Blog posts by year and monthApril 2011
Posts (17)
Satirising the Royal Wedding - the BBC's agreement with Clarence House
There has been speculation on the the social networks today that the BBC has banned the satirical use of Royal Wedding footage online. To clarify, the BBC gave this response earlier today: It has always been made clear by the BBC that use of its basic live news feed and BBC One programming for c...
Sir Michael Lyons answers questions from Radio 4 listeners
Sir Michael Lyons is the outgoing Chair of the BBC Trust. He appeared on Radio 4's weekly phone-in Call You & Yours today to answer questions from licence fee-payers. Listen again to the programme here and leave a comment below. Steve Bowbrick is Edit...
My Web My Way relaunch: more accessibility information
Editor's note: information about what's new on the relaunched accessibility pages on the BBC Internet blog - SB. If you've visited the My Web My Way accessibility pages on BBC Online during the last few months you'll have seen a promo inviting users to preview a new version of the site. This ve...
The BBC's new Director of Future Media reflects on technology, the web and the BBC
On the BBC Internet blog, Ralph Rivera, the American technology veteran who recently took over at the top of the BBC's digital and online division, brings together his observations on the launch of a UK office for the W3C, on the history of computing and on the role of the BBC. Read the post and ...
Where does your local BBC get its news?
For many in the newspaper industry, and in particular the local press, the suspicion is that the BBC's Deep Throat is picking up a copy of the local paper. It's a suggestion repeated fairly frequently and usually without much challenge. So what's the actual evidence? Six months ago, the BBC and...
Ralph Rivera on 'digital public space'
Ralph Rivera: Building Digital Public Space8, 2011 Ralph Rivera is the BBC's new Director of Future Media. He's in Oxford today addressing a seminar to open the new office of the W3C, the web's standards-setting body. Later we'll publish a fuller blog post by Ralph but, in the meantime, here's...
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Death on television has always been a controversial issue - as such, it's not something that we'd ever take the decision to show lightly. Not only did we have to work closely with all of our contributors' families to make sure that the issue was handled as sensitively as possible, but we worked c...
Launching the 2011 BBC Proms
Editor's note: Roger Wright is Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of the BBC Proms. It's one of the most important days in his musical year - SB It's the morning of the BBC Proms launch. I have a real sense of anticipation and excitement because, at last, it's possible to tell everyone about...
