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Welcome to the sixth evolution of television: place-shifting

Edit The Guardian 29 Jan 2016
The BBC broadcast the first regular “high-definition” television service from Alexandra Palace on 2 November 1936 with 405-lines of black and white pictures ... Widescreen and HD ... Between 2000 and 2003, most TV broadcasters in the UK switched to 16.9 before introducing HD channels, starting with BBC HD and Sky’s HD channels in 2006 via satellite....

red alert on funding

Edit Minds 01 Aug 2015
The government has promised a nit-picking examination of all the BBC does, focusing on how to redefine its mission as well as reform and improve its services in the internet age ... The government has just landed the second of two massive blows on the BBC in the last five years ... This covers all the national BBC channels (though not BBC HD) and the three main commercial PSBs ... Reflecting the government mission to change the BBC.....

Ofcom publishes public service broadcasting review (OFCOM - Office of Communications)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jul 2015
PSB is supported by certain benefits such as access to valuable digital TV spectrum, prominence on electronic programme guides and, in the BBC's case, the licence fee ... The PSB channels considered in the review are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC Parliament, BBC HD Services, ITV, STV and BBC Alba in Scotland, UTV in Northern Ireland, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C in Wales....

Jessica Ennis-Hill: 'I missed the adrenalin rush – Peppa Pig doesn't cut it'

Edit The Independent 30 Apr 2015
Jessica Ennis-Hill concedes that the cheeky exploits of Peppa Pig don’t quite compare to the lure of competition ... “I have missed the adrenalin of competing,” said Ennis-Hill, 29, as she approaches her 100-metre hurdle race next week, her first foray on to the track since having Reggie last July ... The Great CityGames Manchester are on Saturday 9 May in Manchester city centre and will be shown live on BBC 1 and BBC 1 HD. --> ... ....

General Election 2015 explained: Broadcasting

Edit The Independent 14 Apr 2015
On the night of 7 May, David Dimbleby (supported by Nick Robinson, Jeremy Vine, Emily Maitlis and Andrew Neil) will anchor the BBC’s coverage of his ninth and last general election, from 10pm-7am ... Between 10pm on 7 May and 1am on 8 May 2010, an average of 8.202 million vie wers were watching election programming across BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4, Sky News, BBC News Channel, BBC HD and ITV1 HD....

General Election 2015 explained:

Edit The Independent 13 Apr 2015
On the night of 7 May, David Dimbleby (supported by Nick Robinson, Jeremy Vine, Emily Maitlis and Andrew Neil) will anchor the BBC’s coverage of his ninth and last general election, from 10pm-7am ... Between 10pm on 7 May and 1am on 8 May 2010, an average of 8.202 million vie wers were watching election programming across BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4, Sky News, BBC News Channel, BBC HD and ITV1 HD....

DOT EVERYONE - Power, the Internet and You (BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation)

Edit noodls 30 Mar 2015
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) ... "Think of the BBC, the NHS ... The Lecture was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One and Jan Younghusband, Commissioning Editor for Music and Events ... Transmission BBC One and BBC HD on Monday 30 March at 10.45pm ... BBC Make it Digital aims to get the nation truly excited about digital creativity....

2015 Formula 1 on the BBC (BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation)

Edit noodls 05 Mar 2015
"I see my BBC column as an extension of my social media commitment and I really enjoy doing it ... Live HD TV coverage of Practice sessions, Qualifying and Grands Prix One hour evening highlights programme on BBC Three and BBC HD, Sundays All races and qualifying sessions that start before 10.00 to have full repeat on terrestrial TV later in the day ... Extended highlights (75 mins) BBC One and BBC One HD, Saturdays at approx....

Ofcom publishes consultation on public service broadcasting (OFCOM - Office of Communications)

Edit noodls 15 Dec 2014
Today's review examines how the BBC, ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C have fulfilled the purposes of public service broadcasting (PSB) since Ofcom's 2008 review ... The PSB channels considered in this review are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC Parliament, BBC HD Services, ITV, STV and BBC Alba in Scotland, UTV in Northern Ireland, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C in Wales....

Graduate line-up and fixture list revealed for BBC Two's Christmas University Challenge (BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation)

Edit noodls 05 Dec 2014
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) Graduate line-up and fixture list revealed for BBC Two's Christmas University Challenge ... The series will air on BBC Two and BBC HD from 20 December ... Philippa Gregory, author; Quentin Cooper, science writer and broadcaster; Allan Little, BBC special correspondent and Judith Miller, antiques expert, writer and broadcaster....

Radio 1 on BBC iPlayer to launch on 10 November (BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation)

Edit noodls 10 Nov 2014
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) ... It will also bring new audiences to the BBC iPlayer experience ... Content on Radio 1 on BBC iPlayer ... It will allow the network to continue to inform audiences of their distinctive mix of new music, educate through social action campaigns and entertain with their diverse family of presenters, in a new home within the BBC for the HD generation ... BBC Radio 1 ... BBC Radio 1Xtra....

Tim Davie: Turkish delight just the start as BBC pushes UK creativity worldwide

Edit London Evening Standard 24 May 2014
Against a backdrop of the sad news over the past few days of the mining disaster in Turkey, UK companies including BBC Worldwide are gathering to focus on the potential to generate new business — showcasing the “great” in Great Britain ... Last year, BBC Worldwide launched BBC Knowledge and BBC HD Channels on Turkish satellite platform Digiturk, joining BBC Entertainment and BBC World News ... Tim Davie is chief executive of BBC Worldwide....

Glasgow 2014: Commonwealth Games on the BBC

Edit BBC News 20 May 2014
In addition, the BBC News Channel's 'Commonwealth Games Sportsday' will sum up all the action from 23.40 until midnight on BBC One, BBC One HD and the BBC News Channel ... Wednesday 23 July, BBC One and BBC One HD ... From Thursday, 24 July and for the duration of the Commonwealth Games the BBC One and BBC HD and BBC Three and BBC Three HD schedule is as follows.. BBC One and BBC One HD ... BBC Three and BBC Three HD....
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