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

2007-07-07 Thread Adam Leach 

Thanks Andrew,

I've been meaning to change my web site to use the api, but that gives 
me a chance to enjoy the weekend of sport.


Adam

Andrew McParland wrote:

Sorry, we've been having a few problems.  For the moment you can find a more
up to date set of TV-Anytime schedule data files at:

http://72.249.74.119/tv-anytime/

Due to this being a temporary measure the address may change, and the files
may not be updated as regularly as we would like, but this should keep you
going for a bit.  We are working towards a better solution and, for the
moment at least, we do intend to keep the files of data coming.  We'll keep
you informed as any changes happen.

Andrew 
BBC Research and Innovation


On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 06:03:37PM +0800, Flynn, Terry wrote:
  

Mario, Thanks, I know about the API but prefer the files if their going
to be maintained... its been a couple of weeks now, so suppose I better
accept the change :(   I'm an old, old UNIX programmer and my tools of
choice are C and shell script - have a high level of inertia with these
new java and perl thingies... Worked out how to make the API calls with
wget, so just a matter of loading my little database - simple
update...Thanks again for the suggestion...
 
Terry


 




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	On 7/5/07, Flynn, Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


Sorry if I missed any announcement - will Backstage be
continuing the TV and Radio schedules in TVAnyTime XML format? Last
update was June 21... As screen scraping the web site is illegal, this
is the only option available to many of us to get BBC schedules for
whatever purpose... 


Terry

I don't know about the plans for the TV-Anytime files, but the
best way to get BBC schedule information is probably through the BBC Web
API:  http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/index.html

The API can give you query results in both TV-Anytime or a
slightly simpler XML format. 


HTH,
Mario.
	 



	 





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RE: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!

2007-07-07 Thread Christopher Woods 
Interesting, I remember using the Skinkers BBC News desktop widget many
moons ago... Maybe the BBC's got a hand or is lending a little resources in
the development of Live Station with an aim to using it or broadcasting via
it down the line? That's some nice wishful thinking.

 -Original Message-
 From: Ross Fenning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: 06 July 2007 22:59
 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
 Subject: Re: [backstage] Microsoft TV - Live!
 
 From what I hear, it's not Microsoft's
 
 http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40840
 
 
 On 06/07/07, Simon Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  Microsoft Research beta 'livestation' - in Silverlight, yet!
 
  http://beta.livestation.com/
 
  I tried to sign up for this but got the following reply:
 
  Thanks for your request to sign up for the LiveStation 
 beta technical 
  trial.
 
  We are currently running a public technical trial and this 
 means that 
  we are growing the user base in a controlled manner to monitor how 
  growth affects a variety of LiveStation parameters.
 
  Due to the popularity of the trial, we cannot guarantee 
 your request 
  to participate will be successful at this stage. However, we will 
  endeavour to ensure you are on the next phase of the 
 release, coming 
  soon.
 
  Thanks again for your interest, we look forward to bringing 
 live TV to 
  your computer very soon!
 
  The LiveStation Team
 
  Found out about livestation from mashable.com: Found it in 
 this news story:
  http://mashable.com/2007/07/05/livestation/
 
 
 
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