So just to make absolutely clear. The BBC will continue to make our
listings available for free (as part of the TV Anytime feed) and we are
keen for developers as part of the remit of backstage to continue to be
able to create and be innovative with the usage of that data.
>>
That's all fine, but just to make it absolutely clear, are you saying that
listings through Backstage are exempt from the Broadcasting Act 1990's
requirements to have a licence to publish such information?
After a quick read, I can't see anything in the Broadcasting Act 1990
that has any relevance here, but then I'm no lawyer. It was, after
all, drafted before the Web existed.
The BBC is offering its own listings data under the backstage
non-commercial re-use licence on the Web, and we're going to continue
to do so.
Apologies if BDS's actions have caused angst. They aggregate and clean
data from many broadcasters and as such add commercial value - more
than might first appear, given how often schedules change at the last
minute, and how many channels now existing.
Now, as a completely crap coder myself, may I commend the new BBC TV
listings API from BBC R&D
http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/index.html which includes a
'simple' mode, as well as the full fat TVAnytime results for those of
you who like complexity (sorry, richness of data!).
In other news, this might be of interest:
http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/KamaeliaMacro.html
bests
-tom
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