Re: [backstage] RSS feeds for what's on now/next
On 11/29/05, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re. google/ig, as I just mentioned in the previous post, the feeds work fine with the google rss reader (reader.google.com). I even copied the xml content from a blogger atom feed that works in my personalised home page, copied it into a static xml file on my menti.name server, and tried to add that same file to google.com/ig, and it didn't work. So there must be something server-side (content-type or other headers? etc.) rather than the actual xml format that makes a difference..Even stranger - now that Google have added RSS feeds to Gmail (see https://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html), my backstage Atom feeds work perfectly fine in Gmail, but still no luck on google.com/ig.
Re: [backstage] iMP and alternative models to DRM
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Al Petfield wrote: I think it would be great if there was a meritocracy whereby artists were paid in proportion to their popularity but I don't suppose record companies would be too happy to see the link between artist and audience become so transparent! The unit based music/video industry already sort of has this. Its called a bargain bin and contains stuff like the Wurzels, CW music, unknown US action movie DVDs, etc that folk won't stump up large bundles of cash to listen to/watch. Jim'll - 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/
[backstage] Re: now/next via SMS
Brief update on this...On 12/7/05, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Text the name of a BBC TV station (no radio stations - yet) to 07781 488578.This will send you back a text message with what's on now/next on the TV channel you selected. It also contains a link to a xhtml-basic page that shows you the programme information (synposis), so if your phone supports clickable SMS messages you can click straight through to the programme details. At the moment the pages are xhtml only, so it won't work on old WAP1.0/wml-only phones (but it wouldn't be hard to add this capability, as the pages as ultra-simple..).FYI - I have added support for wml markup, so these pages will now work on older WAP1.0 phones also. It uses the the magic of Wurfl ( http://wurfl.sourceforge.net) to automatically determine the device's preferred type of markup, and then serve wml or xhtml respectively (I currently only distinguish between these two, but more would be possible). The pages now could serve as a sort of simple BBC now/next mobile site, so you could access them directly on your phone/device by going to http://x.menti.name/all - this should give you content (xhtml/wml) appropriate for your type of browser. Or as I said above, send a text message with a BBC TV channel to that number, and the SMS returned will contain a link to the programme synopses of the programmes currently showing on that channel, from which you can browse to the rest of the site if you so wish.. Not tested with too many phones, so feedback welcome as usual..Mario.
