Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-14 Thread ryan
If you ever find yourself watching BBC Channel Island news at 6.30pm or 10.25 (I think Sky 988) you'll see the old BBC Spotlight Channel Islands logo burned pretty deep into the studio plasma screen behind the presenter. Not sure what I think about DOGs though - never really notice them to be

Re: [backstage] DOGs on the BBC TV online streams?

2009-01-14 Thread ryan
lol yeah something like that There are no official viewing figures for Channel Islands but the last survey the BBC did showed that 50% watched the BBC’s Spotlight Channel Islands at 6.30pm compared to 40% who watched ITV’s Channel report at 6.00pm.

RE: [backstage] Iplayer the best video experience online?

2009-01-16 Thread ryan
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }I can't imagine it would be THAT difficult to put together a way of finding the embed code - the question is whether it is allowed or not. I knocked together a quick thing for myself with Top Gear video clips when

Re: [backstage] Another week, another launch - OpenLab

2009-04-22 Thread ryan
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Can I play with this please :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningdevelopment/projects_radio.shtml On Wed 22/04/09 4:02 PM , Ian Forrester ian.forres...@bbc.co.uk sent: Hi All, We're launching a new project called OpenLab today.

Re: [backstage] Undermining iPlayer DRM

2008-03-07 Thread Ryan Morrison
I think you're underestimating the independence of BBC News - they're not just independent of the Government - they're also independent of the BBC. If a story is worth reporting or a product worthy of mention then it will get mentioned regardless of what is happening elsewhere at the BBC. [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] Ashley Highfield leaves BBC (almost)

2008-04-15 Thread Ryan Morrison
use the streaming version. Then when Kangaroo launches it can offer the downloads as a pay per play or pay to own service. After all streaming is closer to 'television' and iPlayer is just a television catch up service. I'm sure I'll get hate mail for that but - oh well :) Ryan Morrison

Re: [backstage] iPlayer download client for the Mac

2008-05-30 Thread Ryan Morrison
You say Didn't the Trust tell the BBC to produce download clients for other platforms as soon as possible? But didn't the Trust also set the conditions for DRM? The point here isn't so much that someone has made a download client but has made a download client that allows for the download of DRM

Re: [backstage] iPlayer download client for the Mac

2008-05-30 Thread Ryan Morrison
Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to restrict discussion of certain topics isn't censorship? What precisely do you call it then? It's only censorship if they try to stop ALL discussion on a subject - as the suggestion was that discussion be moved to somewhere else, not stopped completely it

RE: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

2008-02-21 Thread jamie ryan-ainslie
They've been equal in both formats so far - the 8th 'blu-ray' on that search is the HD Planet Earth. Many more to follow I'm sure - Life in the Undergrowth is bound to be impressive in either. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] HD-DVD / Blu Ray

RE: [backstage] Friday humour

2008-06-06 Thread jamie ryan-ainslie
Do you know what E.T. is short for? he's got short legs From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Friday humour Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:57:21 +0100 A man walking down the street noticed a small boy trying to reach the doorbell of