RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Smethurst
>Matt Barber wrote: >Still, better than one big T4 program? If they *have* to keep their T4 brand >visible, then I think it's better chopped up than one big show. What would >work quite well is if the unique episode number with series name was carried >in a separate field. > So you'd have displ

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-09 Thread Michael Smethurst
.@lists.bbc.co.uk on behalf of Brian Butterworth Sent: Thu 1/8/2009 6:46 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed I don't have to imagine, Windows Media Center can do this. It can record on any keyword you like. Nothing can record NewsW

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
I don't have to imagine, Windows Media Center can do this. It can record on any keyword you like. Nothing can record NewsWatch though :-( 2009/1/8 Paul Webster > > > *isn't it more about modelling writers, storylines and fictional > characters. Imagine a pvr that you could set to only record pr

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Matt Barber
Matt Barber wrote: I used to like the way T4 would put T4: [show] at the start. That way, you could figure out what you wanted to watch. It would be good if Big Breakfast and such did that. Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: No, that's a truely utterly horrible thing to do. When searching by shown

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Robert (Jamie) Munro
Matt Barber wrote: > I used to like the way T4 would put T4: [show] at the start. That way, > you could figure out what you wanted to watch. It would be good if Big > Breakfast and such did that. No, that's a truely utterly horrible thing to do. When searching by showname in my PVR, if I want to f

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Michael
On Thursday 08 January 2009 13:52:01 Paul Webster wrote: > isn’t it more about modelling writers, storylines and fictional > characters. Imagine a pvr that you could set to only record programmes > featuring the character Sarah Jane Smith (whether dr who or SJA)? Probably > quite a way off tho > >

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Aaron Scullion
ge@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed On 8/1/09 12:09, "Frankie Roberto" wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Michael Smethurst wrote: you're not wrong. we do do a fair bit of user testing a

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Paul Webster
isn’t it more about modelling writers, storylines and fictional char acters. Imagine a pvr that you could set to only record programmes f eaturing the character Sarah Jane Smith (whether dr who or SJA)? Pro bably quite a way off tho I expect it is possible on a Topfield device with an EPG

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Michael Smethurst
On 8/1/09 12:09, "Frankie Roberto" wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Michael Smethurst wrote: > >> you're not wrong. we do do a fair bit of user testing around this stuff and >> attempt to match what we model to audience mental models. it's not always >> easy tho. we also need to co

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Matt Barber
I used to like the way T4 would put T4: [show] at the start. That way, you could figure out what you wanted to watch. It would be good if Big Breakfast and such did that. > What about the Doctor Who Children in Need Special (apologies for all the Doctor Who examples) - should they

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-08 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Michael Smethurst wrote: you're not wrong. we do do a fair bit of user testing around this stuff and > attempt to match what we model to audience mental models. it's not always > easy tho. we also need to consider how programmes are grouped outside of web > pages -

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-07 Thread Michael Smethurst
> It's kind of admirable that you're attempting to model the structure of TV > shows, but as is hinted at in Michael's comment below, we could easily end up with a big gulf between the BBC's understanding vs the public's understanding. you're not wrong. we do do a fair bit of user testing around

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-07 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Jamie Tetlow wrote: well exactly, if you don't want to care about it, but equally you may only > be interested in the World Service TOTP and so making sure we get the > modelling and structure right (and then expose it nicely - which I guess is > the main point her

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-05 Thread Jamie Tetlow
well exactly, if you don't want to care about it, but equally you may only be interested in the World Service TOTP and so making sure we get the modelling and structure right (and then expose it nicely - which I guess is the main point here ;-) means you'll be able to slice and dice our programming

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-05 Thread Michael
On Monday 05 January 2009 11:26:25 Jamie Tetlow wrote: > Getting down to the nitty-gritty of our internal data structure we'd > probably say that the International World Service 'Top of the Pops' and the > BBC One 'Top of the Pops' Which of course the audience simply do not, and should not have to

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-05 Thread Jamie Tetlow
gt; From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk >> [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of James Cridland >> Sent: 31 December 2008 22:15 >> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk >> Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed >> >> On Wed, De

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-05 Thread Gareth Davis
From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of James Cridland Sent: 31 December 2008 22:15 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2009-01-01 Thread Gordon Joly
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Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-31 Thread James Cridland
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Gareth Davis wrote: > It still still being made, just not for the tellybox :) > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/top_of_the_pops.shtml > So, why doesn't it appear in http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00704hg/upcoming Surely it should - it's the same b

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-24 Thread Gareth Davis
f Sam Mbale Sent: 22 December 2008 23:40 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed Another wish,if you may allow me. Bring back "Top of the Pops." Happy holidays Sam M

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-23 Thread Brian Butterworth
Is that a new logo? 2008/12/23 Martin Deutsch > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00704hg/upcoming ? :) > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Sam Mbale wrote: > > Another wish,if you may allow me. Bring back "Top of the Pops." > > Happy holidays > > > > Sam Mbale > > Mpelembe Network > > http://

RE: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-23 Thread Andrew Bowden
Sent: 23 December 2008 08:25 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00704hg/upcoming ? :) > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Sam Mbale > wrote: > > Another wish,if y

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-23 Thread Martin Deutsch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00704hg/upcoming ? :) On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Sam Mbale wrote: > Another wish,if you may allow me. Bring back "Top of the Pops." > Happy holidays > > Sam Mbale > Mpelembe Network > http://www.mpelembe.net > > Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe > >

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-22 Thread Mr I Forrester
Sure will do, but you all know its Durpal and Idea torrent software running on a beta server. I'm more concerned with what this software could enable rather that how it looks at this moment. Do keep reporting any bugs however. On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 23:51 +, Alan Pope wrote: > 2008/12/22 Mr I

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-22 Thread Alan Pope
2008/12/22 Mr I Forrester : > Ok so a little while back we kind of launched or announced that we were > building out some of the core parts of the backstage site into > ideas.welcomebackstage.com (please note the url will change one day > soon). > You might want to remove the ubuntu logos from pos

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-22 Thread Sam Mbale
Another wish,if you may allow me. Bring back "Top of the Pops." Happy holidays Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Sam Mbale wrote: > Ian > All I want for xmas is a BBC logo. > > Sam Mbale > Mpelembe Ne

Re: [backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-22 Thread Sam Mbale
Ian All I want for xmas is a BBC logo. Sam Mbale Mpelembe Network http://www.mpelembe.net Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Mr I Forrester wrote: > Ok so a little while back we kind of launched or announced that we were > building out some of the core

[backstage] Your ideas are now finally welcomed

2008-12-22 Thread Mr I Forrester
Ok so a little while back we kind of launched or announced that we were building out some of the core parts of the backstage site into ideas.welcomebackstage.com (please note the url will change one day soon). ideas is based on the Ubuntu idea torrent project and we're happy to be supporting more