DCMS department of culture, media and sport.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Podcasts and Listen again
I hope those who feel as I do will take the course of action Damon suggests when he says:
If you want podcasts from the BBC, email them and tell them how much you'd
like it. Tell the individual programmes how much you enjoy their current
trial podcasts. Let them build up a body of evidence that podcasts are
wanted. Ditto, why not email the DCMS and say you'd be keen to see more
podcasts out of the BBC.
Funnily enough, podcasting is a big sticking point at the moment and I think
public support would help ... if that's what you want.
Maybe Damon, or someone could point out to me what the DCMS is as I couldn't trrack that down in the original message.
I am of the opinion that Podcasts could be seen as an exstention of BBC services, not 'a new service' but all of that hinges on your economic beliefs and your politics. I'll say, unashamedly, having been subjected to much of ITV's output over Christmas, there is no way, in any shape or form, I want my choice exstended, elegidly, through the support of advertizers. I was driven nuts by endless adverts of furniture sales and stuff you couldn't pay me to take off the advertisers' hands. Fancy paying a subscription to Sky too to get even more advertising!
I hope those of us who still believe in the ethos of public broadcasting will let these missguided policy makers aware of support for this particular exstention of BBC services.
Pity we cannot aplaud Aunti on its attitude to audio description, but we've been there before haven't we? From that remark you will gather I am not an uncritical supporter of the BBC, but, by and large, it has served my needs and preferences in a manner the commercial sector will never approach. Podcasting would be a logical exstention to public service broadcasting, even if it did end up not being available to those outside of the UK licence paying home of the BBC.
Ray
Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Logue"
| Hi Damon,
| I suppose a big consideration for the BBC not to go full out on Podcasting
| might be that they would have to restrict downloads to the UK only. While
| its true that one can listen to radio around the world, one can't watch BBC
| television from abroad. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
| Peter
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| -----Original Message-----
| Damon
|
| can I just add to this that there are some government restriction issues
| with podcasts from the BBC. The BBC has pledged that it will not start any
| new services. Podcasting is effectively a new service to add to: tv
| production, tv broadcasting, radio production, radio broadcasting, website,
| etc.
|
| The podcast trial from the BBC at the moment is as it says, very much a
| trial. The BBC, Mark Thompson, Tessa Jowell, heads of other production and
| broadcast companies see the BBC as being anti-competitive ... and what's
| more anti -competitive than a public service non-profit making organisation
| to put out its content free of charge with no adverts when other private
| companies may wish to do this for money. Anti competitive.
|
| At the moment, however, we are seeing Ricky Gervais show from the Guardian
| website is the most downloaded and listened-to podcast on the iTunes
| service.
|
| As the trial progresses, all these things will be taken into account.
|
| If you want podcasts from the BBC, email them and tell them how much you'd
| like it. Tell the individual programmes how much you enjoy their current
| trial podcasts. Let them build up a body of evidence that podcasts are
| wanted. Ditto, why not email the DCMS and say you'd be keen to see more
| podcasts out of the BBC.
|
| Funnily enough, podcasting is a big sticking point at the moment and I think
| public support would help ... if that's what you want.
|
| ...Damon
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| ----- Original Message ----- | From: ron winstanley <mailto:r.winstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:26 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Podcasts and Listen again
|
| Hi Peter
| Not quite in the realm of make belief but sadly some time to go yet.
| I heard today on Radio 4 that your wishes are held back by lack of money and
| it may be down to the commercial market in future to provide these
| facilities. ersonally, |I'm still struggling with getting the radio player
| downloaded and am looking for an idiot's guide to get me started.
| Cheers
| Ron
|
| ----- Original Message ----- | From: Peter Logue <mailto:peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:11 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Podcasts and Listen again
|
| In regards to listen again. Won't we one day be able to have
| an automatic
| downloadable podcast of our favourite show? The technology
| is out there,
| but I don't think BBC Radio heads allow for this at the
| moment, or should I
| say they just haven't gotten around to thinking about giving
| us the chance.
| Hopefully in the near future they will have brightened up to
| the idea so
| that we will be able to download our favourite program in 5
| easy automatic
| downloads. I think it would be great to just go to my
| computer and find out
| that the latest Travelling Folk is completed its download
| and ready for
| listening. And if all this is possible, I'd also like to
| have an automatic
| downloadable podcast of the days TV listings. One could then
| choose which
| podcast to download, BBC1, ITV2 etc, and listen to it at our
| leasure.
| Perhaps though, this last idea might be better if it was
| offered by an
| independent provider such as the likes of the folks at digi
| guide.
| Perhaps the TV listings as read on VIP On Air could be
| offered as a
| downloadable podcast. That sure would save me a lot of time
| checking several
| different web pages.
|
|
| Peter
|
| From beautiful Helensburgh on the Firth of Clyde.
|
|
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