On 28/03/2008, Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apologies if I sent a blank reply, I hit Ctrl+Enter by mistake (which > happens to send in Outlook! Hair trigger.) > > I've just joined this list and noticed a brief reference to the BBC's > Creative Archive. I've been trying to work out where that project is at. I > notice the official site doesn't seem to have been updated since October > 2006 (despite the site saying it would "be updated with details about this > [Public Value Test] assessment throughout the process": > http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/the_bbcs_plans/). The last > official reference I could find was in the parliamentary inquiry that > resulted in the May 2007 report, New Media and Creative Industries ( > http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmcumeds/509/50902.htm), > which made some recommendations about the future operation of the CA, if it > were to proceed. > > Your timing is spot on - if you check the unofficial Backstage archives > for yesterday and the day before you'll note that there was some discussion > surrounding the Creative Archive. > > Unfortunately, it seems that the CA project has effectively gone into > 'extended support' mode (as Microsoft would put it) - nothing's going to > happen around it for the foreseeable future. 'Thrown into the long grass' > was a particularly apt description I saw used yesterday. >
I was watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc and it reminded me that I was thinking that if the CA project isn't going to go anywhere, then it still would be an interesting idea - even for a short trial - to allow the output of News 24 to be archived as MPEG4 onto a public server. As far as I could gather from the people I have spoken to about it, almost all of News 24's output belongs to the BBC. I guess you might have a problem with the Sports rights as the rebroadcast is covered by the "*BBC v BSB *(*The 1990 World Cup Case)"...* http://nic.suzor.com/articles/TransformativeUse.pdf (page 141) Whilst I am sure that a good political point can be made by doing a news mashup, I also note the existence of oddbox and it's predecessor STORYFix ("a tongue-in-cheek, high-speed look at the last week's news on the BBC"). So you can't really argue that people might laugh at it when you do it yourself? Also, it would be handy to be able to link from Wikipedia to clips of relevant bits. > Does anyone know the fate or future of the Creative Archive? Has it, or > is it likely to be, submitted to the BBC Trust for a public value > assessment? Any idea of timeframes? Was there any response to the > parliamentary report? Are there any online references that I might turn to? > > > > Again, the unofficial Backstage archives are where you'll be able to read > up on the discussion: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08062.html > > etc.. > > > Thanks for any heads-up you can offer. > > > Sorry the news isn't more positive... Welcome to the list :) > Christopher > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
