Torchwood ignited by 1.8m PVR boost - In-depth - Broadcast

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Who killed Google TV?

There will be a second life for Google TV, but one wonders how Logitech will be part of it. Today's dismal Logitech earnings, in which Google TV-based Revue played henchman, shows just how difficult the marriage between television and Internet can be. For example, in a 12,000 person survey of two major commercial streaming services, 12 percent of Netflix users watch content from their Xbox -- 13 percent for PS3 and 25 percent for Wii. - betanews.com

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Shillinglaw named BBC 3D boss - News - Broadcast

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This is Lincolnshire - Analogue TV users in Lincolnshire to temporarily lose part of service

People in the Lincoln area will lose BBC Two in the early hours of Wednesday morning as it is replaced with a digital broadcast. The same day, North Kesteven residents with analogue televisions will lose BBC Two. People in West Lindsey will go through the first stage on Sunday, September 7, and the second stage on Sunday, September 21. - thisislincolnshire.co.uk

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Gaelic TV's a turn-off for fans of radio - Scotsman.com News

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Ofcom: Digital Radio Report

This is Ofcoms second annual Digital Progress Report covering developments in the digital radio market. Ofcom was asked in the plan to publish an annual report on the availability and take-up of digital radio services. The plan emphasises that digital radio switchover should begin only when the market is ready and that it should be predominantly consumer-led. - stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk

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SES Contracts New Capacity with ITV - Business Wire

The long-term agreement provides for the renewal of ITV's existing capacity and for additional capacity to support future development with ITV's channel offer. We are delighted to have signed this agreement with ITV. The satellite fleet currently comprises 17 satellites which deliver services to more than 135 million households and transmit more than 2,500 television and radio channels. - businesswire.com

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BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app launch in 11 countries - Technology - guardian.co.uk

The US, Canada and Australia will follow later this year, as part of what is intended to be a one-year pilot. The service will offer a limited amount of content for free, supported by pre-roll ads and sponsorship, but its core business model is subscription, with users paying 6.99 6.14 a month or 49.99 a year. Their focus will be on pulling together themed collections around specific shows or special events. - guardian.co.uk

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Welsh DAB multiplex loses its Voice - Radio Today

A statement on the website for the Rhymney-based station reads It is with regret that we inform you our listeners that Voice Radio has stopped broadcasting as of midnight on July 20th 2011. Due to lack of funding the station will sadly close its door on the 31st July 2011. We would like to thank you all for your continued support over the last 5 years which made this station such a great success. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Top Up TV to offer Sky Sports 1

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DVB-T2-Lite a case of the BBC reinventing the wheel? - James Cridland

Listen, thank you, BBC, for linking to an old blog of mine on their five biggest stories of the week feature. This is important not just because of the areas of poor bandwidth the mobile mapping experiment is looking into, but says James Cridland 3G bandwidth is too expensive for even casual radio listening. Yes, broadcast is really important if we want to reach people in a mobile environment. - james.cridland.net

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Press releases - Programme press releases - ITV Interim results - ITV Press Centre

Net debt improved to 52m from 188m at year end. Cost saving programme is on track to deliver 15m of savings in 2011. ITV Player now launched on Android phones, Apple devices and Freesat. - itv.com

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Ariel - Reasoned debate at last

Indeed before this Review I would have half expected this piece to appear on one side of a page opposite James Delingpole's objections. Agreeing with Professor Jones's views on this, the Trust has stated that a 'false balance between well-established fact and opinion must be avoided'. That most wholly inaccurate and dangerous belief was down to the media's obsession with 'balancing' every interview with a medical scientist defending the safety of the vaccine with someone against. - bbc.co.uk

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UPDATE 1-ITV says ad sales fall, sees slowing decline in next months - Reuters

The company, which is one year into a five-year transformation plan under new management, on Wednesday reported a 4 percent increase in total external revenue to 1.03 billion pounds 1.7 billion for the first half of the year. Its shares fell 1.3 percent to 67.1 pence in early trading. The broadcaster, whose top programmes include talent show the X Factor and long-running soap Coronation Street, increased its audience share share of commercial impacts by 1 percent to 40 percent. - reuters.com

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ITV Player launches on Freesat - News - Broadcast

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ITV Player beta now available on Humax Freesat boxes - What Satellite Digital TV

TechRadaris part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. - wotsat.techradar.com

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Regulator to act over BSkyB movies business - FT.com

Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c18ea3d2-b790-11e0-b95d-00144feabdc0.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.com

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BBC3 on-demand viewing exceeds original broadcast - News - Broadcast

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Freeview+ HD PVR group test

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Yesterday journeys back to the 60s

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

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BBC: full service cuts unlikely - News - Broadcast

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BBC rules out merging local stations and Radio 5 Live - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC will not merge Radio 5 Live with its local stations, it has announced. Thompson said he would not be closing any local radio stations or merging regional TV news operations in England, but declined to rule out service closures entirely. There will be no full or partial merger of local radio and Radio 5 Live. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC boss Mark Thompson pledges smarter savings - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The BBC committed itself to saving billions of pounds from its budget when it launched a process, called Putting Quality First, last year after the annual licence fee was frozen at 145.50 for six years. We won't be closing any local radio stations or television regions. There will be no full or partial merger of local radio and Radio 5 Live. - independent.co.uk

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informitv - BBC Global iPlayer app offers downloads

Further details have been revealed about the global BBC iPlayer, which is soon to launch in Europe. It will launch as an Apple iPad app and will support downloads to the device, allowing users to view programmes more than once, for an unlimited time, so long as they maintain their subscription to the service. In practice, the number of programmes that can be stored will be limited by the capacity of the device. - informitv.com

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Beeb to fund ad-mungous Local TV for local people • The Register

The plan calls for a new company to manage a new multiplex, squeezed into 8MHz of white space locally unused spectrum and built using 25m of BBC cash. Local TV companies will then be able to broadcast on that multiplex, only paying the running costs, and the BBC is committing to buying 15m worth of content from them over the following three years. Both the multiplex-running company referenced as MuxCo and the Local TV franchises will be selected by beauty contests the company judged most able to provide the service will get the bandwidth, rather than the highest bidder. - theregister.co.uk

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A new framework for local TV in the UK - July 2011 [pdf]

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BT cuts price of digital TV and broadband deals - uSwitch.com

BT has slashed the price of its popular digital TV and broadband bundles, in a bid to attract new customers to the Vision service. Consumers have two options when signing up for BT Vision which can be the perfect bolt-on for any home phone and broadband package. Other on-demand entertainment packs cannot be added to this tariff, but subscribers have the option of taking Sky Sports 1 12.30, Sky Sports 2 12.30 or Sky Sports 12 17.40 with their deal. - uswitch.com

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VOD not in demand in U.K. - Entertainment News, Technology News, Media - Variety

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Signs of BSkyB slowdown bring more bad news for investors - Business - The Observer

BSkyB's full-year results are expected to show signs of a slowdown in growth as the consumer spending squeeze hits Sky subscribers. Earlier this month, Sky promised to freeze prices for its TV, broadband and phone subscribers from September for at least 12 months. Some see this as the first indication its customers are finally feeling the pinch. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC News - Podcasts: Who still listens to them?

So why has such a popular technology received such a small amount of attention Named word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary in 2005, podcast has become a widely understood term, with more than 150,000 podcasts available about almost any subject imaginable. A podcast is defined as a multimedia digital file made available on the Internet for downloading to a portable media player, computer, etc.. - news.bbc.co.uk

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ASDA Launches Budget 40 Full HD 1080p Freeview LCD TV Priced At £299

However, it is not just groceries that the company is offering cut-price deals on. Over recent years ASDA and many other supermarkets have started selling products such as home furnishings and electrical items, including a range of flat-screen TVs from a variety of manufacturers. The supermarket chain has this week launched the latest bargain in its electrical range in the form of a 40-inch, full HD LCD television for just 299. - hdtvtest.co.uk

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Digital switch has turned me off - Money - The Guardian

It was installed in our home as part of the service, but in June this year it stopped working. We approached Switchover Help Scheme to ask for it to be repaired or replaced it was only 18 months old but staff have refused to help. We have repeatedly been told to contact Goodmans, but they didn't supply us the box and are under no obligation to help. - guardian.co.uk

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Australia watchdog frowns on Murdoch bid - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Foxtel, which delivers more than 200 channels to 1.63 million subscribers in metropolitan areas of Australia, is seeking to buy Austar, which has over 760,000 subscribers. Austar, however, is available mostly in regional and rural Australia, and the only place where the two rivals are competing is in the Gold Coast. The ACCC has asked for further submissions from interested parties by August 11, and it intends to publicly announce its final view by September 8. - independent.co.uk

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Nick Clegg: Ofcom should review Rupert Murdoch's Sky stake - Telegraph

Mr Cable last year told undercover Daily Telegraph reporters that he had declared war on Mr Murdoch and suggested he wanted to block the Sky deal. - telegraph.co.uk

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BBC - Research and Development: DVB-T2-Lite profile tech standard approved: Transmissions are go!

This new profile will allow simpler receiver implementations for very low capacity applications such as mobile broadcasting. This new profile can be mixed with conventional T2 signals in a single multiplex, to allow separate optimisation of the individual components.The T2-Lite component could provide audiences with a reliable live 'broadcast' TV or radio experience on their handheld devices. Using this new profile live broadcasts can be delivered to multiple audience members at a fixed cost to the content provider. - bbc.co.uk

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RadioCentre: Make 5 Live rolling news - Radio Today

RadioCentre is calling for the 5 Live service licence to be amended to emphasise its public value output, and for 5 Live to cease branding itself as an entertainment station. Radio 5 Live is the obvious outlet for this, but its drift towards entertainment-led output means it often falls short of that aspiration. The submission argues that 5 Live has moved away from the public service principles it was founded upon, and calls for a reduction of soft news in the 5 Live schedule. The 5 Live service licence has an obligation to feature minority sports and RadioCentre believes this coverage should be expanded to at least half of all sport output. - radiotoday.co.uk

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PSB spend on original content drops 12% - News - Broadcast

21 July, 2011 By Catherine Neilan Spend on original programmes by public service broadcasters has dropped by 12 over the last four years, with Channel 5s contribution almost halving in that time, an Ofcom report has found. 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 science coverage: time for some joined-up thinking? - Media - guardian.co.uk

Some NHU staff even told him they were warned not to be too scientific. Is this due to the demand for natural history programmes to be as accessible as possible to boost international sales, I wonder The sense you have, delving behind the headlines, is that BBC licence fee payers are probably being short-changed on science programming. - guardian.co.uk

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Iptv is a minefield for everyone- The Inquirer

This is apparently set to grow but there are a number of issues surrounding the technology. The biggest barrier, according to the research, is the cost of buying the device, with 34 per cent giving that answer. What will eventually happen is that consumers will probably buy a new TV without fully knowing that it has the capability to connect to the internet. - theinquirer.net

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Why does Largs area have less digital tv? / News / Largs / Articles / Largs Millport Weekly News

Published 21 Jul 2011 0930 10 Comments A Largs man has demanded a reduction in the tv licence fee because of less choice for local viewers. It is galling to think we are paying the same licence fee but must accept a second class service. mr mc garvey we had same problem before with channel 5 local councillor recomended get sky the local council should be doing something about it as we pay the license fee im sure it goes to the govermentis north ayrshire not part of goverment - largsandmillportnews.com

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DTG not competing with HbbTV - Broadband TV News

Gauntlett explained that YouView was taking the DTGs set of standards and then enhancing them with its own technology. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Analysts warn Sky brand could suffer a backlash - News - Broadcast

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Ofcom - Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report 2011

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Channelling the energy online - Archive - Marketing Week

At least, that was the view of its then newly appointed senior vice-president of digital, Philip OFerrall. Hence the past five years have been all about building a digital marketing effort which, as he puts it, is a 360-degree strategy in which websites do not simply reflect television shows but are separate entities with unique content. Sites can then help generate and reinvigorate interest in a show, particularly through invitations to follow or like a programme and its main characters on Twitter and Facebook. - marketingweek.co.uk

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Hunt favours individual stations for local television plan - Editors Blog - Journalism.co.uk

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has backtracked on his plans to introduce a local TV network. Hunt originally wanted a single network channel based around a national spine before changing to a more locally run approach. Hunts original plans would have seen a centralised national channel with syndicated programming, which would act as the hub which local channels could feed. - blogs.journalism.co.uk

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What did PM tell Murdoch about the BSkyB takeover? - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Downing Street had previously insisted that the 8bn takeover was not mentioned. Despite private fears among Tory MPs about his links to Mr Coulson, they rallied strongly behind him when he addressed their weekly meeting last night. PM Perhaps Mr Bradshaw will now be transparent, as he was culture secretary, about all of the contacts he has had with News International over many years. - independent.co.uk

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Andy Parfitt to leave Radio 1 - News - Broadcast

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Ariel - Report praises BBC Science output

The review, by geneticist Professor Steve Jones, says individual BBC science teams are doing excellent work, but should collaborate more - and programmes should stop trying to fulfill impartiality guidelines by always having 'pro' and 'anti' commentators on science stories, for example, climate change. Content analysis by Imperial College, London found one in four BBC news stories was science related. Nonetheless the report suggest improvements, including appointing a specialist Science Editor, getting science programmes to collaborate across genres, widening the source base for stories and clearly identifying to the audience when something is scientific fact and when it is opinion. - bbc.co.uk

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The Media Show: The Murdochs and phone hacking. 20 Jul 11

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BBC - The Editors: BBC science review

His report suggests there is too little cooperation between the various parts of the BBC that cover science, and that news coverage relies on too limited a pool of commentators and sources - creating the risk that we give our audiences an incomplete view of developments in the scientific world. The report also says we should make sure that we achieve the right balance between well-established scientific fact and opinion. Otherwise, Professor Jones argues, there is a danger of the BBC giving undue prominence to critics on the fringes of what is actually a settled scientific debate. - bbc.co.uk

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