4G networks to disrupt TV signals for two million homes - Telegraph

The culture minister Ed Vaizey said 945,000 households that use signal amplifiers could be afftected, as well as 953,000 households that rely on communal aerials. The mobile operators are currently preparing to introduce 4G networks, which offer mobile internet access typically 10 times faster than 3G, over the next three years. An Ofcom auction of radio spectrum licences has been delayed by legal wrangling, however. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News - Ceefax founding editor Colin McIntyre dies at 85

Colin McIntyre, who worked for the BBC for 30 years, died in hospital on Thursday after a short illness. When Ceefax was launched in 1974, he updated all 24 news pages on his own, feeding punch tape into machines. When he retired in 1982, Ceefax had a 20-strong team. - bbc.co.uk

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Why London can’t afford low-budget TV if it’s a world city - News - East London Advertiser

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Its aim is to reflect London lifebut could also promote the capital as a true world city. London is among the first 21 areas across the UK being offered franchises next year, under Government plans for a new network of city-based channels. - eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's on BBC Red Button 19th - 26th May

Press the Red Button for an interactive Eurovision experience allowing users to sing along to the lyrics of all the songs, in both English and the original languages. Along the way, they'll ask lots of fun questions which you can answer using the coloured buttons on your remote control. Every Saturday press the Red Button during the show to pit your wits against the studio contestants. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - About the BBC: The first Russian Service TV broadcast from New Broadcasting House

For me - someone who has spent almost 15 years of my professional life on the radio as a DJ, talk show host, reporter, and a news and current affairs presenter - it was a new chapter and a new challenge too. Our programme covers international events and reflects on how the international community, including Britain, reacts to significant news from Russia. - bbc.co.uk

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YouView 'on track for summer launch' - Telegraph

However, sources close to Lord Sugar revealed to The Telegraph last month that he did not think the box would be ready until the end of 2012. Boxes are expected to retail for around 200 and people can also acquire YouView as part of bundle offering when signing up for broadband with TalkTalk or BT. Consumers will need access to a digital TV signal and a broadband connection for the box to work. - telegraph.co.uk

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Sky News referred to CPS and attorney general after naming rape victim - Media - guardian.co.uk

Ched Evans was jailed for five years last month at Caernarfon crown court. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. - guardian.co.uk

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Volkswagen to fit DAB radio as standard : Radio Today

Vauxhall have also committed to the same timescale, with Ford saying the majority of new vehicles will include DAB by the end of 2013. People love listening to the radio in their cars and fitting digital means drivers and passengers will be able to enjoy the great range of stations on offer. VW, together with Ford and Vauxall, they represent 35 of annual new vehicles sold. The vehicle industry has been asked by Government to prepare for a transition to digital radio, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said it expects its members to include digital radio as standard in most vehicles by the end of 2013. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Why can I not download any editions of CBeebies Birthday Cards on BBC iPlayer?

CBeebies Birthday Cards are not TV programmes in the traditional sense, as they are part of the links that transmit in between programmes. This means that regrettably, for technical reasons, we are not able to publish them onto BBC iPlayer in the usual way, and currently can provide PC streaming options only, rather than the full range of viewing and download options. However we are aware of the demand for CBeebies Birthday Cards downloads to be made available. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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Amazing Radio explains DAB disappearance : Radio Today

Amazing Radio has ceased broadcasting on the national Digital One multiplex this week, and has written an open letter to the radio industry to explain why. It states transmissions ceased because they were unable to secure acceptable terms for a contract extension. This letter explains what happened, and why we think it is important for all of us who love radio and care about music. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Communications green paper delayed while Jeremy Hunt deals with Leveson - Media - guardian.co.uk

Policy thoughts go on the back burner Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt had hoped to publish the communications green paper in the spring. Those close to Hunt's Department for Culture, Media and Sport say the communications green paper, which will set out the government's initial policy thinking in areas as diverse as internet piracy, public service broadcasting and spectrum allocation, has largely been written but is now unlikely to be published until autumn at the earliest. There are also suggestions that the green paper could be shelved completely, with ministers instead moving to publish a white paper that by then would incorporate any relevant recommendations arising from the Leveson inquiry about the future of press regulation. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC shrinks Red Button: Loses 8 channels after the Olympics • The Register

The changes were proposed last year, but have now been confirmed by the BBC Trust as picked up by the a516 blog. - theregister.co.uk

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Buying a new TV - LED, LCD and plasma TV reviews - TV DVD - Which? Technology

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RAJAR: More listeners for BBC Locals : Radio Today

It worked for 6 Music and has the threat of cutbacks has given BBC Local Radio a boost of a quarter of a million listeners in the last quarter. BBC Local Radio in England is up 263,000 listeners on the quarter to 7.6m with market share also up to is at 9, up from 8.2 last year. The increase comes as the BBC DQF program, announced yesterday, proposed a national evening show and the removal of local early breakfast shows. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Ariel - World News has breakthrough year

The record reach for the international news channel is boosted by significant new distribution deals and by the global audience's hunger for 'unspun' news in turbulent times, according to World News Commercial Director Colin Lawrence. 'No coincidence' Homes that receive the commercially-funded channel on a 24/7 basis have also increased, from 179m to more than 200m. 'It's no coincidence we've made this progress in what has been a year of huge international news and events,' he added. - bbc.co.uk

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EPG slots concern local TV bidders - 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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DAB radio now standard on all VW models - Autoblog UK

Partly because of the issue of car radios, the proportion of people currently listening via DAB is way below the 50 target set by the government as the point at which switchover could start to happen. For those who have an analogue car radio i.e. the vast majority of us, there are some clever systems appearing that will convert them to digital use a bit like when people used a Freeview box with the old analogue TV signal. We have been using a DAB radio in our long-term-test Ford Focus and we certainly would not want to go back to analogue. - uk.autoblog.com

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Blue Peter cut from BBC1 as Childrens television programmes move to digital channels - TV Radio - Media - Th

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Ariel - Local radio to keep afternoon shows

16 May 2012 Last updated at 1111 Most local radio stations will keep their own afternoon shows, and they will lose fewer journalists and reporters than originally proposed under DQF. The trust agreed that local radio will now face cuts of 8m a year rather than the 15m that had been mooted by the BBC. Planned savings to content making of 8.5m have been reduced to just over 2.1m. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom - BBC Trust Significance Tests

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BBC Trust - Strategy

Please visit the BBC Trust homepage to find the information you want. you may have typed the web address incorrectly - please check the spelling, or that there are no spaces or capital letters. Alternatively, please try the other links and search box on this page. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC Trust - Trust's service review of BBC Local Radio

Please visit the BBC Trust homepage to find the information you want. you may have typed the web address incorrectly - please check the spelling, or that there are no spaces or capital letters. Alternatively, please try the other links and search box on this page. - bbc.co.uk

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Former BBC Trust chairman says search for new DG should be widened - Media - guardian.co.uk

Lyons said he does not believe there is a single standout successor to Mark Thompson within the BBC, due to a failure to institute succession planning. Panorama occasionally takes risks, but there is not enough investment in it, though it's a touchstone. Also there's a danger, of taking premature positions on international news the BBC was enamoured of the Arab spring. - guardian.co.uk

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From 6am to 1am, daily: BBC1 runs into Olympic overload - Olympics - Sport - The Independent

Then the corporation was criticised for profligacy the final took place more than 1,000 miles away in Soweto. In all there will be 2,500 hours of coverage spanning 25 channels showing every second of Olympic action. BBC 1 will show nothing but Olympics from 6am until 1am, with the occasional break for news. - independent.co.uk

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Apple TV, iTV release date, specs and rumours - PC Advisor

We know its going to be called iTV. Apple iTV rumours, release date, specs But do we It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud. - pcadvisor.co.uk

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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/techandgadgets/the-smart-approach-connectivity-is-playing-key-role-in-the-home-775321

Today we have hundreds of television channels at our disposal but it is still not enough. The term Smart TV like smartphone is not an indication of intelligence but of possibility. The sets have Wi-Fi built-in or they are Wi-Fi ready meaning you have to splash out a little extra on a separate dongle in order to get things working. - thisislondon.co.uk

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Ofcom: Now's your chance to make Local TV for Local People • The Register

Ofcom has received 87 expressions of interest from groups interested in running Local TV channels, and three companies interested in broadcasting them, so has launched the beauty contest to see who gets to be the next Alan Partridge. Local TV should be up and running within the next two years, in the 21 locations selected for the first roll out, but those interested in running a channel need to get their application in by August 13 to be considered in a process which will let the regulator decide who will provide the best, and most sustainable, local content. The channels will be broadcast at low power in White Space spectrum not being used locally for one of the proper channels. - theregister.co.uk

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Broadband Britain mapped: your web speeds - Technology - guardian.co.uk

We asked you to test your broadband speeds for us. You can filter by actual speed - or click on a dot to see what people said about their broadband. Explore and debate this data More data journalism and data visualisaitons from the Datastore - guardian.co.uk

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ISPs must improve speed info says Ofcom - May - 2012 - Which? News

15 May 2012 Ofcom reveals results of broadband speeds mystery shopping Ofcom has released results of research that some broadband providers aren't consistently providing speed estimates to potential customers. In a mystery shopping exercise, TalkTalk and BT Total Broadband were less likely than other providers to give an estimated speed with prompting from the caller. The research, undertaken by Ofcom, has highlighted areas where it says providers need to improve. TalkTalk and BT are just two of the provider rated by their customers in Which's twice annual broadband survey. - which.co.uk

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Channel 4 chief upbeat despite main network's audience share dropping - Media - guardian.co.uk

David Abraham says Channel 4's 2011 figures have held up better than its rival terrestrial broadcasters. The flagship Channel 4 network had a 6.8 share of the audience in 2011, falling to 5.9 without its timeshifted offering, Channel 4 1. This was down from 7 in 2010 and its lowest since 1984, when it had a 6 share including Welsh-language channel, S4C. - guardian.co.uk

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Wales should seek own C3 licence, report says - News - Broadcast

11 May, 2012 By Catherine Neilan The Welsh government should seek a specific Channel 3 licence as part of a range of measures to safeguard the nations media interests, a new report has recommended. 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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Channel 4 reports £44m profit for 2011 - Media - guardian.co.uk

The company's annual report showed that the flagship public service channel ran up a 41.9m deficit, compared to 6.5m the year before, but the loss was eliminated by income generated elsewhere. Channel 4 ended the year with an increased bank balance of 292m. David Abraham, the chief executive, said that the broadcaster would start running down its cash pile to closer to 200m and indicated that the channel did not expect to break even in 2012. - guardian.co.uk

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Ofcom raises concerns over C4 News ratings - 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 News - Today - 80 years of Broadcasting House

Get in touch with Today via email , Twitter or Facebook or text us on 84844. - news.bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - BBC to buy £15m of local tv content

As part of the 2010 licence fee settlement, the corporation agreed to provide 40m for the creation of a 'new generation' of local tv services - an initiative championed by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. From today, media regulator Ofcom are inviting applications from local tv companies to broadcast in 21 locations across the UK. They will award the licences this autumn but the BBC will not be involved in their selection. - bbc.co.uk

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ATV Today News Ofcom may review existing EPG code

Ofcom have stated that they might review and change current code on where channels can be placed. The channel number on an electronic programme guide EPG can be vital for securing a good viewing audience. As Ofcom opens up for applications for new local television stations, Sky and Virgin Media have been asked where they intend to place the new local services. - atvtoday.co.uk

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Ballymena Times readers urged to watch out for information packs - Local - Ballymena Times

The Switchover Help Scheme is writing directly to people that are eligible for help and most eligible people in the area will receive their first letter and information pack through the post any day now. The pack, which is also available in a range of alternative formats, explains all the options available to eligible people and contains important information on how they can get help to convert one TV to digital in time for switchover which begins on October 10. Other options and equipment are also available, some at an extra cost, and these are outlined in the information pack. - ballymenatimes.com

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TV Catchup Beta Now available for Android

TV Catchup, the service that lets you stream live freeview channels direct to your handset for free is now available in beta format for Android. Changed app behaviour so that on a tablet in full screen mode, if a video error occurs then selecting cancel will cause the application to change back to preview mode. Added loading dialogue to tablets prior to Honeycomb. - coolsmartphone.com

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City on course to get local TV station - This is South Wales

The city is one of 21 locations to be chosen to take part in the pioneering scheme and could begin transmitting programmes as soon as 2013. Ofcom is now inviting companies to bid for a licence to run the new service. Once up and running the local TV service will be broadcast on Freeview and be available to the majority of households within the transmitter area. - thisissouthwales.co.uk

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London set for its own TV station as Ofcom invites bids for franchise - Business - London 24

It is one of the first 21 areas across the UK being offered franchises next year, under Government plans for a new network of city-based channels. Ofcom, the broadcast industrys independent regulator, opened the bidding following yesterdays announcement from Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. I hope to see exciting bids for the new TV channel, he said. - london24.com

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Government invites companies to bid to run Plymouth TV station - This is Plymouth

THE Government is inviting firms to bid to run Plymouth's new local TV station. Ofcom wants to hear from applicants for the licence to run the new service, which is expected to launch on air as early as next year. Plymouth is one of the first 21 areas across to the UK to be given the opportunity to have its own local TV station. - thisisplymouth.co.uk

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Norman: ITV ready for connected TV - 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 seeks technocrat with vision - Media - guardian.co.uk

The next BBC director general will have to outline a vision to avoid its terminal decline. The BBC has not faced a radical challenge to its very purpose and existence since the dying days of the Thatcher government. Within six months of taking charge of the BBC, the next DG will have to prepare a vision that will see it through perhaps its most demanding and life-threatening period since 1926. - guardian.co.uk

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Saorsat: Ireland’s Freesat launches to reach the two per cent without a TV aerial - Recombu

Unlike Freesat, Saorsat doesnt share satellites with the very popular Sky pay-TV service at the Astra 2 location. Instead, its on Ka-Sat at 9E, about 19 degrees to the West of the Astra 2 satellites, although an experienced installer can get both on the same dish. Theres a coverage checker at http//coverage.rtenl.ie/. - recombu.com

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VLV: 4G Freeview disruption ‎"an outrage" - 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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It could be time to retune - Local News - Biggleswade Today

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Ofcom - Licensing Local Television - Statement

Statement published 100512, updated 150512 Background 1.1 Three Orders have been passed by Parliament, which give Ofcom the necessary powers and duties to license a new generation of local television services. 1.2 Ofcom has consulted on how it would exercise these new powers and duties to create a licensing framework for local television. We set out our proposals before the Orders were passed so as not to delay the timetable for launching new local TV services. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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Ofcom - Ofcom invites applications for first 21 local TV channels

Ofcom today invited applications for 21 local TV channels across the UK. This follows new duties given to Ofcom by Parliament to license local TV. In addition to inviting applicants for 21 stations, Ofcom is today also inviting applications to run the local TV multiplex. - media.ofcom.org.uk

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Letters: The truth about Sky's free choice - Media - The Guardian

Sky buys its customers by buying their choices, by buying rights and companies so it controls how people can see the programmes previously free-to-air. There is a mass of programmes from the US channels it has bought, and films from their studios. Then Sky simply steps in and uses its financial might to outbid the terrestrial channels and take the programmes. - guardian.co.uk

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