Brian Butterworth wrote: > On 09/11/2007, *Dave Crossland* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>> wrote: > On 09/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > - an alternative electronic programme guide > > By "alternative," do you mean "user-generated," so when there's some > low quality programming people can , ahem, express their opinions? > > I guess that would depend upon if the system has a return path - like an > ethernet connection!
Actually, I wondered whether you were suggesting, say, a satellite/ Interweb mash-up of some kind, where the Freesat box's MHEG engine could incorporate data from somewhere other than the satellite, and had the programmability to be able to embed, or otherwise render, the secondary data into the display. So, for example, in the EPG, you could ask to have rottentomato.com votes for upcoming movies incorporated, which would require the box to be able to: a) grab those ratings, and b) correlate them with the EPG entries without c) the EPG interface becoming ludicrous. Even usefuller would be the ability to grab personalized gubbins from sites based on your very own ID, so that your have your mates' insane opinions show up, with hilarious consequences. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
