Switching on to digital era - Local - Batley and Birstall News

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BBC4 is worth fighting for - Media - The Guardian

Danish detective drama The Killing was an unexpected breakout hit for BBC4. International film is served by the annual world cinema awards and an ongoing commitment to the sort of intelligent arthouse fare that used to have a home on BBC2. As the campaign to save 6 Music proved, making a noise about these proposals before they have gone too far can make a difference. - guardian.co.uk

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Big broadband names must back £530m government drive to reach rural areas, experts warn - Technology - guardian.co.uk

Big ISPs such as BT are crucial to the success of the government's plans for better broadband, it is claimed. Photograph Graham Turner for the Guardian The government's 530m drive to get super-fast broadband to the UK's rural communities will fail unless more is done to encourage the biggest providers to reach the most remote customers, industry insiders have warned. Without them, demand from consumers looks likely to be so low that the consortium, Digital Region, may be forced to abandon the aim of selling to householders and focus its attention on businesses and the public sector. - guardian.co.uk

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Final stage of TV switchover today - Local - Scarborough Evening News

The two-phase process started two weeks ago and overnight all terrestrial TV services were off air and are expected to be restored by mid-morning today. Shaun Walton, the manager of Walkers Euronics shop in St Thomas Street, said that by yesterday they had already taken more than 100 calls from people asking for help with the re-tune. If youve got no picture then give us a ring. He added that staff would try to help people through the steps of the re-tune where they could and there were also three vehicles covering the area throughout the day. - scarborougheveningnews.co.uk

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SaveBBC4 campaign 'fundamental misunderstanding' - News - Broadcast

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East Midlands TV switchover underway - News - Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

The biggest change to television in a generation began today, as analogue signals were turned off in much of the East Midlands and digital TV boosted to reach all areas. The process will be completed on 31 August, when the remaining analogue channels will be switched off. Further Freeview channels from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will then be available from local transmitters for the first time. - chad.co.uk

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Burton News Staffordshire Newspaper - Burton On Trent Local Newspaper Headlines - Daily Mail - Time running out to ma

IF YOU dont do anything, your channels will go blank is the warning message being given to those not yet prepared for the digital switchover starting today. This will enable a smooth transition from analogue to digital television. Today will be the first phase of the switchover. - burtonmail.co.uk

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Italy Broadens Review of SKY Italia Broadcast Soccer Rights - Bloomberg

The conclusion of the review has been extended until June 30, 2012, the regulator said. The Antitrust Authoritys initiative is groundless, SKY Italia, which denies any wrongdoing, said in an e-mailed statement after the decision. - bloomberg.com

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Virgin says bye to Dave with UKTV sell-off - Business News, Business - The Independent

The move marks the end of almost 15 years of the company owning television content. Virgin announced yesterday it had sold its 50 per cent stake in the business to Scripps Networks Interactive, a broadcaster based in Tennessee, in a deal worth 239m. Scripps will also pay about 100m to buy the outstanding stock and debt UKTV owes to Virgin Media. - independent.co.uk

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BBC News - How will we benefit from super-fast broadband?

Rural areas in England and Scotland have been allocated nearly 363m to improve their broadband connections. Cumbria gets one of the largest shares of the 530m pot, with over 17m to cope with its 96.2 of homes eligible for subsidies. By contrast, London gets nothing as it assumed that private investment will cover all parts of the capital. - bbc.co.uk

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Superfast broadband for England and Scotland - August - 2011 - Which? News

The scheme is part of the wider Government plan to ensure the UK has the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015. The aim is for 90 of homes and businesses to have access to superfast broadband and for everyone in the UKto have access to broadband with a speed of at least 2Mbps. Find out more about superfast broadband and what it means for you. It told BT it must reduce the wholesale price it charges other providers to use its network in less populated areas. Will this really result in cheaper broadband for rural customers - which.co.uk

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BBCW sells magazines business for £121m - News - Broadcast

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BBC4 expected to be scaled back in cost-saving plan - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC3 is likely to remain largely intact but may be asked to concentrate on its key areas of factual and comedy. The youth-focused general entertainment channel only airs a few dramas, such as supernatural series Being Human, but could be asked to scale back on the genre. Management fears an outcry if BBC3 is tampered with and it has proved a useful tool for attracting young audiences to the BBC. - guardian.co.uk

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NextGenUs accuses BSkyB of blocking broadband choice - Telecompaper

The accusations come after discovering that Sky has an apparently national exclusive deal to advertise its broadband products at shopping centres which stops alternative providers from offering choice to visitors and shoppers. - telecompaper.com

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Freeview selects T-VIPS for HD distribution

This network is used by UK free-to-air service Freeview as well as by a few pay TV operators. The network will support SFN operation at least at a regional level, which reduces the amount of spectrum needed but requires synchronizing transmitters to avoid destructive interference between neighbouring ones. This prevents service outages caused by DVB-T2 modulator resynchronization, a process that typically takes time to complete. - broadcastengineering.com

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30,000 homes not ready for the switchover - BroadbandWatcher

The West Midlands will enter the digital TV switchover phase on the 7th of September but despite this, 32,000 homes still arent ready for it. Peter Last, chairman of the Walsall Pensioners Convention, has stressed that the majority of the 32,000 homes are most likely occupied by elderly people who wont know what to do once the first phase of the switchover begins in a few weeks time. The entire UK is on track to be completely digital by 2012. - broadbandwatcher.co.uk

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DAB in Australia growing faster than UK - James Cridland

The CRA compares this to internet radio, which shows 5 hours 40 minutes listening time. Im unclear what this time period refers to, but its interesting that in Australia, internet radio is doing considerably worse than DAB. That matches with the UKs experiences too. - james.cridland.net

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 16th - 29th August 2011

This summer BBC Three is bringing you the best comedy from this year's Edinburgh Festival. Keep a close eye on the Red Button from the 16th of August onwards for exclusive collections of anything-could-happen sketches and stand up from the best new hot shots in this biz of show. The late show each day will culminate in a louche spectacle of weirdness, surrealness and oddities Radio 1's Fun and Filth Cabaret. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC's London 2012 Olympics plans approved - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC3, which usually operates from 7pm to 5am, will air all day during the Olympic period, from 19 July to 12 August. The temporary station will have a budget of 200,000. In addition to the BBC's usual online coverage, the corporation has been given permission to offer about 1,000 hours of live Olympics video coverage, which will not be shown on TV. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC3 to broadcast in daytime for Olympics - News - Broadcast

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Scripps Networks Interactive and Virgin Media Agree on 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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Viewers watched more TV in first half of 2011, according to Thinkbox - Media - guardian.co.uk

Viewers are also watching more non-live TV on personal video recorders such as Sky. Viewers were exposed to an average of 47 ads a day up from 45 in the same period last year. Thinkbox, which uses figures from TV audience measurement organisation Barb, said a number of factors had fuelled the rise in overall viewing. - guardian.co.uk

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Coming soon: all the TV news that's fit to ignore - Comment is free - The Observer

That phrase was coined, I should explain for the benefit of those unfamiliar with the chaotic days of the Major administration, by the first of Hunt's predecessors, David Mellor, who in his short tenure, revealed himself to be a big fan of fun. Last week the government named 65 suitable homes for local stations. The word seems less appetising when applied to politics and the media local councils, local elections, local newspapers and local radio feel less buzzy. - guardian.co.uk

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Three Kent towns invited to launch local TV channels - News - Kent News

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Local charities, community groups, universities and media companies are now being invited to bid for the new licences, with the first ones awarded next year with a view to a summer 2013 launch date. The stations will be allowed to broadcast unlimited amounts of advertising in return for providing a minimum of an hour of local news per day. - kentnews.co.uk

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Indoor aerial reviews - TV DVD - Which? Technology

Energy Savers We award the Energy Saver logo to products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning they'll cost you less to run. - which.co.uk

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PBS sets UK launch date

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Northamptonshire misses out on local TV service - Local Businesses - Northampton Chronicle Echo

Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, yesterday revealed 65 towns and cities across the UK which could host new local television stations. Despite areas such as Hemel Hempstead, Bedford and Stoke being included among those chosen, nowhere in Northamptonshire was picked. But the fact that it hasnt been chosen among these first 65 areas doesnt mean that it might not be picked in the longer term, if and when the pilot areas work well. The ultra-local television stations will be broadcast on channel six of Freeview. - northamptonchron.co.uk

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Sussex TV hell after digital switchover From The Argus)

The nationwide process of switching from analogue to digital, described as the biggest change in broadcasting for a generation, is just months away from starting in Sussex. They explained that if they push the signal too much then it starts to interfere with users in France. Advice on all aspects of the change will be made widely-available in the coming weeks including a 20-page leaflet sent to every home. - theargus.co.uk

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Sky and BBC News attract record audiences during UK riots - TV ratings - Media - guardian.co.uk

BBC News channel attracted a daily audience of 13.1 million, easily beating Monday's previous record audience of 8.8 million. The daily audience figure is based on 15-minute reach the number of viewers who tuned to the channel for at least a quarter of an hour during the day. The BBC News channel audience peaked at 2.6 million between 8.45pm and 9pm. - guardian.co.uk

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Media Talk USA: Google, Murdoch and Oprah

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Media Talk USA: Letterman comes clean, but at what price?

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Media Talk live: Edinburgh preview

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Media Talk: Murdoch's paywall, and the future of the Observer

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Media Talk: TV viewing in rude health

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Media Talk...will return in July

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Media Talk: Erik Huggers and Michael Wolff

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Media Talk: How OK is OK!TV? And there's a Rastamouse in the kitchen

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Media Talk podcast: Jeremy Hunt unveils his grand plan for local TV

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Media Talk: Naughty James Naughtie and the X Factor final

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Media Talk: City AM makes a profit, Sky Atlantic in focus

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Media Talk podcast: Ryan Giggs, Twitter and Cheryl Cole

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Major TV makers to create 3D glasses standard - August - 2011 - Which? News

It seems that while the new glasses will be compatible with all three signals, Bluetooth is likely to be the signal that is commonly adopted. Samsung introduced Bluetooth receivers in the 3D glasses that it unveiled earlier this year. - which.co.uk

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Local TV locations revealed - News - Broadcast

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DTG :: News :: Sixty five towns and cities in running to pioneer local TV

Sixty five towns and citiesare in the running to pioneer the UK's first local television services, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. With the first wave of licences due to be awarded next year, the eligible areas including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Leeds and Southampton are being asked to make the case for why their town should be one of the first to bid for the service. Ofcom has carried out a detailed analysis to establish which towns and cities across the UK have good geographic interleaved GI spectrum coverage from existing transmitters and are therefore potential locations for the first licences. - dtg.org.uk

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Sky’s the limit for publicans and sports fans

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UK must allow satellite dishes - Advanced Television

There are many thousands of UK residents who at least so far have been forbidden to have satellite dishes because of restrictive covenants on their homes or apartments. People living in so called conservation areas and listed buildings are particularly limited in what they may fix to their homes. The case, brought by Swedish tenants, has found in favour of the tenants who are of Iraqi origin and who had taken their government to court after being evicted by their landlord after installing a dish. The Court ordered that 13,950 be paid to the tenants as compensation. - advanced-television.com

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Astra 1N takes flight - What Satellite Digital TV

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Having a satellite dish 'is a human right,' says European court - Mail Online

In an extraordinary ruling, lawmakers in Strasbourg have warned that banning dishes on listed buildings, social housing and even private homes could breach the right to freedom of expression by preventing people from practice religion. Disputes Having a satellite dishes on the side of a property in order to recieve information is a 'human right', a European Court has ruled The judgement is a huge blow to campaigners who have fought to stop the large metal dishes blighting the brickwork of historic buildings and rental properties. The quango issued the guidance following a recent case at the European Court of Human Rights. - dailymail.co.uk

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