Re: [backstage] BBC Trust approves Project Canvas ...

2010-06-28 Thread Kieran Kunhya
Does anyone else see this as the BBC effectively bailing out other broadcasters by providing a common platform backed with licence fee funded content and development? No, this is what I'd expect the BBC to do. It serves the public when market-based squabbles over alternative

Re: [backstage] BBC Trust approves Project Canvas ...

2010-06-28 Thread Scot McSweeney-Roberts
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:24, Frank Wales fr...@limov.com wrote: Kieran Kunhya wrote: Does anyone else see this as the BBC effectively bailing out other broadcasters by providing a common platform backed with licence fee funded content and development? No, this is what I'd expect the BBC

Re: [backstage] BBC Trust approves Project Canvas ...

2010-06-28 Thread Alex Cockell
- Original message - Kieran Kunhya wrote: No, this is what I'd expect the BBC to do. It serves the public when market-based squabbles over alternative technological platforms don't happen, and everyone just gets on with innovating atop a good-enough platform, rather than frittering

Re: [backstage] BBC Trust approves Project Canvas ...

2010-06-28 Thread Christian Ahlert
Hi all I am running a community and event series called MiniBar in London (Ian F. came quite often when he was still based in London). Its a community for tech entrepreneurs and developers. We are meeting once a month in the Truman Brewery with around 300 of us. I am hoping to one of our