Thursday 21 August 2008, PM
DTG News: Freeview tops poll of TV innovations
35 of the 2,046 viewers polled picked Freeview as their most important TV innovation over the last decade, closely followed by PVRs at 22. Howard Davies, Deloitte media partner, commented The television industry has benefited from tremendous technological advances over the past few years. The majority of viewers still want high-quality, scheduled content. - dtg.org.uk
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Blog: QI creator on its move to BBC1
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.ukRadio Today with United Radio..: 4Digital to launch on Digital One?
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www.radiotoday.co.ukWogan laments decline of 'old-fashioned thoroughness' at BBC
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tinyurl.comConor Dignam on Broadcasting: C4 deserves support from Ofcom but not at the expense of the BBC
Ofcom's review is designed to ensure a plurality of public service providers once the British broadcasting market is fully digital. It's the watchdog's way of saying that public service broadcasting is facing a crisis in the near future, where the only supplier we might be able to rely upon would be the BBC. The review is driven primarily by the fact that the established order of analogue TV, in which broadcasters accepted public service obligations in exchange for winning licences, is over. - tinyurl.comtinyurl.comBarry Fox's Inside View: Switchover USA
-blog.wotsat.comAdams Weblog: The Launch of DAB Digital Radio
Today there are over seven million DAB digital radios in use in the UK, although it's future still has a few question marks hanging over it rightly or wrongly. So amongst some of the videos I've recently been going through at Virgin Radio, I was interested to find the following. Edward Stourton tells us that the first radios won't be available for a couple of years when they'll cost 700. - adambowie.com
www.adambowie.comWednesday 20 August 2008, AM
Freeview update breaks thousands of set-top boxes - Computeractive
tv/freeview An upgrade to the Freeview digital television system has rendered thousands of digital set-top boxes useless. The upgrade is designed to allow for more channels but has prevented six models of set-top box, made by Bush, Daewoo, Labgear, Portland and Triax, from working. A list of models affected is available on the Freeview website. - computeractive.co.ukwww.computeractive.co.ukULTVs letter to Ofcom
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HD on Freeview plans by ITV and C4
This could happen gradually as the analogue signals are switched off around the country, or in one big pulse when the entire country turns digital. - techwatch.co.uk
www.techwatch.co.ukSpend 20m on Gaelic TV? Its Greek to me -Times Online
- timesonline.co.ukwww.timesonline.co.ukLocal TV coalition attacks Ofcom
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Pubs ditch Sky football as credit crunch bites |Business | The Observer
Football fans hoping to catch this season's Premier League matches at their neighbourhood pub should check that their local is still showing the game. The group claims Sky's premium package price - around 13,000 per annum - combined with the credit crunch effect of higher utility bills and fewer customers is forcing pubs to ditch the service. This pleasure is being threatened by Sky's relentless price rises.' Vince Healy, the managing director of Ascot Inns, a small chain of five pubs, has cancelled his Sky subscription in some bars because of the cost. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukFree the Airwaves
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BetaNews | Having lost its own bid, Google advocates giving analog TV space to public
As announced last fall, over thirty other companies are working with Google through the Open Handset Alliance to develop a fully open source software stack, including the operating system, middleware, and user applications. Both sender and receiver have to know the shift is taking place, so that wireless communications devices, for instance, can change their channels. For their own part, TV broadcasters place no faith whatsoever in white space devices' ability to work. - betanews.com
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BetaNews | Toshiba: Not HD-DVD, HD DVD!
Now, instead of concentrating on the next generation of hard-copy home media, Toshiba will focus on improving the 13 year-old DVD format. Toshiba announced today a DVD player with full 1080p/24 fps upconversion. Called the XD-E500 that is expected to retail for 149.99. - betanews.comwww.betanews.comTuesday 19 August 2008, AM
informitv - Digital video recorder users say they skip adverts shock
Research suggests that 88 of digital video recorder users say they always or almost always fast-forward through adverts, while less than 10 say they rarely or never do so. They are published as part of its annual state of the nation report on the communications market. The survey covered only a relatively small sample of 237 users of digital video recorders and was carried out in February and March 2008. - informitv.cominformitv.comSaturday 16 August 2008, PM
Formats body slams ABC over rip-off claims
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U.K. audiences blacked out - Entertainment News, Weekly TV, Media - Variety
The old boxes couldn't cope with the increased signal. It's estimated that just 1 of the 23 million Freeview set-top boxes went dead from the new signal, which boosted Freeview's offerings to 48 channels from 30. Contact the Variety newsroom at newsvariety.com - variety.com
www.variety.comUp to 250,000 TV screens go blank after upgrade leaves Freeview boxes obsolete | Mail Online
The Freeview network was upgraded to increase the channels available to 48 and prepare for the future of digital television, which is expected to include more interactive services. Hundreds of thousands of older boxes could not cope with the extra information being transmitted and broke down. Thousands of owners may still be unaware it has affected them, as it can take up to three weeks for the boxes to catch up with the upgrade, which ended last week, and stop working. - dailymail.co.uk
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Freeview users vent anger after boxes go blank - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic
The boxes account for 1 of the 23m Freeview boxes in homes and were made by Daewoo, Labgear, Portland, Triax and Bush. They were not designed to work through the digital switchover. It said it had received only 1,200 complaints and that prices of new boxes were now as low as 20. - brandrepublic.comwww.brandrepublic.comFreeview upgrade leaves blank screen
When the free to air digital TV network Freeview made an upgrade to their network, it left between 230,000 and 250,000 households without a picture and if they wanted to watch digital TV again, they would need to buy a new set top box. To be fair to Freeview, they have been advertising for some time through the local press and radio that the upgrade would render some set top boxes obsolete. These are the older models which were produced before the digital tick sign came out this was in 2006. - techwatch.co.ukwww.techwatch.co.ukFriday 15 August 2008, PM
BBC - Newsbeat - Entertainment - Some Freeview boxes stop working
Up to a quarter of million Freeview boxes are thought to have failed because of an upgrade to the digital system. If you've got a set-top box made before May 2006 and it's either a Daewoo, Bush or Portland, you're likely to be staring at a blank screen. It's a minority who have been affected by these enhancements. - news.bbc.co.uk
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Freeview upgrade leaves some set-top boxes obsolete |Media | guardian.co.uk
Almost 250,000 Freeview customers had to buy new set-top boxes after a signal upgrade left them unable to watch programmes on the digital terrestrial television service. Freeview warned customers about the three-month upgrade work, which affected around 1 of the 23 million Freeview boxes sold to date, through local newspapers and radio. Freeview said that it had received around 1,200 calls from people querying why their set-top boxes were failing to work during the upgrade process, which is now complete. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTelevisions go blank as Freeview is upgraded - mirror.co.uk
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Tuesday 12 August 2008, PM
999 set to launch Freeview+ - News | THE DRUM - Advertising, Design, Media, Marketing, Digital, PR - News, Information
You might expect than anything defusing tension between North Korea and the rest of the world would be good news - but that's not what Google chief Eric Schmidt has found. 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.... - thedrum.co.ukwww.thedrum.co.ukThe Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
-keywords.dsvr.co.ukSky reveals new look for channels
Sky will be changing the way that the three entertainment channels look at the end of the month. All three channels will now be getting their own separate identities, although by calling them Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3 it may not seem that they have thought it through, as that is what they are already called. Sky have gone in line with the changes that other channels have been making, with each of its channels following a certain theme Sky1 is solids, Sky2 is liquids and Sky3 is particles and will be for exclusive content and US imports. - techwatch.co.ukwww.techwatch.co.uk
20 ways to save 2,500 during the credit crunch - mirror.co.uk
7 Aug 2008 0000 Retailers across the country are feeling the pinch as the credit crunch takes its toll. They're serving two million more low-cost meals a month than this time last year and are recruiting 4,000 extra staff. On this page you will find some of our favourite penny-pinching tips - some may seem obvious, but added together they can save you thousands. - mirror.co.ukwww.mirror.co.uk
FAQ: PSB obligations |Media | The Guardian
In return the channels must provide a quota of hours of PSB programming, such as news and current affairs. ITV says the costs will outweigh the benefits by the end of this year. Media regulator Ofcom, which is conducting a second review of PSB, admits that as digital switchover nears and analogue benefits end, the costs will outweigh the benefits. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukIs there no escape from Michael Grades Mad Hatters tea party? - Telegraph
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New look for Sky flagship channels : Broadband TV News
Sky has unveiled a new look and feel to its three entertainment channels to reflect the distinct personalities of what from August 31 will become Sky 1, Sky 2 and Sky 3. The new branding created by Sky Creative and The Moving Picture Company is described as the largest brand refresh since launch. Sky 1 evolved out of the old Sky Channel and has been through a number of rebrands over the 19 years of its existence. - broadbandtvnews.com
www.broadbandtvnews.comFreeview vs. Freesat: the pros and cons | News | TechRadar UK
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SDN auctioning Freeview channel : Broadband TV News
It is believed that the capacity, being made available from 2009, is that currently used by Five, which will move its main channel to a public service multiplex as digital switchover completes. Previous auctions of DTT capacity are believed to have raised in excess of 12 million. Ofcom has now confirmed the process for the renewal of the SDN licence, due in 2010, although there will be no spectrum payments associated with the licence until 2015 at the earliest. - broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comIs it time for ITV to ditch its public service mantle? - Telegraph
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Digital switch controversy: Help Scheme responds | News | TechRadar UK
The Help Scheme that chose Sky to provide the over 75s and vulnerable with help for the digital switchover has insisted that the satellite broadcaster's free trial of Sky was within the guidelines set out by the government. Accusations have been made that Sky offering Sky for two months and then sending the eldery people it has helped a letter telling them they will lose extra functionality is likely to confuse the people it's meant to help. - techradar.comwww.techradar.com
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www.independent.co.ukProfits rise at Virgin Media as customers fall
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The link you clicked, or the URL you typed into your browser, didnt work for some reason. Here are some possible reasons why We have a bad link out there to a page that has been moved or removed You may have typed the page address incorrectly We have a problem with the server. - broadcastnow.co.ukwww.broadcastnow.co.ukHands on: Freesat on your PC - WhatPC?
-www.whatpc.co.ukINTERVIEW: The future of DAB radio
For many then probably not the best moment to start a new job, however as Moretta explained to us as he sat in a wood panelled meeting room in the DRDB offices in London that he really rather relished the challenge. However DAB has been slow to break into the bedroom only 50 and one of the key places most of us still listen to radio - the car. So why aren't more manufacturers putting DAB in their cars as standard - pocket-lint.co.ukwww.pocket-lint.co.ukThe Press Association: Freeview viewers top TV innovation
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ITV Shares Drop on Falling Ad Sales, Slashed Dividend
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www.forbes.comUK Competition Commission invites comment on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 joint venture - Forbes.com
-www.forbes.comITV faces revolt from regional broadcasters-paper| Industries| Technology, Media Telecommunications| Reuters
The three companies are under separate ownership from ITV but rely on it to sell advertising and provide most of their programme content. - reuters.com
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ITV companies in battle over cost of shared content |Business | The Observer
ITV argues it is effectively subsidising the smallest parts of the ITV network, because between them they keep 3 per cent of the advertising revenue generated from the shows, but pay only 2 per cent of their cost. It says scrapping the arrangement would save it 25m a year. The market value is difficult to determine because TVE is the only broadcaster to buy large amounts of programming from ITV. - guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukTuesday 05 August 2008, PM
Commercial radio is struggling to stop its young stars defecting to the BBC
You, the hip young gunslinger of Middle-of-Nowhere FM, have just won several best newcomer awards after untold, unpaid years slogging it out in the broadcasting backwater of student radio. Your profile remains low, but the major stations are circling overhead and the sickly-sweet scent of celebrity hangs heavy in the air. A career beckons but you're at a crossroads. - tinyurl.comtinyurl.compick a page