’ decision imminent - Advanced Television
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BT to offer free YouView box with one-year broadband contract, £49 for existing customers - Engadget
Broadband customers not in an Infinity enabled area will also be able to get a free YouView box when they subscribe to TV Essential, starting at 4/month. Both offer a massive saving on the retail price of the YouView set top box, which is priced at 299 at retailers across the country. Existing customers can also upgrade to YouView for 49 . - engadget.com
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BBC News - Guernsey government has no power over Freeview channels
The Home Department said it had no power to influence the channels. The announcement comes after telecom firm Sure revealed plans to provide extra channels through the internet. Regulator OfCom said it was an entirely commercial decision and up to individual companies to choose where they broadcast. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukFriday 19 October 2012, PM
http://www.mediauk.com/article/34350/tim-davie-radioplayer-4extra-and-two-aborted-closures
Jenny Abramsky, his predecessor, had been in charge of BBC Radio since 1999. Davie's career history had no such radio pedigree. The lack of radio career wasn't to hinder him, however, in his new role. - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comNews UTV HD to air on Freeview
HD pictures will also add a new dimension to our outstanding coverage of news and current affairs in Northern Ireland and reinforce our reputation for quality journalism as market leader. - atvtoday.co.uk
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UTV to be available in HD on Freeview - News, Film TV - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- belfasttelegraph.co.ukwww.belfasttelegraph.co.ukDTG :: News :: 4K television now officially called 'Ultra High Definition'
Ultra high definition TVs have more than eight million pixels of resolution, four times the resolution of todays high-definition televisions . The name and related minimum performance characteristics are designed to help consumers and retailers understand the attributes of this next generation of television and display technology. The group also defined the core characteristics of Ultra High-Definition TVs, monitors and projectors for the home. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.uk
Ariel - Tim Davie to replace John Smith at BBC Worldwide helm
Tim Davie, currently director of Audio Music, will replace Smith from December 1. Smith is leaving the BBC to 'pursue new opportunities in the commercial sector', a BBC statement said. There has been speculation that he would leave the organisation since the arrival of the new director general. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 18 October 2012, PM
Ariel - Peter Horrocks says where the third phase of cuts will fall
In English, weekday news output will be cut by four hours, weekly documentary strands cut from four to three and arts show The Strand will close. Peter Horrocks, director of Global News, revealed the plans to staff on Thursday as he targets 12m savings in 2013/14. Your World to close Over the last two years, the World Service has made nearly 30m cuts, losing five language services and around 480 jobs, after the government reduced its grant-in-aid by 16. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukOfcom - Further progress in the speed-up of delivering 4G to consumers
Deployment of 4G services in other frequency bands does not require similar measures to be put in place. Creating the company now will further accelerate the rollout of competitive 4G services next year. It will be funded by the successful bidders for 800MHz spectrum in the forthcoming auction and provisions exist to make sure that if any otherparty acquires some of this spectrum in the auction they can immediately become a shareholder in the company. - media.ofcom.org.ukmedia.ofcom.org.uk
U.K. 4G Rollout Takes Another Step Closer As Carriers Join Forces To Speed 800MHz Spectrum Clearance - TechCrunch
This organisation was originally going to be known as MitCo and MitCo was one of the bones of contention among the carriers in regards to the 4G spectrum auction process. Not so long ago the U.K.s carriers were trading insults with telecoms regulator Ofcom and each other as they jockeyed for position ahead of the 4G spectrum auction. Delay was the order of the day for many years as the leap from 3G to 4G meant disrupting established and lucrative business models. - techcrunch.com
techcrunch.comDTG :: News :: UK mobile operators form joint venture to speed up 4G roll-out
EE, Telefnica O2, Three and Vodafone have formed a jointly controlled company to ensure the rapid roll-out of 4G services next year. The creation of the company follows talks between the mobile operators, Ofcom and Government earlier this month and the decision to bring forward the implementation of 4G services following the auction by as much as six months. I am pleased that the mobile operators will be working together to ensure that no viewers lose their television services when 4G is rolled out, and congratulate them on setting up the assistance scheme so quickly. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukThursday 18 October 2012, AM
Local TV wins prominent slot as bid battle hots up - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukBBC - Research and Development: IRFS Weeknotes #126
Here's a screenshot They then moved on to the next mini-project, 'infinite trailers' the idea is to show a continuous reel of clips starting from what's popular right now and learning your tastes as you click 'skip' or 'add to playlist'. This work uses the Sibyl javascript engine that Chris Newell has talked about previously. They've got one more week to go, where they'll be working on a real-time information dashboard for radio. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 17 October 2012, PM
SES STATEMENT ON ADDITIONAL SATELLITE SPECTRUM AT THE 28.5 DEGREES EAST ORBITAL POSITION
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Ofcom - The Communications Market: Digital Radio Report 2012
Ofcom was asked in the Action Plan to publish an annual report on the availability and take-up of digital radio services. The Action Plan emphasises that digital radio switchover should begin only when the market is ready and that it should be predominantly consumer-led. An aspirational target date of 2015 was supported by the Action Plan. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukTuesday 16 October 2012, PM
SES and Eutelsat go to war over UK frequency rights - Satellite content from Broadcast Engineering
The launch of SES Astra 2F rekindled a simmering battle with Eutelsat. In total, the spectrum under dispute equates to 15 transponders capable of carrying 140 to 180 HD channels. SES argues that there is no dispute because it had negotiated the rights to the claimed spectrum back in 2005, and that Eutelsat had been operating over those frequencies only on a temporary basis. - broadcastengineering.com
broadcastengineering.comMonday 15 October 2012, PM
Local TV network plan could be hit by signal black spots - Media - guardian.co.uk
Media regulator Ofcom has so far awarded eight of the 21 local television licences in cities and towns across the UK. It has emerged there could be significant holes in broadcast coverage in places where households would expect to be able to tune in, according to a document provided to bidders. The document, providing coverage maps for all the local TV licence areas, shows issues with a number of areas including south London and areas close to Oxford. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 13 October 2012, PM
Saturday 13 October 2012, AM
BBC - Research and Development: Digital HD Radio Camera: Taking halfRF to IBC
At this stage our project had advanced to the stage where ourtransmitter comprised of what we call the wedding cake, which is a rather large unit about 300mm x 300mm x 200mm plus an antenna pole. This large transmitter was based on a DSP board that we had built with at least four purposes in mind. These four purposes were to be the main board in our receiver, a platform to test advanced RF algorithms, a channel emulator and a channel sounder, so it had a lot more functionality than would be required for a transmitter back. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Heart and Capital TV start broadcasting : Radio Today
As announced in July, Global Radio has launched two television channels to mirror their biggest radio brands, Heart and Capital. We want our brands to lead the way in delivering great content to people wherever and however they enjoy music, and the launch of Heart TV and Capital TV is the next step in deepening and extending the relationship weve already built with our audiences. These channels are absolutely stunning, they look gorgeous, are incredibly slick and represent the next generation of music TV channels. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukHeart TV and Capital TV - what it should be?
The Italian radio stations RTL102.5s Radiovisione is something a little different. Have you watched Heart TV or Capital TV yet - mediauk.comwww.mediauk.comBBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Future Media Ambassadors
The Olympics was a huge success for our division. However what we achieved this summer is now the baseline of what we expect from our teams. To do this we need to keep on attracting and recruiting top talent. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukBBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 13th - 20th October
We are doing this because these services rely entirely on linear broadcast technologies, which are not cost-effective for an interactive service like the red button. This change in no way signals the demise of BBC Red Button. The BBC is committed to maintaining a vibrant and popular red button service. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukThursday 11 October 2012, PM
DTG :: News :: Report: HD channel growth increases in Europe
The figure represents growth of 54 in the number of HD channels over nine months and highlights three strong years of HD growth. The UK, followed by Germany and France, is home to the highest number of HD channels. Sport channels are the most popular HD genre, closely followed by film channels. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukpick a page