Comments on: New stuff from the BBC http://james.cridland.net/blog/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Mon, 21 May 2012 11:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert Price http://james.cridland.net/blog/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-798 Robert Price Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:36:17 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/10/18/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-798 The Q Radio last.fm feed hasn't been working for a few months since we moved hosting providers. I'm hopeful they'll open their firewall soon to re-enable this. Q Radio also posts to Twitter, http://twitter.com/QRadio. Like the old BBC feeds, these are unofficial, just things I've worked on in my spare time as I think they're useful. The Q Radio last.fm feed hasn’t been working for a few months since we moved hosting providers. I’m hopeful they’ll open their firewall soon to re-enable this.

Q Radio also posts to Twitter, http://twitter.com/QRadio.

Like the old BBC feeds, these are unofficial, just things I’ve worked on in my spare time as I think they’re useful.

]]> By: Chris Stevens http://james.cridland.net/blog/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-797 Chris Stevens Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:12 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/10/18/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-797 I am *delighted* that The Archers is now podcasting. That is all. I am *delighted* that The Archers is now podcasting. That is all.

]]> By: Wiliam T http://james.cridland.net/blog/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-796 Wiliam T Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:48:11 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/10/18/new-stuff-from-the-bbc/#comment-796 Does that mean the Yahoo! BBC/last.fm widget will be officialised any time soon (or maybe better still, a separate executable developed?) I always thought that was the most obvious use of the feeds. Also, are people inside the BBC aware of that wretched site-wide 403 error? (I'm hoping you know the one I mean - specifically random 'bbc.co.uk/foo'-style shortcuts which should redirect to programme homepages (usually news/sport) but produce an error 403 every now and again, I presume due to a faulty server amongst a cluster - but its been going on so long now I'm no longer sure.) I'm convinced the Archers podcast will be absurdly popular - especially with ex-pats. Plus, if you think about it, how many other long-running soap operas can you download? You'll get stories from people who've stowed them away then listened to 100 episodes in a row... (although I do wonder if it means the production team will now be more restricted in their use of background music and so on - and if the podcast will ever omit elements of the show as transmitted on Radio 4.) /programmes is very nice - speaking as a fan of the (very) old Whats On listings plain HTML listings that used to be archived by day. Welcome back by the way - perhaps a post on how you fill a 21 hour flight with audio/video entertainment at some point? - it may come in handy in the future... Does that mean the Yahoo! BBC/last.fm widget will be officialised any time soon (or maybe better still, a separate executable developed?) I always thought that was the most obvious use of the feeds.

Also, are people inside the BBC aware of that wretched site-wide 403 error? (I’m hoping you know the one I mean – specifically random ‘bbc.co.uk/foo’-style shortcuts which should redirect to programme homepages (usually news/sport) but produce an error 403 every now and again, I presume due to a faulty server amongst a cluster – but its been going on so long now I’m no longer sure.)

I’m convinced the Archers podcast will be absurdly popular – especially with ex-pats. Plus, if you think about it, how many other long-running soap operas can you download? You’ll get stories from people who’ve stowed them away then listened to 100 episodes in a row… (although I do wonder if it means the production team will now be more restricted in their use of background music and so on – and if the podcast will ever omit elements of the show as transmitted on Radio 4.)

/programmes is very nice – speaking as a fan of the (very) old Whats On listings plain HTML listings that used to be archived by day.

Welcome back by the way – perhaps a post on how you fill a 21 hour flight with audio/video entertainment at some point? – it may come in handy in the future…

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