Yeah, I last asked about this on 4 October 2007 15:47... 2008/6/6 Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> When at the BBC a couple of years ago i asked who owned copyright on > BBC subtitles with a view to getting a feed onto backstage (remember > the indies... and that subtitle creation is outsourced at least some > of the time to Red Bee) > > answer came there none... > > i suspect because no-one had asked the question before, and therefore > getting to an answer was Hard > > 2008/6/4 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jonathan, > > > > 2008/6/4 Jonathan Hassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> Tom - good question. I don't have the answer for you immediately but, as > >> one of the people behind subtitling online at the BBC, I'll look into > this > >> for you. > > > > I'm really pleased to hear this. I've been going on about it for years > and > > met with reasons why not. > > > > What would be LOVELY would be if the subtitles could be combined with > timing > > information and then this could be linked to the iPlayer. > > > > So, you could come to Google (or the BBC Search) and enter a phrase you > > heard during a programme and not just find the programme and the timing, > but > > directly link to the actual point in the programme on the iPlayer. > > > >> > >> J. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk <backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> > >> Sent: Wed Jun 04 09:31:21 2008 > >> Subject: Re: [backstage] Adding Subtitles/transcripts to /programmes > pages > >> > >> Sorry to bring this topic back up but i would really like to hear from > >> some of the people in the BBC about it. > >> > >> Having the scripts of each show, either in pain text or other format, > >> on the /programmes would be a great resource. it would allow people to > >> search and find information/section of BBC content, which would > >> attract users to the BBC, being a valuable index into the contents. > >> > >> This information, I would of expected to be, already be available from > >> the subtitles that either BBC Subtitles or Red Bee (do they do BBC > >> stuff as well as commercial stations?) so it shouldn't be a great > >> effort to make this available. > >> > >> On a slightly selfish note, it would be great as I could use these on > >> iplayer streams that don't have subtitles on my xmbc. I can easily see > >> the xbmc-iplayer script being modified to be able to prefetch the > >> programmes subtitles and play them with the stream. > >> > >> Would making this information publically available be a lot of effect? > >> Am I being to hopeful? > >> > >> Many thanks > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> 2008/4/14 Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > Tom Jacobs wrote: > >> >> > >> >> i think it would be really useful if the BBC made available the > >> >> subtitles for their TV shows via the /programmes pages (or any other > >> >> accessible, searchable API). > >> > > >> > Yes, it would be nice. > >> > > >> > You can get access to them via a DVB card in your PC, of course, but > >> > because > >> > they're broadcast as pre-rendered bitmaps, you'd have to OCR them > before > >> > you > >> > could do anything useful with them. A few people have gone down this > >> > road - > >> > some friends and I gave a talk and a demo on the subject back at Open > >> > Tech > >> > 2005. > >> > > >> > http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/schedule/stephen_jolly.pdf > >> > > >> > S > >> > > >> > - > >> > 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/ > > > > > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > > > http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, > > since 2002 > - > 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/ > -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
