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BBC Opens TV Listings For Remix

Posted by Zonk on from the mix-remix dept.

ntoll writes "In a continuation of their free software friendly activities the BBC has announced that they want to open up their TV listings to creative developers. They explain, 'Developers and designers are being encouraged to come up with innovative ways of using TV and radio schedules by taking part in a BBC competition. The competition, announced at the Open Tech conference in London, has been organised by the BBC's backstage developer network. Backstage lets people remix the BBC's content to make new applications. We want people to innovate and come up with prototypes to demonstrate new ways of exploring the BBC's TV schedule.'"

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  1. Re:TV Listings only..., no content? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why don't you release your computer hardware to me?

  2. Re:Remix by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just can't synergize with the remixing paradigm.

  3. Re:Remix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    but i can leverage my foot into your dynamic gateway providing a solution that will increase your expandability

  4. Re:Remix by XAlba · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Yeah, dude, I just, like, totally remixed my PHP scripts."

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  5. Proposed BBC schedule by SnappingTurtle · · Score: 3, Funny
    • Beatles
    • Monty Python
    • Beatles
    • Monty Python
    • people with British accents whacking each other
    • Beatles
    • Monty Python
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  6. Darn it by NitsujTPU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Darn it BBC, you're supposed to be stifling creativity like the American television corporations.

    Snap into line!

    1. Re:Darn it by plasmacutter · · Score: 2, Funny

      I believe the actual chartered task for american tv is to lull people into mind-numbed complacent apathy. In truth that involves a lot of creativity.. as it's very hard not to at least mildly amuse the average soul.

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  7. My idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if the BBC would like my idea of linking the listings to torrents of the TV shows :)

  8. Re:Brittania Rules by stefanb · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe Douglas Adams quipped:

    For Americans, one hundred years is a long time. For Europeans, one hundred miles is a long distance.