Hi Some answers inline below.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:30:19 +0100, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is iPlayer using to hold it's Meta data? iPlayer gets its metadata from an internal BBC product called Pips, which has been previously discussed on this list (I work on Pips). Pips receives metadata in TV-Anytime from BDS. > Another question I have is about where to find TV listings. > Radio Times provide data (though I can't seem to find the link on > their site) (and it's for personal use only) If you want TV listings for commercial use you'll have to pay for them. > The BBC provide TV-Anytime listings but only for BBC channels. > > How detailed is the data from the BBC? Does it utilise all the > features in the TV-Anytime format or is it just the basics? No, it's just the basics for schedule data. The iPlayer data is much richer. > This leads me onto the question: > Do we need a good provider of TV Meta Data? I think there are several companies who will sell it to you. I imagine it would be difficult to set up a free provider without hitting copyright problems, as happened with Bleb. > According to the TV-Anytime documents it is possible to list things > like whether a TV show has been nominated form or won awards. Is there > anyone who actually provides such data or does it go unused? Don't know, but I would surprised if BDS didn't have it or couldn't provide it for a fee. > <snip stuff about favourite programs and facebook /> I tried to do some of this with the iPlayer Facebook application. It's a bit barebones at the moment but it will be improved over time. I had a good response inside the BBC and people at all levels are interested in supporting the application and seeing what can be done. > As an after thought, any idea if it's possible to buy printed versions > of TS 102 822 for a *small* fee, my printer my not be able to cope > with all the pages and Alt-Tab'ing between the standard and my IDE is > going to be a pain and interrupt work flow. Don't know, but in my day to day work I only refer to "Part 3: Metadata; Sub-part 1: Phase 1 - Metadata schemas" (TS 102 822-3-1) which is only 172 pages ;-) > (Is this more the kind of thing you would like on this list?) Yes, definitely! It's much more interesting than endless discussions about DRM. Cheers Jonathan - 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]/
