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Tuesday 11 October 2011, AM

C4 News studio begins revamp - News - Broadcast

10 October, 2011 By Balihar Khalsa Channel 4 News has moved to a virtual studio temporarily as its regular studio is refurbished as the long-running overhaul comes to an end. 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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Ariel - Steve Hewlett wins Nick Clarke honour

10 October 2011 Last updated at 1314 Steve Hewlett's expertise and style have earned him The Nick Clarke award for the year's best broadcast interview. The Nick Clarke award was launched in 2008 in memory of former World at One presenter Clarke, who died in 2006. - bbc.co.uk

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Monday 10 October 2011, AM

4G auction faces further delay as Ofcom postpones date of sale - Media - The Guardian

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has called the four UK network bosses to a meeting on 21 November, where he will attempt to thrash out a consensus. Photograph Christopher Thomond/Guardian Regulators have again postponed the date of the multibillion pound 4G mobile phone spectrum auction, with the sell-off now due at the end of 2012, in a move which could delay the creation of the high-quality mobile internet services needed to keep up with the explosion in smartphone use. The UK was originally meant to hold the auction for part of the spectrum in 2009. - guardian.co.uk

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It's the end of the road for BBC cuts - until next time - Media - The Observer

Take out 20 of BBC costs, lose 2,000 jobs before 2017, and there won't be any more fat or much sinew left to cut. Another 1.6 never mind 16 off the top and the corporation will be shrinking pitifully before our eyes, ditching channels and not worth the money we're being asked to pay. It is long on repeats and gives short shrift to off-peak and off-form programming late night, through the wastes of the BBC2 afternoon, local radio stations outside drive time. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Feedback: Lord Patten on DQF and the cuts

After over half a century's service it is to be sold, along with the BBC's other buildings there a few hundred yards up Wood Lane. Those cuts will be implemented immediately, but the proposals for cuts in programme content will be the subject of public consultation. In addition to the proposed cuts to Radio 3 an inquiry is taking place into the BBC orchestras, which must fear that at least one of them will be chopped. - bbc.co.uk

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Stephen Glover: The BBC is wrong to cut back local radio - Stephen Glover, Opinion - The Independen

Incompetent councillors and dodgy businessmen must have drawn comfort from last week's announcement by Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, about cutbacks to local radio and television. Although most local stations are run on a shoestring, the axe is falling harder on them than on better funded parts of the Corporation. During the afternoon the output of your local station will amalgamate with that of one or more of its neighbours. - independent.co.uk

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US public broadcaster bids for slice of BBC s market - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Supported by Federal government funding and private donations, the not-for-profit PBS network is watched by more than 124 million US viewers. Inspired by the BBC, PBS was created in 1970 to ensure diversity in an environment dominated by commercial television networks. The channel is hoping to capitalise on budget cuts, announced last week that will mean less current affairs on BBC2 and reduced funding for BBC4. - independent.co.uk

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You can't touch the BBC but it has more value than a Steve Jobs product - Media - The Guardian

Clasp either and the totality of Jobs's vision is before you from the single button on the front of the casing to the choice of fonts. Compare that to the BBC, in the news on the same day as Jobs's death last week. You can't hold the BBC, or a television programme. - guardian.co.uk

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DQF: winners and losers - 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 cuts at-a-glance - 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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Friday 07 October 2011, PM

YouTube Blog: YouTube now has movies in the UK

Now, over a thousand full-length feature films from major Hollywood and British studios are available for rent in the UK at youtube.com/movies. Theres always more to explore on YouTube. Many movie pages also feature YouTube Movie Extras with free behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, parodies, clips and remixes from YouTubes unique community of content creators. - youtube-global.blogspot.com

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Ariel - BBC Four to remain a jewel in new complementary role

Although all have been spared for the time being, some could be axed further down the line, he told a press conference after today's DQF announcements. 'There will be no line management roles between the different TV channels and each will continue to have strong characters of their own,' he added. One plan under consideration was to broadcast every single BBC Prom on television as well as radio, Thompson said. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC News - Lord Patten defends plans for BBC cuts

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DQF leaves the BBC bruised but not broken - Comment - 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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Cuts will leave BBC2 screening mostly repeats - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Radio 3 will broadcast far fewer live and orchestral concerts, while Radio 5 Live will be told to drop comedy shows and deploy fewer staff at sporting events. Factual programmes will no longer be made in Birmingham, which only a generation ago was home to a major BBC production centre at Pebble Mill. However, Radio 4's long-running serial The Archers will continue to be recorded in the city. - independent.co.uk

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Thursday 06 October 2011, PM

BBC cuts will have little impact on viewers - this time - Media - The Guardian

If the BBC director general Mark Thompson is right that there is not much fat left to cut, then the next time he will face stark choices. He has found a hefty 700m in annual savings by 2016/17 to ensure that the licence fee is held flat, but he has done it in such a way that there will be little impact on viewers. All the channels and radio stations are intact, and if there are only arts and archive programmes on BBC4 or there are a few more repeats on BBC1, so be it. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC cuts: where the axe will fall, visualised and listed - News - guardian.co.uk

Photograph Leila Cutler/Alamy BBC stations and channels face big cuts announced today - a total of 700m in savings per annum by 2016/7. Radio 3 will see a cut in original drama, live music and concerts and there will be a review of the BBC's orchestras and singers. Data summary BBC cuts by station, October 2011 Click heading to sort table. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC memo on newsroom cuts - full text - Media - guardian.co.uk

There are savings relating to the scope of what we do, which affect particular services and teams. There are savings because of decisions in Audio and Music and Future Media. Finally there are changes across the BBC as a whole which will affect us. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC s DQF proposals how they affect radio : Radio Today

In addition the BBC is to end some medium wave and long wave transmissions, while digital station Asian Network sees its budget cut by 34. Across the BBC as a whole, around 2,000 jobs will go by 2017 as part of the plans to save 670m a year. Network radio stations will see more repeated programmes, although Radio 4s budget remains largely unchanged and even a commitment to produce more landmark programmes such as A History of the World in 100 Objects. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC cuts: nearly 2,000 jobs to go - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC will axe nearly 2,000 jobs as it looks to save 670m a year in long-awaited cost-cutting plans announced on Thursday morning. There will also be wide-ranging cuts to the BBC's radio output, with the exception of Radio 4. As anticipated, BBC director general Mark Thompson has avoided the wholesale axing of one of its digital channels or services. - guardian.co.uk

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Ariel - DQF - the details

One thousand more posts will go to Salford. The Sports rights budget will be cut by 15. BBC One's spend on films and bought-in programmes will reduce. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC confirms 2,000 job cuts - 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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Thursday 06 October 2011, AM

BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Putting BBC Content on the Xbox LIVE

This is part of our broad strategy to ensure that audiences have access to our online service, whenever and wherever they want and across all four screens TV, mobile, tablet and desktop. Within the BBC, our job is to deliver opportunities to work with lots of different platforms and technologies and as part of this work, we have today announced a deal with Microsoft. I look forward to letting you know in the future about other partnerships that we have been working on. - bbc.co.uk

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Wednesday 05 October 2011, PM

Barb planning ratings update - News - Broadcast

5 October, 2011 By Jake Kanter Barb plans to launch a cross industry forum that will aim to establish a more coherent way of measuring total TV consumption. 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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Ariel - NUJ settles dispute with BBC

The issue led to a one day strike by NUJ members in August, followed by a work-to-rule. NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet told Ariel 'It's a big relief to have this resolved. Whilst we are not able to guarantee there will be no compulsory redundancies, we are pleased that following agreement on these redeployment commitments, the NUJ has agreed to end the current national dispute.' - bbc.co.uk

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Wednesday 05 October 2011, AM

Win for pub landlady but Premier League may take second leg - Media, News - The Independent

The ECJ ruled that pubs should not be able to show copyrighted material such as the Premier League graphics and opening sequences without the authorisation of the league, which may now insist on its logo being shown on broadcasts throughout matches. She will now return to the High Court with the 48-page court ruling in her favour. The finding creates a headache for the Premier League, which next year will start tendering for new broadcast contracts which come into effect in 2013. - independent.co.uk

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Analysis: pub landlady v Premier League - Media - The Guardian

The first loser, according to the court, was the Premier League. Many, including Nova from Greece, the broadcaster once optimistically used by Murphy, before all this court case started, have the rights to show all 380 Premier League games a year, 3pm kick-offs and all, with English commentary. Suddenly, the Premier League has just lost the basis upon which it, and every other sports body, has generated income for years. - guardian.co.uk

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Premier League TV ruling is victory for lawyers not hard-pressed fans - David Conn - Football - The Guardian

The EU views the issue of football on TV through the prism of free competition throughout Europe. When the EU becomes involved in sport, the organisation which speaks for all Europe seems too often wrapped up in a language all of its own. Although the cause at stake the right to watch football on TV in a pub on a Saturday afternoon may not appear quite to justify accession to the battlefields of Europe, the decision was keenly awaited because Karen Murphy's fight did seem to encapsulate an important public gut-concern. - guardian.co.uk

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Premier League avoids TV rights meltdown but questions go unanswered - Football - The Guardian

Premier League insiders said they were quietly satisifed at the outcome of the European court of justice ruling on TV rights. Within minutes of the European court of justice delivering its ruling in a case that had threatened fundamentally to destabilise the rights model that had allowed the Premier League to grow its revenues from 304m to 3.5bn in the space of 20 years, Karen Murphy's pub was filled with reporters seeking her views. Some experts claimed that the ruling, which said enforcing territorial exclusivity was at odds with European free trade laws but that the Premier League might be able to enforce limited copyright restrictions in pubs, would lead to cataclysmic and fundamental changes. - guardian.co.uk

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Tuesday 04 October 2011, PM

Premier League Soccer TV Agreements Breach EU Antitrust Rules, Court Says - Bloomberg

The court ruling still gives the League the right to prevent the unauthorized use of its copyrights by bars and clubs, the League said in an e-mailed statement today. She spent 800 pounds a year on a Greek decoder card to show games rather than 700 pounds a month for a Sky package. Unauthorized use gives rise to both civil and criminal penalties, the League said in the statement. - bloomberg.com

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A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a Me

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 4th - 10th October

As long as they have done something truly out of the ordinary or selfless, are aged between 12 - 17 years and live in the UK they could be nominated. All of the entries were reviewed by our team at Radio 1 and a shortlist has been created. The winners will be announced and presented with their awards on Sunday 9th October at the Teen Awards. - bbc.co.uk

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Landlady hails TV football victory - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Mrs Murphy took up her battle against the league after being told she could not use a cheap foreign provider to show games at her pub, The Red White and Blue, in Portsmouth. The landlady said she paid an annual fee of 800 for the foreign service but would have to pay 700 a month for Sky. The case against the landlords has now been settled but the League is continuing action against the suppliers of decoders. - independent.co.uk

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Premier League rights ruling - Comment - Broadcast

4 October, 2011 The EU has ruled that it is not illegal to buy set top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters, which could have a major impact on the way Sky and others buy sport, films and foreign TV rights. 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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Thursday is d-day for DQF

In last year's government spending review, it was agreed with BBC management that the licence fee would be frozen at 145.50 until 2016-17. In January, Thompson said he believed the BBC could find another 4 of the current spend that could be invested in new 'quality content' and digital developments. The DQF consultation was divided into nine workstreams focusing on subjects including journalism, productivity and digital as well as television and radio. - bbc.co.uk

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Landlady hails TV football victory - News Comment, Football - The Independent

Mrs Murphy took up her battle against the league after being told she could not use a cheap foreign provider to show games at her pub, The Red White and Blue, in Portsmouth. The landlady said she paid an annual fee of 800 for the foreign service but would have to pay 700 a month for Sky. The case against the landlords has now been settled but the League is continuing action against the suppliers of decoders. - independent.co.uk

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Premier League TV decision: what does it mean for you? - Money - guardian.co.uk

Premier League football fans could potentially watch games using foreign decoder cards but will need the right box to to use them. If you're an individual who wants to watch paid-for TV in the comfort of your own home, you should be over the moon. That said, for the average household Sky still may not be too bad a deal. - guardian.co.uk

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The EU's Premier League rights ruling explained - Media - guardian.co.uk

Charlie Adam of Liverpool scores during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Bolton. Tuesday's judgment marks the latest and most significant step in a long-running saga that began when the Premier League took legal action against a number of pubs that were showing live football on a Saturday afternoon by beaming it in from overseas. Murphy's lawyers argued she was entitled to show the matches because they had paid a subscription to a Greek broadcaster and that to enforce Sky's exclusivity in the UK was against European free trade laws. - guardian.co.uk

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Premier League rights judgement is a win-win for football's ruling classes - Dan Sabbagh - Media - guardian.co.uk

The European court ruling on Premier League football rights is unlikely to make watching cheaper for consumers. Photograph Anthony Devlin/PA So, it's a lose-lose said the European court of justice. This is not how either football matches win-lose or the business of football win-win normally turns out. - guardian.co.uk

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Open letter about a report by Ofcom to the Secretary of State under s.229 of the Communications Act 2003

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Tuesday 04 October 2011, AM

Premier League fans can buy cheap foreign TV coverage, EU rules - Media - guardian.co.uk

Football fans will potentially be able to watch cut-price Premier League matches, after the European Union's highest court ruled on Tuesday that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set-top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters. The Premier League, which sells TV rights exclusively to broadcasters across Europe on a territory-by-territory basis, has been clamping down on British pubs buying in live coverage from foreign broadcasters. Sky's share price was down by just over 3 to 635.50p at about 9.20am on Tuesday, as the City reacted to the European ruling. - guardian.co.uk

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Chris Barton: The death of public service television - Business - NZ Herald News

One dead in crash One woman is dead after a car she was a passenger in left the road and crashed into a tree this afternoon. Man safe after Sky Tower incident A man who was reportedly threatening to jump from the Auckland Sky Tower has been escorted safely from the edge. Cyclist killed in crash A cyclist has died after colliding with a car near Wellington this morning. - nzherald.co.nz

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Monday 03 October 2011, PM

Premier League braced for ruling of Europe's top court over TV rights - Football - guardian.co.uk

The Premier League has convened a team to examine all the possible implications of the European court of justice's ruling on its TV rights deal. In the short term, the decision could allow pubs to show matches on a Saturday at 3pm, which the football authorities have long argued would result in lower league attendances. In the longer term that would probably force the Premier League to sell its rights on a pan-European basis to a single media group a scenario that could impact on its revenues and throw up its own European competition issues. - guardian.co.uk

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UK HbbTV based 'Connected TV' specification formally approved for publication

Published in draft earlier this year, D-Book 7 defines the critical interoperable coexistence of broadcast and broadband services and devices. Compiled by manufacturers, service providers and the technology community, D-Book 7 is the product of two years of intense collaboration, resulting in a specification that maximises the use of international standards while maintaining proven interoperability with the UK broadcast systems. DTG Staff 03.10.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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Monday 03 October 2011, AM

Scripps Networks Interactive and Virgin Media Complete UKTV Transaction - MarketWatch

To find what you're looking for, try one of these options MarketWatch Front Page A starting place for all your financial news and information needs. - marketwatch.com

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Tech Talk: David Behrens gets to grips with digital TV troubles. - The Arts - Yorkshire Post

The first thing I noticed was that the clock on my DVD recorder was wrong. It contained all the information it needed to tune to the right channel and start and stop recording at more or less the right time. Your VideoPlus recorders inbuilt tuner will no longer work, so your first step is to connect it to a digital Freeview receiver. - yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Friday 30 September 2011, PM

BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping Weeknotes #79

Our new room is a tad warm on the best of days, so this week's heatwave has had us throwing open the windows and fanning ourselves. The offices there are fantastic - a real open-plan office meets Mad Men vibe - and we all got a bit jealous of the brand spanking new equipment and furniture. Vicky had arranged demos with various teams, and we got to see kinaesthetic interfaces, IPTV prototypes, a connected and synced toy Dalek, the latest second screen trial and, best of all, a demo of technology that allows sound editors to mix 3D audio with a wave of their hand. - bbc.co.uk

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DTG approves UK HbbTV spec - Broadband TV News

Published in draft earlier this year, D-Book 7 defines the critical interoperable coexistence of broadcast and broadband services and devices. Already Freesat is planning to use HbbTV as part of its G2 range of receivers, slated to appear early in 2012. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first Digital TV Europe

The channel is using VisionIPTVs studio production and internet broadcast playout services. The channels format encourages live debate from viewers who contact the show via Skype video-call or Twitter. Producers can also poll the audience live for instant reaction to sporting events. - digitaltveurope.net

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The Jewellery Channel Goes Live 24 Hours a Day on Freeview Channel 60

Keen to showcase their coveted collection of high quality, affordable jewellery to an even larger audience The Jewellery Channel is increasing their airtime to all-the-time. Previously airing daily on Freeview Channel 31 from 6am till 12pm The Jewellery Channel listened to consumer demand to increase airtime from those that were unable to view the programme after midday. Passionate about exceptional customer service, The Jewellery Channel sought to redress this issue for customers that were busy during the day or did not own cable and satellite television. - prleap.com

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