Interesting Stuff 2009-02-26
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has launched its public consultation on the much talked about Project Canvas. The consultation documents are here, including the ´óÏó´«Ã½ executive's application.
According to :
The new venture will be open to any broadcaster or content company - from YouTube to the NHS to Five - to utilise to deliver interactive services and programming to Freeview and Freesat households.
Formula One! The Chain! Murray Walker! They're all back on the ´óÏó´«Ã½! We're very pleased. Here's the complete run down of F1 coverage across all our platforms. Of particular interest:
Every session on the track will be broadcast live on the Red Button. There will be a choice of commentary between main TV network and Radio 5 Live; a split-screen option that will incorporate the main network feed, in-car camera, and a latest leaderboard; and a rolling highlights feed."
As well as the comprehensive on-track coverage, there will be an additional one-hour post-race analysis programme, immediately after the network programme goes off-air, on the Red Button. This will gives viewers the opportunity to share their views on the race's main talking points and to ask questions of the presentation team, Humphrey, Coulthard and Jordan."
And a (small!) selection of website features:
- An 'F1 mole', a diary-type blog featuring the latest gossip and inside stories
- Murray Walker's video race review following every race of the season
- Regular Murray Walker Q&A
- Interactive circuit guides including commentated laps with associated telemetry, embedded video footage, imagery and data
Really worth reading the whole list -- there's plenty going on.
ElectricPig is :
Discussing Panasonic's new Viera Cast technology, spokesman Matthew Billing told us the iPlayer would be absent from it at launch due to a sheer "lack of manpower" at the Beeb.
"The iPlayer will appear on Freesat this year," he said. "The team the ´óÏó´«Ã½ has working on that is probably the same one that will work on Viera Cast, so that will come later.""
Timelines are :
As it goes the ´óÏó´«Ã½ has some pretty groovy timelines in service, but by and large these are exquisitly hand crafted pieces of digital interactive animation. The next generation of tools are going to have to give that same slick and accessible interface, but to widely heterogenous assets, sometimes from widely different sources!
Dave Lee is co-editor, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet blog, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Online, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Future Media & Technology.
Comment number 1.
At 26th Feb 2009, Keep F1 on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ wrote:Formula One in HD would be nice.
It's no secret that it's done on site. And it can be easily beamed back from anywhere.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ and other international broadcasters should make sure with F1 in HD is made avaliable.
Considering these broadcasters are all staking large sums of money to show F1 when some sponsors and even a manufacturer has pulled out the idea that F1 can't be shown in HD doesn't wash.
HD is the standard format for international distribution and it should be for top flight sport just like various football leagues and competitions are, the same goes for cricket,rugby,tennis and pretty much every other major sport including the Olympics as a whole.
I don't blame the ´óÏó´«Ã½ outright, after all your doing a great job with the effort being put in and give my best to everyone taking part to bring F1 back to the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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Comment number 2.
At 27th Feb 2009, Trev wrote:I agree about HD. F1 is marketed as a high tech sport but destroys that by using legacy SD. I wish the broadcasters would get together and get HD.
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Comment number 3.
At 27th Feb 2009, seaviewuk wrote:Very disappointed with the complete absence of HD coverage for the coming season.
I would have thought it possible for at least the British Grand Prix to be covered in HD.
At least the rest of the coverage seems comprehensive, so it's not all doom and gloom!
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Comment number 4.
At 27th Feb 2009, psychemedia wrote:We've republished the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Project Canvas consultation doc at:
so that people can comment on it and discuss it at on a paragraph by paragraph basis in an open way.
Unique links are also provided for each section and each paragraph so anyone blogging about a particular section can link to it directly.
This is the third document that WriteToReply have republished, following on from the republication of the Digital Britain Interim Report, and the UK Gov Open Source Software Action Plan.
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Comment number 5.
At 12th Sep 2009, heatoreat wrote:Hi,
I would like to ask the experts / Martin / David / Eddie.
Subject: in-season testing:
I perfectly understand the cost cutting needs in F1, But is the ban on in-season testing a potentially dangerous path. When you have a new part for a car, I don't think finding out that it flies off or explodes during a race weekend is the best way to "test" it.
The same with drivers, everyone of them are the best of the best, but any driver put into a different car on friday and then "off you go", is also a potential hazard.
Like all hi-tech situations, pilots, surgeons, your own techie's in the TV OB van, any situation needing intensive concentration you really need to know all the knobs and buttons blindfold. That takes time and practice, or Parts testing.
I would love to hear your views on this.
Thanks.
Bob
Sussex.
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Comment number 6.
At 12th Sep 2009, TV Licence fee payer against ´óÏó´«Ã½ censorship wrote:#5. At 2:58pm on 12 Sep 2009, heatoreat wrote:
"Hi,
I would like to ask the experts [..//..]"
Bob, you would do better to asking your questions over !...
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