Just to say that a lot of BBC radio content (and soon TV) can be downloaded via iTunes or direct from the BBC website. You can also get all BBC radio streamed via the website....
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Millie Niss > Sent: 08 November 2005 05:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] iMP > > > I don't know exactly what iMP is, so I hope I am not totally > off-base here... > > However, I am a (US) American who would defnitely be willing > to pay (if the price were reasonable) for BBC content. My > main interest is the radio programming, which someone here > said isn't a problem to distribute, but I am also somewhat > interested in BBC TV. > > Right now, I cannot even get The World Service Radio in > English _on the radio_ during most of the day. The World > Service is broadcast for only a few hours a day on my local > "public" radio station (this actually means "private, non > commercial" -- US "Public Radio" is nonprofit but privately > owned & operated, supported by individual and corporate > donations and a very small amount of indirect government > subsidies). In the past, Americans could get World Service > radio directly from the BBC on other bands (MW or LW), but > now that isn't beamend towards the U.S. The web site > provides streaming and some on-demand access to programs, but > not full archives or downloadable versions of most programs. > (I have enjoyed the podcasting trial of From Our Own > Correspondent, for example, but that is an > experiment.) > > I quite understand that the BBC is funded by UK Licensing > fees and that they cannot afford to offer me all the services > for free that license-payers get for their money. But I > would be happy to pay for my content if I could afford it. > After all, I donate money to my public radio stations and pay > for cable TV and Internet access, so I am accustomed to > paying for media content. I cannot get the BBC content at > any price right now, at least not easily. (One issue is that > I do not have broadband, so that maybe iMP would not help me. > Broadband is much more prevalent in Europe and Asia than in > the U.S., and so what I really want is to get my BBC content > on the radio and TV!) > > Is the BBC Radio (and if so, which stations?) available on > satellite radio? That is quite expensive & impractical > (especially for non automobile use) still but I'd consider > subscribing to satellite radio if I could get the World > Service and Radio 4. > > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [backstage] iMP > > > > Releasing iMP to the world would almost end piracy of the BBC's > > content. Releasing it to the UK would still keep all the > BBC's content > > available over the net through the standard ways. What > better way to > > maintain control and quality than to irradicate the need > for piracy of > > BBC > content..? > > > > I actually wouldn't object to paying for this as a seperate service > > and I wouldnt be suprised if this is not the way forward for non-uk > > citizens. Seems fair enough, we pay our £££ per year and > if Joel from > > America wants it, he can but it'll cost him a percentage of the > > standard lic. fee. > > > > > > Andrew Bowden wrote: > > > > >>>>I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR > that my telly > > >>>>licence has a unique reference number with it. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used > to buy my > > >>>license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique > > >>>number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Hmm, I didn't know that. I wonder how you get them to move the > > >>licence to a new property when you move house if you don't have a > > >>licence number? > > >>The online form[1] has the licence number as a required field. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I remember filling in that form back in October 2001 and thinking > > >exactly the same! IIRC, I just put down that I had no license > > >number. But there wasn't a knock on my door, and when it > came up for > > >renewal, the letter came from the right address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > >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/[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. 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