Well it would seem that my local news, 'South Today', has started being available in iPlayer since 7th September :-)
Thanks to whoever made that happen! BTW: Seems that other weekday regional news programmes have also started appearing. Best Regards Phil On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 15:17 +0100, Gavin Johnson wrote: > > > On 01/09/2010 12:01, "Mo McRoberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 15:25, Gavin Johnson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi Phil, Jim et al > >> > >> You be already aware of this but the BBC proposed a local video service > >> last > >> year. The proposal was rejected by the Trust following public consultation. > >> One of the key concerns was about the Œadverse impact on the market¹. You > >> can read a full explanation from the Trust here: > >> > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/pvt/local_video_proposal.shtml > >> > >> So while there would be (minor) technical issues involved in delivering > >> local video on bbc.co.uk, they haven¹t been explored because there isn¹t a > >> remit to provide the service. > > > > It's worth stressing that the PVT referred to above covered a new £68m > > service which goes somewhat over and above the existing output from > > the regions (though I suspect "extended versions of material which is > > edited down for broadcast" would fall under that remit). As the Trust > > says: > > > > "Within the bounds of existing service licences, the BBC offers > > regional news on television, local radio and local websites. > > Programming from the BBC's television services can be shown on the > > internet." > > > > Hunting through /programmes, it seems as hit and miss as suggested > > earlier. e.g., Points West: > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pft9 > > > > versus Reporting Scotland: > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj3s > > That's correct, the PVT was a new content proposal. Actually it seems as > simple as Nations TV bulletins are on iplayer but the (English) Regions > aren't. I think we probably need someone who has greater involvement with > iplayer to be certain. > > Gavin > > > - > 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]/
