Good work Brian. I'm wondering whether to tell distribution! a
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv>wrote: > The scraper seems to be working. I've created a page that recreates the > old list. > > http://www.ukfree.tv/reception_transmitters_index.php > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: @briantist <http://twitter.com/briantist> > web: ukfree.tv <http://www.ukfree.tv> - independent digital television and > switchover advice, since 2002 > > > On 2 September 2010 21:27, Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv>wrote: > >> Ant, >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> I've made some progress scraping the information from the "helpdesk" >> system. Quite good results so far, the current "active" lists is: >> >> "Aberfoyle","BBC TWO FAILURE; DSO related from 09:15 yesterday to 17:00 >> yesterday", >> "Bampton",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 10:10 yesterday to 12:30 >> yesterday" >> "Bolehill","BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:01 today to 08:04 today", >> "Brierley Hill","BBC ONE FAILURE from 04:25 today to 06:27 today","- No >> problems -" >> "Brook Bottom",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 10:15 today to 10:16 today" >> "Carmel",,"BBC Digital TV Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:06 today to >> 15:58 today" >> "Cerne Abbas",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 09:39 today to 11:05 today" >> "Chalford",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 07:04 today to 12:53 today" >> "Chalford Vale",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 07:04 today to 12:53 today" >> "Chatton","BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:56 today to 11:45 today BBC TWO >> Weak Signal from 14:56 yesterday to 15:33 yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Chesterfield","- No problems -","BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, >> News) Weak Signal from 04:46 yesterday to 06:24 yesterday" >> "Crystal Palace","BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 00:00 >> yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Delph",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 10:15 today to 10:16 today" >> "Edginswell",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 11:14 yesterday to 11:27 >> yesterday" >> "Emley Moor","BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 00:00 yesterday","BBC >> Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal; DSO related from 00:00 >> yesterday" >> "Fintry","BBC ONE FAILURE from 09:00 today to 16:00 today", >> "Gartly Moor","BBC TWO FAILURE; DSO related from 08:15 yesterday to 08:23 >> yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Greenhill",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 14:02 on 30 Aug" >> "Hannington","BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:41 yesterday to >> 14:05 today","- No problems -" >> "Heathfield","BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:24 yesterday to 11:14 yesterday >> BBC TWO Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterday to 10:43 yesterday","- No problems >> -" >> "Henley-On-Thames","BBC TWO FAILURE from 04:39 today to 04:44 today", >> "Hughenden","BBC ONE FAILURE from 11:33 yesterday to 12:48 yesterday", >> "Kirkfieldbank","BBC ONE FAILURE; DSO related from 09:06 yesterday to >> 15:38 yesterday", >> "Lark Stoke","BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:18 yesterday to 18:23 >> yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Limavady","BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 00:00 yesterday","- No >> problems -" >> "Llanfach",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 10:04 yesterday to 10:14 >> yesterday" >> "Llanharan",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 11:19 today to 12:27 today" >> "Midhurst","BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 00:00 yesterday","- No >> problems -" >> "Moffat",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 15:30 yesterday to 15:45 yesterday" >> "Oxford","BBC ONE FAILURE from 10:21 yesterday to 10:29 yesterday BBC TWO >> Weak Signal from 17:16 today to 17:23 today","- No problems -" >> "Pendle Forest",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 09:25 today to 09:26 today" >> "Pontop Pike","BBC TWO Weak Signal from 13:35 yesterday to 16:03 >> yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Presely",,"BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:37 yesterday to 10:30 >> yesterday" >> "Ravenscraig","- No problems - - No problems -", >> "Rhondda",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 14:45 today to 16:00 today" >> "Rosehearty","BBC ONE FAILURE; DSO related from 06:57 yesterday to 07:06 >> yesterday","- No problems -" >> "Rowridge","- No problems -","BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) >> Weak Signal from 11:25 today to 13:41 today" >> "Saddleworth",,"HD Digital TV FAILURE from 10:15 today to 10:16 today" >> "South Knapdale","BBC TWO FAILURE from 09:06 yesterday to 13:08 >> yesterday", >> "Sutton Coldfield","BBC ONE Reduced Quality from 06:17 today to 06:50 >> today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 09:33 yesterday to 15:36 >> yesterda","- No problems -" >> "Torosay","BBC TWO FAILURE from 09:05 yesterday to 09:06 yesterday","- No >> problems -" >> "Tynewydd",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 14:45 today to 16:00 today" >> "West Runton","BBC ONE FAILURE from 07:02 yesterday to 07:04 yesterday", >> "Yetholm",,"BBC Digital TV FAILURE from 10:56 today to 11:01 today" >> >> If anyone is interested, the list of postcodes used (with the resulting >> analogue and Freeview transmitters) is in the attached .CSV file. >> >> >> >> >> Brian Butterworth >> >> follow me on twitter: @briantist <http://twitter.com/briantist> >> web: ukfree.tv <http://www.ukfree.tv> - independent digital television >> and switchover advice, since 2002 >> >> >> On 1 September 2010 18:15, Ant Miller <ant.mil...@bbc.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hi Brian, all, >>> >>> After extensive enquiries we have got to the bottom of the current >>> status of this data in the BBC, and I'm afraid a simple return the model >>> of old is not possible. The Ceefax pages and website were lovingly hand >>> cranked twice a day by dedicated staff, and in terms of cost >>> effectiveness and timeliness they are no longer deemed appropriate. On >>> balance this is a sensible decision, though it's also a shame that the >>> current 'wizard' interface is not more open. On the upside it *is* >>> updated 24/7, and the BBC has no objection in principle to automated >>> scraping. If it was to be built today, I think a few of us would hope >>> to see the raw data published alongside the tool, but a retrofit of this >>> isn't on the cards at the moment. >>> >>> There are, however, plans to update the Distribution website, and this >>> will include more detailed notifications of incidents. We hope (and >>> internally shall champion) that this will be a subscribable simple >>> syndicatable service, but we can't guarantee that just yet. >>> >>> In essence this comes down to a question of where to direct limited >>> resources, and as and when the opportunity to update these services >>> emerges we hope that we'll be able to offer open access. If a clearly >>> articulated case for the value of an open feed can be made, for license >>> fee payers or the industry, then I would expect that we would take >>> another look at the question, >>> >>> Many thanks for your patience, >>> >>> Ant >>> >>> _______________________ >>> Ant Miller, Senior Research Manager >>> >>> mobile: +44 (0)7809 597757 >>> BBC Research & Development >>> South Lab, BBC Centre House >>> 56 Wood Lane >>> London >>> W12 7SB >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/ >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rd/ >>> http://www.bbcarchive.org.uk/pmwiki/ >>> >>> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. 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