Re: [backstage] Newstime on BanterTV

Stefan, BanterTV looks really good - would it be able to handle non-english scripts - right-to-left languages, like Arabic and Persian? Thanks, Tom On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (first post to this list – hello everyone!) Previously known as the

[backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

I'm sick of Manuelgate, so a nice story from JK.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/oct/29/bbc-research Matthew Postgate http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/matthew_postgate/'s appointment as controller of the *BBC's* research and innovation department is, at last, great news for the

[backstage] Zingzing

I came across this site the other day, I don't think anyone has mentioned it before... It's an interactive TV guide, all done without Flash. The search is AJAX and searches after each keypress, and it looks good too. http://www.zingzing.co.uk/ Good use of the BBC (and all the other) EPG

[backstage] Ideatorrent

Hey, I'm the author of Ideatorrent, and I'm pleased to learn the BBC is going to use it :) Ubuntu is indeed using it, but a much older snapshot, it is in the process of being updated (snap here: http://devel.ideatorrent.org) Concerning the bugs you were talking about (bad link on Submit), this

Re: [backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

I am truly pleased that Kingswood has had a reprieve hopefully many more areas of the BBC will be looked at as the public believe they are, as part of a great corporation, as opposed to being just another part to wind down and sell. With more clarity and better overall confidence within

Re: [backstage] a postive BBC news story - Matthew Postgate's appointment bodes well for a new BBC tech era

Brian Butterworth wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/oct/29/bbc-research Matthew Postgate http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/matthew_postgate/'s appointment as controller of the *BBC's* research and innovation department is, at last, great news for the BBC 's tech

Re: [backstage] Ideatorrent

This is nice that the author is getting involved proactively with the project. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Nicolas Deschildre [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hey, I'm the author of Ideatorrent, and I'm pleased to learn the BBC is going to use it :) Ubuntu is indeed using it, but a much older

RE: [backstage] Zingzing

I came across this site the other day, I don't think anyone has mentioned it before... It's an interactive TV guide, all done without Flash. The search is AJAX and searches after each keypress, and it looks good too. http://www.zingzing.co.uk/ Good use of the BBC (and all the other)

[backstage] [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu)

Wow! I noticed this a few days ago by accident but didn't investigate properly... I'm amazed, but very happy to see *some* steps in the right directions :) Tim Original Message Subject: [ORG-discuss] DRM Free BBC Content on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:06:35