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Topic “BBC”

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Channel 4 future funding challenge The essential conclusion of Ofcom’s Second Public Service Broadcasting Review is that the present commercial PSB model is unsustainable in the digital age. The Ofcom solution of fixing on Channel 4 as the “alternative, commercial PSB voice”, while freeing up the Channel 3 and 5 licensees from most of their PSB obligations, still leaves a major funding gap A particularly attractive solution is some kind of synergy-generating merger/JV/partnership, but difficult to achieve in practice. The attached note examines the main issues that we may expect to arise with the existing proposals BBC Channel 4 ITV	Media, TV	February 2009 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Web TV: Kangaroo is dead, long live Marquee Kangaroo – the proposed BBC Worldwide/ITV/Channel 4 video-on-demand (VOD) service – has been terminated by the Competition Commission (CC) due to fears that it could control the wholesale and retail supply of UK TV VOD In our view the CC decision is a lucky escape for all three shareholders since it will save them from investing potentially tens of millions in an ill-advised venture which could have become a bottomless money pit when they can least afford it BBC Channel 4 ITV	Media, TV, Internet	February 2009 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
From Kangaroo to Marquis in a hop? Kangaroo, the BBC/ITV/Channel 4 VOD project, looks unlikely to see the light of day any time soon, based on the Competition Commission’s (CC) provisional findings announced on 3rd December BBC Channel 4 ITV	Media, TV, Internet	December 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
UK TV Advertising and PSB survival The consultation period for the second phase of Ofcom’s Second Public Service Broadcasting Review closes on 4th December 2008. The central issue before Ofcom is that the current PSB model is broken, lacking the flexibility to “adapt to audiences’ evolving needs”. The primary concern lies with the commercial sector, which is under increasing strain to deliver its PSB commitments due to structural changes in the television medium that have been compounded by the present economic crisis. BBC Channel 4 Five ITV Sky	Media, TV	November 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Local Media and BBC Video This report examines the role of local commercial media in supplying the information needs of the UK’s many communities, in the context of the BBC’s ‘Local Video’ plans to add video to its local online services. Unlike the BBC services, which are publicly funded, regional and local commercial media must cover their costs from revenue earned from circulation and advertising. BBC	Media, TV, Internet	November 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Web TV: Project Kangaroo heads to the Competition Commission Project Kangaroo, the planned joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and C4 to pool archival resources and supply video-on-demand (VOD) to UK retail and wholesale customers, was referred by the Office of Fair Trading to the Competition Commission on 30th June BBC Channel 4 ITV	Media, TV, Internet	July 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
DAB radio - nice platform, shame about the take-up Consumer take-up both of DAB receiver hardware and of listening to digital-only radio stations has been slow, in spite of considerable investment in content and in transmission infrastructure for the platform by the BBC and commercial radio since 1995 BBC	Media, Music and Radio	June 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Privatising Radios One and Two: how to kill commercial radio with kindness The privatisation of the BBC’s two national music radio networks – Radio One and Radio Two – is in the news again and is being proposed by certain commentators as a potential solution to the current problems facing the UK commercial radio industry. This report argues that, far from being a solution, unleashing these two highly successful BBC stations on the commercial sector will imperil the existence of many stations. This would dramatically increase the volume of advertising time available, at a time of glut, and draw advertising spend away from many stations BBC	Media, Music and Radio	June 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
HD now on Freesat The BBC-ITV Freesat venture, launched on 6th May, is the public service response to Sky’s free satellite service. Once fully up and running in 2009, Freesat aims to match Sky with 200 digital TV channels in standard definition (SD), and surpass Sky with extra channels in High Definition (HD), plus the facility to offer iPlayer and Kangaroo BBC ITV Sky	Media, TV	May 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Web TV: much hoopla, little moola Early figures from the BBC show promising take-up of iPlayer, its web TV application to deliver BBC TV shows. More than 2 million people watched an average of just over one show per week in January, representing about 1.6% of TV viewing amongst iPlayer users BBC	Media, TV, Internet	March 2008 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
UK Commercial Radio Consolidation Further consolidation could lie ahead for the UK commercial radio sector. EMAP is expected to offer its radio assets for sale and Scottish Media Group plans to divest Virgin Radio. The battleground is competition for listeners drawn by the BBC's increasingly popular national radio networks. This report however examines past consolidation, which produced substantial cost savings, without noticeably improving the commercial sector's fortunes. In our view, for consolidation to succeed in this regard, much greater attention will need to be paid to improving content BBC SMG Virgin Media	Media, Music and Radio	September 2007 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
BBC iPlayer: forever niche? On 27th July the BBC will open access to the iPlayer to UK internet users, en route to a hard launch later this summer. This PC-based application allows the user to download BBC TV content after broadcast to view on the PC for a limited time, and provides a TV-like display on the PC. Delays to the launch will mean the iPlayer enters a field already crowded by other broadcasters, including Channel 4's 4oD service, ITV's broadband portal, Sky Anytime, as well as content aggregators such as Joost and Babelgum (both currently in beta) BBC Channel 4 ITV Sky	Media, TV, Internet	July 2007 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
Commercial radio: out of tune with London The three most listened to radio stations in London all belong to the BBC, for the first time since commercial radio started in 1973 BBC	Media, Music and Radio	May 2007 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.
BBC iPlayer Set for launch in May/June, the BBC’s iPlayer is a PC-based application offering live and on-demand access to around 3,500 hours of BBC programmes per week via the internet, using peer-to-peer (P2P) and multi-cast technology to overcome cost and bandwidth issues BBC	Media, TV, Internet	March 2007 Access this report E-mail: The requested report will be sent to you via email. Please enter your email address to confirm that you are a subscriber: If your company subscribes to Enders Analysis research but you do not currently receive the reports directly and would like to be added to the distribution list, or if you are interested in your company taking out a subscription, please Get in touch to see how you can purchase access to our publications.