Hi Richard, The BBC buys the data from PA and we use their feeds to populate the BBC Sport Online results pages. I think we may use another data source as well. So yes, there are rights around what we can make available to the public.
J -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Lockwood Sent: 20 June 2011 08:55 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Live football score data >> Morning all, >> >> I suspect the answer to this is "no", but is there a BBC feed of live >> football score data - ie the data that provides the live scores on a >> Saturday and Sunday? I've had a look around but can't find one - am >> I just being dim, or is this something that's bought in from a third >> party and hence not available for reuse? > > AFAIK, that's exactly the case (applies to most sports stuff, not just > football). > Thought that was probably the case, but the "being dim" option is always a definite possibility! Cheers, R. - 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/ - 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/
