Ofcom’s Communications Market Report up~ the body the TV, radio, broadband and telecoms industries in Wales shows that from one side of to the other the past year the gap between broadband uptake in Wales and the UK because a whole has shrunk from 10 per cent to seven by cent.

Wales now has broadband uptake of 64 per cent compared through 71 per cent for the UK as a whole.

But Wales has the highest part of mobile-only households in the UK at 19 per cent compared by the UK average of 14 per cent.

The report finds that the uptake of broadband in pastoral Wales (69 per cent) continues to be higher than urban Wales (62 by cent).

Consumers in rural Wales are more likely to own a inconstant phone than those in urban areas. Mobile uptake in rural areas has increased from 89 per cent to 93 per cent in 12 months to surpass the direct of mobile phone ownership across the whole of the UK (89 for cent).

Rhodri Williams, director, Wales at Ofcom, said: "It’s profitable to see that the digital divide between Wales and the UK of the same kind with a whole is narrowing. Communications services are rapidly becoming a pressing want rather than a luxury for Welsh consumers and businesses in every part of parts of Wales. Even though our report indicates that there are mute challenges to overcome, the direction of travel is positive."

Professor Tony Davies, chair of Ofcom’s advisory committee for Wales, said: "It is especially heartening to see that the people of Wales are becoming else knowledgeable and astute in the way in which they buy and practice communications services.

"However, significant challenges still remain, particularly on 3G inconstant coverage, broadband speeds and the reach of local DAB and we wish continue to press for significant progress on these issues."

The narration follows recent criticism of the government for making it difficult in quest of companies to extend high-speed broadband services beyond metropolitan areas, by refusing to review the taxation strategy of fibre networks.

DataCash services include secure electronic payments solutions, fraud obstruction, international payment services and various added-value options such as dynamic general reception conversion.

MasterCard has stated it needs to become more competitive in the global consumer pay in money payment and transfer market against popular web-based rivals such being of the kind which PayPal.

A report in The Financial Times quoted Ajay Banga, MasterCard's headmost executive, as saying: "The acquisition of DataCash will expand our even now significant e-commerce merchant gateway presence in Asia and Australia to European countries and other profound-growth, emerging markets worldwide."

MasterCard hopes the acquisition will deduct it to:

Grow its e-commerce business

Expand its MiGS [internet] gateway commerce

Expand DataCash market reach beyond Western Europe

Provide more effective guile screening and management services

Launch a new generation of e-commerce and mobile commerce products

The .net Awards website, in association with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, is commence now for voting across 16 wide-ranging categories. These include Web App of the Year, Best API Use and Design Agency, with nominees ranging from Instapaper to Modernizr; Wikileaks to the Muppets.

Held annually since 1998, the long-running .net Awards combine the votes of the men with those of a leading panel of over 100 industry judges, including the likes of Jeffrey Zeldman, Paul Boag and Molly Holzschlag, who resolution deliberate on the final shortlist.

Voting will take place between very lately and 12 October, and the winners will be announced on Thursday 18 November at a e~ event in London.

Editor of .net, Dan Oliver said: “.net warehouse is read by thousands of professional web designers and developers from on every side the world, and winning one of our coveted Awards is a lofty achievement, made even more special by the fact that both the universal public and industry peers take part in the decision process. We be in action in one of the most dynamic and creative industries on the planet, and these Awards showcase the aptness, creativity, and passion that help make the web what it is today.”

For besides information and the chance to vote, visit http://www.thenetawards.com.

Despite the age of some of the components it is very much a moving collection with over one million items loaned, to production departments toward repeat or re-use within new programmes, every year.

The gathering is made up of 650,000 film components, 2.4 very great number videotapes and 2 million Radio sound items. 75% of the holdings abide in London with the rest deposited around the BBC's Nations and Regions in smaller topical collections.

This year will see us begin the re-location from our 42 year elderly Windmill Road home to a newly built Archive Centre three miles up the course in Perivale. The move will take 7 months to complete if it be not that once there our programmes will live in especially tailored storage and environmental provisions designed to prolong the lifespan and integrity of the material. You determination be able to read more about Windmill Road and our impress to Perivale tomorrow courtesy of a post from my colleague Peter Skinner Head of Archive Operations Information & Archive upward of on the About the BBC Blog.

Archive activity is not solely on all sides storing, conserving and delivering back to production and play-out, it is in addition about preserving and digitising for future use and persisted retention. We started a digitisation operate programme for the Radio Archive ten years back and have to such a degree far migrated (or as we say 'ingested') over 280,000 Radio items to digital media.

The Television programmes presented us by a much tougher nut to crack but with the help of BBC Research & Development we came up through innovative and cost efficient factory processes which have so far digitised 50,000 recent accounts items held on Hi Band U-Matic (a news gathering video format used completely through the 1980s) and over 60,000 from the first digital broadcast format used ~ means of the BBC, D3. There are over 340,000 tapes in the D3 group and it was used throughout 1990s up to 2005 as the correspondent terrestrial delivery format. It is no longer mechanically supported by the manufacturer so 100,000 tapes were selected for digitisation.

Technology development has to be the subject of a bi-directional approach when dealing with legacy archive collections. Looking back at ancient formats and technologies to inform processes for extracting as much, or greater degree of information from the original carriers and looking forwards at ways of coming time proofing, storing efficiently and releasing back to digital production over the reticulated.

You can hear more about the BBC Archive in this week's Guardian Tech Podcast later their recent visit to Windmill Road.

Finally, we are always partial in your feedback so if you are Tweeting about us please appliance the #BBCArchive hashtag so we can join in. You can moreover leave a comment below.

Adrian Williams is BBC Digitisation Group Manager.

The representation of an object is itself from the BBC Archive. The caption info reads: "Access All Archives - Information and Archives at Windmill Road (02/08/1999 BBC) Members of stay at Windmill Road hold up various articles from their archives. I&A be possible to dub material onto various formats such as D3 tapes (Digital), One twelfth part of a foot and two inch film stock, and Beta cassettes. They also prepare recordings on CDs (Compact Discs). I&A have recently organised Access All Archives demonstrations in the same state that customers can see what services are available and the formats what one. can be supplied."

Watch a video tour of the BBC Windmill Road archive.

Read Richard Wright's support Intimations of the Archive on the R&D blog

Read Roly Keating's establish In Their Own Words: British Novelists, from the BBC Archive without interrupti~ the About the BBC blog

Despite the age of some of the components it is very much a moving collection with over one million items loaned, to production departments toward repeat or re-use within new programmes, every year.

The gathering is made up of 650,000 film components, 2.4 very great number videotapes and 2 million Radio sound items. 75% of the holdings abide in London with the rest deposited around the BBC's Nations and Regions in smaller topical collections.

This year will see us begin the re-location from our 42 year elderly Windmill Road home to a newly built Archive Centre three miles up the course in Perivale. The move will take 7 months to complete if it be not that once there our programmes will live in especially tailored storage and environmental provisions designed to prolong the lifespan and integrity of the material. You determination be able to read more about Windmill Road and our impress to Perivale tomorrow courtesy of a post from my colleague Peter Skinner Head of Archive Operations Information & Archive upward of on the About the BBC Blog.

Archive activity is not solely on all sides storing, conserving and delivering back to production and play-out, it is in addition about preserving and digitising for future use and persisted retention. We started a digitisation operate programme for the Radio Archive ten years back and have to such a degree far migrated (or as we say 'ingested') over 280,000 Radio items to digital media.

The Television programmes presented us by a much tougher nut to crack but with the help of BBC Research & Development we came up through innovative and cost efficient factory processes which have so far digitised 50,000 recent accounts items held on Hi Band U-Matic (a news gathering video format used completely through the 1980s) and over 60,000 from the first digital broadcast format used ~ means of the BBC, D3. There are over 340,000 tapes in the D3 group and it was used throughout 1990s up to 2005 as the correspondent terrestrial delivery format. It is no longer mechanically supported by the manufacturer so 100,000 tapes were selected for digitisation.

Technology development has to be the subject of a bi-directional approach when dealing with legacy archive collections. Looking back at ancient formats and technologies to inform processes for extracting as much, or greater degree of information from the original carriers and looking forwards at ways of coming time proofing, storing efficiently and releasing back to digital production over the reticulated.

You can hear more about the BBC Archive in this week's Guardian Tech Podcast later their recent visit to Windmill Road.

Finally, we are always partial in your feedback so if you are Tweeting about us please appliance the #BBCArchive hashtag so we can join in. You can moreover leave a comment below.

Adrian Williams is BBC Digitisation Group Manager.

The representation of an object is itself from the BBC Archive. The caption info reads: "Access All Archives - Information and Archives at Windmill Road (02/08/1999 BBC) Members of stay at Windmill Road hold up various articles from their archives. I&A be possible to dub material onto various formats such as D3 tapes (Digital), One twelfth part of a foot and two inch film stock, and Beta cassettes. They also prepare recordings on CDs (Compact Discs). I&A have recently organised Access All Archives demonstrations in the same state that customers can see what services are available and the formats what one. can be supplied."

Watch a video tour of the BBC Windmill Road archive.

Read Richard Wright's support Intimations of the Archive on the R&D blog

Read Roly Keating's establish In Their Own Words: British Novelists, from the BBC Archive without interrupti~ the About the BBC blog

.toil: What’s The Specials about?

KL: TThe Specials is a documentary suffusion series following the lives of Sam, Hilly, Lucy, Megan and Lewis: five friends with learning disabilities who share a house in Brighton. They’re completely now in their 20s, but have been friends since childhood and both episode charts what happens in their lives: from first love to heartbreak, leaving college to finding a job, as well as the day-to-lifetime stuff such as arguing over the remote or storming the limited karaoke night.

DM: One of the most important things was that the housemates would yield their own voiceover to the series. That way they would exist sharing their world on their own terms.

.net: How did you tend hitherward up with the idea for the series?

KL: I normally operate in TV and back in 2008, I was hired to constitution ‘The Specials’ as a pilot for one of the UK broadcasters. So I met the five housemates and exhausted a wonderful week filming everything they got up to. Sadly, in the end, they certain against commissioning a series, but by this time I was curved! I could see the lives of these five friends would put in order such an entertaining and unique show – a real breath of novel air compared to the programmes we usually see on mainstream TV.

DM: When Katy ground out the show wasn’t going to be picked up, she was in like manner gutted that we had to go to the pub to overpower our sorrows! After a consoling pint or two I came up by the obvious solution – why don’t we make it ourselves and rustic it out on the web? So we bought a camera, station up some editing equipment in the spare room and away we went.

.snare: Why did the TV station pull out?

KL: Financially TV’s been struggling because a while and it’s at times like these that commissioners wait on to take the safer route. To be honest, The Specials does issue for challenging viewing at times, such as when Sam falls in fondness with the ladyboys of Bangkok or Lucy sings an ear-splitting karaoke lection of Greased Lightning. Scenes like these can be confusing for the viewer. Is it okay to laughter or not? But we thought it was important to show the guys’ lives being of the cl~s who honestly as possible. Like anyone else, they have good times and mean times and sometimes the joke’s on them! However, maybe these kinds of scenes made the broadcasters easily agitated.

DM: But now we’re glad that they turned The Specials into disgrace – making the show ourselves and putting it out on the membrane gives you so much more freedom. We’re not limited ~ means of TV schedules, slots or what the commissioners want. The web moreover gives us the ability to connect with a worldwide audience – endure indefinitely, rather than only be available to say, a UK-alone audience for a limited number of weeks.

.net: How did you edit each episode? What equipment and software did you use?

DM: We ball the series on the Sony HVR-Z5 – a handheld, broadcast flag camera – which is ideal if you need to do a sort of observational filming (we filmed the guys’ lives for about five months!). We edited either episode on Final Cut Pro. 

KL: Once we had cut an episode, we would take it down to show the housemates and if they were happy with it, one of them would record the voiceover.

.snare: How was the website put together and why did you cull Vimeo for video playback?

DM: We made the website in collaboration through the housemates. We all agreed that we wanted the site to arrest the fact they’re a cool, close-knit gang – almost like a on a sudden group - that was also one of the reasons we chose ‘The Specials’ in the manner that the title for the series other than the obvious play ~ward words! So we spent some time looking at the housemates’ favourite websites, especially their favourite bands. We then did a bunch of paper prototypes and eventually we came to a design we everything agreed on.

KL: We chose Vimeo because it provides high disposition video and allowed us to upload films of a longer continuation than 10 minutes. We also liked the fact that its stage-~ was easy to customise and was very discreet in terms of logos.

.clear: What effect has the project had on the housemates’ lives? How did they like inner reality filmed?

KL: Right from the start, the five housemates were surpassingly natural in front of the camera and after five months of filming I was all but like part of the furniture. They would love it when we brought them each edited episode to view. However, not all the scenes made in opposition to comfortable viewing. The series shows them going through some difficult times. What was amazing, though, was that they still wanted to participate in everything with the audience.

DM: Hilly’s parents, Carol and Dafydd Williams, note up the house and they felt the guys learned a fate from watching back episodes and reflecting on certain events and in what plight they had reacted. The guys still love watching the episodes equable now and they really enjoy being stars on the web – they even get recognised on the street and asked to sign autographs!

.trap: What’s the feedback been like?

DM: We’ve had some amazing response from people all over the world. Parents of children by a learning disability seem to find the show particularly inspirational. One native of a baby girl with Down’s Syndrome told us that whenever the hospital failed to answer any of her questions about her daughter’s denoting futurity, it was The Specials that got her through the hard state of things and gave her hope. 

KL: It’s also been fantastic to see The Specials crossing over to a mainstream audience who barely find the show entertaining. Many are surprised to see The Specials mode through all the same ups and downs as anyone else. That’s exactly the recoil we want. Ultimately, this isn’t a show about disability, it’s honorable the story of five friends and their life together.

.net: How did the housemates enjoy travelling to New York to pick up their Webby Award?

KL: They indubitably loved it! The Webby Awards was an extremely glamorous experience. The guys got to walk the red carpet, take . their award in front of a star-studded audience and collision shoulders with other the award winners including Buzz Aldrin and Lisa Kudrow – a wonderfully surreal night!

.net: How did you finance the project?

DM: With our shelter deposit! Though we’ve just put out a DVD of Season 1.

.trap: What’s planned next? Will there be another series?

KL: We’d take pleasure to make a second series of The Specials, but right at that time that’s very much dependent on funding. Fingers crossed it works ~right, we’d love to keep filming The Specials for years to advance.

The technology provides real-time recommendations despite site visitors based on the surfing habits of other customers matching their contour.

Pharmacy2U said that it needed a way of presenting only the greatest in quantity relevant items to shoppers online out of its thousands of ~ion lines.

It said that Pharmacy2U customers are already responding to the tailored continued and has seen average order values increase by 12 per cent.

The partnership said that it made the decision to implement the software following a new YouGov poll which found that 35 per cent of consumers would spread more online if retailers offered better customer care or advice.

Radio 4 Comedians Storm Edinburgh*

Red Button viewers be possible to watch highlights of Radio 4's exciting Edinburgh Fringe showcase from Wednesday 25th with respect to a one-off comedy experience introduced by the marvellous Mark Watson.

This be disposed include a selection from two open-air editions of Radio 4's iconic array game, Just A Minute, with legendary host Nicholas Parsons on a specially constructed degree on Edinburgh 's Royal Mile. Resident panellists Paul Merton and Gyles Brandreth desire be teaching Stephen K Amos and Scott Mills and others how to play the game.

In between Just A Minute comedians Miles Jupp, Doc Brown, Tom Wrigglesworth, Abandoman and Andrew Lawrence and Scotland 's admit Susan Calman will perform the best bits of their stand-up. Look thoroughly for some familiar faces popping up in the crowd just in front of the stage show begins.

Find out more from the Radio 4 website

Sky/Virgin:
Wednesday 25th August, 6am - 4am 28th August, unbroken coverage

Freeview:
Wednesday 25th August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10 - 7.50am (26th)
Thursday 26th August, 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 9.45pm & midnight - 8.45am (27th)
Friday 27th August,10.45am - midday - 6.50
(Not useful on Freesat)

Edinburgh Festivals*

This August the best of the BBC's Edinburgh Festivals coverage is future to your red button! Enjoy extracts from The Culture Show and The Review Show viewed like well as highlights from all the rest of our TV, radio and online peace.

For more on all of this year's Edinburgh Festivals survey our website.

Sky/Virgin:
Thursday 19th August, 7.55pm - 4am (20th)
Friday 20th August, 7pm - 4am (21st)

Freeview:
Thursday 19th August, 7.55pm -9.45pm & 12.10am - 2am (20th)
Friday 20th August, 11.40pm - 2.10am (21st)
(Not advantageous on Freesat)

A Summer of Melas*

BBC Red Button and the Asian Network attract you to be join in this year's Summer of Melas being of the kind which we bring you the best on stage performances and the biggest artists including Imran Khan, Mumzy Stranger and Preeya Kalidas.

Viewers distressing red on their remotes from Monday 16th August can watch performances from 12 Melas athwart the UK on a special programme available for 7 days.

Tommy Sandhu, Sonia Deol, Noreen Khan and Murtz last ~ and testament front the BBC Asian Network's activity and throughout the unimpaired of A Summer of Melas programme listeners can enjoy performances from the biggest names in Asian music, international artists and new British-Asian talent.

Our presenters will in addition give a flavour of the Asian culture that each region is renowned for, showcasing stories, people, trades, sport and food from each Mela they've visited this summer.

Find deficient in more about BBC Asian Network Summer of Melas on the website

Sky/Virgin:
Monday 16th August, 6am - 4am Monday 23rd August, unintermitted coverage

Freeview:
Monday 16th August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 11.50am & 5.10pm - 9.45pm & 11.10pm - 6am (17th)
Tuesday 17th August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 11.50am & 5.10pm - 8.45 pm & 10.10 - 6am (18th)
Wednesday 18th August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 3.50pm & 10.10pm - 6am (19th)
Thursday 19th August, 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 7.45pm & 2.10am - 6am (20th)
Friday 20th August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - midday &10m - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 7.20pm & 9.30 - 11.30 & 4.25am - 6am (21st)
Saturday 21st August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 2.20pm & 10.10p - 6am (22nd)
Sunday 22nd August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 7.45pm & 8.40 - 4am (28th)

(Not to be turned to account on Freesat)

Reading and Leeds Festival

This festival season music lovers be able to press the red button on digital TV to watch coverage from the Reading and Leeds weekend. Viewers volition have a choice of up to three streams of music recorded live from the feast, plus we'll be showing extended sets from more than 30 bands including Guns n' Roses, Arcade Fire and the far-reaching-awaited return of The Libertines. As well as performances from the Main and NME/Radio 1 stages fans have a mind be able to feast on performances from breakthrough artists playing the BBC Introducing Stage.

And join us from 6am on Monday 30th August for highlights of the very best performances of the feast.

Find out more about the Reading and Leeds festival on our website.

Sky/Cable/Freeview:
Friday 27th August, 7pm - 2am
Also ~ward Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th August, with highlights on Monday 30th August

(Not profitable on Freesat)

Get Baking for Children in Need*

Digital viewers can press red after the BBC Two series The Great British Bake-Off , as antidote to Get Baking and help raise money for Children in Need.

After vigilance judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood challenge the contestants to parch some of their best recipes on BBC Two, Red Button viewers be able to watch the judges bake each of these recipes to a bewitching standard and learn how to do it themselves.

This is a component of a BBC Learning campaign to get the nation to learn in what plight to bake and go on to raise some money for Children in Need.

Get Baking at bbc.co.uk/cheer

Sky/Cable:
Tuesday 17th August, 8.55pm - 4am
Saturday 21st August, 5.35pm - 6.10pm
Tuesday 24th August, 8.55pm - 4.am

Freeview:
Tuesday 17th August, 8.55pm - 4am
Tuesday 24th August, 8.55pm - 4am

(Not available on Freesat)

BBC Proms 2010

This Proms season BBC Red Button brings a difference of new ways to watch and listen to this mainstay of the classical music season with a selection of services available alongside the regular broadcasts.

Maestro Cam Prom
Press the red button for the period of the Prom to watch a close-up camera on conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.  Listen to commentary from Peter Stark, Series Consultant from BBC Two's Maestro course.

Red button is also available during the late night BBC Four quote.

Player Com Prom
Press the red button during this National Youth Orchestra Prom in the place of Player Com.

Listen to live commentary on the performance from chief orchestral musicians.  Hear about music from the players' perspective - like you watch the concert.

For more on the season visit the BBC Proms website or follow on Twitter

Sky/Virgin/Freeview:
Maestro Cam Prom
Friday 20th August, 7.30pm - 9.20pm & 2.20 - 4.10am (21st)

Proms Player Com
Saturday 21st August, 6.40pm - 8.30pm
(Not available on Freesat)

Dragons' Den*

The Dragons are back for an eighth line and for the first time viewers will be able to push their red buttons to venture a little deeper into the Den. Find on the ~side why the Dragons chose to invest and discover how the entrepreneurs handle once they've escaped the rigours of their trial by combustion. With behind the scenes footage and insights from all five Dragons the gain-all-areas Red Button shows are a must for fans of the series.

On the Dragons' Den website BBC Radio 1's Dominic Byrne have a mind be meeting members of the public who will be putting the products pitched each week through their paces. A new business section offers a list of glosses of terms that link through to relevant pitches from across the sequence and we also have latest updates from some of the celebrated faces that have previously pitched in the Den. All this side by side the regular comprehensive coverage of each week's main pitches.

And slip on't forget you can share your views on the week's pitches by way of the website and on Twitter (@BBCDragonsDen).

Sky & Virgin:
Sunday 15th August, 7.55pm - 4am
Monday 16th August, 7.55pm - 4am
Sunday 22nd August, 7.55pm - 4am
Monday 23rd August, 7.55pm - 4am

Freeview:
Sunday 15th August, 7.55pm - 9pm
Monday 16th August, 9.55pm - 11pm
Sunday 22nd August, 7.55pm - 8.30pm
Monday 23rd August, 9.55pm - 10.30pm

(Not suitable on Freesat)

Mistresses Quiz*

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The new series of Mistresses exercise volition be enhanced by a quiz with a difference After the interpret viewers can press red to be presented with a course of dilemmas that the Mistresses face in series three. Katie's Mother (AKA Joanna Lumley), enjoin ask the viewers how they would react to the station if they were in the character's shoes. At the expiration of the quiz viewer will then get to find lacking how alike the Mistresses they are.

The quiz will be useful via the Red Button on 12th August immediately after the supporter episode of Mistresses.

You can find more on the mistresses and their men immersing on the BBC website

Sky/Virgin:
Thursday 19th August, 9.55pm - 4am
Thursday 26th August, 9.55pm - 4am

Freeview:
Thursday 19th August, 9.55pm - midnight
Thursday 26th August, 9.55pm - 11.50pm

(Not beneficial on Freesat)

That Mitchell and Webb Look Extra*

The new course of That Mitchell and Webb Look is upon us, so we're rolling revealed the red carpet here at BBC Red Button.

Grab your digital far off after the show each week and tickle the red rubbery bridle-~ to see Robert and David introduce a gaggle of sketches you won't see in the main show.

Sky & Virgin:
Saturday 14th August, 9pm - 4am (15th)
Sunday 15th August, 9pm - 4am (16th)
Monday 16th August, 9pm - 9.55pm
Tuesday 17th August, 9.25pm - 4am (18th)
Wednesday 18th August, 9pm - 4am (20th)
Friday 20th August, 9.20pm - 2.20 am (21st)
Saturday 21st August, 9pm - 4am (22nd)
Sunday 22nd August, 9pm - 4am (23rd)
Monday 23rd August, 9pm - 4am (24th)

Freeview:
Tuesday 17th August, 9.25pm - 10pm

(Not advantageous on Freesat)

Tracy Beaker Quiz*

Tracy Beaker returns and she's stifle in trouble!

Tracy's all grown up now and back at the Dumping Ground on the other hand have you been with her through thick and thin? 

Are you a big enough fan to remember what happened when Tracy and Dolly hid 'Fang' the dog in their bedroom?

Join Lisa Coleman, AKA Cam, in the rear the red button to take the ultimate Tracy test and test you're the best!

Sky & Virgin:
Saturday 14th August - 15 August, 7am - 7pm (diurnal)

Freeview:
Saturday 14th August, 7am - 11.40am

(Not available on Freesat)

Weekend Wogan*

Sir Terry Wogan is back towards a second series of his BBC Radio 2 extravaganza: Weekend Wogan.
Coming live from BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre, every Sunday Terry presents live music, scintillating chat, guests and general mayhem alongside the stonking Elio Pace house band.

Now BBC Red Button is delighted to proclaim we'll be bringing you a dose of the great male person and his guests every week.
All broadcast live on Radio 2 and filmed by reason of your red button viewing pleasure.

Sky & Virgin:
Monday 16th August, 6am - 4am 18th August (unintermitted coverage)
Monday 23rd August, 6am - 4am 25th August (continuous coverage)

Freeview:
Monday 16th August, midday - 3.50pm
Tuesday 17th August, midday - 3.50pm
Monday 23rd August, 6am - 7.50am & 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 9.45pm & 10.40pm -7.50am (24th)
Tuesday 24th August, 9.10am - 3.50pm & 5.10pm - 8.45pm

(Not suitable on Freesat)

CBeebies Red Button

BBC Red Button welcomes younger viewers and grown-ups with a sense of adventure to a big, bright and fun unaccustomed world. The CBeebies interactive service has relaunched!
Now your children's favourite characters are at the affection of the interactive TV experience. A big, new and bright carousel a little while ago greets visitors providing easy access to games, other children's interactive services such as karaoke or quizzes, birthdays and star of the week messages.

Different Games
Reflecting the favor of games for the young audience, a new range of activities has been specially created. The updated labor brings with it brand new games for some of the principally popular shows on CBeebies, including In The Night Garden and The Green Balloon Club. These repaired games replace the old ones, which had become increasingly outdated.

Satellite and digital earthly viewers will have slightly different offerings from one another. This has enabled us to essay the best games tailored to each system.

BBC Children's farmer Damian Vicary discusses the service on the Press Red blog.

CBeebies Red Button is profitable now on the CBeebies channel, and via page 5900 on other channels.
Sky & Freeview
(not profitable on Virgin or Freesat)

News Multiscreen: Video Choice

Each weekday BBC News' On Demand team decree be rounding-up the day's strongest news pictures to conduct viewers a two-minute package of highlights. On weekends the state of mind becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a limited interview in 'Five Minutes with...' or a round-up of the week's destiny and wonderful videos in OddBox.

Video Choice: Weekdays (available around the clock)
Five Minutes With... / OddBox: Weekends (right and left the clock)
Sky & Virgin
(not available on Freeview or Freesat)

BBC Sport Multiscreen*

Catch up attached all the latest Sport via the BBC Sport multiscreen. Headlines are to be availed of around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cloak the best that BBC Sport has to offer.

Please note that Red Button play timings are subject to change at short notice.
For the latest complaint refer to the BBC Sport website.

Coming up...

Football: New Season
The 2010/11 football time is just getting under way and on BBC Red Button we'll have ~ing providing a host of programming to keep you up to epoch with the action from now until the silverware is lifted in May.

- Final Score*
Gabby Logan and guests remain you up to date with all the day's football recent accounts and results.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Saturday 14th August, 2.30pm - 6pm
Tuesday 17th August, 7pm - 10pm
Saturday 21st August, 2.30pm - 6pm

Freeview:
Saturday 14th August, 3.05pm - 6pm
Saturday 21st August, 2.30pm - 6pm

- Football League Show*
All the goals, swelling up and debate from the Football League. Presented by Manish Bhasin.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Sunday 15th August, 1.20am - midday
Sunday 22nd August, 1.20am - midday

Freeview:
Sunday 15th August, 1.20am - 8am

F1 adhering BBC Red Button...*
F1 fans can customise their viewing experience by way of the red button with access to all on-track sessions including Friday and Saturday habitual performance and qualifying with re-runs of classic GPs also available in the fabricate-up to the main event.

On race day itself a rare of three streams will be available featuring split-screen in-car camera feeds, leaderboards and rolling highlights, through the option to listen to either network or BBC Radio 5 Live commentary. After the close of each race on BBC One there will be an superadded interactive programme analysing the weekend's events and picking up views from the paddock with race highlights often available the following day.

Belgian Grand Prix erect-up from Wednesday 25th August, 3pm*

For more schedule details examine the BBC Sport website.

(Some services not available on Freeview)

MotoGP*
BBC Sport command be trackside for every twist and turn of the 2010 MotoGP championship to being of the kind which Valentino Rossi looks to defend his title.
Qualifying from every mill-~ of the 2010 MotoGP season will be available on the BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website (UK users single).
Across Sport we'll also be showing full coverage of the 125cc and Moto2 races, including qualifying to the degree that well as post race analysis and debate presented by Jennie Gow.*
And of line of conduct you can watch the race again on our iPlayer service against seven days after it has happened.
Limited coverage available on Freeview.

Brno GP from Saturday 14th August, 11.50am*

For greater amount of schedule details visit the BBC Sport website.

Swimming: European Championships†
Live coverage of the European Championships from Budapest.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Saturday 14th August, 2.30pm - 4pm

(Not suitable on Freeview)

Cricket: England v Pakistan†
Live coverage of the Test concatenation between England and Pakistan with BBC Radio 5live commentary, stats, photos and the TMS scorecard.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
3rd Test:
Wednesday 18th August, 10.45am - 7pm
Thursday 19th August, 10.45am - 7pm
Friday 20th August, 10.45am - 7pm
Saturday 21st August, 10.45am - 7pm
Sunday 22nd August, 10.45am - 7pm

4th Test:
Thursday 26th August, 10.45am - 7pm
Friday 27th August, 10.45am - 7pm

(Not to be availed of on Freeview)

Rugby: Super League Show†
Highlights and round up of everything the weekend's Rugby League action.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Sunday 15th August, 7.30pm -10.30pm
Monday 16th August, 5pm - 9pm
Sunday 22nd August, 6pm - Monday 23rd August, 5pm (runs continuously)

(Not to be turned to account on Freeview)

Youth Olympics*
Highlights of the Youth Olympic Games from Singapore.
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Highlights
Saturday 14th - Friday 20th August, 8am - 9am & 4pm - 5pm (daily)

Replay
Saturday 14th August, 9am - 2pm & 5pm - 6am (15th)
Sunday 15th August, 10am - 4pm & 5pm - 11pm
Monday 16th August, 9am - 4pm & 6.30pm - 6am (17th)
Tuesday 17th August - 9am - 4pm & 5pm - 6am (18th)
Wednesday 18th August, 9am - 4pm & 5pm - 6am (19th)
Thursday 19th August, 9am - 4pm & 7pm - 6am (20th)
Friday 20th - Thursday 26th August 9am - 4pm & 5pm - 6am (daily)

Freeview:
Highlights
Saturday 14th August 8am - 9am & 6pm - 7pm
Sunday 15th August, 8am - 9am & 4pm - 5pm
Monday 16th - Friday 20th August, 8am - 9am & 4pm - 5pm (diurnal)
Saturday 21st August, 8am - 9am & 9pm - 10pm
Sunday 22nd - Thursday 26th August, 8am - 9am & 4pm - 5pm (diurnal)

Network supplier i3 Group was hoping to redeem the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service for Bournemouth residents through subterranean canal systems owned by Wessex Water.

Although a pilot project was completed, the Bath-based sprinkle and calender company has shelved plans to roll out the service but it is not distinct why. When asked by Computing for clarification, Wessex Water released the following mention: "There are issues concerning commercial confidentiality between Wessex Water and i3, then we are not prepared to comment at this stage."

This is despite an earlier statement issued to ZDNet UK and attributed to Wessex Water speaker Ian Drury: "The reason the project in Bournemouth didn't excite forward was because there were contractual problems. The technology methodology didn't moil for us, nor did the reward for placing the cables in the sewers.”

Similarly, i3 Group has released a narration about the project breakdown from its chief executive Elfed Thomas, which said: "Wessex Water is being short-sighted in putting skilled in commerce demands above the opportunity to deliver superfast broadband to their be in possession of customers.”

I3 Group is proceeding with the project using other methodologies so as the traditional technique of digging up roads.

"All works vital principle carried out in Bournemouth have been carried out with the give ~ of Bournemouth Borough Council, having gone through the necessary planning routes," before-mentioned Thomas.

He added that other water authorities see the advantage that its patented a whole called FS, which allows fibre to run through sewers, enables: “It helps with management and repair of the sewer pipes, and generates revenue toward the water company, as i3 Group pays to have access to the pipes.”

Scottish Water is moving with i3 Group to enable a similar sewer-based FTTH design in Dundee, and has recently signed a non-exclusive framework agreement through i3 to expand operations across Scotland.

"The deployment model uses micro-trenching and other innovative techniques that empower minimal disruption to roads and the network while maximising the go on investment," said a spokesman for Scottish Water.

The jut in Bournemouth was part of i3's Fibrecity next-generation reticulated initiative, using Fibrecity's FS System for fibre deployment in the subterranean canal network.

Using this existing duct means fibre can be laid up to 90 per cent faster, and with minimal disruption compared with the normal mode of digging up roads.

The project cancellation illustrates the difficulties faced through Broadband Delivery UK, the organisation tasked by the current government by delivering a next-generation optical fibre-based broadband network to the majority of the UK.

At an industry day held last month at the headquarters of the Business, Innovation and Skills branch in London, how best to liaise between private and public sector organisations and netting suppliers was a topic high on the agenda.

Commercial reward ~ the sake of private sector utility firms was identified as a possible inhibitor to rolling through optical fibre broadband through water, sewer, electricity and gas infrastructures.

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...I'm proud of what this organisation has created online. One of the ~ and foremost "traditional" media companies to embrace the web, I continue to be impressed with its ability to innovate and BBC websites such similar to News, Sport, iPlayer and others are highly valued by our audiences.

But the official function as a whole has sprawled. In striving to stay relevant, we esteem sometimes not been clear enough about our limits and boundaries. We're acquisition a better sense of what BBC Online should be for and I make no doubt of it's possible to make the service better with less.

Many of you will be familiar with the headlines of the Strategy Review. By 2013, we propose a BBC Online that:

• Does fewer things more appropriate, against the BBC's five editorial priorities
• Has half the sum up of top-level directories (i.e. /sitename) down from the 400 we take today to 200
• Costs 25% less (i.e. the BBC Online Service Licence during the term of 2010/11 is 135m - we intend to cut spend to 100m)
• Will forward double the traffic we currently do to other websites, helping the broader UK digital management

While it's natural that people focus on the 25% and that directories will go it's worth noting that this strategy is not called "Retreating From the Web" or "Cutting BBC Online". This is inasmuch as the web is an important part of our future.

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