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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. XMLTV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    For more than just BBC.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv

    1. Re:XMLTV by Linus+Torvaalds · · Score: 2, Informative

      Also: data sources in XML format.

  2. Re:Correct me if I am wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv

  3. Re:Remix by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Informative

    Okay thanks. Remix == hack now.

    Gotta remember that to look groovy with the kids :-)

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  4. Re:I demand one thing... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 3, Informative

    The BBC would be more likly to use Dirac, being that they came up with it... It's open source and can be used along with Ogg Vorbis ;) Theora looks great and all, but as long as it's in an open source codec I don't care which...

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