Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime files on Backstage and old Web API for TV/Radio data closing down

2010-11-03 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, Just to note that we'll be switching off the old API to schedule data in the next day or so. It now has no schedule data in it, though there seem to be quite a few clients that won't take no results for an answer... Cheers, Andrew BBC RD On 15/09/2010 11:17, Andrew McParland wrote

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime files on Backstage and old Web API for TV/Radio data closing down

2010-09-15 Thread Andrew McParland
On 26/08/2010 10:50, Andrew McParland wrote: Hi, We are starting to lose the source of data we are using for the TV-Anytime files on Backstage: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/ and the old web API for TV/Radio data: http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/ This is quite an old system

[backstage] TV-Anytime files on Backstage and old Web API for TV/Radio data closing down

2010-08-26 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, We are starting to lose the source of data we are using for the TV-Anytime files on Backstage: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/ and the old web API for TV/Radio data: http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/ This is quite an old system that we haven't really worked on since

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime files on Backstage and old Web API for TV/Radio data closing down

2010-08-26 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Mo, On 26/08/2010 11:01, Mo McRoberts wrote: Hi Andrew, On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:50, Andrew McParland andrew.mcparl...@rd.bbc.co.uk wrote: We are starting to lose the source of data we are using for the TV-Anytime files on Backstage: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio

Re: [backstage] Re: BBC Experimental Website Down?

2010-03-01 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, Apologies - the move and unexpected connectivity loss did take the API out for a while. Should be back now for you? I can't access it internally, but hey, we have our own connectivity issues :-) I do suggest people use /programmes instead though. Our experimental service won't last

Re: [backstage] TV Feeds

2008-07-22 Thread Andrew McParland
Adam, Server kicked! Brian is right that moving forward getting data from /programmes is probably a better idea as this is a supported BBC service rather than our temporary (ahem), experimental TV-Anytime file service and API. Internally we're looking at using /programmes, and the data

Re: [backstage] BBC Backstage - DataSource

2008-02-15 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Darren, The TV-Anytime and Web API data is sourced from BDS out of the SID scheduling system. Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 05:09:48PM -, Darren Kenny wrote: Hi Chaps, A quick question for those in the know. Where does the information from BBC

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

2007-07-27 Thread Andrew McParland
- it varies from site to site. Terry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: Wednesday, 18 July, 2007 19:38 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC TV and Radio 7-day listing The TV-Anytime

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

2007-07-18 Thread Andrew McParland
data whilst we were working on the TV-Anytime standard but I'm not sure there's another archive inside the BBC that can be made available... If anyone has one please pipe up :-) Andrew BBC Research ad Innovation On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 02:57:31PM +0100, Andrew McParland wrote: Sorry, we've been

Re: [backstage] No TV-Anytime Data today

2007-06-22 Thread Andrew McParland
We do our best :-) We're investigating the problem (we've uploaded the data, but it hasn't been published to the website yet). Andrew BBC Research On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:08:44AM +0100, Adam Leach wrote: Nah, its not that bad. The service has worked perfectly for ages, but the server

Re: [backstage] TV Anytime Data

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew McParland
Thanks Adam, Rogue cron processes caused chaos - now fixed. Andrew BBC Research On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:03:29AM +0100, Adam Leach wrote: Hi, The TV Anytime data for today only appears to have tv information for BBC World Service, BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio2. The file is only 163k,

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime Feeds

2007-05-21 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, Thanks for reporting this. We had some problems with our central fileserver machine over the weekend, so it's taking time to get everything back working again. The latest file should be up there reasonably soon. Andrew BBC Research On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:20:41PM +0100, Adam Leach

Re: [backstage] TVA Feeds

2007-05-04 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Dave, Thanks for the prompt - we had started prodding, but that just made things worse! I'll see if we can get the files back up soon. The Web API to the schedule data is still working fine though. Andrew BBC Research On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 12:51:56PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: The feeds

Re: [backstage] TVA Feeds

2007-05-04 Thread Andrew McParland
I've put up a file which has +/-7 days of TV-Anytime data as a temporary fix - will update with similar files until we've fixed the problem. Andrew BBC Research On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 04:25:48PM +0100, Andrew McParland wrote: Hi Dave, Thanks for the prompt - we had started prodding

Re: [backstage] Web API to schedule data is down

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew McParland
The Web API is back up, but we're experiencing a surge in demand that needs investigating. Andrew BBC Research On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:15:55PM +0100, Andrew McParland wrote: Hi, The Web API to the BBC schedule data is down at the moment. It probably won't be fixed until tomorrow. Sorry

[backstage] Web API to schedule data is down

2007-04-22 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, The Web API to the BBC schedule data is down at the moment. It probably won't be fixed until tomorrow. Sorry! Andrew BBC Research - 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

Re: [backstage] BBC site statistics - actually subtitling

2007-03-28 Thread Andrew McParland
For more info on this live subtitling system, have a look at this paper: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp065.shtml The live re-speaking subtitling system was developed at BBC Research ( Development) down at Kingswood Warren. Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:25:49PM

Re: [backstage] World Service Schedule...Missing

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Keith, I can see that the World Service page is empty from Friday and the World Service people are aware, but our API [1] seems fine to me, e.g. for Saturday [2]. Did you have a specific problem? Andrew BBC Research [1] http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/ [2]

Re: [backstage] BBC Web API struggling with the snow

2007-02-08 Thread Andrew McParland
Yeah, sorry, we're out with the shovels now. Seems we've now cleared most of the snow so your way should be clear, but there may be more heavy falls later... Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 09:05:35AM +, Mario Menti wrote: Seems the London snow has taken down parts of

Re: [backstage] Web API issue with BBC Parliament

2006-11-24 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Mario, Thanks for reporting this. It was a different internal problem to the Radio 4 issue you reported and has now been fixed. Cheers, Andrew BBC Research On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 09:14:25AM +, Mario Menti wrote: Looks like we have the same issue I reported for Radio 4 a few weeks

Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-16 Thread Andrew McParland
different from the main site feeds (Radio 1 has been down for quite a while now). Pete. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 15 November 2006 10:44 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web

Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-15 Thread Andrew McParland
'dead' but 5 live is OK. Pete Cole. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew McParland Sent: 14 November 2006 10:03 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four? Hi Mario

Re: [backstage] Web API issue with Radio Four?

2006-11-14 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Mario, Thanks for reporting this. I'll investigate further. Andrew BBC Research On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:15:29PM +, Mario Menti wrote: Hi - there seems to be a problem with the Web API and Radio Four data at the moment: Try

Re: [backstage] BBC Web TV Anytime API

2006-09-29 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Lee, You've found a difference in the date ranges being served in the simple and TV-Anytime versions. I've identified the fix, but it'll take a while for it to be applied to the external server. Thanks for reporting it! Andrew Andrew McParland BBC Research On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 08:31

Re: [backstage] World Service Schedules

2006-09-26 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi Heith, Just in case you hadn't seen it, and not wanting to curtail your coding, but we have a Yahoo widget as one of the example uses of the API - to be found at: http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/examples/widget/doc.html Cheers, Andrew Andrew McParland BBC Research On Tue, Sep 26

[backstage] Problem with the TV/Radio data

2006-08-29 Thread Andrew McParland
Andrew Andrew McParland Lead Technologist, Technology Group BBC New Media Technology Kingswood Warren, Tadworth, KT20 6NP, UK - 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] Feeds APIs page down again

2006-08-04 Thread Andrew McParland
Thanks for reporting this - it's being looked into. Andrew On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:57:45AM +0100, Michael Pritchard wrote: The feeds and APIs page seems to be broke again ( i think it was broke ages ago) : http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/Data --

Re: [backstage] Feeds APIs page down again - fixed

2006-08-04 Thread Andrew McParland
Fixed. Andrew On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:17:43PM +0100, Oliver Jackson wrote: On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 04:19:01PM +0100, Gordon Joly wrote: At 11:57 +0100 3/8/06, Michael Pritchard wrote: The feeds and APIs page seems to be broke again ( i think it was broke ages ago) :

Re: [backstage] Feeds APIs page down again - fixed

2006-08-04 Thread Andrew McParland
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 01:17:54PM +0100, Mario Menti wrote: Since we're talking about that page, I think a link to http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/api/ would be in order? Cheers, Mario. Yes. And when someone with access gets a chance, it will :-) Andrew - Sent via the

Re: [backstage] Web API down?

2006-07-17 Thread Andrew McParland
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 02:43:16PM +0100, Josh at GoUK.com wrote: I can reach it Can anyone else see http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/services/index.html ? Looks fine from the inside, but we're still looking... Andrew Andrew McParland Lead Technologist, Technology Group BBC New Media Technology

Re: [backstage] Today's TV-Anytime tar is broken

2006-03-10 Thread Andrew McParland
Sorry, it's up there now. Don't know if this is related to the problems earlier this week yet. Will keep an eye on it. Cheers, Andrew On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:47:54AM +, Adam Leach wrote: Hi, This feed has stopped working again. Could you have a look at it please. Thanks

Re: [backstage] Video articles feed (Was: TV-Anytime regional opt-out files)

2005-10-28 Thread Andrew McParland
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 04:41:11PM +0100, Graeme Mulvaney wrote: It would be great if you could just chop up the regional programme streams into smaller chunks - actually you could probably do the same thing with magazine shows such as working lunch and watchdog, etc. The regional programme

Re: [backstage] BBC World TV data

2005-08-01 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi George, No, BBC World TV is not part of this data set. The data is not held on the same scheduling system we use for the UK public service channels - so therefore we don't produce it as part of the Backstage feed. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew McParland | Phone: +44 (0) 1737

Re: [backstage] TV-Anytime: Feedback please!

2005-08-01 Thread Andrew McParland
let us know what more specific info would help you. Cheers, Andrew Andrew McParland | Phone: +44 (0) 1737 839590 BBC Research Development | Fax: +44 (0) 1737 839665 Kingswood Warren, Tadworth | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Surrey, KT20 6NP, UK | Web: http