BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping Weeknotes #76

We moved offices this week and aside from the inevitable last minute niggles with networks and phones it all went refreshingly smoothly. We're in the same building but on a different floor where we have more space and a distinctively 70s feel something akin to an episode of The Sweeney but with less shouting. In the midst of the chaos, lots of the team have been preparing for the FI-Content lab study we have planned for next week. - bbc.co.uk

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Save BBC4 signatures mean success … or darned fine marketing - Media - guardian.co.uk

The Save BBC4 from cutbacks petition is gathering pace. It has even surpassed the levels the Save 6 Music one did. An astonishing 66,606 people had signed up by Monday lunchtime, compared with 62,784 for Save 6 Music. - guardian.co.uk

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All In Media wins BBC radio text contract : Radio Today

All In Media has been awarded a three-year contract to develop and support a system for managing text and images that are broadcast with all of the BBCs radio stations. Previously, a number of different systems have been used across the corporation some in-house, some through external suppliers so this new contract will aim to join up the process with a standard use of the same technology across both local and network radio. All In Media is one of the leading suppliers of digital radio software and mobile phone apps to radio stations across Europe and Australia. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 12th - 18th September

Watch highlights from Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park concert. Larry Lamb presents three fascinating films, available on the BBC's Red Button, in which experts explain how viewers new to computers can use some of the key resources available to the amateur family historian. A special family history guide for new computer users offering advice, tips and encouragement to get online is available at bbc.co.uk/firstclick and at venues running the popular First Click beginners courses. - bbc.co.uk

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BBCWW lines up new indie investments

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Jeremy Hunt to ask Ofcom to measure cross-media ownership in UK - Media - The Guardian

The corporation's news coverage reaches 81 of the UK population each week. His ambition is to use this to introduce a new set of cross-media ownership rules. At present, the only restriction prevents any newspaper owner who accounts for more than 20 of total circulation such as Murdoch's News Corporation from owning more than 20 of ITV. - guardian.co.uk

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IPTV news - Blinkbox: We had to sell to Tesco

Driving this rapid growth in devices connected to the Internet is an expansion in the number of screens used by consumers to access content rather than the previously-accepted three, there are now five, according to the Sony exec the smartphone, the tablet computer, the PC, the television and the cinema screen. He also touched upon what is in the pipeline for DirecTV customers, including the planned transfer overnight of over 20mn boxes in the US to a new user interface, which will offer better graphics, social capabilities, enhanced user friendliness and more power, as well as personalised navigation and dynamically relevant search tools. Advertising online doesn't make enough money unless you have massive scale, so you have to adopt a pay model. - iptv-news.com

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IBC 2011 DVB hopeful T2-Lite will do better than DVB-H - Connected TV

This potentially makes its use more cost-effective than DVB-H. - connectedtv.eu

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BBC - The Editors: How has social media changed the way newsrooms work?

Earlier today I gave a talk at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam about how social media has changed the way newsrooms work. The full transcript of the speech is below. BBC News, like all major news providers, has been transformed by technology and the opportunities it offers over the last 20 or so years. - bbc.co.uk

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Non-Gaelic viewers boost ratings for BBC Alba - Scotsman.com News

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Sagemcom and Humax first for Freesat G2 - What Satellite Digital TV

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BBC News - Local TV: British news lessons from American stations

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Releasing a Labs version of the BBC Radio homepage

Today is the very first step on the ladder, as we have spent recent months building the foundations and are now keen to start to get feedback from users on this release of the Radio homepage. We do this based on usage of our current radio and music sites, such as Radio 1 and Radio 4, and the extensive research we have carried out with radio listeners, mixed with some strongly held views from technical and editorial teams about the potential user experiences for our content and brands in the digital space. Our first release is very much a Labs release, which means it's not completely ready to replace the current Radio homepage. - bbc.co.uk

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Long term review the Pinell Supersound II DAB/internet radio - James Cridland

Reviews of products are normally quickly run off by a journalist whos unpacked it and played with it over an afternoon, not a long-term review based on real use. Now, before we begin, you cant buy one of these very easily in the UK, since Pinell is actually a Norwegian brand. The radio is easily available in Australia, though and, one would suspect, from Pinell themselves, so this hopefully wont be a completely pointless review. - james.cridland.net

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Can Google TV succeed in the UK? - - Independent Editor's choice Blogs

The service will be made available either through a set-top box or via integration into TV sets from the likes of Sony and other manufacturers. Google TV has already been available in the US for some time, but despite a lengthy and aggressive marketing campaign backed up by positive early reviews, the service has received a lacklustre reception from the public. Sales of Google TV hardware have been disappointing to say the least. - blogs.independent.co.uk

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MediaTel: Newsline: YouView for under £100

The YouView partners are hoping to see the box for as little as possible as part of plans to bundle the service into broadband deals for new and current customers. Without the bundle offer, it is likely that the box is going to retail for nearer 200. - mediatel.co.uk

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NMA EXPLAINS: SDKs (Software Development Kits) - 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. Sign in below if you are a full subscriber. Sorry, were not currently accepting new online subscriptions to nma.co.uk. - nma.co.uk

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Freeview HD will deliver new IPTV channels this month • The Register

Come the end of September those applications will allow viewers to select from dozens of specialist channels accessed over the internet connection mandated by the Freeview HD standard. The idea is to bring streaming video to every Freeview HD box in the country, and charge for it too. The system already being deployed allows for subscription channels, and there's the potential and intention to provide video-on-demand services in the future. - theregister.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping Weeknotes #75 (2nd September 2011)

With a bank holiday on Monday, one would expect fairly short notes this week. A couple of new faces made their appearance in the office. Barbara seemed very happy to meet the project partners and get a grip on the dependencies between each part of the work. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC cues up launch of 'Delivery Quality First' cuts - Media - guardian.co.uk

However, it is understood that the timetable to announce some of the biggest changes to the corporation's output in recent years has slipped and although staff have been told they will hear the results of DQF on 22 September, it could be put back to early October. It is understood that the briefings are being spearheaded by the BBC's director of business operations, Lucy Adams. BBC management has completed a lengthy staff consultation process and there has been intense speculation about how the corporation is going to make a 16 cut in operating costs as a result of last year's licence fee settlement with the government. - guardian.co.uk

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UK's largest ever spectrum auction delayed - Business - guardian.co.uk

The airwaves being sold as fourth generation 4G licences will be reserved for mobile phone carriers. Photograph Robert Galbraith/Reuters The government's largest ever spectrum auction has been delayed, with the multibillion pound sell-off now expected in the second quarter of next year at the earliest. The airwaves being sold as fourth generation 4G licences will be reserved for mobile phone carriers, to help cater for the explosion in mobile broadband use. - guardian.co.uk

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Guardian planning DAB radio station - News - Broadcast

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DTG :: News :: Ofcom progress White Space technology plans

Ofcom has progressed plans for the introduction of White Space technology in the UK. 'White Spaces' are unused capicity that exist in bands that have been reserved for TV broadcasts and can be used to transmit and receive wireless signals. According to Ofcom, the technology could enable a range of devices that can wirelessly transmit information to each other, enhance existing WiFi and bring broadband services to rural areas via a network of transmitters linking remote houses to larger towns that are connected to the internet. - dtg.org.uk

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The death of commercial local radio? - Comment - Broadcast

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C21Media:

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informitv - Google TV will disrupt television, ready or not

Google TV is set to launch in Europe early in 2012, following a reboot in the United States that will help developers to create applications for the platform. Yet many in the traditionally territorial television industry may still be wary of geeks bearing gifts, suspiciously viewing Google TV as a Trojan horse at the living room door. It was the first time the prestigious annual MacTaggart lecture has been given by someone not employed in television broadcasting or production. - informitv.com

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The decline and fall of TiVo and Media Center - ZDNet

TiVo defined the DVR category around the turn of the century, and today the product name has been turned into a verb. Based on Microsofts telemetry data, roughly 6 of Windows 7 users in July launched Media Center. However, he added, most people are just looking around only one quarter 25 of 6 of these people used it for more than 10 minutes per session By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, that 25 of 6 adds up to about 6 million people. - zdnet.com

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Grant Boxall: Dishes for all seasons - What Satellite Digital TV

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Ofcom 'could not stop ITV and Channel 5 cutting PSB programming' - Media - guardian.co.uk

Ofcom said that the first option, that of renewing the existing licences with the same broadcasters for another decade, is probably the best bet if viewers want to continue to see PSB content on TV. Ofcom's commercial PSB licences give holders benefits which have historically been financially very valuable, primarily reserved access to broadcast on strictly limited terrestrial spectrum and more recently on digital terrestrial TV, or Freeview. The second option is to cancel the existing PSB licences and retender to the market for the next period from 2014. - guardian.co.uk

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Ofcom - Licensing of Channel 3 and Channel 5 - A report from Ofcom to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Med

1.2 We are not required to submit that report to the Secretary of State until June 2012. 1.5 This paper, which replaces our planned document, is our response to the Secretary of State's request. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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Kelvin Mackenzie unveils new sports channel - News - Broadcast

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Broadcasters won't back Google TV until YouView is off the ground - Opinion - New Media Age

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BBC3 v BBC4: no contest ... keep both - Media - guardian.co.uk

What's more, it is a strategy now deployed with demonstrable effectiveness across all the public service broadcasters, giving them a spring in their step, a renewed sense of purpose, as digital switchover accelerates to completion next year. Ofcom's annual UK Communications Market report, published in August, noted for the first time since the survey began in 2003, the overall audience share of the heritage broadcasters held steady at 71. It has taken more than a decade for the PSBs to work out successful strategies to counter audience fragmentation, but they have arrived, though admittedly at vastly different speeds and routes. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: RadioTAG

RadioTAG is a new protocol that enables you to share information with a broadcaster about what you're listening to by pushing a button on your radio. We touch on use cases for RadioTAG, summarise how it works, look at the considerations we took into account and describe how we went about designing it. For detailed technical information you can read a draft of the RadioTAG specification and download our reference implementations from github. - bbc.co.uk

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Paying Sky for free public service television channels - ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

Try this pop out to Tesco and when you get to the checkout, demand that they pay you to take the goods away. No subscription or other ongoing payment is required to watch these channels. However, the next set of channels do cost if you have Sky. - ukfree.tv

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End of the road for Traffic Radio : Radio Today

The station which has been run by GTN for the last three years provided region-specific traffic and travel news, designed for journey planning and live reports. The Traffic Radio name could yet reappear under a different guise in the future. If a proposal is considered to be satisfactory the service could be broadcasting later in the year. - radiotoday.co.uk

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SeeSaw loses Channel 4 shows in funding hitch - Media - guardian.co.uk

Channel 4 shows such as The Inbetweeners have been dropped from SeeSaw as the online TV service renegotiates its content deals. As part of the deal Criterion was required to raise a multimillion-pound round of funding to drive the rejuvenation of SeeSaw and set up its 28 staff in new headquarters. Private equity firm Criterion is best known for its acquisition of social networking site Bebo from AOL in June 2010. - guardian.co.uk

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ISPs to sell YouView boxes for under £100 - News - Broadcast

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The Radioplayer gets connected on Facebook

Radioplayer, the online listening platform for radio, has launched a Facebook app which enables millions of Facebook users to share their radio listening and engage in social chat around radio content. The app makes it easy to listen to UK Radio from within Facebook, share your favourite stations and programmes with your friends via your wall, and see what other people in your area have been listening to. There are now more than 250 stations in Radioplayer, many with a considerable presence on Facebook via fan pages and group pages, and they will be invited to promote and embrace the new Facebook Radioplayer app. - mediauk.com

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DTG :: News :: FetchTV content portal to launch on Panasonic Connected TVs

DTG Staff 31.08.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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DTG :: News :: Pace launches cloud-based software platform

Pace is to launch a new software platform with cloud-based capabilities. Pace's 'Elements' platform supports the design, delivery and management of digital content and services into and around the home and across any device. Elements includes a cloud-based interface so that viewers can personalise their video experiences and search for and access content across a broad range of connected devices. - dtg.org.uk

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Broadband TV project YouView welcomes Google TV challenge

As a result of this delay, the product will become available around the same time as Google TV, which the search giant's executive chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed will be released in Europe towards the start of next year. However, a spokesperson for YouView told TechRadar the organisation had been expecting Google's announcement and hailed the development as being positive for consumer choice. Google TV is already available in the US but has so far failed to take off. - cable.co.uk

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Jazz FM leaves regional DAB multiplexes : Radio Today

Tags gmg radio, jazz fm, real xs, rock radio Category Digital Radio, Radio - radiotoday.co.uk

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NDS lifts veil on next gen DRM - Broadband TV News

According to NDS, it enables the secure ingestion, delivery and consumption of premium content over both managed and over-the-top networks. Smith said that consumers were looking to other operators such as Netflix to provide content where it had been absent, but ultimately it was pay-TV operators that held all the cards, and that market would ultimately be the most successful providing they launched the services. Its a higher level of security over the existing DRMs that are out there. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Virgin: YouView “missed the boat” - News - Broadcast

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Save BBC Four from cut backs - PetitionBuzz

Whilst it is accepted that the BBC has a duty to all licence payers, within that responsibility should be a commitment to provide innovative niche programming that could not be provided by a commercial operator. The arguments for protecting BBC Four from cuts are very similar to the successful argument to save 6Music. BBC Four, like 6Music represents the sort of niche programming that it is impossible to create under an advertisement/sponsorship model and it is greatly loved, rather than taken for granted by its audience. - petitionbuzz.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 30th August - 12th September 2011

A special family history guide for new computer users offering advice, tips and encouragement to get online is available at www.bbc.co.uk/firstclick and at venues running the popular First Click beginners courses. On the night of Saturday 10th September - Sky, Virgin Freesat viewers can watch all four concerts live in full. All four concerts will be available to watch on iPlayer from Sunday 11 September, for 7 days. - bbc.co.uk

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talkSPORT kicks off DAB giveaway : Radio Today

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Google TV: the verdict - Comment - Broadcast

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Online TV still playing catch-up - Opinion - Marketing Week

Broadcasters online TV services have taken a long time to mature, and only now are they beginning to realise the marketing potential that has been obvious since the very beginning. Channel 4 has announced that its on-demand TV portal, 4oD, will include ads targeted according to demographic data when it relaunches this week 31 August. Users themselves will also be encouraged to sign up for accounts enabling them to set their own personalised preferences - a feature that will be known as My 4oD. - marketingweek.co.uk

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