RE: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-28 Thread Kim Plowright
BBC Worldwide Limited is company, wholly owned by the BBC, that sells BBC merchandise (e.g. video and audio recordings of BBC programmes, books, magazines, toys and games). They're primarily there to hold the rights to BBC productions for commercial exploitation - ie, for rebroadcast

RE: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-25 Thread J.P.Knight
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Luke Dicken wrote: Umm...the BBC aren't allowed to take money from advertising are they? Andy That's what I'd have thought. And it jolly nice to have one major media outlet on the web that *isn't* stuffing your browser full of banner ads, targetted popups, etc, etc.

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-25 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, On 11/24/05, Kirk Northrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Hawkins wrote: Umm...the BBC aren't allowed to take money from advertising are they? No... but BBC Worldwide are... Ah. Ok. Andy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-24 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, On 11/24/05, Nico Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time for my 2 p - been monitoring this list since it started - has noone suggested that the Beeb use their extraordinary visibility 'customer base' to emulate Google on a paid ad basis? Umm...the BBC aren't allowed to take money from

RE: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-24 Thread Luke Dicken
On 11/24/05, Nico Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time for my 2 p - been monitoring this list since it started - has noone suggested that the Beeb use their extraordinary visibility 'customer base' to emulate Google on a paid ad basis? Umm...the BBC aren't allowed to take money from

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-23 Thread Amias Channer
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:06:34 + Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Don't even *think* about telling me what I should and shouldn't support this is not about you its about what is a good codec to use for the BBC's IMP system , a system that is supposed to be platform agnostic .

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-22 Thread Amias Channer
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:22:53 + Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/05, Adam Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a bigger problem as iMP is using standard Microsoft WMA DRM files. As this is widely used, there are more people interested in bypassing the DRM system,

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-13 Thread vijay chopra
Shame; even thought I hate DRM, I know that PHBs love it, and if they cant work it, it means the Beeb might scram iMP :(On 13/11/05, Dave Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems BBC may have a problem with the iMP trial, apparently it's possible to get round the DRM thus taking away the

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-13 Thread Adam Leach
This is a bigger problem as iMP is using standard Microsoft WMA DRM files. As this is widely used, there are more people interested in bypassing the DRM system, and so eventually it will always be bypassed, plus its created by Microsoft. Other codecs are less widely used and known about, so

Re: [backstage] iMP issue

2005-11-13 Thread vijay chopra
, there will be insentive for people outside the UK to try and bypass itDave- Original Message -From: Adam Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 2:49 PMSubject: Re: [backstage] iMP issue This is a bigger problem as iMP is using standard Microsoft WMA