On 18/04/07, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 16:39 +0100 18/4/07, Ian Forrester wrote: >Hi All, > >Outside of the framework debate... > >The BBC Archive trial is getting closer to opening its doors. >Exclusively I can now tell you that the register your interest form >is up (16:30). So if your interested in taking part in the trial, go >to http://bbc.co.uk/archive now. Many thanks for your time - unfortunately due to the specifications of this trial, we are not currently aiming to recruit past or present BBC staff. !!!
yep, and quite right too, if the BBC Trust's decision making is not just impartial but seen to be impartial. Allowing BBC staff past or present to join put the latter at risk, since the data from this trial will form the core empirical input into the BBC Trust's Public Value Test on the Open Archive (which is separate from iPlayer 'catch up' Public Value Test, the decision on which is due soonish. That's why they need so much personal data, to make sure the sample is balanced across a whole series of dimensions to reflect the UK population as a whole (hence UK only) We're also gonna release 50 hours for download by anyone in the UK, whether on the trial or not. - oh, and it's all non-DRM'd, albeit geo-IP'd
