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"member Anthony Fry remarked that the DMI had been a ""complete catastrophe"" and said that the project was ""probably the most serious, embarrassing thing I have ever seen."" On 24 January 2014, the BBC confirmed that the contract of former technology chief John Linwood had been terminated the previous July due to the failure of the Digital Media Initiative. On 10 April 2014, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts presented the ""BBC Digital Media Initiative, Fifty-second Report of Session 2013–14"" in which it defines the project as a ""complete failure"" Digital Media Initiative The Digital Media Initiative (DMI)"
"have to be installed at Broadcasting House in specially cooled areas. In late May 2013 the Director-General of the BBC, Lord Hall, announced that the project was to be abandoned and that the BBC's chief technology officer, John Linwood, was to be suspended pending an external investigation into the management of the DMI project. It was subsequently revealed that a senior BBC manager had expressed grave doubts about DMI to the BBC Chairman Lord Patten one year before the project was cancelled. He had also claimed that there was a ""very significant risk"" that the National Audit Office had been"
"was forecast to deliver cost savings to the BBC of around £18 million. DMI was contracted out to the technology services provider Siemens with consulting by Deloitte. Costs of the project rose after a number of technical problems and delays, and in 2009 the BBC terminated the contract with Siemens. BBC losses were estimated to be £38.2m, partially offset by a £27.5m settlement paid by Siemens, leaving a loss of £10.7m to the BBC. The BBC was criticised by the UK National Audit Office in 2011 for its handling of the project. In 2009 the BBC brought the DMI project"
"misled about the actual progress of DMI in 2011. Other BBC executives had also voiced similar concerns for about two years before DMI was abandoned. The NAO commenced an inquiry into the failure of the project and commissioned accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to carry out an investigation. At a hearing held on 10 June 2013 at the BBC's MediaCityUK site in Salford, MPs Margaret Hodge and Stewart Jackson commented on evidence given by the then Director General Mark Thompson to the NAO in 2011 and to the BBC Trust, and took the view that he had misled the enquiry. BBC Trust"
"""None of my thinking has been influenced by the BBC's pay problems. I'd offered, in writing, to take a cut. It tickled me to read sometimes that I was apparently refusing. The first article appeared before we'd even discussed pay, and later it was said I was staying off work in some kind of protest: in fact, as RT [Radio Times] readers know, I was in hospital trying to avoid sepsis."" On 1 July 2018, Mair announced that he would depart the BBC, presenting his last ""PM"" show on 17 August 2018. The following day it was announced that Mair"
"a tendering process because the BBC already had a 10-year support contract with the company. He also remarked that transfer of risk on the project to Siemens had resulted in a distant relationship with Siemens which made it hard to monitor project milestones and the completion of deliverables. After the termination of the Siemens contract, the DMI project was brought in-house by the BBC in 2009 and rebranded as ""Fabric"". In 2012, it was reported that BBC staff who worked on a number of projects including DMI had suffered from severe stress and had been treated at The Priory. According"
"in 1988. In 1997 he was appointed OBE in recognition of his services to broadcast journalism. On 5 June 2008 he retired from the BBC after 26 years of service. Murray said he would be taking a break from full-time reporting, but hinted that he was considering other projects that would use his experience in covering the politics of Ulster, Ireland, and the Good Friday Agreement. Denis Murray (journalist) Denis James Murray, OBE (born 7 May 1951) is a retired British television journalist. Born in Worcestershire, England, Murray was educated at St. Malachy's College, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin. He"
"was announced that Dyer would be taking an ""extended hiatus"" from the show. Tabloid reports claimed Dyer had been ""enforced to take a break"" in order to ""sort his life out"" after reports that he was drunk at a National Television Awards afterparty. A BBC spokesperson confirmed Dyer is on a ""short break"" from the show and denied claims that he was suspended and said the break was ""not enforced by bosses, nor has [Dyer] quit the show"", while Digital Spy confirmed that Dyer did not attend the NTAs afterparty. Dyer departed onscreen on 23 March 2017 and Mick reappeared"
"side versus the centre – that is determined solely by the panning law of the mixing console’s pan-pot. The M6 standard is deemed a simpler form of metering for untrained broadcasters to use as it keeps the M meter at '4' for Alignment Level and '6' for peaks, without the operator having to remember to subtract 3 dB. Commercial broadcasting in the UK initially used M3 but had switched to M6 by 1980. This was mandated by the IBA's Engineering Code of Practice. BBC installations used M3 until 1999. The BBC now uses M6 in both radio and TV, although"
"BBC Two and low power digital Multiplex 1 switched off. High power Multiplex 1 switched on.<br> Stage 2 – Known as DSO2 - All remaining analogue channels and low power digital multiplexes switched off. Remaining high power digital multiplexes switched on. These are the dates at which switchover took place in each TV region, as published by Digital UK. The Channel Islands' transmitters carry three of the DTT multiplexes – BBCA, D3&4 and BBCB. BBCA carries the BBC SD channels as elsewhere, the D3&4 mux carries ITV3 (which is on the SDN mux elsewhere) as of February 2012 in place"
"""i"" in BBCi stood for ""interactivity"" as well as ""innovation"". As part of the rebrand, BBC website pages all displayed a standard navigation bar across the top of the screen, offering a category-based navigation: Categories, TV, Radio, Communicate, Where I Live, A-Z Index and a search. The navbar was designed to offer a similar navigation system to the i-bar on BBCi interactive television. After three years of consistent use across different platforms, the BBC began to drop the BBCi brand gradually; on 6 May 2004, the BBC website was renamed bbc.co.uk, after the main URL used to access the site."
"host and chairman, due to circumstances not revealed. However, in 2016, one year before his death, Lewis broke a five-year silence in a video endorsing MDA's redesigned web site and brand, declaring that the work to end muscular dystrophy be continued. Additionally, Lewis' support has been so ironclad over the years that children and adults assisted by MDA are referred to as ""Jerry's Kids"". From 2012 to 2014, the show was known as the ""MDA Show of Strength"". In 2014, the organization announced it was discontinuing the show. Every summer, for one week, thousands of children from across the country"
"BBC announced that, after over eight years, Dickinson's show was to be axed. His final broadcast was on 28 May 2010, with the regular format abandoned in favour of a personal and musical tribute to the recently deceased Ronnie James Dio. Dickinson scorned the BBC executives for the cancellation, playing the Johnny Paycheck version of ""Take This Job and Shove It"". In addition to his show on 6 Music, Dickinson also hosted a series entitled ""Masters of Rock"" on BBC Radio 2 from 2003 to 2007. Dickinson's catalogue of 6 Music programmes were acquired in 2014 by TeamRock radio, who"
"Jeremy Hunt's full title was Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, the Department's name remained unchanged. On 4 September 2012, Hunt was appointed Health Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle and replaced by Maria Miller. Maria Miller later resigned due to controversy over her expenses. Her replacement was announced later that day as Sajid Javid. After the 2015 general election, John Whittingdale was appointed as Secretary of State, tasked with initiating the BBC Charter review process. DCMS received full responsibility for the digital economy policy, formerly jointly held with BIS, and sponsorship of the Information Commissioner's Office from"
"for signals from Europe and the Soviet Union, the latter having been the station's priority target during the Cold War. One of the two curtain aerials (which had been used for the relaying by the BBC of the Voice of America) was taken down. The remaining curtain aerial was taken down in more recent years. With the decline in the use of shortwave in radio broadcasting, all of the Beverage and rhombic aerials were taken down in July 2014. In 2018, the BBC began a further modernisation of the facility, including the installation of 18 new satellite dishes. The modernisation"
"on again. Part of Humphrys' surprise was probably because of his deliberate avoidance of crashing the pips with the help of an accurate clock in the studio. A sudden total failure in the generation of the audio pulses that constitute the pips was experienced on 31 May 2011 and silence was unexpectedly broadcast in place of the 17:00 signal. The problem was traced to the power supply of the equipment which converts the signal from the atomic clocks into an audible signal. Whilst repairs were underway the BBC elected to broadcast a ""dignified silence"" in place of the pips at"
"On opening, the radio station was named BBC Radio Manchester; it changed its name to BBC GMR (and briefly, GMR Talk) before reverting to its original name in April 2006. In 2010, the building was offered for sale as the BBC's move to MediaCityUK rendered it surplus to requirements and it was sold for £10 million in April 2011. The BBC sign from the front of the building was removed in November 2011 shortly after the last department, regional TV, moved to MediaCityUK ending 35 years of broadcasting from the studios on Sunday 27 November 2011. New Broadcasting House (Manchester)"
"in order to allow newer and better wireless data services. Hence, MAS TV (formerly known as MVS Multivision) had to relinquish the concessions for TV broadcast and shut down its MMDS pay TV services in 2014 after 25 years of service. In Ireland, since 1990, UPC Ireland (previously Chorus and NTL Ireland) offered MMDS TV services almost nationwide. The frequency band initially allocated was 2500–2690 MHz (the ""2.6 GHz band"") consisting of 22–23 8 MHz analogue channels; digital TV was restricted to 2524–2668 MHz, consisting of 18 8 MHz digital channels. Two digital TV standards were used: DVB-T/MPEG-2 in the"
"which included Jon Culshaw once again appearing as Moore's younger self, as well as Brian May. In September 2013 the BBC announced that the programme's future after December 2013 was under review, prompting speculation that the corporation would end it, and a petition asking for the show to be retained. On 29 October it was announced that the programme would continue, but would only be shown on BBC Four, ending a 54-year run on the BBC's flagship channel. The International Astronomical Union celebrated the 50th anniversary of the show by naming an asteroid 57424 Caelumnoctu, the number referring to the"
"after the restructuring of MM's programming, in 2010, after 13 years of existence, the channel owners decided to discontinue it as "" 'it operates in an over-saturated niche market with many other music channels available in the country, while the potential audience tends to change their way to consume music' "" (according to the channel's executive director Jacob Anderson's statement in April 2010). After ceasing transmission on 30 April 2010, MM Television was replaced by the newly founded sports television channel Nova Sport. In 1998 MM started organising its own MM's Annual Music Awards. The show soon became one of"
"to switch all DTT transmissions to DVB-T2, and MPEG-4 Part 10. From 27 October 2009, Multiplex B (PSB3) was cleared of SD channels in post DSO areas, which were moved to Multiplex 1 (PSB1). In pre DSO areas, Multiplex B continued to carry BBC Four, BBC Parliament, CBeebies, BBC Radio Stations and 301 until DSO. Former streams of 302 and News Multiscreen on Multiplex B were sublet to broadcasters other than the BBC for pre DSO areas only, and were not available at all in post DSO areas because of the new DVB-T2 HD multiplex as replacement. On 3 April"
"above mean sea level. It also feeds the Chesterfield Transmitter with its digital television signal by means of an underground fibre optic cable. The transmitter was originally an A group for television broadcasts, but to accommodate analogue Channel 5, as well as digital television, it became a wideband, thus any A group aerials on Sheffield were generally only able to receive MUX1 (the main BBC channels, see graph) until its reallocation in March 2010. After that date most sites wouldn't reliably pick up any of the digital channels without a wideband aerial. Following the Digital Switchover, the transmitter became a"
"makes clear. BBC Two closed on UHF 28. BBC One was moved on to that channel for its final three weeks of service. Pre-DSO Multiplex 1 (BBC) on UHF 30 was closed and was replaced by BBC A on UHF 22. All the remaining analogue and existing digital signals were turned off and replaced with higher-power digital signals. Local TV, carrying Estuary TV, and Arqiva C, carrying additional HD services, launched on 26 November 2013. BBC Radio Lincolnshire started broadcasting. Lincs FM and Classic FM join the set of FM broadcasts. Below is a list of transmitters that relay Belmont."
"(0 dBu) and Permitted Maximum Level (+8 dBu) correspond to scale marks '4' and '6' respectively. The BBC PPM was adopted by commercial broadcasters in the UK. Other organisations around the world, including the EBU, CBC and ABC used the same dynamics but with slightly different scales. Modern British PPMs have a 4 dB spacing between the scale marks. Older designs had a 6 dB spacing between '1' and '2'. This discrepancy can sometimes also be found at the equivalent position on the derived CBC and ABC scales. From its inception in 1939 until 2009, the PPM display was available"
"following day's schedule, perhaps a weather forecast and/or a news update, possibly a Public Information Film and finally, a look at the station clock and the national anthem. Sign off routines in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, closedowns originally took place frequently during the daytime, and sometimes only for a few hours at a time. This was due initially to Government-imposed restrictions on daytime broadcasting hours, and later, budgetary constrictions. The eventual relaxation of these rules meant that afternoon closedowns ceased permanently on the ITV network in October 1972. The BBC took a long time to abandon the"
"(MMI). It is essentially a rotating control knob and 'segment' buttons – designed to control all in-car entertainment devices (radio, CD changer, iPod, TV tuner), satellite navigation, heating and ventilation, and other car controls with a screen. The availability of MMI has gradually filtered down the Audi lineup, and following its introduction on the third generation A3 in 2011, MMI is now available across the entire range. It has been generally well received, as it requires less menu-surfing with its segment buttons around a central knob, along with 'main function' direct access buttons – with shortcuts to the radio or"
"spent a few weeks in hospital. On 27 January 2017, the BBC announced that he would not return to the programme due to ill health. Matthew himself, however, disagreed with the BBC's statement. saying: ""That's absolute balderdash. I was ready and willing and able to go back, and they’ve just said they are going to put the programme in the hands of other people."" The BBC's off-hand treatment led to an e-petition signed by thousands of ""avids"" demanding his return. As a result, Matthew presented his final show on Saturday 25 February 2017. A week later 4 March 2017, ""Sounds"
"he was asked to head up a landmark workstream looking at the BBC's Values. As Head of Sport he cancelled ""Grandstand"" after a 48-year run and oversaw the move to Salford Quays in 2010. He was in charge of the BBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics, and was replaced as Head of Sport by Barbara Slater, who oversaw the move of BBC Sport to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2011. He became the BBC's Editorial Director in May 2013, but this appointment proved to be short lived. Upon leaving the BBC, Mosey highlighted the various biases in the work of"
"to underlying news stories, a feature not offered by traditional television channels. A ticker may also be used as an unobtrusive method by businesses in order to deliver important information to their staff. The ticker can be set to reappear, stay on screen, or be put into a retractable mode (where a small tab is left visible on-screen). In the United Kingdom, broadcasters have stopped using this technology as other forms of communications have become available and increased in popularity. BBC News and Sky News discontinued their respective desktop tickers in March 2011 and 2012 to focus on other products,"
"Steven Derks noted the move was influenced by ""the new realities of television viewing and philanthropic giving"", noting the viral success of the Ice Bucket Challenge that built awareness and funds to combat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Instead, MDA will focus on ""new, creative and organic ways"" to raise support for the organization and its mission, including mobile and digital media. In 2016, Jerry Lewis broke a five-year silence by appearing in an online video endorsing MDA's redesigned web site and declaring that the work MDA started be continued. This would be the final time Lewis would make an endorsement for"
"as a consequence of the budgetary constraints imposed on the BBC World Service in the 2010 budget review. A second channel (1296 kHz) traditionally broadcast in various Central European languages, but this frequency has also been discontinued and in 2005 it began regular English-language transmissions via the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) format. This is a digital shortwave technology that VT expects to become the standard for cross-border transmissions in developed countries. The BBC World Service still goes out from the BBC Radio 4 LW & MW transmitters from 01:00am to 05:20am UK Time and is in stereo from 01:00am to"
"MHz Band I television allocation was agreed at the 1947 ITU (International Telecommunications Union) conference in 1947, effectively ""grandfathering in"" the VHF allocation that has been used in Britain since 1936. † Channel limits of the original transmitter at Alexandra Palace in London were 41.25 - 48.00 DSB from 1936 to 1956. Every other transmitter on channel B1 used VSB to save bandwidth and transmission power. § Allocated, but never used. CCIR System A CCIR System A was the 405 line analog broadcast television system broadcast in the UK and Ireland. CCIR service was discontinued in 1985. Some of the"
"it was announced by Bern Leckie that Chill Radio has moved from stereo to mono output on DAB Radio in the London area. However the range in which Chill can be heard has slightly extended to an extra 20 miles or so from London. Rajar figures for the third quarter of 2009 showed an increase of weekly listeners by 9,000, bringing total listenership to 209,000. On 15 July 2010, Chill ceased broadcasting on Virgin Media channel 961. On 8 June 2012, Chill ceased broadcasting on the Birmingham multiplex, leaving London as the only area where the station broadcasts on DAB"