Leading Ethical TV Show BitTorrent Tracker Shut Down By FACT - TorrentFreak

UKNova, which has been in existence for almost a decade, has a strict ethical policy which forbids users from uploading any material which is available to buy, but that didnt stop the Federation Against Copyright Theft targeting the site. UKNova will now disable their torrent trackers, depriving thousands of expats access to the TV shows from home they know and love. For almost a decade, Brits everywhere have been accessing UK TV programming via one of the Internets longest-standing torrent sites. - torrentfreak.com

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Media Studies by Ian Burrell: Channel 4 may no longer shock, but we should be glad it’s still here - Opinion - Media -

Channel 4 could do with some reflected glory from the anticipated success of the British Paralympians. The audience share of its main channel in peak time is on the slide, down to 6.8 per cent last year. Before he left, Allen hosted a party attended by Jimmy Carr and other stars to celebrate Channel 4's track record in comedy. - independent.co.uk

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BBC News - Elisabeth Murdoch declares support for BBC licence fee

The TV producer sought to distance herself from brother James, an executive at News Corp, which has been embroiled in the phone hacking scandal. Ms Murdoch delivered the keynote speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Ms Murdoch is chair of the Shine Group and is only the fourth woman to deliver the speech since the festival's inception in 1976. - bbc.co.uk

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Elisabeth Murdoch's praise for the BBC tells of a brighter TV future - Media - The Observer

The kind words for the BBC in her speech were interpreted as some kind of break with brother James and his own MacTaggart paean to profit. This, if words hold any meaning, was an argument about values and responsibilities for the next generation of BBC, as well as News Corp, executives. To find out more information about driving traffic to your content or to place this widget on your site, visit outbrain.com. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On Red Button 25th August - 1st September

Sunday starts earlier at 4pm, featuring Foo Fighters, The Horrors and sets from the entire weekend. Viewers on Freeview will be able to see a different band about every half hour on Red Button and channel 301. We'll also be bringing you a selection of tracks from up and coming new bands on the BBC Introducing stage. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: YouView arrives in stores

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'YouView had interest from 140 providers' - News - Marketing Week

YouView has received interest from around 140 providers, from brands to independent providers, for their content to appear on its platform, the IPTV provider claims. Clarke also said YouView is set to make its own second screen companion app, which would also give consumers the ability to record programmes when they are not at home. Although YouView launched last month it is not expected to reach scale until the autumn, when the service will roll out a major above the line marketing campaign. - marketingweek.co.uk

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And now.. a radio show about the radio : Radio Today

Trevor Dann and John Ryan have teamed up to produce a special programme on 5 live all about radio. The three hour show, which will air on Bank Holiday Monday will chat with the oldest and youngest presenters, visit the UKs smallest station and showcase new voices and talent in the growing podcast industry. Its a great celebration of radio in all its forms. On the programme well hear from foodies like The Hungry Cyclist and cakeordeathcooking. - radiotoday.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Report: Online video viewing on TVs grows to 18%

Among the consumers surveyed who do not view online content via TV, 44 said they have no interest in viewing that content on their TVs, and about 30 indicated they do not own the necessary devices. Of these respondents, if given the possibility of viewing online content on their TV, a third said they would be interested in doing so, according to the survey. DTG Staff 24.08.2012 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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News - SES.com

It is a powerful six-ton satellite with a design lifetime of 15 years, built on the Eurostar E3000 platform. In addition, 28.2 degrees East is used to broadcast numerous channels of growing DTH-platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. SES Broadband today is Europe's most popular satellite broadband system. - ses.com

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DTG :: News :: Everything Everywhere gets green light for 4G

The decision takes account of the forthcoming release of additional spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, in an auction process set to begin later this year, which will enable other operators to launch competing 4G services from next year. This means that EE can launch LTE services at any point from that date although the specific timing will be a commercial decision for the company. DTG Staff 21.08.2012 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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New Statesman - Local TV wont catch on

Local enthusiasm about new TV franchises is not shared. Some 57 bids are in place for the right to broadcaston Freeview, Sky and Virgin cable to homes in 20towns and cities across the UK you can see the full list here. Talking to many of the bidders up and down thecountry it feels a little like the enthusiasm there musthave been around print in the earlydays of newspapers. - newstatesman.com

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BBC News - Today - What will TV look like in 80 years?

The first BBC public television service was established 80 years ago today using the system developed by John Logie Baird. So what will TV look like in 80 years from now Get in touch with Today via email , Twitter or Facebook or text us on 84844. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Olympic legacy channel set for launch - Media - guardian.co.uk

London Legacy hopes to capture some of the 51.9 million people who watched at least 15 minutes of the 2012 Games. London Legacy will launch as a 24-hour-a-day channel in November, showing 24 Olympic sports, including athletics, cycling and wrestling. The channel will initially only be available to BSkyB's satellite TV customers, but is seeking wider distribution. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC local radio starts switching off AM : Radio Today

The digital switch-over has quietly commenced at four BBC local radio stations in England, RadioToday.co.uk can reveal. Its part of a five week trial to make savings and to find out if listeners will miss or complain about the lack of AM services. The BBC is also committed to a full roll out of local radio stations across the DAB network. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Media Studies by Ian Burrell: Another Murdoch at the MacTaggart: but does she come as friend or foe? - Opinion - Media -

One of the most compelling subplots in the ongoing narrative of the phone-hacking scandal has been the changing comparative fortunes of these two Murdoch siblings. Both have followed their father Rupert into media careers and both are children of his second wife Anna. That polarisation is at its most stark among the British television executives who will gather in Edinburgh this week. - independent.co.uk

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Ariel - 1230 BBC staff were made redundant in 2011

17 August 2012 Last updated at 1600 Around 1230 people were made redundant in 2011, compared to 444 in the previous year. It also comes at a time of deepening cuts across the BBC as it begins to make 20 savings as part of DQF plans. The corporation's headcount also declined from 19,579 in 2003/4 to 16,858 in 2011/12 due to efficiency savings. - bbc.co.uk

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LCD vs plasma TVs - LED, LCD and plasma TV reviews - TV DVD - Which? Technology

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Liz, the anti-Murdoch Murdoch, will have a rapt audience this week - Media - The Guardian

It has hardly been a secret that Elisabeth Murdoch walked out on her father and brother in the middle of the phone-hacking furore last year. Yet the general understanding is that this is precisely what Rupert's second daughter thinks. After all, it has been hardly a secret that Liz walked out on her father and brother in the midst of the Milly Dowler furore in July last year, and it is far from clear that relations have been repaired since. - guardian.co.uk

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Fact's victory over Surfthechannel is a decisive blow in the copyright wars - Technology - The Guardian

The most recent Indiana Jones film, the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was available online for illegal download 24 hours after it opened in cinemas. As the founder of surfthechannel.com, a website that provided links to TV and film content in a significant number of cases, unlicensed and illicit the 38-year-old last week became the first person in Britain to be jailed for running a site linking to pirate material. In a furious 18,000-word commentary on his website, Vickerman says a lawyer had advised him that Surfthechannel was legal. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On Red Button 18th - 25th August

Sunday starts earlier at 4pm, featuring Foo Fighters, The Horrors and sets from the entire weekend. Viewers on Freeview will be able to see a different band about every half hour on Red Button and channel 301. We'll also be bringing you a selection of tracks from up and coming new bands on the BBC Introducing stage. - bbc.co.uk

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Why remaining on FM is more expensive than building DAB+ from scratch

In most countries the attitude is that it will be very expensive to introduce digital radio via DAB. They forget to take into account that it costs a lot of money to run an FM network. You can build it, but it will not run for free. - mediauk.com

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Humax DTR-T1000 YouView review - Which? verdict - August - 2012 - Which? News

Crucially, its a free service theres no contract and no subscription for accessing the Freeview and catch-up content, though additional services may charge. For example, it currently gives you access to Now TV from Sky, where you can watch films for between 99p to 3.49 per title or as many as you like for 15 per month. It has a 500GB hard drive good for around 250 hours of standard definition TV recordings and two tuners, so you can record two programmes or watch one channel while watching another. - which.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Organisations bid for local TV licences

Ofcom has received 57 applications to run 21 local TV stations across the UK. The application process for these initial licences has now closed. Made Television and Canadian Channel Zero have submitted applications for multiple regions. - dtg.org.uk

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Surfthechannel owner launches furious attack on anti-piracy prosecution - Technology - The Guardian

Anton Vickerman, the Briton sentenced this week to four years in jail for running a website that linked to pirated US TV and film content, has launched an 18,000 word attack on the anti-piracy organisation that ran a private prosecution against him. The 38-year-old from Gateshead complained about the evidence-gathering methods of the Federation Against Copyright Theft Fact. Film-industry financed Fact filmed inside his home with one of its agents posing as a prospective house buyer and obtained evidence at a meeting where another Fact operative posed undercover as an investor in his website. - guardian.co.uk

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Big Disappointment – Apple iTV Not Coming: Pro - CNBC

That was Steve Jobs' dream and vision but it will never happen, says Bibb. Everyone is exiting, he says on CNBCs Halftime Report. Largely Bibb just doesnt think Apple has the time or inclination to navigate all the issues that must be bridged in order to create such a device. - cnbc.com

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Apple TV Plan Works with Cable TV Industry - Peter Kafka - News - AllThingsD

Certainly plausible just ask Time WarnersJeff Bewkes, who was predicting this a month ago. Apple keeps poking at the TV industrial complex, and keeps concluding that its better off playing along than playing a new game. To spell that out If Apple really wanted to change the way people watched TV, it would change the way people paid for TV. - allthingsd.com

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New York Times hires BBCs Mark Thompson - Press - Media - The Independent

Mr Thompson, 55, will relocate to New York and will begin his new role in November. He is a hugely experienced media executive and will bring insight, flair and drive to the job. - independent.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Olympics: Red Button

The Red Button service has reached a huge audience and I wanted to share some of the thinking that went into it. The existing service carriessix channels, but we needed to carry up to 24, via an interface that viewers would understand instantly. The Red Button app had to be an easy-to-use tool for those people - and add enough value that people would choose to use it even though the channels were available elsewhere. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom - List of Multiplex Applicants

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S4C: "no guarantees" over £7m govt funding - 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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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On Red Button 11th - 18th August

Headlines are available around the clock with up to five streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. This is the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe, brought to you late night, live and on the Red Button. Deadly 60 fans can get a whole lot extra by pressing red to play along with the new Deadly 60 Quiz. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: BBC Trust and S4C consult on funding agreement

This consultation is being run over a 10 week period from 10 August 2012 until 23 October 2012. DTG Staff 10.08.2012 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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Super Hi-Vision - the future of television?

Today, I was lucky enough to go and see a demonstration screening of some Olympic highlights in Super Hi-Vision. Just as we've got used to the impressive pictures of HD television in our front room, along come the Japanese public service broadcaster, NHK, with something a little better. Super Hi-Vision is, actually, more than a little better. - mediauk.com

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Sky Sports pricing dispute: appeal ruling looms - Media - guardian.co.uk

During the more than two years of the dispute the difference between Sky's original wholesale price and Ofcom's reduced regulated price has been kept in an escrow account. The amount in this account is thought to be more than 25m. Analysts at Deutsche Bank estimate that 19m relates to what it estimates is about 360,000 customers receiving Sky Sports 1 and 2 through Virgin Media. - guardian.co.uk

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informitv - Peers criticise government broadband strategy

Broadband should be a key infrastructure provision, creating a national network that brings fibre-optic access within reach of every community. That is the conclusion of a report from the House of Lords Communications Committee, which is critical of the current broadband strategy of the government in the United Kingdom. Among other things it also urges government, regulators and the industry to consider the long-term possibility of moving broadcast programming from terrestrial transmissions to broadband, arguing that there will ultimately be an overwhelming case for broadcast media to be delivered via the internet. - informitv.com

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informitv - Super Hi-Vision Olympics coverage

Promoted as the future of television, it has sixteen times the resolution of a high-definition image. Seen by informitv on an 8-metre wide screen at BBC Broadcasting House in London, the picture quality is phenomenal. At 7680 x 4320 pixels, the 8K UHDTV2 image has a resolution of 33 megapixels. - informitv.com

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Ariel - How the BBC delivers 24 Olympic streams

With 2500 hours to broadcast, it's a mammoth undertaking but it's attracting record-breaking ratings. So far, 17 million people have watched the Red Button channels RB and the online video player has received 29m requests. At the side of the room, some wait to start their shift - there's a lot to be done and volunteers from other Salford teams, including Children's and News, are helping through the Hot Spikes scheme. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG :: News :: Roger Mosey appointed Acting Director of BBC Vision

I'm also pleased to tell you that Dave Gordon will take on Roger's role as Director, London 2012 for the duration of the Paralympics. Dave will also start his new role on Monday 20 August. - dtg.org.uk

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Clover’s Week: YouView is just like watching Brazil on pay-TV

Julian Clover gets his hands on YouViews near pay-TV experience. My modus operandi is to ignore the instruction book for as long as possible, so I only came unstuck when I realized that YouView doesnt work off Wi-Fi and instead needs a fixed connection. If I had purchased this in the shops my outlay would have easily sailed past the already hefty 300 pricetag. - broadbandtvnews.com

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UK 4G auction: No word on what will be flogged, or what it costs • The Register

Last week the Ofcom announced details of the upcoming 4G spectrum auction, only the regulator still can't say how much spectrum is on sale, what it will cost, or the annual rent due afterwards. The mega-auction announced last week includes bands at 800MHz, which've been cleared of analogue TV, and at 2.6GHz, which has been empty for a while. EE won't say if it will throw the band into the ring, or sell it privately, while Ofcom still hasn't decided if the band can be used for 4G anyway, making it impossible to place a value on it. - theregister.co.uk

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Smooth Radio deal faces investigation - Business News - Business - The Independent

Ofcom will report to Mr Hunt by 28 September, when he will decide if there should be a full Competition Commission investigation. - independent.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 4th - 11th August

Full details are available on the Olympics schedule website. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short notice. - bbc.co.uk

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Virgin and BT fury at premium movie ruling - Business News - Business - The Independent

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C4 online viewers edge to 5m - News - Broadcast

2 August, 2012 By Balihar Khalsa David Abrahams vision of using data to reinvent Channel 4s relationship with viewers and advertisers is gathering pace, as it closes in on 5 million registered viewers online. 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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BSkyB has too much power over rivals, Competition Commission rules - Media - guardian.co.uk

BSkyB enjoys an anti-competitive dominance, according to the commission's report. However, the commission is powerless to tackle the issue at this time. The problems involved in taking on BSkyB's dominant position include costs to set up a rival, huge marketing costs to overcome the view held by subscribers that changing providers is too much hassle, and fending off the inevitable competitive response, according to the regulator. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky TV cleared on movie competition - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

BSkyB's stranglehold on movies from the big Hollywood studios does not harm competition in the pay-TV market, a watchdog ruled today. The Competition Commission said it believed consumers attached more importance to having access to a broad range of content and to price than they do to seeing the most recent movie content. In provisional findings last August, the watchdog initially ruled that Sky's deals with six of the big film studios over the rights to films when they are first shown on television restricted competition. - independent.co.uk

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Ariel - Prebble to check up on BBC impartiality

Prebble will look at how Bridcut's recommendations - or 'guiding principles' - to help the BBC continue to achieve impartiality had been implemented. He became CEO of ITV in 2001, before leaving to set up a production company. The conclusions of the review - the fifth in a series of impartiality reviews commissioned by the trust - will be published next summer. - bbc.co.uk

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How an American Can Stream the BBC's Official Olympics Coverage and Overcome #NBCFail

If you're outside of the United Kingdom then getting a good live feed of the Olympics isn't easy. NBC is streaming some video, but it's ugly, slow, and requires a cable subscription. Worse, what they're showing on their over-the-air broadcast is tape delayed. - lifehacker.com

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