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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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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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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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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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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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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Ofcom -

We all want our children to get the most from the wealth of technology available today. The internet, digital TV, mobile phones and other technology are transforming everything from how they learn and play to how they keep in touch. Protecting children Have you got a concern about something other than TV or radio programmes - consumers.ofcom.org.uk

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Broadcasters must be ready for connected TV explosion - Opinion - 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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Freeview retune required as The Wrekin increases transmission power - shropshirelive.com

The retune is required following the completion of digital switchover for viewers in other parts of the West Midlands. Todays retune will see channels broadcasting from The Wrekin moving frequencies along with a power increase on some channels. - shropshirelive.com

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WTF is... HbbTV? • reghardware

It's a costly business, and while a vendor will be eager to work with popular services, such as the BBC's iPlayer or Google's Picasa, it may be less keen to enable other, less well-known online content sources. In the UK, the YouView project is set to launch early in 2012. It will bring a common interface for catch-up and online video services, though theres also some competition in the form of the new streaming services being launched on some of the data channels. - reghardware.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 26th September - 3rd October

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly are your hosts for a 2 night Strictly spectacular weekend. This show was filmed in Bradford in September 11th, 2011. The BBC Two series will focus on a different aspect of British life, highlighting the hardships and simple pleasures, as well as the enormous social changes that took place from the 1900s onwards. - bbc.co.uk

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ITV Exposure doc featured video game footage - 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 - Research and Development: Orchestrated media-based TV - gazing into the future

How does it work Orchestration employs synchronisation between the TV radio and companion devices typically mobile, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops. We are keen to work with the industry to make common standards a reality and so are keen for the big players to suport us and collaborate in this initiative. We're still working in understanding where our technologies fit in the future standards landscape. This is discussed a bit more below. A brief history of OM About three years ago I started thinking about how to use mobile to differentiate future TV services. - bbc.co.uk

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Real Digital to start testing this week - What Satellite Digital TV

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Channel 6 unveils fresh local TV plans - News - Broadcast

It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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YouView outlines how user interface will work - News - TechRadar UK

YouView has published its draft user interface and search policy for consultation with the industry including which content gets placed where and how it will be presented to viewers. The IPTV solution, which includes seven major broadcast and telecommunications partners, is apparently still 'on track' for an early 2012 launch, and it is now beginning to get to the nitty gritty of UI and how content will be surfaced. It's clear that, as you would expect in an IPTV solution, Search will play a key role in the discovery of content, and this will be a primary tab. - techradar.com

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PSBs gain in YouView EPG proposals - Broadband TV News

However, it adds that no undue prominence will be given, regardless of whether the broadcaster concerned is a member of the YouView consortium. Prominence in listings and UI positions to those services with the greatest audience reach. Post launch positions will be given on a first come, first served basis. - broadbandtvnews.com

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BBC chief: investigative journalism must not die - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

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BBC3 and BBC4 need to be sorted out if the BBC is to save itself - Media - The Guardian

All perfectly understandable concerns genuinely held very strongly by a certain Radio 4 type of BBC loyalist not to mention plenty in the Westminster village and the chattering classes beyond. Both channels were born as a result of a licence fee deal negotiated by John Birt in which essentially the BBC got a major financial leg-up in return for helping the government achieve digital switchover. The government was keen because of the expected cash windfall it expected from the future sale of the old analogue spectrum, and the BBC because it would get the licence fee cash to fund a major digital expansion. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC News - What comes after HD for TV viewers?

The world of TV is fast moving and technology firms are always looking forward to the next big thing. - news.bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Press Office - BBC iPlayer Monthly Performance Pack August 2011

Live radio listening increased to 77 of all radio requests this is the highest proportion to date. - bbc.co.uk

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FT.com / UK - Box clever: The future of television

Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6c6ab766-e354-11e0-8f47-00144feabdc0.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Changes to BBC services on satellite and cable: An Update

A month later, some BBC channels are now moving between satellite transponders. I thought you would appreciate an update on the progress we have been making on this change. There are two areas that I think will be of particular interest to you Further details of the technical changes A summary of the communications we have been putting in place 1. - bbc.co.uk

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Creation of Layers 7 and 8 in released Spectrum [pdf]

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Why are subtitles on BBC iPlayer not always in sync or delayed?

Pre-recorded and live or close to live programmes may contain subtitles. Generally subtitles are transmitted problem free but occasionally a viewer may notice that subtitles for a particular programme are out of sync with the picture. The majority of programmes have subtitles created in advance of when a programme broadcasted. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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S4C lines up new CEO

C21Media.net is Everything about content in the 21st Century, from television to web, mobile, tablet and beyond. - c21media.net

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Ofcom invites plan for extra Freeview from Arqiva - What Satellite Digital TV

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World Service will not wither - Comment - Broadcast

22 September, 2011 Change will strengthen the BBCs global lifeline, says Lord Patten. It takes just 2 minutes and offers full, instant access to the Broadcast website along with a copy of the magazine delivered every week. - broadcastnow.co.uk

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YouView still on for 2012 launch, snaps up Sky Go exec - News - TechRadar UK

YouView has revealed that it is still on track for its delayed 2012 launch and that it has finally found a successor to Anthony Rose. Right expertise YouView highlighted in the blog that bringing in Bramley who worked on Sky Go and the rest of Sky's on-demand services will ensure the venture is technically astute. Sky has been cautious of YouView in the past, believing the service will be a niche one, so it is interesting the venture has managed to snap up one of the company's leading tech heads. - techradar.com

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How Quickly We Forget: Google's Competitors Falsely Claim Google Dominates Because It Was 'First' - Techdirt

from the history-lesson dept Well, the second part of the Senate's anti-Google hearings have wrapped up, and like the first part, they seemed pretty misguided. It was a lot of repeating things about how Google is big. There were some reasonable points that do bear more scrutiny, concerning some of Google's business dealings with partners, but, on the whole, people seemed to be making a big deal out of nothing. - techdirt.com

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DAB not for local stations say operators : Radio Today

A number of commercial radio groups who own small-scale local radio licences have told Ofcom they do not want to be forced to move from FM to DAB. The companies who represent more than 50 local stations between them have responded to the regulators consultation on coverage planning for DAB. Things are tough enough as it is without the Government heaping more costs, uncertainty and damage on the local commercial radio sector. - radiotoday.co.uk

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NHK World goes HD-only - What Satellite Digital TV

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Ariel - S4C bosses urged to wake up to dangers of BBC funding

The protestors are members of the Welsh Language Society which has been vociferous in its opposition to the change in funding arrangements, due to be implemented in 2013. The decision to hand over part of the funding to the corporation was made last autumn during the six year licence fee settlement that was suddenly agreed by the Government as part of its Comprehensive Spending Review. Yesterday's protest follows a range of activity by Welsh language campaigners, including, earlier this year, a sit-in that blocked the entrance to BBC Wales's headquarters in Cardiff. - bbc.co.uk

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