BBC - Media Centre - Mark Thompson: The BBC in 2012 and beyond

Im going to try this evening to offer a view of the future of the BBC and of the whole of broadcasting through the prism of a single year This year, 2012. What the BBC stands for and what its priorities should be. How the new connected digital technologies are transforming the way we serve our audiences and redefining what we mean by the term broadcasting. - bbc.co.uk

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Clover s Week: Terrestrial broadcasting reaches its peak

Last months WRC conference saw the beginnings of a debate that could have far reaching consequences for broadcast and broadband alike. At issue are the future needs for wireless broadband and a possible further encroachment into the 700 MHz band. Not only are broadcasters facing potential interference to their programmes from next generation LTE services, but they may also have to give up a further portion of the band to the telcos whose devices look likely to cause the trouble. - broadbandtvnews.com

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BBC lobbies over 4G plans - News - Broadcast

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All the latest news from Harlow, Essex. - Harlow piped TV network to be switched off in December

Up to 26,000 homes currently have access to the free cable service run by Virgin Media which replaced the former master antenna cable television network installed in the 1970s. Harlow Council had hoped to secure a deal with the media giant to continue to providing free-to-air channels post-digital switchover, originally claiming the provider was legally bound to do so according to the terms of its contract. However, in a move that will benefit vulnerable residents and those living in sheltered accommodation and council-owned tower blocks, the authority yesterday Wednesday unveiled plans to set aside 650,000 to help mitigate the costs of the switchover. - harlowstar.co.uk

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TalkTalk attempts to kick-start YouView - News - Marketing Week

The broadband provider is asking new and existing customers to register their interest for the widespread trial of the TV service when they call its customer service and sales centres. Existing customers are also being actively encouraged by TalkTalk to sign up to the trial via its online forums, its 20,000-strong customer panel and its e-zine. The company also announced earlier this week it is to begin offering super-fast fibre optic broadband from April, benefiting those who want to watch live TV via the internet. - marketingweek.co.uk

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Sky and STV plan launches on YouView - News - Broadcast

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C4 reveals thinking behind 4seven plan - News - Broadcast

15 March, 2012 By Balihar Khalsa Channel 4 is to buy a Freeview slot for forthcoming repeats channel 4seven, which will be populated by its most popular shows but have the flexibility to air content that has stirred up discussion. 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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No change to Terms of Trade, Hunt hints - News - Broadcast

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Radioplayer to launch mobile and TV app on YouView - Telegraph

Hill would not reveal when the anticipated launch was, which has been postponed several times and cost the BBC at least 6m, but sources close to the operation believe it will go live on May 14 this year. The BBC and the commercial radio industry equally co-own Radioplayer, in what has become a successful not-for-profit joint venture. The player, as it turns one, attracts seven million unique monthly users and has doubled its initial user figures over the last 12 months. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC News - Project Barcelona to see BBC open archive for downloads

He added that the digital archive would stay open for good, and shows would remain available to licence fee payers. The plans will be put before the BBC Trust later this year. Mr Thompson added that more and more programmes from the archive would be added to the service. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC boss confirms TV download pay service - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC is to introduce Project Barcelona, a pay download service available to viewers to purchase programmes permanently, available minutes after broadcast. Thompson was not specific about the timescale or pricing, but sources said it was hoped that programmes would be available to buy at the same time as they go on the iPlayer. Early speculation put the price at 1.89 a show. - guardian.co.uk

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Ariel - Details confirmed on 5 live Olympics Extra

With a service budget of 200,000, 5 live Olympics Extra will be available from July 23 to August 15 the actual games run from July 27 to August 12 and will focus on live coverage that cannot fit into the schedules of its sister stations. BBC Three's hours will extend into daytime during the games, when it will be dedicated to Olympic coverage. Usually broadcast between 7pm and around 5am, the channel will revert to its normal schedule at 11pm and keep its hourly news bulletins. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - Channel Islands TV signals affected by high pressure

Many viewers have reported difficulties receiving BBC TV channels. A spokesman for the BBC's Reception Advice service said the high pressure was causing problems to the links between transmitters. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC should consider pressures on print journalists - News - Broadcast

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BSkyB movie probe widened to include Netflix and LoveFilm - Media - guardian.co.uk

On Wednesday the long-running investigation, which published a revised deadline of July for delivering its final report, said that it needed to extend the consultation to take into account changes in the movie market. The commission also pointed to the need to assess LoveFilm, which is owned by internet retailer Amazon and has extended its rental-by-post model to offer streaming movies to customers. BSkyB recently announced that it intends to launch its own internet service, which will include Sky Movies, that will stand alone from its TV channel subscription offering. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC News - UK may get 4G network in 2012 via Everything Everywhere

The regulator says it has received an application by Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum to offer the higher-speed service. It says it does not believe the move by the owner of the Orange and T-Mobile networks would distort competition. It has given other parties four weeks to submit their views about the proposed change. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC saves £77,000 on Worldwide chairmans salary - Business News - Business - The Independent

Mr Thompson's surprise appointment, in addition to his duties as director-general, means the BBC will not have to conduct an external search for the job. It will also save on the 77,000-a-year salary paid to Mr Webb, the former British Airways legal counsel who has taken the same position at Rolls-Royce. - independent.co.uk

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Crozier: Sky retransmission fees are wrong - News - Broadcast

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Deal or No Deal: Channel 4 to face commission over gambling concerns - Media - guardian.co.uk

Presenter Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal. The Gambling Commission is to meet C4 bosses over whether the gameshow constitutes gambling. It is understood to have particular concerns about the Noel Edmonds gameshow, which broadcast for the first time on Channel 4 in 2005. - guardian.co.uk

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informitv - Roku plans expansion for small box with big ambitions

Roku is aiming to raise up to 50 million in the coming months. Roku has launched in the United Kingdom with two models available through online retailers. It provides 1080p high-definition video streaming through HDMI, as well as standard definition composite video output. - informitv.com

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informitv - BBC plans online retail of television programmes

The BBC is reportedly considering plans to allow viewers in the United Kingdom to pay to download old and new television shows a price points around 1.89 per programme. Known as Project Barcelona, it is the latest in a series of initiatives to exploit BBC programming online. In January it was reported that the BBC was planning to charge viewers for access to archive programming, but this proposal seems to include recently transmitted programmes. - informitv.com

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Ofcom - Arqiva: Local TV feasibility study and Reference Offer

The coverage predictions contained in the Coverage Note are based upon certain technical assumptions, one of which is that there is space on the existing transmission masts to accommodate transmitting antennas for the local TV services. Ofcom subsequently commissioned transmission company Arqiva to carry out a short study to assess the feasibility of building local TV infrastructure at each of the proposed locations and of accommodating antennas on the transmitter masts. This provides confirmation that it should be possible in practice to build transmission infrastructure that provides coverage similar to that illustrated in the Coverage Note. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC Red Button Blog 10th - 17th March

The red button is sure to reveal all. You will be able to join in the sessions live online from 12 noon each day, and then watch highlights on the tellybox Red Button from your comfy sofa at 7pm each day. Every Saturday press the red button during the show to pit your wits against our studio contestants. - bbc.co.uk

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Deal or No Deal faces Gambling Commission probe as top TV gameshows face crackdown - Mail Online

It is against the law to run non-skill games for money without a gambling licence raising the extraordinary prospect of producers being jailed if they defy the warning. Last night, one legal expert said that in order to comply with a licence, Deal Or No Deal could be forced to move to a time slot after the 9pm watershed, it could also face tight restrictions on the type of advertising allowed to be sold in the commercial breaks and the amount of pre-broadcast publicity it could receive. The programme, which has been presented by Edmonds since it was first broadcast in 2005, regularly attracts an audience of more than four million in its afternoon slot. - dailymail.co.uk

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Gore: Current TV is 'an inconvenient channel' - News - Broadcast

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iPlayer chief urges firms to simplify connected TV - News - Broadcast

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BBC - Newsbeat - Ofcom lodges porn TV complaint with Dutch regulator

The broadcasting watchdog says channels such as Babestation and Smile TV are accessible by children on Freeview. Ofcom thinks they may also be in breach of regulations regarding the promotion of website content to under-18s. That means the media watchdog Ofcom does not have the power to ban them or even block them in the UK. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - J Murdochs BSkyB fate in MPs hands

8 March 2012 Last updated at 0446 ET Has a report by a select committee of MPs ever before decided whether a business person kept his or her senior job Equally if the committee felt minded to unambiguously criticise his stewardship of News Int, again those non-execs would probably feel obliged to ask Mr Murdoch to step down. What it comes down to is not just whether MPs believe Mr Murdoch when he says he was in the dark about the extent of illegal and allegedly illegal activities by News International staff till the end of 2010. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom steps-up BSkyB scrutiny - News - Broadcast

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Ofcom looks at stripping Murdoch of BSkyB - TV Radio - Media - The Independent

It is a considerable escalation in Ofcom's response to the disclosures that News Corp's British newspaper subsidiary, News International, has engaged in widespread criminality. Rupert Murdoch abandoned the bid shortly after closing NOTW. - independent.co.uk

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Ofcom steps up test of James Murdoch's fitness to keep BSkyB role - Media - The Guardian

James Murdoch, who is said to be determined to retain his position at the head of BSkyB. The existence of Project Apple emerged following a freedom of information disclosure by Ofcom in response to questions from the Financial Times. It is understood the Ofcom officials are liaising with the Metropolitan Police's Weeting and Elveden teams investigating hacking and bribery allegations and studying evidence given to the Leveson inquiry on press standards. - guardian.co.uk

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60-year-old TV set goes digital - This is Kent

THERE are just three months to go before the plug is pulled on old-style analogue TV transmissions. Now it will allow Mr Maley and his wife to watch the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations 60 years on. Research indicates most viewers are well prepared for the switch-over on June 13. - thisiskent.co.uk

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Channel 4 launches new channel, 4seven - Radio Times

Channel 4 today announced the launch of its first new channel since More4 came on air in 2005. 4seven will show programmes screened on Channel 4 during the previous seven days, with content chosen based on the buzz it has created online, via social networking sites and blogs, and among critics. The new channel will be available via Freeview, and as part of Sky and Virgin Media subscriptions. Channel 4's catch-up website, 4oD, already provides access to recently broadcast programmes, as well as an archive of older content, but requires an IPTV or other internet-connected device to enable it to be watched via a television set. - radiotimes.com

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Audio description on TV - RNIB

If you're struggling to see your favourite television programmes then Audio Description AD, a free service, may be for you. AD is also available in Welsh on selected programmes. To get audio described TV programmes, you will need digital television. - rnib.org.uk

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BBC radio gets boost as Sky slashes retrans fees - News - Broadcast

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Ariel - Complaining made simple

8 March 2012 Last updated at 1043 The BBC Trust is proposing changes to the complaints process which will simplify and streamline the system. One idea - which is likely to prove controversial - is to focus resource on serious complaints by 'ending correspondence on trivial, misconceived, hypothetical, repetitious or otherwise vexatious' ones.' People aggrieved to learn their complaint falls into one of those categories will have the option of an appeal to the Trust. The proposals are being put out for public consultation and arise from the Trust's review of the complaints system last year. - bbc.co.uk

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Sign our petition here! - Comment - Broadcast

About Broadcast Broadcast is the leading title for the broadcast industry. With up-to-the minute industry news, unrivalled analysis and commentary, insider industry information and business critical data. Broadcast provides the insight to keep you at the forefront of the industry. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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BSkyB to cut BBC transmission charges by more than £5m a year - Media - guardian.co.uk

Cash act the BBC can use the money it saves on Sky fees to transmit shows, such as EastEnders, to reduce cuts in local radio. The satellite broadcaster is reducing what it charges the BBC to transmit its TV channels and radio stations by more than 5m a year, with the corporation planning to use the windfall to reduce the local radio cuts. Sky has said that it will slash those costs by over 50 by 2014 from 24.4m to 11m for the main broadcasters a combined saving of more than 16m. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 4 to launch 4seven catchup channel in the summer - Media - The Guardian

Channel 4 is forecasting that if the new channel gets the go ahead it will boost commercial impacts by about 7 to 10. Photograph Channel 4 Channel 4 has given the green light to a new TV channel, to be called 4seven, that will allow viewers to catch repeats of its most popular shows from this summer. The new channel, which has been developed under the code name Project Shuffle, will allow viewers who missed the first live broadcast of Channel 4's most popular shows the opportunity to catch up with them over the next seven nights. - guardian.co.uk

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Apple updates Apple TV: adds 1080p, iCloud support

The device, which Apple said last January has sold in excess of 4.2 million units, has been upgraded to 1080p resolution with a new user interface to take advantage of the higher definition output. It will be available on March 16, but will go up for order today. More information on the new Apple TV is pending. - betanews.com

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Freeview 'porn' sparks Ofcom action - Media - guardian.co.uk

Babestation and Smile TV broadcast free to air on digital terrestrial TV service Freeview between 10pm and 6am. Adult channels feature in two blocks on the Freeview electronic programme guide, 93-98 and 190-198. Ofcom has previously revoked the broadcast licences of adult pay-TV channels including Tease Me for repeatedly airing material that was too sexually explicit for pre-watershed hours. - guardian.co.uk

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talkSPORT changes to 24 hour sport : Radio Today

talkSPORT will fully live up to its name from April 2nd when it switches to a 24 hour sports station. It will offer breaking sports news both day and night and increase its coverage of international sports overnight. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - Deutsche Telekom claims record data transfer record

6 March 2012 Last updated at 1110 ET Deutsche Telekom says it has set a new data transfer speed record over a long distance and outside a laboratory. The German firm says it achieved a usable bit rate of 400Gbps gigabits per second over a single channel of its fibre optic network. That is more than double the 186Gbps record set by researchers in the US and Canada last year. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Introducing the BBC News Control Panel on Facebook

Just a few years ago, most people arrived at our site by typing in the website address bbc.co.uk/news. Fewer than 50 of the 8 million visitors to the News website every day see our front page and the rest arrive directly at a story, video page or section index. We can see from our referral information that this change in user habits is in large part down to the growing amount of time many are now spending using social network services such as Facebook or Twitter. - bbc.co.uk

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What will happen to ITV when its luck runs out? - Media - guardian.co.uk

Eyes on the prize ITV enjoyed lower programming costs last year because there was no football World Cup. Revenues up in 2011, profits up, earnings up and balance sheet cleared of troublesome debt. They inherited a business on the rebound from the worst advertising recession in living memory, and, as anyone who has followed ITV's fortunes will know, difficult questions do not tend to be asked when revenues are rising. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC boss says Sky does not give CBBC and CBeebies prominence on EPG - Media - guardian.co.uk

Above it are channels such as Nicktoons, Boomerang and six Disney services. However, the broadcaster does have some discretion and Ofcom does not currently have the power to prescribe positioning on the EPG. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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YouView Launching in May? - Gizmodo UK

The concept of YouView is to bundle up all the on-demand and catch-up TV offerings of the UKs broadcasters and serve it all through one internet-enabled set-top-box. YouViews been undergoing trials this year, so it really ought to happen soon, lest we all stop caring in the slightest. - gizmodo.co.uk

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UTV signs new network deal - UTV Live News

The affiliate relationship will reflect ITV's role and responsibility as the principal driving force behind the Channel 3 schedule, in terms of funding, acquisition and scheduling of content. - u.tv

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