Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-12 Thread Geoff Hogg
An obvious point. OK what about tagging. Sky At Night in HD could be tagged as Science, Space, Astronomy, HD, (PatrickMoore? he is a tag in his own right). I got the hang of tags on delicious a few years back and like the way I can follow different subjects. Although I don't know how many others

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Ben Weiner
On 10 Nov 2010, at 09:49, Geoff Hogg wrote: Or even have an iPlayer channel for programmes that haven't been broadcast at all? +1 [tempted to undermine with a facile suggestion about a channel for programmes that do not exist, but I won't do that] -- Ben Weiner |

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Geoff Hogg
From another point of view. Why not put on iPlayer HD versions of programmes that haven't been broadcast in HD. Maybe even 1080p? Or even have an iPlayer channel for programmes that haven't been broadcast at all? There does seem to be the issue that iPlayer can only be used to catch up with

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Ant Miller
Subject: Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions On 10 Nov 2010, at 09:49, Geoff Hogg wrote: Or even have an iPlayer channel for programmes that haven't been broadcast at all? +1 [tempted to undermine with a facile suggestion about a channel for programmes that do not exist, but I

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-10 Thread Ant Miller
to wider publication. a -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ben Weiner Sent: 10 November 2010 11:03 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions On 10 Nov 2010, at 10:42

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Christopher Woods
-Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of b...@bt Sent: 08 November 2010 14:38 To: BBC Backstage Subject: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions Just a quick question. The BBC4 edition of Sky at

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread b...@bt
- From: Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.uk To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:54 PM Subject: RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of b...@bt Sent: 08 November 2010 14:38 To: BBC Backstage Subject: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions Just

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Christopher Woods
Do the HD chans come from 2D? -Original Message- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of b...@bt Sent: 08 November 2010 18:12 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of b...@bt Sent: 08 November 2010 18:12 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions Importance: High The easiest solution is just play the 30 minute edition on BBC1 then we can

RE: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Christopher Woods
Can I have a why oh why? moment. Me too! Why oh why wasn't an automatic channel redirect included in the original Freeview spec? I can think of several use cases for that feature.

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Nick Morrott
On 8 November 2010 18:29, Brian Butterworth briant...@freeview.tv wrote: On 8 November 2010 18:12, b...@bt blwarbur...@btconnect.com wrote: The easiest solution is just play the 30 minute edition on BBC1 then we can watch the HD version on BBC1 HD. Another solution is to have a simulcast

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 8 November 2010 19:12, Christopher Woods chris...@infinitus.co.ukwrote: Can I have a why oh why? moment. Me too! Why oh why wasn't an automatic channel redirect included in the original Freeview spec? I can think of several use cases for that feature. I've been going on about that

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Butterworth
Whilst we are at it (given the demise of backstage): - why does only the Windows Media Centre automatically put on the subtitles when you mute the sound? - why wasn't channel 888 a way to put the subtitles on? - why are those people who are most likely to rely on digital text, ie they don't

Re: [backstage] The Sky at Night BBC1 vs BBC4 editions

2010-11-08 Thread b...@bt
The other obvious solution is to just stick Sky at Night (the 30 minute edition) on BBC HD. There's plenty of spare time at night when the BBC HD channel is un-used. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit