I noticed that about half an hour after the link was shown on the More Audio and Video page, it then promptly disappeared to be replaced by a link to an on-demand Radio 4 show (and the large image link also disappeared from the page) - the stream still works, though.
What puzzles me the most is that the BBC hasn't made a big fuss about this... I remember when discussions were rife about News 24 going online and streaming, and then there was talk that they couldn't because of rights issues but they were due to go online with N24 sometime late last year... And that never happened... Personally I'm glad to see N24 streaming online, it's the perfect channel to watch on my mobile device :) But as I check the BBC site right now, great prominence is being given to the now3 stream as Blair makes his way to Sedgefield, but there's no mention of News 24 at all, not on any page nor on any "watch xyz" link in the red banner at the top of each page... Is the lack of consistency deliberate to trickle the info out and see how demand increases, or am I reading too much into it? Pardon the odd questions but I'm really quite stupidly excited at this development for something which is really not that amazing in the greater scheme of things ;) (but is a great addition to the web site, if only they advertise it more!) > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Doyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2007 07:43 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC News 24 now streaming live! > > "So as part of our aim to make sure all our key news services > are available on-demand, the News 24 continuous live stream > will be available from today on the website, whenever you > want to watch it." > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/05/news_24_live.html > > > Christopher Woods wrote: > > I just noticed whilst reading an article on the BBC News site that > > there was a link to watch BBC News 24 live - I clicked and it's > > streaming now! Does anybody know if this is a permanent addition to > > the bouquet of online services from the Beeb, or just a temporary > > thing due to some breaking news in the recent past which I > happened to miss? > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
