Wednesday 10 August 2011, PM
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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.ukwww.which.co.uk
Local TV locations revealed - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukDTG :: 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.ukwww.dtg.org.ukMonday 08 August 2011, PM
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Sky’s the limit for publicans and sports fans
- mayonews.iewww.mayonews.ieUK 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.comwww.advanced-television.comAstra 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.ukwww.dailymail.co.ukCable Forum: Virgin to extend cable service to a further 100,000 homes
VM is also expecting to be able to extend its reach in other parts of the UK by the end of the year. So far in 2011 its cables have reached a further 73,000 homes in Northern Ireland and West London. In Press briefings this morning, the company has been very keen to point out that homes are connected to its fibre-optic network with high-capacity coaxial cables, whilst homes getting connected to BT Infinity still rely on a traditional twisted copper wire to link them to the services new fibre cables. - cableforum.co.ukwww.cableforum.co.uk
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Digital One given 12 year extension - Radio Today
National DAB multiplex Digital One has been granted a 12-year extension to its licence by Ofcom. It means the commercial radio service, owned by Arqiva, will continue until at least November 2023. Global Radio sold their stake in the multiplex in April 2009 to NTLs successor Arqiva. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.ukMonday 08 August 2011, AM
BBC - Press Office - BBC launches new BBC iPlayer for TV
For the first time, BBC iPlayer on TV is personalised, specifically designed for the living room, and easy to use. With today's announcement, were transforming iPlayer in its most natural home right on the living room TV. For a full list of devices, see the BBC iPlayer Help Site. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Internet radios explained - Digital radio reviews - Audio - Which? Technology
- www.which.co.ukFriday 05 August 2011, PM
Shock, awe: British government agrees that copyright has gone too far
The British government today pledged PDF to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. Responding to an independent study done earlier this year, the government has also endorsed the creation of a digital copyright exchange to facilitate licensing. This is evidently not referring to the power of copyright holders tocompel individual ISPs to block infringing sites after a lawsuit, but to a more comprehensive system whereby the government maintains a list of sites that all ISPs in the country would be required to block. - arstechnica.comarstechnica.comFriday 05 August 2011, AM
A DAB radio for just $1 kickstarts a new market - James Cridland
A DAB radio for just 1 kickstarts a new market Posted on Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 1017 am. DAB goes live in Hong Kong later this year, with a total of 18 digital radio stations launching in November from established and new broadcasters. DAB therefore has a great opportunity in Hong Kong to be marketed on choice. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netThursday 04 August 2011, PM
Commercial radio in Wales why so poor? - James Cridland
Since I know I have a lot of Welsh readers am I talking rubbish Why do you think the commercial radio industry in Wales is struggling, despite this weeks Rajar figures showing 845,000 more listeners to radio across the UK Ofcoms research also highlights that 62 of the radio listening hours in Wales were attributed to BBC services. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.net
Ariel - Digital stations get the extra factor
4 August 2011 Last updated at 0841 The BBC might want to align most of its digital radio channels closer to the bigger networks, but latest listening figures show that the sister stations are most definitely doing it for themselves. The family-focused archive and comedy service is now officially the country's most popular digital-only network with an audience of 1.6m, outstripping 6 Music by more than 300,000. Now branded a stand-alone station, 6 Music is down 27,000 on the start of the year but up 80,000 to 1.27m, year on year. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Bid Media puts new Freeview slot up for sale - 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.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukThursday 04 August 2011, AM
Today booms and Moyles slips in radio ratings - TV Radio, Media - The Independent
A record audience is tuning in to the Today programme whilst Chris Moyles and Chris Evans have shed listeners, figures from the Rajar radio body have revealed. Radio 4 is more popular than ever, with 10.85 million weekly listeners, boosted by a strong performance from Today, which attracted its highest ever audience of 7.18 million in the last quarter. Gwyneth Williams, Radio 4 Controller, has announced controversial schedule changes, which would cut back the number of short stories broadcast each week. - independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukIt s all in the brand - James Cridland
- james.cridland.netWednesday 03 August 2011, PM
MediaTel: Newsline: Is the Grand Prix deal the shape of things to come at the BBC?
Disgruntled petrol heads were quick to work through the implications that from next year the BBC will be showing only half the schedule of F1 races live with Sky showing the lot. Think how much money could be saved if you just sat Paxman down to do a single interview and ditched the rest. The seven-year Grand Prix deal may be messy and less than ideal but it is the clearest indication so far of what a 20 cut in revenues will mean in reality for the BBC. - mediatel.co.ukmediatel.co.ukIT Law in Ireland: Site Blocking: What the UK Government would prefer you not to see
It's well known that internet blocking is easy to circumvent. Updated - 1.15pm The full, unredacted version now appears on Scribd. Text in italics was not redacted but appears for context pp.28-29 Robustness Bypassing IP address blocking is technically straightforward for those who have an incentive to do so. - tjmcintyre.comwww.tjmcintyre.comThis is Scunthorpe - Rush to upgrade TVs as digital switchover starts today
TV shops and aerial technicians say there has been a surge in residents heading to the shops to replace old television sets for the switchover which will see old analogue signals that have been used for decades finally turned off. Picture Carl Gac The region's first stage of the switchover starts today and will affect viewers whose signal comes from Belmont Tower in Lincolnshire. The first phase will see the analogue signal for BBC2 being switched off, and replaced with a number of digital frequencies. - thisisscunthorpe.co.ukwww.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk
Lincoln digital switchover begins
Analogue signals are being turned off in Lincoln and across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, as the first phase of the digital switchover begins on August 3. Homes already watching Freeview will need to retune their TVs and boxes in order to regain BBC services, which will be missing this morning. Switchover began in the early hours when analogue BBC Two was permanently turned off at the Belmont transmitter group, which serves 712,000 homes. - thelincolnite.co.ukthelincolnite.co.uk
Cheapest Freeview HD Box Now Available From £20 - ITProPortal.com
The price of Freeview HD boxes has significantly fallen over the past few months with the cheapest set top box currently on sale for as little as 19.97, hardly more expensive than a bog standard Freeview one. It comes with an HDMI cable, which is a rarity, and a standard seven day electronic programme guide, and a slim chassis that will allow it to fit almost anywhere. It does have an Ethernet port although we haven't found out what it will be used for possibly for streaming services and firmware updates. - itproportal.comwww.itproportal.comThe perils of internet radio - James Cridland
The perils of internet radio Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1215 pm. A friend of mine sends me this iPad screenshot, above, showing the marvellous TuneIn Radio app, overlaid with his data usage. Ah, he said, so this is why my 1GB data allowance has ran out after half a month. I must remember to not stream Absolute 90s overnight when having late night parties in Cornwall. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netOfcom 'Site Blocking' to reduce online copyright infringement [pdf]
- stakeholders.ofcom.org.ukstakeholders.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 03 August 2011, AM
Free fitting on an in-car digital radio - Radio Today
During August, as a reader of Radio Today, you can get free fitting at Halfords when you buy an in-car digital radio head unit. Halfords have just announced plans to phase out sales of analogue-only car radios, expand their range of digital radios, and advertise on national radio for the first time. At the end of this year they are also looking to introduce the first behind-the-dashboard adapters that allow you to receive digital radio but still use your existing analogue radio controls and no trailing wires. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
Legal change for personal CD ripping
3 August 2011 Last updated at 0426 ET Plans to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped by the government. In the past week, the Motion Picture Association - a group representing film studios - successfully applied for a court injunction requiring BT to block access to an infringing website called Newzbin2. Speaking to the BBC, Vince Cable appeared to suggest that the Newzbin2 case had opened up other legal avenues. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukTuesday 02 August 2011, PM
BBC June 2011 iPlayer Performance Pack
Which shows did people watch and listen to most often on TV iPlayer - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
'Illegal file-sharing' solicitors fined £20,000 each - August - 2011 - Which? News
02 August 2011 A former and existing partner from law firm Davenport Lyons were fined 20,000 each for sending intimidating letters to consumers they had accused of illegal file sharing. Both men have been ordered to pay interim costs of 150,000 to the Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA to cover some its costs for bringing the case to prosecution. The letters demanded the recipients pay approximately 500 in compensation or face the threat of legal proceedings. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukVince Cable: government plans to block illegal filesharing sites unworkable - Technology - guardian.co.uk
Vince Cable outlining governments response to Hargreaves report on future of UK copyright law. Outlining the government's response to the Hargreaves report on the future of UK copyright law, Cable is also expected to announce legislation to sweep away restrictive rules on file copying and parody works. Cable will row back on one of the act's most contentious measures introducing legislation to block access to copyright-infringing websites and instead suggest that the existing Copyrights, Design and Patents Act is powerful enough. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
PCTV NanoStick T2 USB TV tuner - reghardware
Review Ten years ago, investing in a PC TV tuner seemed a neat way of watching while you work integrating the gogglebox with laptop or desktop duties. One good reason is that if you're on the move and you miss your telly, then using a dedicated tuner, rather than streaming, isn't going to cost you dearly for mobile data usage. Another plus point is that the Nanostick is a rather rare beast among portable tuners, as it is capabable of receving Freeview HD channels. - reghardware.comwww.reghardware.comRevealed: How Anthony Rose Plans To Revolutionise TV
I have seen the future of TV and it is called Zeebox. Owners of compatible connected TVs can flip channel straight from the app, as though it were a remote control. Although the command takes place over the internet, the change happens as quick as or quicker than some standard infrared remotes. - paidcontent.orgpaidcontent.orgOfcom will not force Virgin Media to open broadband ducts - uSwitch.com
Virgin Media will not be forced to open up its cable broadband ducts for use by other service providers, much to BT's annoyance. Ofcom ruled that there is no need for Virgin Media to offer wholesale access to its cable network, as the firm does not have significant market power SMP. By contrast, the media regulator ordered BT to open up its broadband ducts and poles to other broadband providers in January 2011. - uswitch.comwww.uswitch.com
Ariel - The Minute
'Most stories we do are three sentences long,' explains Nicky Schiller. The sbj is recalling a decade of working at 60seconds, the tv bulletin that initially provoked horror and ridicule for cutting the day's news to a minute. Originally launched in 2001, during the days of BBC Choice, 60seconds' first big story was the 9/11 attacks, for which it was specially extended. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukOfcom Digital Switchover Timetable version 3
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What's On BBC Red Button 1st - 15th August
Once again optional expert commentary will be supplied by conductor Peter Stark. On weekends the tone becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a topical interview in 'Five Minutes with...' or a round-up of the week's weird and wonderful videos in OddBox. CBeebies Red Button is available now on the CBeebies channel, and via page 5900 on other channels. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukLies, statistics, and anti-DAB campaigners - James Cridland
In a depressingly familiar blog posting somewhere on the internet its now been removed, a content producer for a bunch of radio stations shows how easy it is for people even radio people to get confused with new Ofcom research about the take-up of digital radio. He posts in italics 8.5 million radios were bought last year in the UK but only 22 had a DAB tuner. Why are 78 of people who go and buy a new radio opting for just FM and AM coverage - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.net
Digital switchover to start in east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
31 July 2011 Last updated at 1237 ET The digital switchover is to begin in east Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, as analogue signals are turned off. The switchover happen in two stages, with the first stage beginning in the early hours of 3 August. BBC Two will cease broadcasting in analogue and BBC digital channels will become available for the first time to those watching on local relay channels. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukAnalyst Speak - Can YouView survive in face of rising competition? - Opinion - New Media Age
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UKTV unveils Really campaign - Advertising news - Campaign
As part of the outdoor ad campaign six- and 10-sheet posters have been booked in pairs on the London Underground so that it appears as though they are pointing or labelling people sat below with programme titles such as 'Pregnant Man' and 'Bridezillas'. It will replace the time-shifted channel Dave ja vu and sit directly below Dave at channel 20. Really will be the third UKTV channel on Freeview. - campaignlive.co.ukwww.campaignlive.co.ukFriday 29 July 2011, PM
Ofcom cuts and advertises More FM licence - Radio Today
Ofcom has shortened the licence period for Somerset station Total Star by one year, and has re-advertised the licence. The regulator found the station deliberately transmitting at several times above its permitted power level, meaning the licence will now expire in July 2012. Ofcom said that the breach was serious because of its scale, the length of time for which it continued, the public safety risk it could have posed, and the overall failure of the licensee to maintain control of its service. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
UKTV set for VoD, HD channel launches
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BBC News - Shift in balance of power between Sky and Murdochs
Revenues were 16 higher at 6.6bn in the past year. The dividend is being increased 20 and the total number of Sky customers - for TV, broadband and telephony - is 10.3m, up from 9.9m. BSkyB is handing 750m of cash back to shareholders. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
Ariel - Kim Shillinglaw new head of 3D
The commissioning editor for science and natural history will take on the responsibilities - which involve shaping and delivering Vision's strategy for production and broadcasting in 3D in all genres - alongside her current role. Shillinglaw will replace outgoing executive Danielle Nagler, who is leaving in September for a City law firm. Director of archive content Roly Keating said in staff email 'Kim is ideally placed to understand the challenges and opportunities in this area and I know she will be a real champion of developing the best ideas which really lend themselves to 3D capture, as well as the innovative partnerships and business models we'll need to explore.' - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukpick a page