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On The BBC 2.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the autie-beeb-gets-new-clothes dept.

novus ordo writes "BBC has been exploring the 'Web 2.0' approach in its future plans 'to keep the BBC relevant in the digital age.' They have also put an experimental catalogue online. 'This will allow you to find out about any of the one million programmes that the BBC holds in its archive, going right back to 1937. It's a window onto an amazing cultural and national resource.' They have also opened up a competition to completely redesign its home page."

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  1. Re:Staying Relevant by masklinn · · Score: 3, Informative

    Consequently a "centrist" POV for Brits looks right wing in the US.

    You meant "left wing" (prob. a typo), other than that this remark is true all over europe. In most european countries, Democrats would well be the right wing and Republicans would be the far right.

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  2. There's also the RadioListings web site by Larry+Lightbulb · · Score: 3, Informative

    Although the catalogue is a great source of data it needs interpretation, and that's where sites like mine - http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/ - come in.

    I take the data the BBC (and other stations) list, edit it it for readability, and include things like series and episode numbers - things that are essential for any collectors.

    Yes, this is a blatent plug for my site.

  3. Re:Is it Just me.... by Mr+Thinly+Sliced · · Score: 3, Informative

    You know the BBC is not a standard US 'for-profit' corporate - right?

    Check out their 'about us' stuff.

    The BBC is financed by a TV licence paid by households. It does not have to serve the interests of advertisers, or produce a return for shareholders. This means it can concentrate on providing high quality programmes and services for everyone, many of which would not otherwise be supported by subscription or advertising.
  4. Re:huh? by Stalks · · Score: 3, Informative
    And if it did, they'd be in realplayer format (don't install realplayer - it's crap).

    So install Real Alternative instead.

  5. BBC on /.'s revamp? by jbn-o · · Score: 5, Informative

    An interesting point from the BBC "Reboot" Q&A considering /.'s recent webpage redesign contest:

    [...]To kick-off, jay left the following comment on the blog: "What you are really asking for is numerous submissions of what is in essence a $million rebranding. Not a bad exchange for an apple laptop."

    I think it's worth pointing out from the very beginning that we are not asking people to provide million £ rebranding for us. Indeed we are NOT going to use or commission any designs for the final front page. Yes, we will turn the winning design into the homepage for a day - but that's as a prize and as recognition for the winning producer's efforts (and if they really don't want us to, then we won't).

    I would completely agree with jay that we would be ripping people off if we were going to turn entries submitted into the final homepage design. But that's not the objective of this competition.

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  6. Re:Xmltv of tv and radio programmes by pldms · · Score: 5, Informative

    The BBC provides extensive listings for all channels, covering one week, in the tv-anytime xml format. It's updated every morning.

    7 Day Listings

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  7. Online archive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The French institute called INA (institut national de l'audiovisuel) has opened online archives, with free video and audio content (you can also pay for high quality versions).

    It's available here : http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php

  8. In Sweden as well... by isecore · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Swedish government-owned TV networks are exploring similar options. SVT (as they're called, sorry, not sure if their site is available in Anglosaxon) are working on making available all of their archives over the internet.

    A small(ish) selection of the historical archives is available, and shows are available online up to a week after having been aired - but the plan is that one day all of the archives will be indexed and digitized and viewable over the intarweb. There's also rumors that this will be completely free for everyone who lives in the country and pays the state-imposed TV-license.

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  9. Re:huh? by Coryoth · · Score: 4, Informative

    who'd install `real crap` on their unix machine anyway ?

    Given the quality of RealPlayer for Linux (basically just HelixPlayer packaged with proprietary codecs) I certainly would. I seen the Windows RealPlayer, so I certainly understand your reservations... but HelixPlayer and RealPlayer are remarkably simple clean multimedia players. Well worth the effort.

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  10. Re:great resource, but incomplete by Cal+Paterson · · Score: 4, Informative

    programmes which do not exist

    This notice is because some programs (such as Dad's Army) have had tapes written over/destroyed because of previous BBC policy.