Great things to read about British TV from March 2008 to today

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Fujitsu unveils plans to bring fibre to 5 million homes and businesses in rural Britain

The Fujitsu open access wholesale network will be underpinned by Cisco's world leading technology. The network will also be open to other service providers on wholesale terms. The proposals will provide future-proofed connectivity to 5 million households and beyond that would otherwise be unlikely to benefit from commercial investment in next generation digital networks. - call-center-performance.tmcnet.com

Why the Scottish Press needs to get into TV: Atholl Duncan, BBC head of news, interview - News - THE DRUM - Advertising,

Read more Press Gazette, the print trade title for UK journalists, has announced it is axing its quarterly print edition in favor of focusing its resources on a weekly digital edition, iPhone app and website. Read more International - 05/01/2013 Metro has revealed the figures from its activity during the Christmas period, seeing a notable rise in traffic to Metro.co.uk via mobile devices.... Read more Online voucher and daily deal specialist DiscountVouchers.co.uk has found that the people of Birmingham are the most committed to self-improvement. - thedrum.co.uk

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Wednesday 13 April 2011, AM

BBC s World Service income should be ring-fenced - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee began an inquiry into the 79-year-old service after jobs and services were cut following Foreign Office funding cuts. The Government has reduced the World Service's 237 million-a-year budget by 16 per cent and ordered the BBC to fund the service from the licence fee from 2014. It estimated more than 30 million listeners would be affected, a sixth of the service's global audience, and the changes would lead to the loss of 650 jobs from a workforce of 2,400. - independent.co.uk

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Local News - Heart Bedford

13th April 2011, 0507 Thousands of Freeview viewers need to retune their equipment now the Digital Switchover's complete in their area. - heart.co.uk

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What will we do with 600MHz? - The Register

4G licences are getting all the attention these days, but the switch to digital released another big chunk of radio spectrum which no one seems to know what to do with. With no national broadcasters interested, the government has high hopes for community TV stations, operating along the lines of Community Radio local television for local people, run on a not-for-profit basis for the good of the community. It's very questionable whether there's enough quality content to make such a project viable, and the government has told Ofcom it doesn't want 600MHz reserved for broadcast TV, so what else could we use it for - theregister.co.uk

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BBC World Service cuts must be reversed, say MPs - Media - The Guardian

These changes, which led to outrage from staff and trade unions, will lead to the loss of around 650 jobs, out of a workforce of 2,400, and about 30 million listeners from a worldwide audience of 180 million. The foreign affairs committee said these cuts should be reversed, with the World Service budget maintained at about the current level of 253m a year. MPs also recommended that more resources be made available to BBC Arabic. - guardian.co.uk

Tuesday 12 April 2011, PM

Newspaper On The TV: Guardian, Others Will Develop YouView App

Looks like the idea of newspapers having their own TV channels could finally happen. Guardian News Media, together with three support com Looks like the idea of newspapers having their own TV channels could finally happen. GNM was last month named by the YouView consortium as its only non-AV content partner. - paidcontent.co.uk

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Helen Boaden, Director, BBC News, speech given at VLV Annual Spring Conference

If we were to try to write a new one for the BBC of today, could we do any better You all know the great Wilkins Micawber quote about money. Last October we agreed a new licence fee settlement with the Government to freeze the licence fee until April 2017. - bbc.co.uk

Pctv launches broadway 2t wireless streaming device- The Inquirer

The device is available at this week's Gadget Show for 159.99 and thereafter will cost 229. You can in theory watch live TV or pre-recorded content on your device anywhere in the world, provided you have a WiFi or 3G connection. Support for devices running Google's Android operating system will come in the next couple of months with possible support for Windows Phone 7 devices afterwards. - theinquirer.net

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Tuesday 12 April 2011, AM

Grundig Freeview High Definition Set Top Box - reviews - Home Entertainment - Set Top Boxes - PC World Australia

Around the back of the set-top box are the all-important audio and video outputs. We used HDMI for our setup, but there's also component video and composite, as well as coaxial digital audio for connecting a home theatre system. The Ethernet network port and USB are used for updating the set-top box's software. - pcworld.idg.com.au

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Internet radio directories - James Cridland

With around 20,000 live radio stations and over 200,000 pieces of on-demand content, internet radio directories have a difficult job to do. Knowing what content to put in front of people is really difficult and the user-interface of many devices with internet radio built-in whether its a website, a kitchen radio, or a car dashboard probably makes life even more difficult. Rusty runs Soma FM, a bunch of online radio stations from San Francisco. - james.cridland.net

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Monday 11 April 2011, PM

What's On BBC Red Button 12th - 25th April 2011

Cbeebies Quiz Press the Red Button to play a quiz featuring some of your favourite CBeebies characters Get more info on all the CBeebies characters right here bbc.co.uk/cbeebies The quiz will be available from 6am to 7pm daily on Freeview and Sky. Last week's episode one explored filthy Medieval London, watch episode two on Revolutionary Paris. - bbc.co.uk

Arts council cuts listed: get the data - News - guardian.co.uk

Arts Council cuts have killed funding for over 200 arts groups. Find out who they are Get the data See this data mapped Arts council cuts who will be hit A breakdown of the bodies that have been completely cut shows 206 bodies have received 100 funding cuts from Arts Council England Those cuts are worth 19.1m - compared to the total funding for 2011/12 of 310.5m The biggest group of organisations are in London - 49 of the 206. - guardian.co.uk

Coalition formed to fight S4C cuts - News - Broadcast

11 April, 2011 By Catherine Neilan A coalition of unions and campaigners has been formed to fight the government-imposed cuts being faced by S4C. 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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Charles Constable joins Arqiva - Media - guardian.co.uk

Charles Constable responsible for the BBC's successful bid team for Freeview. He left in 2010 after more than five years following the acquisition of the business by Richard Desmond's Northern Shell. He will take the newly-created role of managing director of digital platforms Arqiva, the first senior executive hiring by new chief executive John Cresswell. - guardian.co.uk

Monday 11 April 2011, AM

Bob Shennan: 'Entertainment is not a dirty word' - Media - The Guardian

Bob Shennan has a picture of Babe Ruth in his office, tucked into a corner of the latest Rajar listening figures. Radio 2, the station Shennan oversees along with BBC 6 Music, has been knocking its rivals out of the ratings park. In the first three months of last year, boosted by a stellar performance by its new breakfast DJ Chris Evans, it had 14.6 million listeners, the highest audience Radio 2 or any other station has had since Rajar records began. - guardian.co.uk

The BBC needs to broadcast TV gold for the silver generation - Media - The Guardian

Why doesn't the BBC aspire to cater to the very best of its abilities for older viewers, in the same way it devotes so much of its energies and ambition to children Where is the strategy to tailor services better for this growing section of the audience, viewers of 60 and over It is Britain's 10 million-plus pensioners who largely watch daytime TV and tune into local radio, especially outside London. - guardian.co.uk

Viacom goes to battle over live streaming on the iPad - Media - The Guardian

Viewers expect to be able to watch their favourite programmes on any device they choose on their phone, iPad or TV at no extra cost. The coalition of media companies think Time Warner should have to pay them extra to stream live programming to viewers. For viewers, the distinction between traditional TV and mobile viewing has all but collapsed content should be available seamlessly on any device. - guardian.co.uk

BBC iPlayer now on Panasonic TV

From JoinFreeSat To update, connect your television to your broadband router network cable, then access by pressing the VieraCast function button on your remote which should prompt you to update the software click yes and the software will download via your internet connection. Hey-presto, you should now be on version 2.303 and have iPlayer via the red button on BBC1. Et voila, you'll be presented with version 2.303 of the software and you'll be able to access the iPlayer by pressing the red button on BBC1. - appmarket.tv

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Sunday 10 April 2011, PM

Google's Eric Schmidt to give MacTaggart lecture - Technology - The Guardian

Google's Eric Schmidt will talk to an audience of TV executives about the impact of the internet revolution. In a sign of the growing importance of digital media and the quickening pace of convergence between traditional broadcasting and online, Schmidt will talk to an audience of TV executives and programme-makers about the impact of the internet revolution and how their industry can engage with new technologies. It will be a symbolic moment for the Edinburgh event, where every August bank holiday since 1976 leading TV industry figures have gathered to debate key developments and emerging trends. - guardian.co.uk

informitv - BBC iPlayer experience on Virgin Media and BT Vision

That sounds like good news for viewers, but the dedicated BBC iPlayer user interface is now disconnected from these platforms. The Virgin Media cable television platform currently accounts for around a fifth of all television requests for the BBC iPlayer. Until very recently, the BBCi Player branded service on Virgin Media was delivered only as conventional video on demand through a rather clunky menu system. - informitv.com

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Sunday 10 April 2011, AM

Media has no right to call the tune in the social mobility blues - Media - The Observer

It is odd to see Andrew Marr tackling David Cameron on top pay levels when he earns four times the PMs salary. Photograph Jeff Overs/PA What happens when the political singer matters just as much as the song Nick Clegg and David Cameron can't chant the social mobility blues without admitting, under scathing attack, that they started near the top, interns for a rich, successful life. - guardian.co.uk

123,000 analogue TVs still being watched in Lewisham and Greenwich From News Shopper)

In just under a year analogue TV will cease broadcasting from the Crystal Palace transmitter which has covered the area for 75 years. By April 4 next year, everyone who is still watching analogue television must convert their sets to digital in time for the historic switchover. Digital UK, the body leading the process, estimates there are around 123,000 analogue televisions still being watched in the area. - newsshopper.co.uk

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Saturday 09 April 2011, AM

IPTV news - YouView is bringing to life a content-centric view of connected TV

What is YouView and what makes it stand out in the IPTV market today YouView is a brand new service that will give viewers with a broadband connection integrated digital TV and online content all subscription free. Our vision is to deliver a new TV experience that is free to all and open to everyone consumers, content providers, technology partners and manufacturers. - iptv-news.com

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Friday 08 April 2011, PM

BBC - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Radio 4 Extra - the first week

Friday 8 April 2011, 1837 Mary Kalemkerian Radio 4 Extra is almost one week old - and we've all been delighted to read far more publicity for the network than we ever expected. Our notice boards are groaning with press cuttings of previews and reviews from a wide variety of newspapers across the UK. Russell Davies took us on fascinating journey through the history of radio panel games. - bbc.co.uk

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BBC Trust - BBC Trust appointments: Lord Patten as Chairman and Diane Coyle as Vice-Chairman

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

Time Warner and Viacom go to court over iPad streaming row - Media - guardian.co.uk

Time Warner is in a legal battle over the right to stream Viacom content such as South Park on iPads. The media companies argue Time Warner should pay them more money to stream their programmes on devices other than TVs. Time Warner protests that its customers should be able to watch programming on as many screens as they wish and that its existing contract with the channels allows this. - guardian.co.uk

Freeview corgi by 18 Feet Rising - advertising news - Campaign

Freeview, the free to air digital TV service, has launched a new royal wedding themed ad campaign to promote its high definition service, Freeview HD. The 1.8m ad campaign, by 18 Feet Rising, aims to encourage viewers to upgrade to Freeview HD in time for the wedding. The TV shows corgi dogs as they journey across the countryside, over the Dartford Bridge, hitch a ride with a lorry driver and hop on a boat to watch the service on Freeview. - campaignlive.co.uk

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Friday 08 April 2011, AM

Radioplayer review - Audio - Which? Technology

Radioplayer offers access to more than 150 radio stations from one website. Its like a search engine for radio it lets you search lots of stations quickly to find and listen to the stuff you like. At the moment Radioplayer is only accessible on computers and laptops, but it plans to expand to mobiles and other devices. - which.co.uk

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BBC considers leaving iconic London sites in bid to save cash - TV Radio, Media - The Independent

The corporation's chief operating officer Caroline Thomson said yesterday she had ordered a 30 per cent reduction in the amount of building space which the BBC occupies. Western House, the home of Radio 2 and 6 Music, may also be targeted, although the building has only recently been refurbished with new studios. She also said that the BBC was considering abandoning the White City building in west London, which it opened in 1990 and which houses the offices of the director general. - independent.co.uk

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Thursday 07 April 2011, PM

Media Talk podcast: Phone hacking, Ambridge Extra, and Big Brother

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BBC to cut layers of management - Media - guardian.co.uk

Caroline Thomson said the 'complexity of the BBC' has long been an issue. She would not say how many jobs would be at risk, but with the BBC typically using eight and sometimes nine layers of management, the expectation is that some middle managers will lose their jobs or responsibilities as a result. In a sketchy briefing, Thomson offered no new information about any cost savings that would be immediately be noticed by viewers, saying that BBC was still considering proposals including dropping overnight programming, cutting sports spending and increasing repeats. - guardian.co.uk

April 4, 2012: the day London goes digital as analogue TV is switched off - News

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Thursday 07 April 2011, AM

Radio Today.. with RCS: Bauer to keep own radioplayers

Wednesday 06 April 2011, PM

Digital radio chief apologises for 2015 switchover 'confusion' - Media - guardian.co.uk

Ford Ennals said he was sorry about 'confusion' over the 2015 digital radio switchover target. Photograph Frank Baron for the Guardian The executive in charge of digital radio switchover today distanced himself from the 2015 target date set two years ago and apologised for any confusion it may have caused among listeners. The target to place all Britain's major networks on digital radio only was always seen as an ambitious one and is now viewed as increasingly unlikely after digital radio takeup failed to match early forecasts. - guardian.co.uk

BBC expands iPlayer offering

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UK's slowest mobile towns mapped

The average speed for mobile broadband in the Buckinghamshire town was 1.73Mbps megabits per second, compared to 3.6Mbps in Peterborough, the fastest town. The data was compiled by broadband comparison website Top10.com. It analysed thousands of 3G speed tests carried out by users of its Streetstats 3G app. - bbc.co.uk

The Press Association: Call to delay Murdoch Sky takeover

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Digital TV â€“ whatâ€™s happening, why, and what to do

Large parts of Shropshire will today lose parts of their analogue television signal forever, with tens of thousands of households waking up to a new era of digital TV. Large parts of Shropshire will today lose parts of their analogue television signal forever, with tens of thousands of households waking up to a new era of digital TV. The first phase of the digital switchover at The Wrekin transmitter will affect homes in north Shropshire, while the Ridge Hill mast will today transmit digital signals to homes in parts of south Shropshire. - shropshirestar.com

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BBC - Peston's Picks: Making sense of events in the Murdoch empire

Quite a lot has been happening at News Corporation over the past few days. First, what to make of James Murdoch's move to New York to become deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation That has been widely interpreted as a promotion, and as his anointing as heir apparent to Rupert Murdoch, his father, the chairman and founder of News Corp. - bbc.co.uk

Tuesday 05 April 2011, PM

BBC Research and Development: Software Upgrade for BBC HD on Freeview HD

This means that each coded video sequence either contains interlaced or progressive pic_struct values within the bitstream. The transitions between interlaced and progressive modes are entirely dependent upon how a programme has been made. - bbc.co.uk

West Midlands prepares to go digital

Television screens will start going blank in a few hours as the digital revolution arrives in the West Midlands. Television screens will start going blank in a few hours as the digital revolution arrives in the West Midlands. BBC2's analogue signal will be switched off permanently shortly after midnight tonight. - expressandstar.com

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: BBC iPlayer on TV in your living room: update

If you have one, check out channel 990 to see if it's arrived in your area yet. As you can see we are working hard to deliver BBC iPlayer on a variety of devices that you connect to your living room TV. - bbc.co.uk

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