Good point actually Christopher - and you're not the first to suggest it.
I think this list has evolved over time to be a general discussion group
around vaguely technical areas at the BBC - when it was first set up it was
always going to be a 'noisy' list - and we've always recommended that you
Finally we might be able to do things propery!
We've been working on a podcast browser for iPhone which is in alpha at
the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/iphone/ -- note: requires
Safari to view, or an iphone/touch obviously!
S
Matthew Cashmore wrote:
We will all of course be very sad to stop using MajorDomo.
Ha!
S
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Adam Lindsay wrote:
I went back and noticed that the original poster's question wasn't
answered: are there any plans to reveal statistics on iPlayer usage?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/
You could always ask directly... :-)
S
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I was thinking of doing something similar for Windows Media Player..
On 18/10/2007, Simon Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally we might be able to do things propery!
We've been working on a podcast browser for iPhone which is in alpha at
the moment
On 18/10/2007, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Lindsay wrote:
I went back and noticed that the original poster's question wasn't
answered: are there any plans to reveal statistics on iPlayer usage?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/
You could always ask directly... :-)
You could ask
You should do, Windows media player can be embedded and played on Windows
mobile 5 6 devices no problem. Plus you all know the streaming urls and
screen sizes of most windows mobile devices.
I would use it for sure.
Ian Forrester
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Long time coming but:
Apple opens up iPhone to app developers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/17/iphone_sdk/
The iPhone and iTouch are to get a Software Developers Kit in
February next year, allowing developers to create proper native
applications for the platform and allowing it to
hmm, IANAL but me reckons iplayer usage numbers would probably fall
under that catch-all its about broadcasting and the way we do our
business, innit? FOI get out clause that keeps the Balen Report out
of the public eye
On 18/10/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/10/2007,
Why does it take four months to publish a SDK? Surely Apple must be using
the SDK already to create their own applications?
It seems to me this is a way of deflecting criticism (and possibly
regulation) from the device?
On 18/10/2007, hayfielddigitalparish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* Long
On 18/10/2007, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You should do, Windows media player can be embedded and played on Windows
mobile 5 6 devices no problem. Plus you all know the streaming urls and
screen sizes of most windows mobile devices.
I would use it for sure.
Oh right.
What I
This would be a good place to start Brian...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/
Which is a redirect from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/
On 18/10/07 13:30, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/10/2007, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You should do, Windows
Simon, that sounds like a terribly restricting product that uses
proprietary technology and potentially distorts the market for mobile
phone technology - have you cleared this with the BBC Trust? I expect
there will be questions in the House and a demo outside TVC if you
don't ;-)
On
I was just wondering what is to happen to Backstage.bbc.co.uk as part of the
Thompson plans?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7050440.stm
'Future Media Technology Online, mobile, interactive, archives 120 -
130 Redundancies '
On 18/10/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This would be a good place to start Brian...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/
A 'all podcast' RSS feed would be useful...
Which is a redirect from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/
On 18/10/07 13:30, Brian
A 'all podcast' RSS feed would be useful...
Yep there is one, but at the moment we are just finishing it off before
releasing it to the whole world. Don't worry, as soon as we're happy
with it then you can all play with it :)
-C.
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Brian Butterworth wrote:
Why does it take four months to publish a SDK? Surely Apple must be
using the SDK already to create their own applications?
Steve Jobs gives a reasonable explanation in his announcement - that
they want to implement a robust security model for third-party apps,
Which, oddly I find works better on Gran Paradiso alpha 4 than it does
on Safari (both on Windows XP). The latter manages to mangle the text in
the lists as soon as graphics get loaded. Nice app though, and nice use
of canvas for something vaguely useful
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On 18/10/2007, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Why does it take four months to publish a SDK? Surely Apple must be
using the SDK already to create their own applications?
Steve Jobs gives a reasonable explanation in his announcement - that
they want to
Theres a master podcast OPML feed on the way. we'll let you know
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Subject: Re: [backstage] iPhone SDK news
On
No major news here Brian business as normal.
m
On 18/10/07 14:09, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was just wondering what is to happen to Backstage.bbc.co.uk
http://Backstage.bbc.co.uk as part of the Thompson plans?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7050440.stm
Not really. Few internal trusted developers vs hoards of untrusted nefarious
hackers - you're going to need different tools.
J
On 18/10/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/10/2007, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Why does it take four
Steve Jolly wrote:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Why does it take four months to publish a SDK? Surely Apple must be
using the SDK already to create their own applications?
Steve Jobs gives a reasonable explanation in his announcement - that
they want to implement a robust security model for
That's great news!
On 18/10/2007, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No major news here Brian – business as normal.
m
On 18/10/07 14:09, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was just wondering what is to happen to
Backstage.bbc.co.ukhttp://backstage.bbc.co.uk/
Brian you¹re in a very happy mood these last couple of days! Think of nice
things like kittens and DRM free TV :-)
m
On 18/10/07 15:23, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/10/2007, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian Butterworth wrote:
Why does it take four months to
Why not try the BBC Podcasts Facebook App!
http://apps.facebook.com/bbcpodcasts
Feature requests welcome - but you can mark podcasts as your favourites,
and it'll notify you when a new one becomes avaliable.
S
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Yeah, because perfect code is possible - and there is never a version 2.0 of
any product.
J
On 18/10/2007, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 18/10/2007, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not really. Few internal trusted developers vs hoards of untrusted
nefarious
We're really pleased to announce the 2008 BBC Innovation Labs.
This year sees some changes to the way the process works, but also widens
the geographical area to include Wales and the West Midlands. The Innovation
Labs will run in;
Scotland
North West England
North East England
Wales West
And bad news for the 2,000 people who will be let go... 420 from
factual television, and 470 will go from News.
Multimedia will expand, and they are selling TVC. It all makes sense.
Who needs at *television* centre when all you really want to do is to
dive into the multimedia (digital)
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 16:41 +0100, Jason Cartwright wrote:
Yeah, because perfect code is possible - and there is never a version
2.0 of any product.
TeX was last updated in 2002 (although it is now at version 3.141592).
Should you find a bug you will be handsomely rewarded with
Donald Knuth's
I've never quite been able to work out the specifics of the deal (see Eyes
*passim*, as they say), but Television Centre (and several other BBC
buildings) passed back into BBC hands a few years after that deal, and the
facilities management contract with Land Securities has ended.
While it's good
Apologies for posting this to both lists, but it applies to both the
masses on backstage and the developers on the developer list.
I've coded a hopefully useful, if not idea stimulating web page. It is
called Now Playing http://cgriley.com/nowplaying/ and shows you
information about the artist
Chaps... This is nothing to do with backstage at all, can we please leave
this topic for discussion in other places.
m
On 18/10/07 17:38, Martin Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never quite been able to work out the specifics of the deal (see Eyes
passim, as they say), but Television
On 18/10/2007, Simon Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally we might be able to do things propery!
We've been working on a podcast browser for iPhone which is in alpha at
the moment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/iphone/ -- note: requires
Safari to view, or an
Pop!Tech is one of those conferences like TED which we would all love to go to
but can never afford (4000 dollars). No Need its live on the web in Windows
Media format (hopes he can get it working at home using xbmc like last time).
http://poptech.com/live/
On 10/16/07, Barry Carlyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had heard that one of the student radio stations was building a flash
player for their radio stream for the wii…..
Cough
http://www.playthree.net/2007/04/virgin-radio-available-on-ps3-and-wii.html
Yes, April.
//j
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