TV listings opened for development- July 23, 2005 BBC news is reporting that "backstage.bbc" have opened up their TV and radio schedules to the public and are now inviting users to develop innovative uses of the listings. "The competition, announced at the Open Tech conference in London, has been organised by the BBC's backstage.bbc.co.uk developer network. Backstage lets people remix the BBC's content to make new applications. The latest content release is seven-day listings information for TV and radio, in a format called.http://bbc.trivialbeing.net/2005/07/tv-listings-opened-for-development.php Open Source Launch- July 14, 2005 On July 12th the BBC opened up their Open Source development website. This site provides information about and links to BBC open source projects. It lists projects developed by the BBC where the source code has been released as open source. The site doesn't cover the many open source projects to which the BBC has contributed, but only those that the BBC has initiated and managed itself. For the BBC, open source software development is an extension of our Public Service remit. Releasing...http://bbc.trivialbeing.net/2005/07/open-source-launch.php BBC in trouble over free downloads- July 10, 2005 Mathaba News, Independant Online, Geek News Central and Slashdot are reporting that the free classical music downloads the BBC website posted have angered some British record labels. The music, all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, was performed by the BBC symphony orchestra and posted on the BBC's site for all to download and enjoy for free. However, record companies are arguing that such offerings constitute as unfair governmental competition and is ultimately "devaluing the music,"..http://bbc.trivialbeing.net/2005/07/bbc-in-trouble-over-free-downloads.php Cult Television section removed- July 2, 2005 CultTv, previously adorned with the likes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" has now closed. Reasonings behind this decision are presented below in the BBC's response to many filed complaints. It seems that 700,000 users per month to the site was not a significant enough public resource with respect to maintenance and update costs. The BBC's response We recognise that the Cult website has attracted a large following. However,...http://bbc.trivialbeing.net/2005/07/cult-television-section-removed.php |