On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Jamie Tetlow <[email protected]> wrote:
well exactly, if you don't want to care about it, but equally you may only > be interested in the World Service TOTP and so making sure we get the > modelling and structure right (and then expose it nicely - which I guess is > the main point here ;-) means you'll be able to slice and dice our > programming whichever way you want, It's kind of admirable that you're attempting to model the structure of TV shows, but as is hinted at in Michael's comment below, we could easily end up with a big gulf between the BBC's understanding vs the public's understanding. Part of the problem is that it can all be so complicated, and there are tons of edge cases! For example: What's the relationship between Doctor Who and Doctor Who Confidential? They are different programmes, but very closely related (part of the same brand, but also a 1:1 relationship between individual episodes). How about the relationship between Doctor Who Confidential and Doctor Who Confidential Cut Down? Are they different versions of the same show, or different shows? Same issue for Have I Got News For You and Have I Got More News For You. One the one hand, TV shows (and films especially) have always been edited down or extended as different versions, on the other hand, HIGNFY and HIGMNFY are marketed under different names on different channels. How about the Doctor Who Christmas specials? Which series do they fit into, the beginning of a new series or the end of the last one? Or are they their own 1-part series? What about the Doctor Who Children in Need Special (apologies for all the Doctor Who examples) - should they fit under both the Doctor Who and Children in Need brands, or just one or the other? Finally, it'd be nice if you could model the 'theme nights' that every broadcaster seems to be doing now (a tactic by the schedulers to hold onto viewers for hours at a time). Currently these don't seem to get represented on the BBC website at all, despite being trailed heavily on air. Frankie > > > Jamie. > > On 5/1/09 14:44, "Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday 05 January 2009 11:26:25 Jamie Tetlow wrote: > >> Getting down to the nitty-gritty of our internal data structure we'd > >> probably say that the International World Service 'Top of the Pops' and > the > >> BBC One 'Top of the Pops' > > > > Which of course the audience simply do not, and should not have to, care > > about, ever. > > > > > > Michael. > > - > > 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]/ > > - > 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]/ > -- Frankie Roberto Experience Designer, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com
