[backstage] Linguistic discrimination?

2008-12-08 Thread Dominic Smith
Good morning list, I don't suppose many of you are aware of this, but this morning the BBC News Online website is being accused of bias by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the UK for a very (IMHO) interesting reason. For those who can read Spanish, the details of the accusation are on the Venezuelan

Re: [backstage] BBC becomes the British Botnet Corporation

2009-03-13 Thread Dominic Smith
Hi Sean, I should mention that the Click presenter interviewed on The World Today did say that following the test in which spam was sent to the BBC's addresses, the owners of the compromised Windows PCs would be informed. Presumably by a mail not marked as spam ;-) Apparently, the owners

Re: [backstage] What is TV?

2009-12-15 Thread Dominic Smith
From the International Telecommunications Union Radio Regulations: Television: A form of telecommunication for the transmission of transient images of fixed or moving objects. (where 'telecommunication' is defined in the annex to the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union as: