Pact cheers Hargreaves' fair use regime rejection - News - Broadcast

19 May, 2011 By Ben Dowell Pact has said it heartily applauds the rejection of a fair use regime for intellectual property outlined in the Hargreaves report published on Wednesday. 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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Sky under fire for taking post projects in-house - News - Broadcast

19 May, 2011 By George Bevir Sky is directing indies to complete an increasing amount of post-production at its new West London base, post houses have claimed. 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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Glasgow Liberal Democrats - Glasgow Liberal Democrats - BBC change of heart on digital radio 'simple common sense' - Sco

The requested URL /scottish-lib-dems/bbc-change-of-heart-on-digital-radio-simple-common-sense.html was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. - glasgowlibdems.org.uk

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IPTV news - BT adopts customer experience management solution for YouView rollout

Alcatel-Lucent will also provide BT with a complete set of services, including installation, project management, and software customisation and integration. Last April YouView published its final core technical specifications for launch and announced further device partners, including Pace and Huawei. - iptv-news.com

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BBC ALBA Launches On Virgin Media

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Ariel - No reversal of World Service cuts

18 May 2011 Last updated at 1656 The government has dashed hopes that cuts of 16 to the World Service budget can be reversed. 'World Service assured us at the time of their settlement that they were working to identify savings in this back office area. The degree to which they have done so is not clear,' Hague says. - bbc.co.uk

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William Hague questions BBC World Service's commitment to savings - Media - guardian.co.uk

William Hague criticised the corporations decision to close services including BBC Hindi on shortwave. The World Service assured us at the time of their settlement that they were working to identify savings in this area too. - guardian.co.uk

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Intellectual Property Office - Independent Review of IP and Growth

Chaired by Professor Ian Hargreaves and assisted by a panel of experts, the review reported to Government in May 2011. The Review makes 10 recommendations designed to ensure that the UK has an IP framework best suited to supporting innovation and promoting economic growth in the digital age. - ipo.gov.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - What is the Series Record feature?

The Series Record feature allows you to set up your computer to download BBC programmes automatically as soon as they are made available. Once set, all new episodes of the selected programme title will be downloaded to the iPlayer Desktop application on your computer. You must have the BBC iPlayer Desktop application installed on your computer to use subscriptions. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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ukdigitalradio: New transmitter for Scotland

We use cookies to improve user experience on our website. If you continue, we'll assume you are happy for your web browser to receive all cookies from our website. See our privacy policy for more information on cookies and how to manage them. - ukdigitalradio.com

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BBC News - Hargreaves review gives copyright law digital makeover

18 May 2011 Last updated at 0534 ET A review of the UK's copyright laws offers reforms but not the radical overhaul demanded by some. The Hargreaves Report was requested by David Cameron amid concerns that current legislation was outdated in the internet age. Its author, Professor Ian Hargreaves, recommends legalising the practice of copying music and films. - bbc.co.uk

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Suffolk: Region prepares for digital TV switchover in July - News - East Anglian Daily Times

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. The transmitter at Talconeston, which serves north Suffolk, will be switched off in November. After these dates residents will not be able to watch television unless they have made arrangements to receive digital TV. - eadt.co.uk

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Does power-line networking pose a national security risk? - TNW UK

With a rise in power-line networking uptake across the UK, GCHQ reported earlier this year that the technology is causing interference with its highly sensitive antennae. So GCHQ spies, intercepts, decodes and analyses information across phone lines and digital networks. Now, for those of you who have never heard of power-line networking, this is one of a number of ways to connect multiple computers in the home to the Internet. - thenextweb.com

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Brian Cox and David Attenborough speak out at Lords hearing on BBC - Media - guardian.co.uk

Brian Cox and David Attenborough defending the BBC. Photographs BBC/Rex Features They make for an unlikely double act. One is a knight of the realm and a one-time controller of BBC2 with more than 60 years of broadcasting experience, the other a former member of the pop group DReam turned particle physicist. - guardian.co.uk

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Broadband summit to discuss poor connection in West Sussex - Local - Mid Sussex Times

Council bosses say broadband coverage in West Sussex has some of the most significant not spots and out of range locations in the South East with the poorest connection in the rural heart of the county. Many areas have slow speeds and some communities have no broadband access at all. Speaking ahead of the summit, Mr Herbert, said We are less than 50 miles from London and yet parts of rural West Sussex have no broadband coverage at all, while many areas have slow speeds. - midsussextimes.co.uk

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The future of public service broadcasting is brighter than you think - Media - guardian.co.uk

Channel 4 is moving boldly forward with its project of creative renewal following the axing of Big Brother, promising mischief and experimentation, while declaring its commitment to sturdy independence without state help. The advertiser-funded PSB is almost doubling the amount if spends each year on movie production arm Film4, and is boosting its arts output which had stuttered over the past two years. Channel 4 posted a healthy operating profit of 49.3m for 2010, thanks to last year's unexpectedly strong recovery in TV advertising, and has been able to both boost its programme budget and tuck away a matching amount in its reserve cushion of cash to insulate it from adverse conditions. - guardian.co.uk

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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

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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

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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

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BBC 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.uk

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ABC 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.uk

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ITV'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.uk

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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

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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.uk

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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

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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

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Media Talk: Max Mosley, Sony Awards and Eurovision

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Lord 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.uk

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Digital 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.uk

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BBC 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.uk

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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

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Technicolour 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.tv

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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.uk

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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

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Radio Today.. with RCS: Record high for radio listening

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Digital 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

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Strong 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

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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.uk

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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.uk

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Channel 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.uk

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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.uk

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FT.com / Media - Hunt abandons local TV 'spine' 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.com

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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

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BBC - 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.uk

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South East England to start switchover in May 2012

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Jeremy 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.com

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QVC 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.uk

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Jeremy 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.uk

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