Breaking legal news: TVC wins ground-breaking case against broadcasters

Whilst this is barely significant, it is a protracted process that will take some years and will not affect users of this website. TVCatchup would like to thank the Hon Mr Justice Floyd, our legal team, our staff, our commercial partners and, of course, our valued members, for their support, friendship, patience, loyalty and encouragement throughout a period of uncertainty - a period in time that is now firmly behind us. - forums.tvcatchup.com

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Murdochs must prove fitness to keep existing BSkyB slice, says Tory MP - Media - The Guardian

Unlike Fox, Burt, who grew up in Bury and once represented the town at Westminster, is on the moderate wing of the Tory party. He has been prominent in explaining Britain's policy towards Libya during the Nato bombing campaign, and was on Radio 5 Live to field more such questions. - guardian.co.uk

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informitv - Criterion to succeed socially with SeeSaw

Michael Jackson, the former BBC channel controller who went on to head Channel 4 before moving to America, will become chairman and is taking an ownership stake. So, what does Criterion need to do to succeed with SeeSaw SeeSaw was due to close by the end of June after its owners Arqiva announced that it no longer fits with the strategic direction in which we are taking Arqiva and requires considerable investment to succeed in an increasingly competitive market. - informitv.com

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Department for Culture Media and Sport - digital TV switchover

Department for Culture Media and Sport By 2012, analogue television services in the UK will be replaced by digital. The old analogue television signal will be switched off a region at a time, and the digital terrestrial signal will be boosted. This process, known as digital switchover, has important benefits more choice It is important that people have a choice of options for getting digital television. - culture.gov.uk

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BBC News - Hacking: Miliband and Clegg seek media ownership limits

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backed new ownership rules to foster more press diversity but said an independent inquiry should be completed first. The calls follow last week's closure of the News of the World, which Mr Murdoch owned, amid claims of phone hacking. Meanwhile, the deputy prime minister echoed the calls for media ownership changes expressed by Mr Miliband. - bbc.co.uk

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Freeview appoints Leo Burnett to £12m ad account

Leo Burnett will be responsible for developing a strategy to transform the brand to encourage viewers to take a fresh look at Freeview. The agency will also develop what Freeview says is its first brand campaign, due to air later this year. - campaignlive.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - The Media Show: 25/05/2011

Does the law need to be re-assessed to take the impact of social networks into account The Telegraph's Emma Barnett explains where Twitter stands now. Ofcom has upheld a complaint against Press TV, finding the broadcaster in serious breach of the rules. - bbc.co.uk

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Current TV chief claims Murdoch's Sky Italia broke commitment - Media - guardian.co.uk

Hyatt said that he was told by Murdoch that he would look into the matter, which in turn prompted renewed contact with Sky Italia. During these brief negotiations, Current says it sought a 33 increase on the 3.3m 2.9m a year it was being paid, only for the News Corp subsidiary to respond by saying the fee should be cut by two-thirds. Current TV rejected the offer, with the result that the TV station will go off air in Italy at the end of July. - guardian.co.uk

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More work needed on complaints handling

14 July 2011 Last updated at 1148 A mystery shopping exercise has revealed that the BBC is still not dealing quickly enough with letters and emails of complaint. The independent exercise, conducted in January, looked at what happens when complaints - and in 2010/2011 there were 240,000 of them - enter the system. The study found that 56 of emails received a response within the BBC's published aim of ten days. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC launches guide to low energy lighting for television

The BBC has launched a new guide that will help television productions to cut carbon emissions and save on their energy bills. The BBC has a target of 20 reduction in energy consumption by 2013 and needs to use energy more efficiently and adopt low carbon technologies to achieve this which is why low energy lighting LEL can help. LEL lamps last longer than traditional ones allowing maintenance cost savings to be made, and the new lamps offer more flexible ways to change light colour. - bbc.co.uk

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Online TV service SeeSaw saved - Media - guardian.co.uk

SeeSaw Criterion Capital Partners has taken a controlling stake. Criterion Capital Partners has taken a controlling stake in SeeSaw, which is owned by transmission business Arqiva, in a deal estimated to be worth well over 10m. Criterion, which will hold a majority stake in SeeSaw, has appointed Jackson as chairman. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC HD/3D boss quits; BBC2 HD planned - News - Broadcast

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Licence fee deal should be re-examined, says NUJ - News - Broadcast

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Statement regarding News Corporation proposal

The Board believes BSkyB has a compelling investment case and significant growth opportunities, as demonstrated by its excellent operational and financial performance and strong balance sheet which provides both strategic and financial flexibility. We remain very confident in the broadly based growth opportunity for BSkyB as we continue to add new customers, sell more products, develop our leading position in content and innovation, and expand the contribution from our other businesses. - corporate.sky.com

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Ariel - Danielle Nagler to leave BBC

She also led a team looking at 3D content development, which led to this year's Wimbledon finals being shown in 3D for the first time. Potts will leave the BBC at the end of year. - bbc.co.uk

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A global standard for digital radio - James Cridland

Its often given as a criticism that radio has failed to achieve a worldwide digital standard. I review it here. This is in the US for now, but I fully expect Canada to also use it in the years ahead. So, radio has no global digital standard instead, we have continental standards. - james.cridland.net

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Evening Standard eyes local TV channel contract - Marketing news - Marketing magazine

It is likely that funding of 40m for an initial network of 10 to 20 stations will be provided by licence-fee payers, to cover the set-up and three-year running costs. However, Hunt scrapped plans to create a national spine channel on the Freeview platform last month. He will instead allow contractors to operate individually licensed stations as opposed to the top-down approach of a centralised local TV channel. - marketingmagazine.co.uk

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Ofcom approves Devon Multiplex extension - Radio Today

The approval comes despite the majority of the 234 consultation responses being against the proposals. Most objections were on the grounds that it would enable the holder of the existing FM licence for Barnstaple to secure its renewal. Now that approval has been given, Global Radios FM licence for the area has been automatically extended by 12 years. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC spending: where does the licence fee go? Visualised - News - guardian.co.uk

What does the BBC spend on its key channels The report shows that total BBC turnover topped 5bn for the first time last year, with revenues reaching 5.09bn in the year to 31 March 2012, up from 4.99bn. Of this 3.6bn came from the licence fee, with 25.7m households due to pay the 145.50 compulsory annual levy. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - The Media Show: Special Edition

A special edition of The Media Show investigates the lasting impact of the end of the News of the World. - bbc.co.uk

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C21Media:

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

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Record profits for BBC Worldwide - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The BBC's commercial wing has reported record revenue and profits, leading to a rise of more than 8 in the amount being ploughed back into BBC programmes in the past year. Figures published today in the BBC Worldwide annual review also show that the company's chief executive John Smith had a remuneration package totalling almost 900,000 for the last financial year. Sales rose by 7.8 to 1.16 billion in the past financial year, the report showed. - independent.co.uk

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BBC Trust - BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11

Please visit the BBC Trust homepage to find the information you want. you may have typed the web address incorrectly - please check the spelling, or that there are no spaces or capital letters. Alternatively, please try the other links and search box on this page. - bbc.co.uk

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Ariel - Pay bill cut, even before Patten pledge

Heavily trailed in the press, the figures show that spend on BBC presenters, artists, actors and journalists is down by almost 9m to 212.5m, with more than 8000 fewer individuals and organisations hired than in the previous year. As expected, the number of individuals, as well as companies or organisations earning more than 500k and up to 5m have been aggregated to protect individuals' confidentiality in such a small pool of top stars. In 2010/11 there were 19 in this category, two fewer than in 2009/10. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 - home page

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BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping weeknotes #67

The News linking team Olivier, Chris L, Duncan and Joanne are in data analysis mode. Nina from the News design team is spending a couple of days a week sitting with us. They've been diving into the relevant user research and are looking at personalisation, bubbles, dual screens, saving for later, serendipity and the completability of news. - bbc.co.uk

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News Corp's BSkyB bid referred to Competition Commission - News - Broadcast

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News Corp's BSkyB bid referred by Hunt to Competition Commission - Media - guardian.co.uk

That will take 24 weeks, although the Competition Commission has the option of a further eight weeks to evaluate the deal. News Corporation said it would work with the Competition Commission if necessary. By opting to have the bid examined by the Competition Commission, News Corp loses control of determining its potential concessions previously the company had, in effect, offered to spin off Sky News on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. - guardian.co.uk

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Shares in BSkyB fall sharply after takeover doubt - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Shares in BSkyB closed nearly 5 lower after a day in which News Corp defied City expectations that it would dump its proposed bid for the satellite broadcaster. Rupert Murdoch's company withdrew its offer to hive off Sky News as a separate company and said it was now ready to engage with the regulator instead. Shares fell by as much as 7 at one stage in today's session amid speculation that the bid would be scrapped. - independent.co.uk

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informitv - Google and Kantar develop measurement panel

Google is working with research company Kantar to create a panel of households to measure online and television viewing activity to develop improved understanding of cross-platform usage in the United Kingdom. Google is now consulting with the media and advertising industry about how to make the data available. BARB is meanwhile developing its own approach, also in conjunction with Kantar, while Nielsen and comScore are also competing to measure online viewing. - informitv.com

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Ofcom wants "fit and proper" updates from police - News - Broadcast

8 July, 2011 By Balihar Khalsa Ofcom is asking the police to update it with information that may impact whether News Corp passes the fit and proper broadcast licence test, as the phone hacking fall out continues. 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: BBC R

We will be working with five world-leading university partners, selected for their relevance to BBC RDs current audio ambitions. Our primary partners will be Surrey University for audio-visual research and Salford University for acoustics research. We will also be working closely with Southampton, Queen Mary, University of London, and York. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC - Press Office - BBC 'Quality' measures at highest levels in recent years

The BBC has published the results of a range of measures for the first time today that show public perceptions of quality on the BBC are at their highest for many years. The panel has been running for five years but the results have not been published until now. The results indicate that for radio, television and online, scores are at an all-time high, with all television channels scoring more than 80 and all major radio networks scoring 77 or above. - bbc.co.uk

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Lord Patten: the right BBC chairman at the right time? - Media - guardian.co.uk

As it turns out, the four years for which the Tory peer has signed up to preside over the BBC Trust seem certain to mark a politically fallow period. Months before Patten took up the role, in May, a licence fee freeze lasting six years was stitched together. The corporation's royal charter is also off-limits, not up for renewal until 2017. - guardian.co.uk

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Cameron faces storm over BSkyB ruling and the company he keeps - Press, Media - The Independent

A toxic combination of problems is building up for David Cameron in the wake of the phone hacking scandal and the closure of the News of the World. The Government is braced for a storm over News Corporation's bid to assume control of BSkyB, admitting it has limited options to do anything other than delay the takeover. Ms Brooks' continuing presence at the helm of News International is a problem for Mr Cameron. - independent.co.uk

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Ofcom - Ofcom considers future of FM radio band

Ofcom today proposed an innovative new use for the airwaves that will be freed up following the UKs switch from analogue to digital radio. These devices could use these frequencies to deliver innovative applications such as mobile broadband in very sparsely populated areas. The technology works by identifying unoccupied radio waves called white spaces to transmit and receive wireless signals. - media.ofcom.org.uk

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Another Setback For VOD Service YouView As Sony Says No View

The inability of YouView to strike deals with electronics manufacturers and Sonys lack of support is a major blow. The VOD service was supposed to launch this summer, but now that start date has been held to sometime next year, notes Hardware. Sonys rejection comes after Technicolor, a subsidiary of French set-top box maker Thomson, broke away from YouView last month. - paidcontent.co.uk

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BSkyB bid final clearance unlikely to be given before September - Media - guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt continues to insist phone-hacking issue is not relevant to his decision on takeover. The minister's aides insisted that a final decision, which was expected next week, had not been delayed, but the long period of consultation gives Hunt breathing space as the storm over News of the World phone-hacking scandal remains intense. BSkyB shares continued to fall, dropping 11p by 3pm on Thursday to reach 811.5p as investors began to sell off their stock in the belief that a final News Corp bid could now be some months in coming. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - About the BBC: Measuring quality and reach at the BBC

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100,000 comment on BSkyB takeover - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt should be summoned to the Commons to explain his decision to delay a ruling on the proposed takeover, he said. He added that he not been told any minister intended to make a statement but if the situation changed MPs would be told immediately. Last year it offered 700p a share, valuing the company at 12.3 billion, but the board told Mr Murdoch to come back with a higher offer. - independent.co.uk

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Terrestrial TV loss at 2.40pm today - Guernsey News from ITV Channel Television - channelonline.tv

Islanders are being warned that they will lose their terrestrial channels for a maximum of five minutes today at 2.40pm. Other services like Sky and cable television will not be affected. - channelonline.tv

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Ofcom - Television Multiplex Licence Renewals

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Murdoch Gets Dangerous for Cameron - Bloomberg

For three decades, Britains powerful have sought close relations with Rupert Murdoch and his newspapers. Senior policemen who dined editors of the paper now have 45 detectives investigating it. Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure for hiring a former editor of the News of The World who had already resigned over phone-hacking. - bloomberg.com

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Hacking Scandal May Delay Ruling on News Corp. Bid for BSkyB - WSJ.com

The proposed deal, which has already been 13 months in the making because of complicated regulatory hurdles, may now face further delays in the wake of allegations that News of the World hacked into the mobile-phone voice mails of people ranging from celebrities and politicians to murder victims. One regulator that had already approved the deal said it had other powers that could possibly affect it. BSkyB shares fell 2.1 in London trading Wednesday to 827 pence 13.28 apiece, reflecting investor jitters about the deal. - online.wsj.com

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Cut more managers - Patten

6 July 2011 Last updated at 2117 The chairman of the BBC Trust has called for senior management numbers to be cut to around one percent of the total workforce by 2015, which at current staffing levels would leave the corporation with some 200 senior posts. He set out his vision for the BBC as it adjusts to a future of restricted income, and it is a leaner, simpler organisation of fewer, less well paid managers he has in mind. 'There are still too many senior managers.' he said. - bbc.co.uk

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Connected TV shipments to top half a billion in 2015

Over 500 million connected TVs will have shipped worldwide by the end of 2015, according to research firm DisplaySearch. Their latest report identifies that in 2011 more than 25 of all flat panel TVs shipped have some form of internet connectivity, this will increase to 47 138 million units in 2015 with the total Connected TV market comprising of over 500 million models. DTG Staff 06.07.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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DAB championed at electronics conference - Radio Today

Minister Ed Vaizey has supported the progress on digital radio at the Intellect Consumer Electronics Conference 2011. The Minister recognised the progress made on cars with 14 of all new cars now being fitted with digital radios as standard, and looked forward to the Government taking a positive decision on digital radio switchover in 2013. GFK reported a large uplift in digital radio sales compared to last year, coinciding with the launch of Radio 4 Extra, and that cumulative digital radio sales hit 13 million at the end of June. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC News - News Corp's bid for BSkyB jeopardised

First, the disclosure that the News of the World appears to have paid tens of thousands of pounds to police officers for information over a period of years is redolent of a newsroom that seems to have been out of control. There was, according to sources, a macho culture at the News of the World from 2003 to 2006 or so when almost no practice was off limits, so long as the scoop was landed. What we now need to know is which officers received the payments that were detailed in the internal News-of-the-World e-mails sanctioning the payments. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC HD TV: Winding Down from Wimbledon

Wimbledon was the BBC's first ever 3D TV transmission. From your comments I know the topic of 1920transmission is something some of you feel very strongly about. In the BBC HD Channel promo for example there are only two programmes acquired and post produced in 1920 and during the time the encoders were set to 1920, the majority of programmes shown were not made in 1920. - bbc.co.uk

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Ofcom Maps - Broadband speeds map

Click on a region on the map to see more broadband information Rank Overall performance Each area has been ranked on how they score on four broadband metrics, on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 the highest or fastest, and 5 the lowest or slowest. The individual scores have been combined to provide an overall view of broadband in each area. Average broadband take up Each area has been ranked from 1 to 5 on the number of broadband connections as a percentage of the total postal addresses in the area. - maps.ofcom.org.uk

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