Good point. But I've always thought of that as a small opportunity: sure, the user wouldn't get the content they were expecting but something else could be served into the gap couldn't it? Something that hasn't (or won't) expire? Or even just a YouTube 'you might also like'-style promo.
s -- Openness at the BBC: http://commonplatform.co.uk mailto:st...@bowbrick.com 07768 257 570 -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Gareth Davis Sent: 16 January 2009 13:48 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Steve Bowbrick > Sent: 16 January 2009 12:59 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: RE: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online? > > Watchification.com uses the hacky way of embedding - when we first > started to embed (early 2008) various BBC folk told us it was just a > matter of time before it was officially allowed but it looks like > politics/rights issues etc. have held this up. To add to that, I've been told one of the reasons we do not allow embed on iPlayer (and on our news YouTube channels) is because the content expires. So anyone who did embed the content in their pages would have a broken link within a few days - which isn't a great user experience. -- Gareth Davis | Production Systems Specialist World Service Future Media, Digital Delivery Team - Part of BBC Global News Division * http://www.bbcworldservice.com/ * 702NE Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B 4PH - 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/
