Generally speaking, it's best to use the ideas submission page (http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/post_idea.html).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Plowright > Sent: 29 November 2005 11:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [backstage] Where should I suggest that the BBC > could their feeds? > > > GENIUS idea. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > Butterworth > Sent: 28 November 2005 18:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [backstage] Where should I suggest that the BBC > could their feeds? > > > I had a idea about BBC News's channel using these feeds... > Where should I post it? > > I was watching BBC News 24 this week and there was a feature > about sudden snow on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. One woman said > "there was nothing on the news about it", and it occurred to > me that if she was watching News 24, she was probably right. > > News 24 has a variety of Astons (graphics), but I was > thinking about the scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen. > I don't know how integrated News 24 and BBC Online are I > don't know if the "scroller" is driven from one of the > backstage RSS feeds, but it should be! > > This grey/blue visual bar with white text is added somewhere > to the studio output by some box of tricks - usually a PC. > > News 24 doesn't have the regional variations that BBC ONE > does - it has always been distributed identically to > satellite, cable and Freeview. > > Sadly, as all dishes point at the same satellite, > regionalisation is unfeasible. > > On Freeview, the channel's programs are transmitted in the > same digital terrestrial multiplex that has a national or > regional versions of BBC ONE on Freeview. It the similar on cable. > > So, my idea is to program a "box of tricks" to overlay a > customized RSS-fed scroller for each of the nations (Wales, > Scotland, NI) and English regional variations (for > Birmingham, Manchester, Hull, Leeds, Nottingham, Norwich, > Cambridge, Bristol, Tunbridge Wells, Southampton, Plymouth, > Newcastle, Oxford, London and the Channel Islands). > > So you would see your own local news, sport and weather in > vision. Then follow with the current headlines, sport etc. > > So the 6 million Freeview homes could get their local news > first - with snow > warnings where necessary! > > Where can I suggest this? > > > > - > 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. 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. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
