Hey Tom,
By making it UK centric, isn't the BBC missing the public values of
an awful lot of us that no longer inhabit that island all year?
Or are there pages written in Polish etc, just to please the total UK
population..... I wish the Trust would accept BBC internet presence
for what it is, a part of the World-Wide Web.
(Not sarcastic, as I am a firm believer that I am English wherever I
happen to be, especially as a UK tax payer.)
Regards
RichE
On 18 Apr 2007, at 19:30, Tom Loosemore wrote:
On 18/04/07, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 16:39 +0100 18/4/07, Ian Forrester wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Outside of the framework debate...
>
>The BBC Archive trial is getting closer to opening its doors.
>Exclusively I can now tell you that the register your interest form
>is up (16:30). So if your interested in taking part in the trial, go
>to http://bbc.co.uk/archive now.
Many thanks for your time - unfortunately due to the specifications
of this trial, we are not currently aiming to recruit past or present
BBC staff.
!!!
yep, and quite right too, if the BBC Trust's decision making is not
just impartial but seen to be impartial. Allowing BBC staff past or
present to join put the latter at risk, since the data from this
trial will form the core empirical input into the BBC Trust's
Public Value Test on the Open Archive (which is separate from
iPlayer 'catch up' Public Value Test, the decision on which is due
soonish.
That's why they need so much personal data, to make sure the sample
is balanced across a whole series of dimensions to reflect the UK
population as a whole (hence UK only)
We're also gonna release 50 hours for download by anyone in the UK,
whether on the trial or not.
- oh, and it's all non-DRM'd, albeit geo-IP'd
