The prohibition on ads is on BBC public service activity inside the UK. Worldwide is commercial.
For example BBC Worldwide has a major stake in the UKTV suite of TV channels - which have adverts, and some BBC programmes on them. The Channels themselves are not BBC branded. If the music store is not branded BBC then having ads on wouldn't be a problem (I think - and I should stress I am not an expert!) Nice that they will be DRM free. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 04 September 2008 00:38 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] BBC Music Store Apparently BBC Worldwide is making a music store: <http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/841648/BBC-Worldwide-launch-ad-backed -online-music-service/> <http://tinyurl.com/bbcmusicstore> According to the article it will allow free streaming (supported by ads) and payed downloads. Here is the interesting bit: > BBC Worldwide will then levy charges for any audio or video music > content that consumers want to download to rent for a limited time > period or that they download for permanent ownership and > all such downloaded content will be DRM-free So is the rented stuff going to just have a notice saying "Rent till ../../.., please delete it when your done" on the download page? Or is the "DRM-free" bit only going to apply to the permanent ownership downloads? Apparently this still has to pass Trust approval, which it may fail (unlikely, but theoretically possibly). Not sure I particularly like the idea of ads being inserted, I thought the BBC was prohibited from doing that or does that prohibition not apply to worldwide even though it's using the BBC's content? Andy - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
