RE: [backstage] iPlayer: Sky re-invents web links
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 20 October 2008 14:19 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] iPlayer: Sky re-invents web links Couldn't really let this one pass without comment: http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?entry=sky_re_invents_web_links In perhaps one of the most disingenuous claims in the history of marketing, Sky and the BBC have announced a deal to combine Sky Player and iPlayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10_october/2 0/iplayer.shtml The BBC and Sky have announced that BBC iPlayer can now be accessed via Sky Player, Sky's online TV service. what's disingenuous about that? Sky could just as easily have refused to link to the iPlayer: the fact that they didn't is worth a press release, IMO. - 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/
RE: [backstage] iPlayer: Sky re-invents web links
Couldn't really let this one pass without comment: http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?entry=sky_re_invents_web_links In perhaps one of the most disingenuous claims in the history of marketing, Sky and the BBC have announced a deal to combine Sky Player and iPlayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10 _october/2 0/iplayer.shtml The BBC and Sky have announced that BBC iPlayer can now be accessed via Sky Player, Sky's online TV service. what's disingenuous about that? Sky could just as easily have refused to link to the iPlayer: the fact that they didn't is worth a press release, IMO. It's also a bit more than links - they're incorporating the channel/schedule data into the Sky Player site before linking through to iPlayer. I presume they could do that using RSS feeds if they wanted to (and may actually be doing so). Also there's the question of whether the Sky Player usage of such XML feeds would fall foul of the BBC's standard feed terms and conditions http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm - 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/
