> Thankfully the BBC World Service has made the audio from its special
> February 29th programs regarding its 80th Anniversary available for
> online listening (and downloading, if you have the appropriate
> software).
>
> Check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/schedules/2012/02/29
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
> _______________________________________________
And Jonathan Marks laments the loss ob BBCWS audios
after seven days of the event.
Disappearing before your eyes (and ears)
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2012/03/disappearing-before-your-eyes-and-ears.html
It's a week ago since the BBC World Service broadcast from a special tent
inside Bush House. 7 days is a magic time in UK public broadcasting, because
after a week a lot of content expires and is no longer available. And that's
started to become the case already with the programmes from the tent. Yes, they
are still up there as streams, but the Mp3 version of the interview with
Attenborough has gone. And why is the two part programme on Bush House with
John Tusa on a different page altogether, mixed with the infamous announcement
of the drastic cuts to World Service in January 2011? BBC World Service has
great content. But you have to really consume it on the day of transmission.
Finding stuff, in context, especially a few months later is difficult, if not
impossible. In fact a lot of useful stuff (like extended news bulletins are not
available as an archive). That's where a rewind button on the digital radio is
rather useful.
I found the 2 hr Newshour special on the future of international broadcasting
(as billed) was fascinating. Lyse Doucet described it more accurately at the
start of the programme as the future of international news. Major difference.
It's clear that the BBC World Service has a clear vision of what it wants to do
as a news organisation. I was left rather confused as to what it really wants
to do with radio, especially features and anything that is not "rolling news".
To me, the future needs to be hybrid. And a coherent mix of radio, TV and
online. Radio is awful for sharing lists of facts (better off using a map
during an emergency), but it's much better at gathering, sharing and debating
opinions. Especially in countries where cameras are inhibiting people from
speaking frankly, radio could be doing a lot more to gather those thoughts.
Watched with interest the experiments with audio that Al Jazeera did in Moscow.
Thought they might be using audio because people were afraid t!
o speak openly. But then they posted pictures with the audio which defeated
the object. I would have mapped the video clips in that case.
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