In pictures: YouView unboxed - IP TV News

We have finally got our hands on a sample unit of the new YouView box, and hooked it up just in time for the exhilarating London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony last Friday July 27th. Initial impressions are very positive once the lengthy set-up process has been completed most of it automatically, the user is presented with a razor-sharp, friendly and intuitive interface that cleverly combines the Electronic Programme Guide with various IP-delivered options. We will be conducting a thorough review of the Humax-built box over the next week, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy our unboxing photos. - iptv-news.com

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Techmeme: Done deal: Cisco completes $5 billion acquisition of video software firm NDS (Robin Wauters/The Next Web)

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Equiso Amazon Pre-Order - Business Insider

Kickstarter success Equiso has finally made its smart TV stick available for pre-order on Amazon. After raising 241,000 on Kickstarter, the company will be manufacturing small HDMI dongles that run Android. Head over to Amazon gt Click here to check out a video of the Equiso in action gt - businessinsider.com

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NBC fail shows network's commitment to 'the last great buggy-whip Olympics' - Heidi Moore - Comment is free - guardian.c

Normally, the Olympics would not require the kind of computer-address-scrambling technology used by revolutionaries, hackers and child pornographers but good luck trying to get at live events any other way if you happen to live on US soil. With the zeal of Pilgrim preachers hunting for witches, NBC has devoted itself to opposing the apparently morally and financially objectionable desire of Americans to watch a sports event as it happens. NBC, which has exclusive rights to the Games here, forbids me from from watching almost all Olympics events live in the United States. - guardian.co.uk

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TV should switch to internet, peers suggest - Technology - The Guardian

The switch to digital television is not yet complete, but UK households could be forced to adjust their sets again with a parliamentary inquiry now forecasting a second wave of switchover, this time from the airwaves to the internet. The government should draw up plans to have every channel, including those from the BBC, broadcast over the internet, freeing up the spectrum for other uses such as mobile phones, the House of Lords suggested on Tuesday. The recommendation comes months after most of the country's 26m television households retuned their sets from analogue to digital, with two regions the north-east and Northern Ireland due to complete the process by the end of October. - guardian.co.uk

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Superfast broadband - UK Parliament

If a paper copy of evidence is submitted, it should be clearly printed or typed on single sides of A4 paper, unstapled. The Committee may refuse evidence received in any other formats. - parliament.uk

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Olympics opening ceremony racks up 1.7 million views on BBC iPlayer - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC said there had been 925,000 iPlayer requests to view the opening ceremony on Saturday alone, from people who either missed Friday's opening extravaganza or simply wanted to replay the occasion. The corporation said its sport website had its busiest day ever on Sunday as more than 8 million users worldwide visited the site for the latest Olympics news. BBC Sport online carried 24 simultaneous streams of sporting action, with live coverage available to view on the web, smartphones and tablet computers in the UK. - guardian.co.uk

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Build a XBMC Media Center with a $35 Raspberry Pi

At Lifehacker we're big fans of the XBMC video player and home entertainment hub. Older PCs are typically used for XBMC rigs but they often come with a lot of fan noise. My Xbox 360 remote control works out of the box with this setup. - lifehacker.com

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Dido Harding: TalkTalk's head jockey steers YouView to the starting line - Media - The Observer

There were injuries too one mount, with the broadband-friendly name Unlimited Free, turned a somersault and left her strapped to a spinal board. Harding joined TalkTalk while it was still reeling from its founder Charles Dunstone's chaotic but revolutionary entry into the broadband market six years ago. Its offering of free, fast internet connections saw the company overwhelmed by demand, and then came the merger with Tiscali, a company with its own internet TV service that was itself suffering from growing pains. - guardian.co.uk

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Talk Talk reveals its YouView offer - July - 2012 - Which? News

26 July 2012 Talk Talk has revealed details of its YouView deals, offering the set top box free on its Plus package, as well as access to premium Sky channels. For more information read our first look review of YouView. On its own the set top box costs 300, but Talk Talk will be offering it free with its Plus package which costs 14.50 a month plus 13.80 for line rental. - which.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 28th July - 4th August

All this week you can watch up to 24 streams of Olympics content on Red Button satellite and cable and Connected TV. During the Olympics you can also catch up on all the latest in other sports via the BBC Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Frequent Questions about the YouView BBC iPlayer Service

Listed below are frequent questions about the new BBC iPlayer service for YouView. However, if you want to force an update or wish to ensure that you are running the latest version of iPlayer, you can do this manually by Select the Blue YV button on your remote control. Select Device Management which is available via Settings. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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Olympic TV spectacular draws 26.9m home viewers - Olympic News - Olympics - The Independent

The massive audience tuned in as Danny Boyle's 27 million spectacular took place at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, last night. Viewing figures peaked at 26.9 million, while the average was recorded as 22.4 million for the show - which ran from 9pm until 12.50am - with an audience share of 82 per cent. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Games four years ago attracted 5.9 million UK viewers, while 10.7 million watched the start of the Athens Olympics in 2004. - independent.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: The BBC's International Radio Streams During the Olympics

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2 will also now be available internationally. Radio 5 Live Sports Extra coverage of non Olympic Sports will be available as normal. Original post 27 July One of the benefits of the BBC's online radio streams is that listeners all over the world can enjoy just about all our programmes live and on demand. - bbc.co.uk

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MP demands help over TVs hit by 4G rollout - Top stories - Scotsman.com

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YouView is finally on sale: 7 reasons why it may fail paidContent

Boxes for the UKs big internet TV venture have finally gone on sale, priced a hefty 299, four years after it was conceived. On this occasion, however, it is not so helpful. Perhaps long delays ruled out other, more lucrative avenues people who will pay subscription for lots of TV are already Sky or Virgin Media subscribers. - paidcontent.org

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Have your say on TV channel - Lifestyle - Sheffield Telegraph

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Will BBC iPlayer be available on Android 4.1, Jelly Bean?

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News - SES.com

As a key UK public service broadcaster, Channel 5 broadcasts a wide variety of programming, from its own news service to current affairs, sport and children's programmes, as well as documentaries and lifestyle programmes, reality television and American drama. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide. SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. - ses.com

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ITV share price rises despite gloomy ad forecast - Media - guardian.co.uk

The ITV production business reported revenues up 34 year-on-year to 355m for the six months to the end of June, well ahead of analysts' expectations. Profits at the division, which makes shows including Titanic and Come Dine with Me, were up 32 year-on-year to 50m. ITV said that its total pre-tax profits were adversely affected by a 275m bond buyback in June. - guardian.co.uk

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Sky strikes YouView deal with TalkTalk - 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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YouView promises 50,000 channels - FT.com

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YouView limps into shops - Telegraph

The first set-top box to carry the service, which is billed as the successor to Freeview, will be available just in time for the Olympics, but at a price of 299, analysts are not expecting a rush. Manufactured by the Korean firm Humax, the device was unveiled earlier this month to a cool reception, with commentators criticising its physical size and price, which is around three times that of competing internet television devices from Apple, Roku and Google. YouView's main selling point over such rivals is that as well as apps and web browsing, it will allow viewers to go backwards up to seven days in its programme guide to catch up with shows they missed. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News - Olympics 2012: Inside the BBCs television studios

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BT confirms YouView launch this autumn Digital TV Europe

July 25, 2012 BT has confirmed that it will begin offering the YouView TV service in the autumn. The telco is one of seven launch partners for YouView, the UKs connected TV service that launched earlier this month. It said the service would appeal to customers looking for the next evolution of the Freeview service but did not reveal details of how it would bundle YouView with its broadband and telephony products. - digitaltveurope.net

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DTG :: News :: The Space launches on Freesat

This exciting venture will make some of the most innovative, creative and contemporary visual arts available for viewers everywhere. At this time a limited number of Freesat boxes/TVs are unable to receive The space but the service will become available across more Freesat receivers soon. DTG Staff 24.07.2012 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Why do I receive the message ‘Sorry, iPlayer isn’t available’ when launching BBC iPlayer on X

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Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why — seenit.co.uk

In the three or so weeks since Lord Sugar launched YouView an army of detractors have queued to rubbish the platform and/or its chances of success. Ofcoms figures showing Smart TVs are in just 5 of homes and not all are actually connected to the web quickly demolished that claim. The YouView box provides catch-up and other video on demand content. - seenit.co.uk

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Ofcom - Assessment of future mobile competition and award of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz

Information Memorandum - Ofcom has published a revised csv file for the test points for the coverage areas of the DTT stations requiring protection. This is to correct a few small anomalies that were noticed in the test points for three of the stations the test points included in the annex of the Information Memorandum itself do not have these anomalies and still apply. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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DTG :: News :: Ofcom unveils 4G auction plans

The auction of spectrum for 4G mobile services in the UK is set to get under way by the end of 2012, Ofcom has announced. The regulator said that the auction will offer the equivalent of three quarters of the mobile spectrum in use today some 80 more than released in the 3G auction which took place in 2000. The plans should see 4G mobile broadband rolled out to at least 98 of people in villages, towns and cities across the UK. - dtg.org.uk

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BBC News - Today - Satellite TV turns 50

It is 50 years since the first public satellite television images were beamed across the Atlantic from the United States to Britain and mainland Europe. Get in touch with Today via email , Twitter or Facebook or text us on 84844. - news.bbc.co.uk

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BBC boss George Entwistle considers Worldwide revamp - Media - guardian.co.uk

George Entwistle plans to investigate trimming scope of BBC Worldwide which makes more than 1bn in annual revenues. Entwistle, who officially takes over from Mark Thompson in September, is understood to be keen to bring the corporation's commercial arm closer to the public service side of the licence fee-funded BBC. Entwistle is understood to have fleshed out his thinking to the BBC Trust following his appointment as director general on 4 July. - guardian.co.uk

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Advertising picture at ITV set to be gloomier than forecast - Business News - Business - The Independent

Analysts have rushed to downgrade forecasts as it became apparent that many advertisers have decided to pull spending rather than compete with brands that are Olympic sponsors. Sky maintains that Now TV, which will offer movies for as little as 99p each, is a pro-active step to offer consumers more choice and it says it can absorb the extra cost of the Premier League rights through efficiencies. After freezing prices a year ago, Sky is expected to increase subscription costs for much of its near-10.5 million customer base this autumn. - independent.co.uk

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Campbell raises RTÉ with Minister - Local - Londonderry Sentinel

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BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Olympics - How to get 5 live Olympics Extra

It will appear between Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra. 5 live Olympics Extra is in the station list between 5 live and sports extra on a digital radio. It may appear automatically in the station list. - bbc.co.uk

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informitv - Olympic viewing plans reflect changing media usage

The Olympics has a track record of attracting a large number of television viewers. It is 64 years since the Olympics were last in London, the first time they were televised by the BBC. Over three quarters of adults in the United Kingdom say they will watch coverage of the London 2012 Olympics, although the final figure may be higher. - informitv.com

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BBC - Research and Development: Opening Up the Archives: Part 5- Finding the Content

Part of the archive of Radio Times that provides a crucial historical metadata store for the BBC. And back in the archives themselves, Alex waxes lyrical on the nature of one of the finest recordings within the BBC's extensive collection. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash Installed. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 21st - 28th July

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. For the latest information refer to the BBC Sport website. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Changes to BBC Radio online during the Olympics and Paralympics games - London 2012.

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. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Roger Mosey: Digital quirk forces Freeview change

As we get into Olympic Games-time it's going to be shorter, snappier and more frequent - maybe even daily when the action starts. What I'm going to do is pick up some of the main issues about our coverage, and give people the chance to offer us feedback. So here's the first one, which is advance notice of the way we're going to have to arrange our commentary services for the Opening Ceremony. - bbc.co.uk

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Ed Vaizey: Vouchers will help Freeview users affected by 4G - Broadband News

Many were outraged when they received word that deploying 4G technology in the UK might cause disruptions for Freeview subscribers. Just this month, MPs grilled Ed Vaizey on the matter, who responded that installing filters that cost about10 each would be able to mitigate the predicted effects of 4G on Freeview. These companies are making profits year on year, on year. Ed Vaizey responded that Ofcom would be holding consultations to determine if filters to prevent loss of access to Freeview need to be installed professionally. - broadband-expert.co.uk

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BBC - About the BBC: The Olympic Games, broadcast innovation and Super Hi-Vision

However, these London Games were highly innovative - in broadcast terms. They saw the advent of the first ever Olympic television outside broadcast operation, with programmes going direct into domestic homes. A total of 64 hours of BBC programming created. - bbc.co.uk

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Sky targets pay-TV refuseniks - 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. Broadcast Subscribers If you are a Broadcast subscriber please sign in with your email address and click submit - broadcastnow.co.uk

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Date set for networked BBC evening show : Radio Today

BBC Commissioning has released tender details of the new all-local radio evening programme, which is set to start on January 7th 2013. The speech-led show, to be broadcast on all 39 local radio stations in England, will air from 7pm till 10pm. Applications are invited from all independent production companies who can clearly demonstrate relevant experience and expertise, the BBC says. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - Olympic Games coverage: HD, robotic cameras and 3D

Technology has come a long way since the last Olympics in London in 1948, broadcast in black and white. The cables will carry ultra-high definition video, which at a resolution of 7680x4320 is an astonishing 16 times the quality of HD television. The BBC will broadcast more than 2,500 hours equivalent to almost four months of high definition television over the 17-day period, covering every sport, from every venue, on every day. - bbc.co.uk

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Now analogue is going what do you need to know about digital TV? - The Irish Times - Tue, Jul 17, 2012

In 100 days from now the signals which have kept hundreds of thousands of televisions across the State flickering companionably for generations will be switched off forever as digital television muscles itself into the frame and Ryan is the voice of the great switch off/on. It will be a pain for some people but it is still a good news story. Those who have been living in an analogue-only world dont know what they have been missing and once they get the new system they will get more channels, better sound and pictures, a fancier Aertel and an electronic programme guide EPG. - irishtimes.com

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UKTV hails magic start to 2012 - News - Broadcast

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BBC - Annual Report and Accounts 2011/12 - Download Centre

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Super Hi Vision

Experienced on a big screen, the effect is of feeling like actually being at an event. The London 2012 Olympics will be the first time this ground-breaking technology will be used to deliver exceptional quality content in the UK, so Im extremely excited that you will be able to experience it for the very first time. Building up to Games Time As mentioned earlier, weve been filming at a range of iconic London landmarks over the last couple of weeks for a special film which will play ahead of the start of the Olympic Games. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Television Centre to be sold for around £200m

Continue reading the main story The question mark shape Television Centre's architect Graham Dawbarn was given a 50 page brief for the building. Among the last teams to leave TVC is domestic television news and weather who will move to New Broadcasting House at the beginning of 2013. The news comes as the annual report shows the the cost of property has gone up by 37m this year. - bbc.co.uk

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