Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
Hi It's all a bit of a disappointment... I'm still trying to work out how many times over this so call surplus from the TV Licence is going to be spent, but whilst I go and spread some sheets, I can't help noticing some of the good goofs in the Digital UK Report. My favourite are: *128 ...

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding of a regional news programme for ITV. If you are going to spend £150m (say) of BBC money, it would be better to break up the BBC regional news service into a network of BBC local news channels. For a start it would make sense to supplement

RE: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Andrew Bowden
...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth Sent: 18 June 2009 10:49 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
...@lists.bbc.co.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth *Sent:* 18 June 2009 10:49 *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding of a regional news programme for ITV. If you are going to spend £150m (say

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
: 18 June 2009 10:49 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding of a regional news programme for ITV. If you are going to spend £150m (say) of BBC money

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Simon Thompson
Brian Butterworth wrote: *132. Another missing infrastructure link for digital terrestrial TV is a return path for interactive services - a capability already provided on satellite, DSL and cable networks.* That's because it's a broadcast, not a peer-to-peer network. And this return

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Alex Mace
Sent: 18 June 2009 10:49 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report The think I have the most of an issue with is the funding of a regional news programme for ITV. If you are going to spend £150m (say) of BBC money, it would be better to break

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/6/18 Simon Thompson simon.thomp...@rd.bbc.co.uk Brian Butterworth wrote: *132. Another missing infrastructure link for digital terrestrial TV is a return path for interactive services - a capability already provided on satellite, DSL and cable networks.* That's because it's a

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Andy Leighton
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Brian Butterworth wrote: East Midlands Counties (Notts/Derbys/Lincs/Northamptons/Leictersh/Rutland) Norfolk and Suffolk Cambridge and Bedford Whilst a more local news service is the solution I think that some of your breakdowns will need more

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
2009/6/18 Andy Leighton an...@azaal.plus.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Brian Butterworth wrote: East Midlands Counties (Notts/Derbys/Lincs/Northamptons/Leictersh/Rutland) Norfolk and Suffolk Cambridge and Bedford Whilst a more local news service is the solution I think

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-18 Thread Brian Butterworth
I meant to say, these services should be carried on Multiplex 2 (and PSB2) because they come out of the ITV 34 Ltd free Freeview allocation! 2009/6/18 Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv 2009/6/18 Andy Leighton an...@azaal.plus.com On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:28:54PM +0100, Brian

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-17 Thread Rob Myers
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Dave Crossland d...@lab6.com wrote: 2009/6/16 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk: The Final Digital Britain Report http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx So what do people think? Time to leave the country or dig a hole and stick our

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/6/17 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org: Can anyone recommend an alternative to Virmin in Peterborough? I'm with ukfsn.org - 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:

RE: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-17 Thread Ian Forrester
)7711913293 -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Crossland Sent: 17 June 2009 11:02 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report 2009/6/17 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-17 Thread Rob Myers
2009/6/17 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk I got to say I'm also with ukfsn.org and not really had any major problems Thanks guys. I'll take a look. - Rob.

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-17 Thread Simon Thompson
Some of the language is odd. Filesharing for profit - what about web piracy that is for personal use, but which circumvents residual payment? Digital Radio Upgrade - re-worded from the interim report, where switchover was used. 2009/6/17 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org 2009/6/17 Ian Forrester

[backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-16 Thread Ian Forrester
The Final Digital Britain Report http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx So what do people think? Time to leave the country or dig a hole and stick our heads into it? Cheers, Ian Forrester This e-mail is: []secret; []private; [x]public Senior Producer, BBC Backstage, BBC

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
2009/6/16 Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk: The Final Digital Britain Report http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx So what do people think? Time to leave the country or dig a hole and stick our heads into it? Maybe just time to get a

Re: [backstage] The Final Digital Britain report

2009-06-16 Thread Stephen Miller
The most interesting piece to me is the bit about infringements of copyright. I totally agree that rightsholders need to protect their work, as covered in the report, but considering some law firms are already completely abusing the legal system as is to go after people on very flimsy