Banerjee and Duflo: Remembering to respect the preferences of the poor - The Economist

TO CUT to the chase this is the best book about the lives of the poor that I have read for a very, very long time. Above all, Banerjee and Duflo take the poorest billion people as they find them. This approach is more than reasonable since the name of the discipline is in its title. - economist.com

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Has the BBC become too afraid to take risks? - Media - The Guardian

Patten volunteered his opinion that there were concerns that the BBC's editorial policy controls were inhibiting programme makers from taking risks. However, while independent producers privately express their belief that the BBC editorial policy department represents an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy interfering with the relationship between editor and programme maker, very few have been prepared to talk openly, as evidenced by the IBT report. The Lords communications committee's inquiry into the role of the BBC Trust and the governance of the corporation has identified the compliance regime as a concern. - guardian.co.uk

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Radio 5 Live's audience appreciates our unique mixture of light and shade - Media - The Guardian

Established in 1994, in relative terms we are one of the new kids on the block for BBC national radio and to be talked about, and analysed, in the same way as our colleagues at Radio 1, 2 and 4 have been previously, confirms we've arrived on centre stage. We have record audience figures of more than 7 million and we have built a good reputation across the industry with another record last month 16 Sony award nominations, nine of which are for our news programmes. Our friends at TalkSport yes, there's a lot of mutual respect between us have been keen to contribute to the debate. - guardian.co.uk

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No news isn't good news for Radio 5 Live listeners - Media - The Guardian

Radio 5 Live is a great station, and I'm very proud of being part of its history. The debate about the type of news service offered by Radio 5 Live is not simply an external discussion, it's a very real internal debate about the station's responsibility to licence fee payers. Depending on who you talk to, Radio 5 Live is a news channel, a sports channel, a talk service or a populist speech channel. - guardian.co.uk

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Avaaz - the online activist network that is targeting Rupert Murdoch's bid - Media - The Guardian

Avaaz protesters outside the high court on the day it was deciding how to proceed in the News of the World phone-hacking cases. Both events were the work of one of the most successful of a new breed of internet campaigner, in this case a global activism network called Avaaz, which means voice in Urdu and several other languages. It put out an alert to its half a million UK members calling for activists to attend the two stunts, with impressive results. - guardian.co.uk

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BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Radio 4 Extra: Responding to your feedback

I commented last week on the blog and Streetlight2 has identified some of the other things many of you are asking about so I've based my answers around them The presenters on 4Extra - what's the thinking behind changing them from the R7 team Now that Radio 4 Extra is aligned with Radio 4, the presentation teams are working together. Some of the Radio 4 presenters were keen to work on Radio 4 Extra, which is very different from reading the news on Radio 4 - bbc.co.uk

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Worcester Telegram Gazette - telegram.com - BBC, under criticism, struggles to tighten its belt

The implication Considering that the BBC has agreed to freeze most of its public funding for six years, effectively sentencing itself to a 16 percent budget cut through 2017, it surely could have looked harder at its staffing needs for the event. The corporation is the biggest, oldest and most revered public broadcasting company in the world, a centerpiece of the British brand, as essential to Britain's view of itself as the National Health Service or the royal family. Much of the criticism has to do with the license fee of 145.50 about 240 that is levied annually on every British household with a television set. - telegram.com

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How to build a national cellular wireless network for 50m - The Register

A team of 20 developers in Cambridge wants to build a new radio network covering the entire country, but plans to cut costs by only offering connectivity to silicon-based customers. The idea is to connect up all the electricity meters, cars, e-readers and suchlike over a new national network that the team reckons can be built for around the same amount that O2 spends on its network every couple of weeks. White Space kit uses the same frequencies as terrestrial digital television, branded Freeview in the UK, but only in locations where they aren't being used to send TV pictures. - theregister.co.uk

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BBC considers 'slimmed-down' news channel - Media - guardian.co.uk

The BBC News channel could be slimmed down as part of cuts at the corporation. Bakhurst told staff in his email that there will be further discussion about the 12 key questions about BBC Journalism at awaydays this summer. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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Media Talk podcast: The gay kiss, TweetDeck and Easter TV

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Tesco Fast Forwards Into Movie Streaming With Majority Stake In Blinkbox

Didnt see this one coming at all. UK movie streaming service Blinkbox has been an obvious acquisition target, particularly following the sa Didnt see this one coming at all. Instead, it acquired an 80 percent stake in blinkbox from Eden Ventures and Nordic Venture Partners for an undisclosed sum. - paidcontent.org

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Viewer's Choice Awards - freesat

Freesat product range Browse through our product range of freesat set top boxes and HD TVs, find your local independent retailer or buy online. If you need a dish, installations can be arranged at any point of purchase. - freesat.co.uk

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STV forecast hints at summer TV ad gloom - Media - guardian.co.uk

Last summer STV's ad revenue was boosted by the World Cup. The first quarter has been strong for STV with total revenues up 9 year on year. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. - guardian.co.uk

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Tesco buys BlinkBox

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

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Ofcom - Developing a framework for the long term future of UHF spectrum bands IV and V

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BizAsia.co.uk - The UK's only Asian media news website - News, Features, Interviews, Jobs, Events, Ratings, Bollywood

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Ideal Shopping set for takeover

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YouView sets sights on pay-TV broadcasters - 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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Radio Today.. with RCS: 5 Live service review starts

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Retune TVs today as digital switchover continues

All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and part of south Shropshire have been told they will need to retune their TVs and boxes today as the second phase of the digital switchover gets under way. All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and part of south Shropshire have been told they will need to retune their TVs and boxes today as the second phase of the digital switchover gets under way. The first phase of the digital switchover saw BBC transmissions boosted, with many digital viewers receiving a range of extra channels for the first time. - shropshirestar.com

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Where does your local BBC get its news?

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BBC Digital Public Space project

The speech also discussed the ways the BBC is seeking to get the maximum value from its archive and asked the audience 'what good is it to retain this archive it if can't be shared' before describing the 'digital public space' within which the BBC now sees itself as operating as it delivers its services online. As Ralph noted, the digital public space can mean different things to different people. I and a couple of colleagues work on the Digital Public Space project. - bbc.co.uk

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TV plays vital role in UK economy

In particular they warn that a weakening of the Intellectual Property IP regime in the UK threatens to undermine the sectors' ability to reinvest profits in economic growth and job creation and to support innovation and cultural diversity. The report shows that The audiovisual sector invests 4bn every year in UK content. The sector supports over 7,000 firms ranging from start-ups to world leading production companies and supports 132,000 jobs. - corporate.sky.com

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Samsung: We'll hook Europeans on our TVs by giving them a 3D channel - Tech Gear News - Betanews

They'll let you watch Avatar at home in all its epic Cameron-esque glory. The 3D device/platform is there, from the likes of Samsung or Sony but where's the content where you really need it -- in the living room during prime time So it's not surprising that television set manufacturers are doing everything they can to whet our appetites for 3D TV. - betanews.com

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Backing for DMOL IP and local TV plans - Broadband TV News

However, it clarified its proposals, explaining that the new area would be similar to the 800-999 region used by consumer electronics manufacturers, rather than the release of individual channel numbers. Plans for local TV also received the thumbs up. DMOL is currently seeking guidance on the number of local TV services that may be introduced, which would be located around 200. - broadbandtvnews.com

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EBU sets out connected TV principals - Broadband TV News

The Geneva-based organisation says that if applied, the principles could deliver lower costs, greater choice and a better viewing experience for consumers and called on its stakeholders to support and respect them. In addition, content must be easily accessible and displayed as the broadcaster intended. The EBU argues that simply putting a television receiver and an internet browser in the same device fails to take advantage of the opportunities to integrate linear and non-linear delivery. Standardised technology encourages more competition between suppliers, lower costs and more choice for consumers. - broadbandtvnews.com

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March 2011 BBC iPlayer performance pack

Let's start a bright new week with a spring in the step and the information pack about BBC iPlayer performance in March. - bbc.co.uk

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EBU adopts 'Principles for Internet-Connected and Hybrid Television'

The EBU believes that new hybrid systems will only deliver their full potential if they use technology that is harmonized across Europe and allows broadcasters and other content providers to link broadcast and on-demand content such as catch-up TV. The principles also forbid the overlay of third-party content or commercial communications on the television picture without the broadcaster's consent and specifiy that viewers must be abel to return to the last watched channel and have the ability to store favourites and personalised content on their TV. DTG Staff 18.04.2011 Links open in a new window. - dtg.org.uk

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Will streaming TV online lead to the death of the big media players? - Media - The Guardian

Battle lines are being drawn in the US in the struggle to make serious money out of the nascent online TV market. In the US Netflix is one of the stock market's current technology darlings, increasing in value by 33 this year to a market capitalisation of 12.5bn 7.65bn, all built on the revenues from its 20 million paying customers. Netflix launched in 1997 and three years later began charging a flat fee per month for unlimited DVD rental by post with no late fees or postage costs, addingon-demand streaming of film and TV content in 2007. - guardian.co.uk

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Discovery blames Virgin for UKTV talks faltering - Media - guardian.co.uk

Discovery Networks was tipped to acquire the stake which is valued somewhere between 250m and 350m given a longstanding relationship with Virgin's joint venture partner BBC Worldwide. Deals involving the BBC are notoriously tricky the corporation has first refusal and can, in effect, exercise control over who buys the stake. One industry source indicated that Discovery's bid has never officially been removed from the table. - guardian.co.uk

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Stephen Glover: Cut the World Service and it's Britain we harm

We are all in favour of the BBC World Service but do we really care I ask because there is little more than a whimper of national protest at the Coalition Government's plans to cut the World Service's budget by 16 per cent as part of its spending review. Last week, the all-party House of Commons foreign affairs committee said that planned cuts of 46m to an annual budget of 253m should be reversed. - independent.co.uk

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Discovery sets out to conquer new worlds - Media - The Guardian

Planet Earth, co-produced with the BBC, is one of Discoverys hottest properties. The US accounts for about two thirds of Discovery's global revenues and profits, and provides on average 60 of programming to its channels around the world. Yet there is recognition among Discovery executives and City analysts alike that the next chapter in the growth of the company lies with the development of its international operation. - guardian.co.uk

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Newswatch: 15/04/2011

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Resources - YouView Industry Zone

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BBC R

A quote from Kat to start this week's weeknotes There's always a tricky line to tread with prototypes what's worth building and what's not These questions have been asked by all of our different projects this week. Sean and I started the week building a mobile application using the jquery mobile framework to allow tags to be made to our RadioTAG service in a simple way. - bbc.co.uk

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YouView set-top box specs unveiled - April - 2011 - Which? News

Viewers will be able to watch one channel and record another, thanks to a minimum requirement for two DVBT/T2 tuners. - which.co.uk

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Media Talk podcast: Radio 5 Live, phone hacking, and Simon Cowell

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YouView mandates Linux, HD content encryption - reghardware

In short, the spec is intended to make it hard for ordinary folk to extract HD recordings to store and play them elsewhere. How well this will work in practice is impossible to say - Linux hackers have a history of successfully circumventing such limits. Having an open source foundation may help, but there's a lot more to the YouView device software stack then the Linux kernel, much of it proprietary. - reghardware.com

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Versatile unit boxes clever - mirror.co.uk

The picture quality also is impressive, with the 1080p upscaling of SD pictures particularly good. - mirror.co.uk

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YouView adds four manufacturers - Broadband TV News

YouView has announced the addition of four so-called device partners, at the same time publishing its final core technical specification. Huawei, Manhattan, Pace and Vestel came forward following the call for expressions of interest in August 2010. Although Philips by Pace boxes are already in the marketplace, the involvement in YouView marks a return to the UK retail sector. - broadbandtvnews.com

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YouView releases final tech spec; confirms device partners

YouView has published its final core technical specification for launch and announced further device partners. According to YouView any manufacturer will be able to use the specification to bring products to market sharing the same underlying technologies as a YouView device. It will also give those manufacturers interested in developing and deploying a device under the YouView brand a broad understanding of what will be required. - dtg.org.uk

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Microsoft's stealth move onto your TV - News - TechRadar UK

They can use Media Center or not, they can build their own user interface or not. From the full-size keyboard with special Android buttons to the 'everything's a web site' approach, it's Google first and TV second and neither Sony nor Logitech gets to change the experience. Windows Embedded set-top boxes even have the same photo slideshow screensaver as Media Center in Windows 7, panning and zooming through your favourite images. - techradar.com

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Publishers eyeing connected TVs should accept same VOD levies as broadcasters - Opinion - New Media Age

new media age gives you practical, expert knowledge on how to demystify the latest digital trends and make them work for your business. Sorry, were not currently accepting new online subscriptions to nma.co.uk. - nma.co.uk

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BBC iPlayer - Help - Why can't I listen again to Radio 4 Extra programmes via Wii, iPad and Android devices?

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. - iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk

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C5 and ITV mull digital solution to tape crisis - 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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YouView to release core device spec today - Broadband TV News

YouView will today publish the core device specifications that will enable any receiver manufacturer to bring product to market that shares the same underlying technology as YouView itself. The disclosures will still require any manufacturer looking to produce a device will need to be licensed by YouView and are designed to encourage common technical standards for connected TV. At the same time Halton confirmed YouView would also be naming a new batch of manufacturers that had already committed to product development. - broadbandtvnews.com

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Final part of digital switchover nears - Bromsgrove Standard

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BBC News - Scheme encourages digital switchover help for elderly

The Helping Hand scheme urges people to tell those aged over 75 and disabled people about the special assistance available for switching to digital. The last analogue signals in Scotland will be turned off during May and June. It is free for people on certain benefits and allowances. - bbc.co.uk

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Hauppauge's Broadway streams TV to computers - Computeractive Blog - news and opinion for PC users

Hauppauge is taking on Slingbox with the release of its Broadway streaming product. The Hauppauge Broadway 2T can stream television programmes and other video across a home network and across the internet, allowing users to view television programmes and clips on any computer. It also has inputs for s-video and composite inputs along with a USB socket to which a hard disk can be connected, from which video files can be streamed. - computeractive.co.uk

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BBC - Press Office - BBC Statement in response to Foreign Affairs Committee report

We look forward to the Government's response to the Committee's recommendations. The BBC is committed to the long-term future of the World Service and hopes to reinvest when responsibility for funding transfers to the licence fee in 2014. - bbc.co.uk

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