Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 10/10/2007, Richard Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/07 19:24, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it could be done on analogue - you could never see the join in the switch to regional programmes on the BBC even back as far as Sixty Minutes, so it MUST be

Re: [backstage] New TV Listing Design

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 09/10/2007, Mr I Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://radar.oreilly.com/Picture%2052.html Full story - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/throng_unveils.html I saw this while browsing my rss aggregator. Seems like a decent design for a TV Guide. I was wondering how it would

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Jason Cartwright
And what bugs me is when companies Microsoft (and the rest) deal with the BBC (e.g. when the BBC included a BBC channel in the release of IE4) and not the commercial arm (BBC Worldwide). How is that deal any different than using Sky as a route to market for free-at-point-of-consumption public

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Tom Loosemore
On 11/10/2007, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this is true. And a charity can have wholly owned subsidiary that makes profits, in much the same way. BBC - not for profit corporation. BBC Worldwide - a global company that makes a profit. Gordo At 14:09 +0100 9/10/07,

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 11/10/2007, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this is true. And a charity can have wholly owned subsidiary that makes profits, in much the same way. BBC - not for profit corporation. BBC Worldwide - a global company that makes a profit. Gordo At 14:09 +0100 9/10/07,

[backstage] iPlayer usage

2007-10-11 Thread nick richards
Hi guys, I saw a del.icio.us post from Tom Coates earlier asking how many people actualy *use* the iPlayer: http://del.icio.us/url/0dfca05d2d10356af6fe9e33ecbcbc72 Which got me thinking, how many people actually use the iPlayer? Are those sort of stats something the BBC can talk about? Nick

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Gordon Joly
At 10:25 +0100 11/10/07, Jason Cartwright wrote: And what bugs me is when companies Microsoft (and the rest) deal with the BBC (e.g. when the BBC included a BBC channel in the release of IE4) and not the commercial arm (BBC Worldwide). How is that deal any different than using Sky as a route

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Jason Cartwright
Well, like it or not big corps are often the gatekeepers sat between the audience masses and content owners. That doesn't seem to be changing (*cough* Google). J On 11/10/2007, Gordon Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:25 +0100 11/10/07, Jason Cartwright wrote: And what bugs me is when

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 11/10/2007, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, like it or not big corps are often the gatekeepers sat between the audience masses and content owners. That doesn't seem to be changing (*cough* Google). In a way it's always been true. The sellers of radios and televisions

RE: [backstage] iPlayer usage

2007-10-11 Thread Christopher Woods
Oooh, aaah... ps I don't know if this has only just turned up but *thanks* to whoever put the option not to p2p with the application turned off which I've just noticed. Saving me from having to kill kservice every time I'm finished watching anything is a big win. I noticed the 5.5

Re: [backstage] Thoughts from a previous BBC employee

2007-10-11 Thread Gordon Joly
At 17:12 +0100 11/10/07, Jason Cartwright wrote: Well, like it or not big corps are often the gatekeepers sat between the audience masses and content owners. That doesn't seem to be changing (*cough* Google). J And there you have the case in point. Auntie, for better or worse, is the best