http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/05/mondaymediasection.bbc?gusrc=rss&feed=media
John Ryley, the energetic head of Sky News, is determined to keep on carrying the fight to the BBC despite the channel's narrower distribution and says that for it too, the web is becoming a vital weapon. "You can no longer think of Sky News as just a TV news service," he insists. "We're growing on the web, we make Five News, we're on the radio. Going *forward, we will be doing our damnedest to explore every digital opportunity opening up*," Sky's damnedest = £10k On 02/11/2007, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Anyone else think that they're pulling a fast one? £10K for ten new features on their website plus loads of other products that they then own the copyright to?" > > You can call me a dreamer but it might not be that cynical. > > In my opinion, the competition organisers must know any developer able to create a cross-platform original slant on RSS consumption would NOT then sell it out to Sky for a grand. It would cost the developer that much in manhours spent on the project. (Estimated at 4 days @ 250/day). Surely having gone to the trouble of creating this thing, the developer would hawk it themselves and retain the intellectual property rights and the admiration of their peers. > > Perhaps Sky are just hoping for nuggets of ideas they can expand in-house? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Dillon > Sent: 02 November 2007 11:25 > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [backstage-developer] Sky News 'Dev Garage' competition > > I know this is not strictly about the BBC products, but I think developers on the list would probably be interested. > > Sky are ofering a ten £1k prizes to: > > "Develop an original standalone application, using Sky News RRS feeds (provided by us) of headlines, or pictures, or video (or a combination), which carries Sky News beyond its home environment (www.sky.com/news ) . > The application should run in 3rd party environments, including websites and/or desktops " > > http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1291123,00.html > > Check out the T&Cs: > > "All Finalists agree that the copyright (if any) and all other rights title and interest in and in respect of their Contribution shall vest in and are hereby assigned to Sky (and this assignment shall operate to the extent necessary as a present assignment of future copyright) and that Sky shall have the unfettered right to deal with a Finalist's Contribution or any part of it in any way that it thinks fit." > > So even if you don't win they still get to keep the copyright on your work? Anyone else think that they're pulling a fast one? £10K for ten new features on their website plus loads of other products that they then own the copyright to? > > > Seán > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
