The BBC has quietly released Democracy Live, a website-cum-portal which brings together live and on-demand video coverage of proceedings from the UK's political institutions and the European Parliament. Its startling features include a video wall of live and recently-recorded proceedings, and a search facility which allows you to search for mentions of specific words in speeches. As the… Continue

A new Ofcom report, UK Adults' Media Literacy, documents high take up of digital and mobile services in the UK, with a notable strong uptake for online video. One in three UK Internet uses watches TV online and downloads onlive video, a trend given a strong drive by the popularity of the BBC iPlayer. NewTeeVee provides a useful analysis of this, demonstrating how iPlayer and us… Continue

A very interesting partnership: http://www.nma.co.uk/bfi-partners-with-blinkbox-to-broadcast-classic-british-films-online/3006059.article

Jana Bennett, Director of BBC Vision, announced in a speech yesterday that a BBC online catalogue should be available to all just over a year from now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2009/10/unlocking-the-archive.shtml

"One of the many ways in which we can build on this value is by making our programme archive available to the public, finding ways to make full use of the new models… Continue