RE: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Kim Plowright
Maybe we should try and get more BBC managers here. How do you know there not watching this already? Seriously! Define Managers? Because, well, if Tom L (in charge of plan for future of bbc.co.uk), Jem (in charge of strategy group for user generated content), Matt L (in charge of

[backstage] Pluggd: A Google for Podcasts?

2006-12-19 Thread Ian Forrester
Found via Wired - http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72326-0.html?tw=rss.index I'm looking forward to seeing it working on everyday podcasts - Pluggd has found a way to index podcasts, talk shows and other spoken-word content. The company's service then allows users to search

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Martin Belam
What you're talking about is a global, industry issue with thousands of diverse stakeholders - from actors to cameramen. And you also have to realise that the rights are not just for the UK, there are different rights frameworks across the globe. So, for example, if the BBC started chucking

RE: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Ian Forrester
Its bloody Outlook which makes replying to emails a pain. Should switch to using Thunderbird like I do at home. http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/bbc.rss - Nice! Obviously if your worried about the lawyers getting you, then don't do it :) But if you can mock up your idea using non-bbc content or

RE: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Luke Dicken
iTunes lists hundreds of podcasts in the music store, covering all sorts of topics - football, world news, tech news, music shows, general stuff etcetcetc Its not particularly tech-centric anymore. I'm not trying to argue that 9/10 people you meet know what a podcast is, but a fair few are aware

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Sean Dillon
Brendan Quinn wrote: The questions were actually [1] Do you ever use the internet to... Download a podcast so you can listen to it or view it at a later time? Did you happen to do this yesterday, or not? Which doesn't seem too misleading to me... Putting in the listen to it or view it at a

RE: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Jason Cartwright
** This is all my personal opinion ** This £1bn revenue stream [1] (more than half of which comes from abroad [2]) goes on to fund new content for you to enjoy for free (after paying your licence fee, of course). J [1]

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Frank Wales
The Joly G-man wrote: The BBC are responsible in the main (AFAIK) for enforcing incorrect terminology as follows: 1) forward slash - a term used by Naomi Troski on the Big Byte, circa 1994. Since Ms Troski speaks fluent 'Strine, we assume that the term oblique stroke was not in her

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Neil Burton
Josh As a license payer, and thus a funder of the BBC, I am keen to see the BBC move towards covering costs as much as possible by re-using free to listen/view content from the home market and re-sell it abroad wherever a market may exist. To view the issue as one of people's right to download

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-19 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Neil Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As a license payer, and thus a funder of the BBC, I am keen to see the BBC move towards covering costs as much as possible by re-using free to listen/view content from the home market and re-sell it abroad wherever a market may exist. To view the issue as