Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

On 24/07/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, to summarise; we couldn't implement the player on all popular platforms then (which we realise is a problem), but we are working to do it now, and we'll get the system out to the majority of users now, hitting our initial target launch

RE: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

Hi Vijay Thanks for uploading that. It will get to the BBC FOI site soon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/responses_bbc.shtml There are other FOI requests relating to the iPlayer there too. The BBC seems to receive many FOI queries based around its web/digital activity ;)

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

At 08:45 +0100 25/7/07, vijay chopra wrote: On 24/07/07, Richard Lockwood mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, to summarise; we couldn't implement the player on all popular platforms then (which we realise is a problem), but we are working to do it now, and we'll get the

RE: Uploading the BBC programme catalogue to freebase (was RE: [backstage] Programme Catalogue vs. Freebase (was: BBC Programme Catalogue -any APIs yet?))

Hi Graeme Get in touch with me off list and we can sort this out. thanks Jem Stone. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Robin Doran Sent: Tue 7/24/2007 9:50 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk; backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: Uploading the BBC programme

[backstage] who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

SVG weather feeds: who to ask? Who at the BBC publishes the weather feeds? Is there a good reason the SVG icons are not linked within the feed? regards Jonathan Chetwynd - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently Who at the BBC publishes the weather feeds? why is it that the text description and images are not consistent? in other words, why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently? London today

Re: [backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

The explanation on the symbols page is poor, but the actual text in the feed is pretty consistant. I've only needed to match ten phrases to smbols since I wrote my weather map on the 1st of June. (Admittedly, most of those are variants on pi**ing down... but I digress.) So, I match the phrases

Re: [backstage] who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

I think you will find that they are produced by HM Govermenet's Department of Defence of which the Meterological Office is a part. On 25/07/07, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SVG weather feeds: who to ask? Who at the BBC publishes the weather feeds? Is there a good reason the

RE: [backstage] who to ask: SVG in weather feeds?

Hello there, 'Tis I. We don't have any SVG icons. Do you mean the gif images of weather symbols used on the 5 day forecast pages? Feel free to contact me off list with your answer...I doubt this conversation is of general interest to the list. As for the descrepancy between symbols and labels

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem I know that you guys don't mind talking Jem; the intent of my FOI request was to get full, detailed *documentation* behind many of the important decisions behind iPlayer. I have to say

RE: [backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

There are 32 images in this set: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/fiveday_sym/32.gif and in this set: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/animated_sym/4.gif Paul Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Lockwood

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

Richard, It's true the actual text in the feed is pretty consistant it is consistent, but not in the way defined in the explanations where there are more than 17 discrete icons used by the BBC. the fact that you can match 10 text expressions to ten icons means that your icons are without

[backstage] Re: who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

Oh - absolutely. I quite agree that the use is unclear, and that my mappings don't neccessarily match those intended by the Beeb, It would be nice to have the usage and terms clarified by the relevent parties! :-) Please keep me copied in on this - I'm certainly interested to see if there's a

[backstage] MIX UK - registration open

We've opened the registration for MIX UK. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07/ We're pretty sure it will sell out in a few days, so if you want to attend it might be better to register before too long. Cheers, Phil.

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

You won't get anything, the FOI Act makes provision for the witholding of documentation relating to commercial negotiations. On 25/07/07, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

On 25/07/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You won't get anything, the FOI Act makes provision for the witholding of documentation relating to commercial negotiations. The whole point of the BBC is that it's not a commercial entity (at least domestically). Besides, if I don't

[backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

Paul, that's excellent thanks, I make it 18 commonly known and distinct icons. there is a fair amount of duplication not sure why this might be 2.gif and 7.gif for instance. perhaps they have different alpha transparencies? the one I missed is 28/30.gif which shares the same text description

RE: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

did you all see this already? NOt been following the list today: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/25/bbc_iplayer_linux_macosx/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of vijay chopra Sent: Wed 25/07/2007 3:28 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage]

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

The whole point of the BBC is that it's not a commercial entity (at least domestically) Although it would find it mighty hard to put anything on the screen if it didn't have confidential commercial negotiations with the companies who rent buildings, make cameras, do transmission, provide

Re: [backstage] who to ask? weather feeds: why is the explanation of the symbols not used consistently

there is a fair amount of duplication not sure why this might be 2.gif and 7.gif for instance. perhaps they have different alpha transparencies? Jonathan, The BBC weather icons dovetail with the Met Office ones [1] but the Met Office have different icons for weather events at night to those

RE: [backstage] BBC TV and Radio 7-day listing

Andrew, If you have data going back prior to June 22 2005, how could one obtain a copy? One of my uses of the TVAnyTime data is to start building an historical database that can be searched. I know there are various sites that offer this data, but there search capabilities are limited and I'm

Re: [backstage] MIX UK - registration open

At 15:07 +0100 25/7/07, Phil Winstanley wrote: We've opened the registration for MIX UK. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07/http://www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07/ We're pretty sure it will sell out in a few days, so if you want to attend it might be better to register before too long. Cheers,

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

At 13:04 +0100 25/7/07, vijay chopra wrote: On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem I know that you guys don't mind talking Jem; the intent of my FOI request was to get full, detailed *documentation*