Tuesday 17 May 2011, PM
First local Freeview carriage deal - Broadband TV News
It has a target audience of some 1.2 million homes. Movies4Men went live on May 10 and is supported by an on-air campaign across the areas local radio stations. Dolphin TVs Broadcast subsidiary has taken advantage of an exciting opportunity to acquire and test regional Freeview distribution in the UK. - broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comTuesday 17 May 2011, AM
Ariel - Hunt mounts review of regulation
16 May 2011 Last updated at 1558 Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is seeking responses from across broadcasting, communications and the creative industries on how to loosen regulation in order to encourage growth and innovation in the sector. Submissions, by a deadline of June 30, are the first steps towards a new draft communications bill by April 2013. Hunt launched his review this week with an open letter that asks whether the regulatory framework that's in place is fit for the digital age. - bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.ukMonday 16 May 2011, AM
The stars come out for Edinburgh TV festival - Media - guardian.co.uk
The stars of The Only Way is Essex will join producers and commissioners to talk about vajazzling, spray tanning and the blurring of fact and fiction. - guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.ukBBC management eyes Lord Patten nervously - Media - The Guardian
Lord Patten, the new chairman of the BBC Trust. The speaker was the then relatively new BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland. By the end of the speech they were beaming like Cheshire cats. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukABC director general Mark Scott gives his perspective on the BBC's travails - Media - The Guardian
Whenever Mark Thompson steps down as director general of the BBC and the inevitable shortlists get drawn up at least one name from Australia ought to be thrown in. Mark Scott is a director general too of the ABC, the English language public broadcaster that is most similar to our own. Not that Scott, 48 and five years into the job, is going anywhere, but the quietly cerebral executive is used to the politics of state-funded broadcasting and the fight against Murdoch-inspired criticism. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukITV's Elaine Bedell is still betting on the Simon Cowell factor - Media - The Guardian
ITV's fortunes are so closely tied to Cowell unhealthily so, some might argue that all the will he/won't he speculation about his X Factor judging role earlier this year even featured in City analysts' notes about the broadcaster. That said, Bedell's immediate task is to ensure that her existing Cowell-produced shows remain in rude health. Viewing of this year's Britain's Got Talent was down 10 year on year when it returned without Cowell, although the unusual series of bank holidays and good weather may have played a part. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSaturday 14 May 2011, PM
Clive Jones: local TV plans 'not dead' - 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.uk
www.broadcastnow.co.ukSaturday 14 May 2011, AM
BBC - Research and Development: Prototyping Weeknotes #59 (13/05/11)
The whole team spent Monday in an energetic and excellent day-long workshop with a service design agency looking at some different techniques for low-fi experience prototyping. In a matter of hours we'd identified some real user needs, sketched out some ideas and then translated them into physical prototypes that the rest of the team could 'experience'. Next week we are going to be testing out some of our low-fidelity prototypes with real users yikes. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk
What is DLNA? - TV DVD - Which? Technology
DLNA is an industry-wide standard for sharing data over a home network. The alliance was established in 2003 and now has around 250 members all working towards the goal of seamless interoperability of products. The home network over which the content is shared can be either a wireless wi-fi network or a wired, ethernet LAN network. - which.co.uk
www.which.co.ukFriday 13 May 2011, PM
Networked TV Tuners are chock full of win
A few days later, I had set mine up and was watching TV across our home network at the time, we had just one desktop and a clunky laptop that heated up quickly and was thus impossible to actually use on your lap. The cable tuners are from my dual AVer Media internal tuner. Cetons tuner hit the market and the demand was intense several threads in the enthusiast community grew several thousand posts long and one volunteer tirelessly tracked everyones preorders so that community members might get a better sense of when theirs would arrive. - windowsteamblog.com
windowsteamblog.comMedia Talk: Max Mosley, Sony Awards and Eurovision
download.guardian.co.ukLord Sugar's YouView loses set-top box supplier - Media - guardian.co.uk
Lord Sugar took over at YouView in March. Sugar replaced former Ofcom mandarin Kip Meek as chairman of YouView in March with a brief to ensure the problem-plagued service is available to consumers by early 2012. His company, Amstrad, at one time made home computers but had focused on TV technology by 2007, when it was sold for 125m to BSkyB. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukDigital radio share breaks 25% - News - Broadcast
12 May, 2011 By Alex Farber Listening to the radio via digital platforms has grown to represent over 25 of share in the first three months of the year, according to the latest figures from Rajar. 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.ukBBC local news services covering Cameron's constituency could be cut - Media - guardian.co.uk
Prime minister David Cameron's Witney constituency's news services could be hit by 'Delivering Quality First' review. The Oxford sub-opt has about 20 staff and a budget of 1m a year, with a nightly audience share of more than 30. A final list of proposals is due to be prepared in June and the report will be presented to the BBC Trust in July. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 13 May 2011, AM
West Yorkshire Police digital conmen warning - Latest News - Yorkshire Evening Post
The phases for the switchover in West Yorkshire take place over two Wednesdays, September 7 and 21. Officers are urging people to be aware of the facts about the digital switchover before handing cash to bogus officials selling items which are not needed. Police are concerned crooks may use the switchover process as an opportunity to pressurise members of the public into buying a digital aerial or having unnecessary alterations carried out to their TV sets. - yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.ukTechnicolour Pulls Out of Youview Deal
Huawei, Pace, Manhattan and Vestel have all submitted expressions of interest back in August 2010 but have not committed which leaves the project with a shortage of suppliers. - appmarket.tvwww.appmarket.tv
What size TV should I buy? - LED, LCD and plasma TV - TV DVD - Which? Technology
TV screen size and viewing distance calculator Watch a lot of high-definition TV Then you should look to get a bigger screen. But, sit too close to a big screen when watching standard-definition TV and the results can be disappointing. Use our interactive tool to find the ideal size for your room. - which.co.ukwww.which.co.ukThursday 12 May 2011, PM
BBC - About the BBC: RAJARs, Sonys and more make it a good week for BBC Radio
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AirTies 4420 review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Media streaming devices
As Powerline gets faster, however, so increases its tendency to interfere with other radio users. Wireless connections would be ideal, but typical domestic 802.11g networks aren't fast enough for HD video, and the 2.4GHz spectrum they use is getting very crowded. A new standard, 802.11n, offers a way forward. - techradar.com
www.techradar.comThursday 12 May 2011, AM
Radio Today.. with RCS: Record high for radio listening
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radiotoday.co.ukDigital platform figures from today s RAJAR - James Cridland
Its RAJAR day the day when the radio audience figures are released for the previous quarter. Youll find all the normal figures at Media UK search for a station, then hit audience figures to see all the information, and a pretty graph. They might not release the figures, but assuming I could get hold of them I could, I can now tell you exactly how people tune in to the radio. - james.cridland.net
james.cridland.netStrong start fades as ITV suffers World Cup hangover - Business News, Business - The Independent
ITV warned that its advertising revenues are set to fall a year on from the football World Cup yesterday, but said that further progress had been made with its five-year overhaul plan. The broadcaster reported an 11 per cent rise in revenues from 450m in the first quarter of 2010 to 500m a year on. Adam Crozier, ITV's chief executive, backed the positive start to the year in which the group outperformed the TV advertising market, with revenues up 12 per cent. - independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukWednesday 11 May 2011, PM
ITV chairman: ads like a 'faulty shower' - Media - guardian.co.uk
Archie Norman said ITV was too reliant on TV advertising. However, on Wednesday the company suffered several downgrades from City analysts after reporting that it will see a slowdown in TV ad revenue growth through the summer, the end of 18 months of growth after the recession. The company's share price was down just over 5 at the close of the day, at 71.9p. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
S4C launches on-demand app - 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.ukChannel 4 says ad recovery will help fill Big Brother gap - News - Marketing Week
Channel 4 says a strong recovery in the advertising market last year allowed the broadcaster to increase its investment in original programming and marketing. The company reported a 12.6 increase in revenue to 935.2m for the year to 31 December 2010. Operating profit reached 49.3m, up from 3.9m the previous year. - marketingweek.co.ukwww.marketingweek.co.uk
Editorial independence of S4C must be protected, say MPs - Media - guardian.co.uk
They also asked for more detail on S4C's future funding and governance in the report, published on Wednesday. MPs proposed that S4C's finances should in future be inspected by the National Audit Office. They also suggested that some of its funding should come from the National Assembly for Wales, and that it should be accountable to a committee of the Cardiff administration. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 11 May 2011, AM
FT.com / Media - Hunt abandons local TV 'spine'Â plan
Printed from http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2391270-7b21-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0.html Print a single copy of this article for personal use. - ft.comwww.ft.comTuesday 10 May 2011, PM
Google announces Android @ Home - BGR
Google announced on Tuesday a new feature of the Android operating system called Android Home. The framework and associated functions transform an Android device into a home automation controller that connects and directs all of the devices and appliances in the users home. Android Home framework can be used to control gaming consoles, lighting, appliances, irrigations systems and anything else developers can envision. - bgr.com
www.bgr.comBBC - BBC Internet Blog: What's On BBC Red Button 10th - 23rd May 2011
The second episode 'First to Last', shows how the team set about illustrating the magic moment when your heart first began to beat, just 3 weeks after conception, and how they had to apply some artistic licence so they could take the viewer on a journey inside the miniature world of your blood vessels. Each week a selection of viewers' comments will appear during the programme on BBC Red Button page 155 along with details of the panel and the topics under discussion. 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. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukSouth East England to start switchover in May 2012
-www.dtg.org.ukJeremy Hunt's local TV plans face delay? - News - TechRadar UK
Jeremy Hunt's plans to create a sixth terrestrial channel which focuses on locally-produced content, have hit a rocky patch, with news that the channel faces delays and could be abandoned altogether. The idea for a national 'local' channel was an interesting one when it was mooted back in January. Around 50 bidders expressed an interest in running the channel that would place an onus on locally-produced content. - techradar.comwww.techradar.comQVC launches beauty channel on Freeview
QVC Beauty is a dedicated channel for beauty products and beauty advice, broadcasting one-hour programmes between 0800 and 1300 BST each day. - retailgazette.co.uk
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BBC News - South East TV digital switchover dates
Freeview signals will be boosted enabling thousands of homes to receive the digital service for the first time. An advice line and website are available to help with the switchover. Analogue services are scheduled to be switched off in two stages at each transmitter group. - bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukJeremy Hunt's plan for new national TV network likely to be delayed - Media - guardian.co.uk
The new national network is a key part of Jeremy Hunt's local TV plan. However, MediaGuardian.co.uk understands this is now likely to be delayed until after the local services launch and may be abandoned altogether. Extensive lobbying by would-be local operators, fearful of being dominated by a commercial national network operator with its own priorities and anxious to get started, is also understood to have influenced the government's thinking. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMonday 09 May 2011, PM
Government names Huw Jones as preferred candidate for S4C chairman - Media - guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, was reported to be disappointed with the lack of any truly independent names on the list. Jones will appear before the Commons culture media and sport and Welsh affairs select committees on 24 May for a pre-appointment vetting. He is a Welsh speaker and former independent producer who was S4C's chief executive between 1994 and 2005. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukRadio income per capita - James Cridland
Radio income per capita Posted on Monday, May 9th, 2011 at 1222 pm. An interesting graph, sourced from Ofcom, showing revenue earnt per capita for major radio markets worldwide. The UK appears to be pretty standard in terms of revenue per capita Germany, Canada and Sweden seem to be particularly better than us. - james.cridland.netjames.cridland.netITV expected to report first decline in ad revenues for 18 months - Media - The Guardian
Some analysts question whether ITV chief Adam Crozier has used his first year wisely to build for the future. However, reality will bite on Wednesday when he announces that the broadcaster is set to report its first fall in ad revenue in 18 months. Crozier revealed bumper results for 2010 in March, fuelled almost entirely by an outstanding market-beating TV ad sales performance up 16 year-on-year. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSunday 08 May 2011, AM
Are we really about to say goodbye to TV and DVDs? - Technology - The Observer
A new report from Nielsen, the US media ratings firm, conveys some bad news to the broadcast TV networks. Ownership of television sets by US households has fallen for the first time in two decades. Granted, the decline 96.7 of American households now own sets, down from 98.9 previously may not seem very much, but there will be many in the industry who will wonder if it's the faint tremor that presages an earthquake. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFriday 06 May 2011, PM
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Thursday 05 May 2011, PM
DTG :: News :: Austria to tender DVB-T2 multiplexes
The broadcasting of DVB-T2 could begin in the first half of 2012 and could offer up to 30 new channels. Austria are also considering introducing digital radio using the DAB standard. Austrian media authority KommAustria will launch an nationwide survey to determine interest on 1 June 2012. - dtg.org.ukwww.dtg.org.ukBBC News to cut 45 more jobs - Media - guardian.co.uk
Photograph Eamonn Mccabe BBC News is to axe a further 45 jobs in the final stage of a five-year plan that will see the loss of more than 450 posts. BBC News has already closed 420 posts in the first four years of the Creative Future plan. By the end of year five, with another 45 jobs to go, BBC News will have saved 161m, of which the corporation said 63.4m has been reinvested into journalism. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.uk
News Corp bids to talk down BSkyB - News - Broadcast
5 May, 2011 News Corps chief operating officer has responded to the escalating price of British Sky Broadcasting shares, which threatens to hike up the price it must pay to take full control of the company. 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.ukWednesday 04 May 2011, PM
BBC aims to 'dial down compliance' - Media - guardian.co.uk
Jordan told the House of Lords communications committee on Tuesday that he hoped to lighten the burden of editorial constraints on programme-makers. Jordan also denied the BBC was risk averse. He pointed to the expensive undercover filming investigations the BBC commissions, which recently included exposing bullying within the army barracks at Catterick. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukSwitchover Or Switch-off / News / Roundup / Articles / Cumnock Chronicle
The Digital Switchover has been hailed as the biggest change since the introduction of colour. Folk can expect up to 40 channels, sharper images and additional services such as audio description for viewers with disabilities once the static settles on May 25. The broadcast signal for viewers in in Cumnock and Doon Valley is transmitted through the Darvel receivers. - cumnockchronicle.com
www.cumnockchronicle.comPanasonic BWT800 and BWT700 3D Blu-ray recorders announced - News - TechRadar UK
There's also a high-speed copying function, which means you can record unprotected hard-drive content on to a Blu-ray drive in a speedier way. - techradar.comwww.techradar.comWorld Service 'safer' with BBC
-radiotoday.co.ukBBC executives still paid too much, says Lord Patten - Media - guardian.co.uk
Lord Patten says some of the BBC's executives are still paid too highly. Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Patten said the corporation was working through a series of cuts that would scale back the number of senior executives by about a quarter. He refused to categorically rule out certain BBC services being reduced as the BBC deals with a budget cutback of about 16. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukWednesday 04 May 2011, AM
Digital radio switchover explained - Audio - Which? Technology
-www.which.co.ukFailing to defend BBC's independence would make me a moron – Lord Patten - Media - guardian.co.uk
BBC chairman Lord Patten said the corporation faced some 'difficult choices'. Patten said he hoped the BBC could push through a massive programme of savings following last year's licence fee settlement, which froze the annual levy at its current rate until 2016 without cutting services. It was rumoured that the BBC will announce details of some job cuts on Wednesday. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukpick a page