Jordan, I wrote something similar, the difference being, I wrote mine to email me when something I might want to watch comes online.
How are you getting itv/4od & channel 5 online content listings???? Are you screen scraping or is there a better way?? On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Tom Maslen <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if this is still valid, I remember this site from a few years > back... > > http://bbc.co.uk/syndication/ > > Section 4 of the terms and conditions are about advertising appearing on > pages with BBC content. > > /t > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Alex Mace > *Sent:* 16 July 2009 09:35 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [backstage-developer] 'All-in-one' UK VOD Service.. > > The BBC themselves do just that when you look at BBC News from outside the > UK. As long as it's just a link to the relevant page where the content is > then I can't see it being a problem, though I am not a lawyer and The Pirate > Bay was just a directory/search engine. Though TPB was also linking > copyright infringing material... > On 16 Jul 2009, at 09:30, Tom Maslen wrote: > > Documentation on how to Glow can be found here... > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow/ > > Great idea for a website. Not sure what the legal implications are about > putting adverts right next to BBC content though? > > /t > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth > *Sent:* 16 July 2009 06:51 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [backstage-developer] 'All-in-one' UK VOD Service.. > > Jordan, > Why didn't you just call this "Project Kangaroo" and have done with it? > > Looks good - perhaps you could use the BBC Glow toolkit to use some > sliders, as this would allow you to get more choices on a single page? > > 2009/7/15 Jordan <[email protected]> > >> Firstly, sorry if this isn't the right place to discuss this. I'm a >> graphic design student and in the past few months, as a side project, >> I've been working on a kind of all-in-one service for UK users that >> acts as a directory of all the content available across the major >> video-on-demand services. I built it because as far as I was aware, >> such a service didn't exist (though I think there are a few cropping >> up now) and It was something I really wanted to use myself. >> >> The site pulls data from the iPlayer RSS feeds for each channel and >> organises them alongside data from other services so you can browse by >> name or date across networks. >> >> The service is currently in beta and I'm still working on >> improvements. In the long run I'd like to add radio support and >> perhaps a members area so users can select their favourite shows and >> be alerted when new episodes come online. >> >> Have a look and I'd be interested in knowing your opinions: >> >> http://www.teev.co.uk >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jordan >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To >> unsubscribe, please send an email to [email protected] with >> unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message. >> > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > > >
