Tech Weekly podcast: Netflix arrives in the UK - Technology - guardian.co.uk

Neil Hunt is the interviewee on this edition of Tech Weekly. He's the chief product officer at Netflix, the online streaming service from the US that delivers movies and TV online to more than 20 million subscribers. - guardian.co.uk

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The industry speaks: what will 2012 mean for media? - Media news - Media Week

In TV, for example, they will increasingly want to find, watch and share TV/video experiences in ways that suit them. With good execution and the right marketing mix TV can make companies their fortunes as well in 2012 as ever before. As a result in 2012 we will continue to see TV stations grow as in 2011, particularly those that work hardest at creating value for advertisers through genuine collaboration and partnership. - mediaweek.co.uk

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BBC News - CES: Companies showcase new internet TV technologies

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Apple scares TV manufacturers into Googles open arms

There's something strange happening at Consumer Electronics Show 2012 that many pundits -- and, of course, the Apple Fanclub of bloggers and journalists -- pegged as impossible just six months ago. The peripherals maker gave up on Google TV, leaving Sony to go it alone. At CES, television-set makers are simply falling over one another to be a Google TV partner, as judged by the number of announcements so far. - betanews.com

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BBC News - Threat to 350 Bristol TV licensing jobs

Capita said it was proposing to move 350 jobs from its office in the city to Darwen in Lancashire and India. The union held a series of strikes over pay at Capita's TV Licensing sites during 2011. - bbc.co.uk

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Pink Tube Train For Digital Switchover - Londonist

A special pink Tube train is trundling around somewhere on the Central Line. The roseate rolling-stock is to remind Londoners that the switch to digital TV is coming soon. As well as sporting special branding on the outside, all 272 of the trains seats have fuchsia covers, while the hand rails are similarly hued. - londonist.com

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informitv - Google TV increases volume with LG and Samsung

Google TV will also run on processors other than Intel, its initial launch partner, which is no longer targeting the connected television market. New processors promise higher performance at lower cost, which will make the Google TV platform a more attractive proposition. They will initially be available in the United States in 2012. - informitv.com

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informitv - Zeebox gains Sky as a strategic investor

BSkyB has taken a 10 stake in Zeebox, just months after the launch of the social media platform. The deal will give Sky the exclusive rights in the United Kingdom to integrate the technology into its own mobile applications, starting with its Sky app. Sky Media will sell sponsorship and product placement around Zeetags that are automatically generated in response to programming. - informitv.com

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Will Robert Kyncl and YouTube Revolutionize Television? : The New Yorker

Kyncl holds a senior position at YouTube, which Google owns. He is the architect of the single largest cultural transformation in YouTubes seven-year history. People went from broad to narrow, he said, and we think they will continue to go that wayspend more and more time in the nichesbecause now the distribution landscape allows for more narrowness. Kyncl puts his whole body into his whiteboard performances, and you can almost see the champion skier he used to be. - newyorker.com

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Netflix enters UK video on demand market with tempting deals - Business - The Guardian

The US video on demand service is expected to launch in UK this week. In October Reed Hastings, the Netflix chief executive, warned investors of the scale of the task admitting that the venture is expected to take more than two years to achieve profitability in Britain, longer than in previous launch markets such as Canada. Hastings' warning was responsible in part for the shares in the one-time internet darling plunging 27. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC's Christmas Day shows attract iPlayer viewing boost - Media - guardian.co.uk

EastEnders the Christmas Day episode received more than 500,000 views in the following week. The biggest beneficiary of additional viewing after the day of broadcast was Absolutely Fabulous, which the BBC reckons saw a 75 increase in total audience over the course of the next seven days. Doctor Who received a total viewing boost of 45 in the week post-broadcast, and notched up 434,000 views on the iPlayer. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 7th - 15th January

Now in its tenth year, the Sound of 2012 is a list of the most promising new music acts for the year ahead. Those included are chosen by a panel of UK-based tastemakers who each named their favourite three new acts, with the top 15 making up the long list. The top five were ranked and revealed in reverse order live on Radio 1 during the week beginning 2nd January 2012, with one act named each day. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC News app for Connected TV: update Sony launch

Today I want to tell you about a new launch and share some details about the way the product has been used to date. Today, the product launches on the Sony connected TV platform in the UK. Im delighted that weve been able to get the product now developed from BBC Future Medias Salford base onto three sizeable platforms so quickly after launch audience response has been fantastic, but first a quick recap of the product and its key features. - bbc.co.uk

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Explore global television with TVNations

There are plenty of TV stations all across the world that stream at least some of their content online. Like many similar applications, the program organizes its channels by both genre and location. So you can click Movies, Music or News in the left-hand pane to find offerings of a particular type, for instance, or just choose your preferred location in the right-hand pane to see everything from that country. - betanews.com

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ITV gains but BSkyB loses after analyst report, while FTSE ends up on week - Business - guardian.co.uk

The bank's analysts raised their recommendation on ITV from equal weight to overweight, with an 80p a share price target. They believe ITV may get off to a slow start for the year although rival analysts at Deutsche Bank predicted a stronger advertising performance in the first quarter than previously expected but said business should pick up after that. Its analysts have moved from overweight to equal weight and cut their price target from 800p to 790p. - guardian.co.uk

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LoveFilm Signs Deal With ITV and BBC Worldwide

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The incredible shrinking TV replacement cycle Online Video News

Those in the consumer electronics industry sometimes cite TV replacement cycles in the range of anywhere from six to eight years. Thats up from about a sixth of all households two years ago, and 4 percent in 2006. What that speaks to is much more frequent purchasing among consumers than TV manufacturers typically see. - gigaom.com

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UKTV scores highest ratings ever in 2011 - 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 submission to Ofcom media plurality review - Media - guardian.co.uk

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Google will debut new Google TV at CES 2012

Google, however, still has big plans for the platform and rolled out a major update in October that endowed Google TV with Android Apps, improved search, and an overall more simple interface. If there's anything you want to know about the platform, or Marvell's partnership with Google in the Google TV project, let us know in the comments. - betanews.com

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All the latest news from Harlow, Essex. - Harlow viewers still in the dark as digital switchover looms

With less than four months to go until the final analogue transmitter covering Harlow is switched off, the council has yet to confirm whether Virgin Media will continue to provide a free service on the towns piped network. If a deal is not agreed, viewers will either have to pay hundreds of pounds to install aerials or subscribe to paid-for services provided by Virgin or Sky as Freeview set-top boxes will not work if connected to the network. The two other transmitters which cover the town at Sandy Heath and Sudbury were switched over last year. - harlowstar.co.uk

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Online TV viewing stalls - 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 BBC Red Button 24th December - 8th January

On the Red Button we'll show you how the relatively fearless cast and crew coped with steam cameras, on-set urchins and the occasional behind-the-scenes cholera outbreak. Discover more recipes on the BBC Food website. The top five will be ranked and revealed in reverse order in the week beginning 2nd January 2012, with one act named each day. - bbc.co.uk

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Freeview or Freesat: which to choose? - Ask Jack - Technology - guardian.co.uk

When choosing a digital TV setup, is Freeview or Freesat best I remember an article in the Guardian when Freesat first appeared stating that, because of its greater capacity and therefore space for HD channels, it would ultimately conquer Freeview. With Freeview and Freesat, the set-top boxes are cheap, and neither requires you to buy either tapes or discs. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: Bringing audio to the web, and the web to audio

Some of the exciting research work we do on Audio requires 50 microphones or a State of the art listening room. Some just need a web browser and our will to cooperate with the best in the industry. For almost two years now, the BBC has been active in the audio effort of the W3C, the forum where new web standards are being discussed and developed. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Non-BBC programmes and content

The BBC does not provide any guarantee to the quality, content or availability of programmes available on other websites. Why aren't all UK on-demand video services listed in BBC iPlayer In the future, radio programmes from other broadcasters will be available via the UK Radio Player. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - BBC radio cuts may threaten advice messages in crises

The LGA said proposals to share more programming and stop some medium wave services would threaten advice messages during emergencies like flooding. The BBC said local radio would continue to have a key role in an emergency. The corporation wants to axe medium wave output in areas where alternative FM services are available. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: iPlayer3D update

Generally 3D requires a high bitrate to achieve good stereoscopy. If the video bitrate is too low, depth cues are lost and the 3D becomes tiring to watch. So we had the challenging task of trying to producing high quality 3D at as low a bitrate as possible. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Last call for DQF comments

Whilst the corporation has tried to weight the savings towards 'back-room' functions and has promised that money made available from economies will be re-invested in content, audiences, particularly those for local radio, will notice the cutbacks. Lord Patten told the select committee the Trust would 'come forward with our conclusions in the early New Year.' - bbc.co.uk

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Channel 5 snubs Freeview HD again • The Register

Channel 5 is giving up on filling a Freeview HD channel, so fans of Celebrity Wedding Planner will just have to live with standard definition. The BBC is technically out of the running for the fifth Freeview HD slot, having got two of the channels already. - theregister.co.uk

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Ofcom - An approach to DAB coverage planning – interim statement - Summary of responses and update on further work

1.2 In June 2011, Ofcom published An approach to DAB coverage planning, a consultation which set out our approach to that task. 1.3 We were explicit that the document was not a policy consultation on a regulatory decision by Ofcom, given that the decisions that may follow this work are primarily to be taken by multiplex operators and by Government. Rather, we outlined that we were consulting to give a wider public and stakeholder audience the opportunity to express any views on the issues in this document, before we submit a final report to Government. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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MediaTel: Newsline: 2011 - definitely not a vintage year

Raymond Snoddy looks back at the events of 2011 - maybe not a total Bah Humbug year but we hope for much better in 2012... Let's face it, 2011 was a non-vintage year for the media, with few memories worth bottling and saving for posterity. It was a hanging on recessionary sort of year when many things didn't happen, others nearly happened and most of those that did were wholly negative if not downright depressing. - mediatel.co.uk

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Ofcom Guidance: Offensive language on radio

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YouGov should leave radio research to the experts - James Cridland

Heres a paragraph from a press release heralding a new YouGov report which appears to slag off broadcast radio. Digital Radio needing a stronger signal Just over one in five 22 of 18-24 year olds have listened to the Radio via a portable radio set including DAB. However, over one third 38 of this age group has listened to radio streamed over the internet. - james.cridland.net

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BBC TV Programme Pages: new design

Frozen Planet programme page Just over four years ago, we launched bbc.co.uk/programmesto provide apermanent, addressable page for every episode of every programme the BBC broadcasts acrossradio and television. The pages were pretty basic at launch-both visually,andinthe information they offered.Since2007they'vecontinued to evolve, growing intoan increasingly richresource.There are nowpagesfor over a million episodes, which together attract overthreemillion unique UK browsers each week. Everyprogrammenow has an Episode guideon the horizontal navigation bar. - bbc.co.uk

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WTF? EPG takes offence to Alfred Hitchc**k and Charles D***ens - Media Monkey - Media - guardian.co.uk

Virgin Media's electronic programme guide It is only right that viewers should be protected from the gratuitous use of swearwords. Charles Dickens became Charles Dens and Arsenal became Anal. We can only imagine what happened would have happened to Scunthorpe had they also featured on the broadcaster's EPG over the weekend. - guardian.co.uk

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TalkTalk joins BBFC's online classification service for YouView - News - New Media Age

new media age gives you practical, expert knowledge on how to demystify the latest digital trends and make them work for your business. Sorry, were not currently accepting new online subscriptions to nma.co.uk. - nma.co.uk

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YouGov releases consumer predictions for 2012 - Econsultancy

The main points suggest that connected TV will not be taken up with gusto just yet, smartphone users largely ignore advertising on mobiles, and that DAB digital radio hasnt quite lived up to the hype. Dan Brilot, media consulting director at YouGov, says that a main driver for adoption of smart TV in the future could be the increasing availability of content which is currently only available on broadcast television. Just over one third 36 of UK respondents aged 18-24 claimed that they would be encouraged to purchase a smart set if more of the TV content they normally watch was available on the internet. - econsultancy.com

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Will this be ITV's Christmas? - Media - The Guardian

ITV is pinning its hopes on Downton Abbey's Christmas special. People, programmes, channels and even whole broadcasters rise and fall on tides they appear only vaguely capable of affecting. The company talks with conviction about its five year plan to relieve its structural dependence on volatile advertising revenues by generating more profit from production and online. - guardian.co.uk

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Channel 5 ad take rises 28% - Media - The Guardian

Channel 5 has managed to increase its year-on-year TV advertising take by about 70m the broadcaster made about 280m in TV ad revenue in 2010 as a new sales strategy, strong programming and the return of some key advertisers fuelled huge growth this year. Desmond's deal to bring Big Brother to the channel a 20m multi-year agreement finally struck in March with the programme's producer Endemol has dramatically increased the advertiser-friendly audience of 16 to 34 year olds. The return of Aegis has flattered Channel 5's figures to an extent, but media agency sources that have analysed the impact estimate that it has accounted for less than 50 of the 70m increase this year. - guardian.co.uk

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The future of film: Difference engine: Going to the movies again? - The Economist

More and more people are waiting for Hollywood's new releases to come out on DVD or Blu-ray Discso they can experience them in the comfort of their own homes, rather than pay extortionate prices at a local multiplex for the dubious privilege of viewing them on the silver screen. There is nothing new, of course, about television's impact on the cinema. A steady erosion of ticket sales has ensued since the telly took over the living room in the middle of the last century. - economist.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 17th - 25th December

One of the most anticipated reunions in pop history took place this summer when the five original members of Take That came together for the Progress Live tour. The band first played Dingwalls in 1998, in a show to raise funds for their debut EP. Radio 2 brings Coldplay back to play classic tracks and songs from their new album, Mylo Xyloto. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom rejects probe into TV advertising - Business News - Business - The Independent

Advertising agencies and broadcasters are breathing a sigh of relief after the media regulator Ofcom decided against recommending a Competition Commission investigation into how TV ads are bought and sold. Critics allege that the system is opaque as media-buying agencies sometimes receive discounts depending on their spend and share from broadcasters, which might not always be to the benefit of advertising clients. - independent.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - How much will it cost to use BBC iPlayer on my mobile phone over 3G networks?

BBC iPlayer is a free service, but mobile network operators may charge for data used over their networks. Data allowances and mobile network tariffs are the responsibility of the mobile network operators. If you are unsure how much 3G data costs, or what your data allowance is, then contact your mobile network operator. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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DMGT to sell controlling stake in Teletext - Media - guardian.co.uk

The Teletext-owned holoday site teletextholidays.co.uk Daily Mail General Trust is to sell its Teletext service to its current management for an undisclosed sum. Teletext's web operation includes teletextholidays.co.uk, thisistravel.co.uk and villarenters.co.uk. Last year DMGT unveiled a plan to develop the Teletext Mobile division into a model similar to a games publisher where it makes its own products but also launches those of other developers. - guardian.co.uk

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Indies in frame to run first 20 local TV licences - 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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Radio 4 faces hidden cost of DQF - News - Broadcast

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BBC local radio cuts: interactive graphic - Media - guardian.co.uk

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BBC Radio celebrates billion downloads : Radio Today

The BBC has announced that more than a billion podcast of its radio programmes have been downloaded in the four and a half years since the service launched. BBC Radio say there are 320 podcast feeds available ranging from news and comedy to sport and documentaries. Downloadable content draws in new listeners to a wide range of content with nearly a third of people who download podcasts listening to radio programmes they hadnt previously listened to. - radiotoday.co.uk

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