Thanks Mo. Yes, agreed on all counts. But no, TTT is not a prototype of what's to come on Youtube :)
andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mo McRoberts Sent: 23 October 2009 10:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] FYI: Open iPlayer On 23-Oct-2009, at 09:36, Andrew Pipes wrote: > Can you expand on that note about listings please Mo? > > Do you want more date/time information about when a programme was > broadcast surfaced? Or a better interface for exploring back in time > instead of by letter/source? At the moment we're just trying to keep > it > as simple as is necessary. The latter, although actual programme metadata is useful (because you dont necessarily know from a summary or title whether its the episode of something youre looking for, whereas you may well know that you saw last weeks broadcast). Primarily, it was the ability to browse by channel+day, both for things which have already aired, and the upcoming programmesmuch as iPlayer tries to do (though iPlayers UX quite often bugs me in this respect!) e.g., if somebody says did you see that documentary on More4 on Tuesday about how right-wing extremism is making its way into parish councils?, it should be trivial to track down based on the available informationat worst there are a limited number of programmes which would have aired on More4 on Tuesday, so even if you dont know the title, it should be easy to find with the aid of listings tie-in. Similarly, if you know a programme is airing at some point in the next 12 hours on a channel, being able to see (quite prominently) at a glance whether its available/coming soon/will be up later+ETA is quite useful. I know its tricky when you pull in solely on-demand content, but sheer popularity only goes so far as a useful metric for end-users. More metadata! ;) My expectation of a good aggregator is one which takes the best aspects of iPlayer+4oD+ITV Player+etc (and by that I dont just mean the raw content!) and presents a unified view of that. TTT certainly manages the latter, but my gut feeling is that its a more close fit with YouTubes fairly lightweight metadata than iPlayers (and presumably 4oDs) richnessand rather than using whats available wherever possible, it mostly seems to drag everything down to YouTubes level. I could be misreading it allI havent explored deeply, but then arguably I shouldnt have to in order to get a good idea of what it can do. What I dont get is why is it separate from 4oD and a strictly limited-budget experimental thing? Why not just have 4oDs web interface support multiple content streams? Political issues? (Actually, given the YouTube deal, is this a prototype for whats to come?) Er, hope that helps in some small way! M. -- mo mcroberts http://nevali.net iChat: [email protected] Jabber/GTalk: [email protected] Twitter: @nevali Run Leopard or Snow Leopard? Set Quick Look free with DropLook - http://labs.jazzio.com/DropLook/ - 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]/ ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [email protected] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 ##################################################################################### - 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]/
