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The BBC is to open up its vast archive of video and audio in an on-demand trial involving more than 20,000 people in the UK.
Full-length programmes, as well as scripts and notes, will be available for download from the BBC's website.
The pilot is part of the BBC's plans to eventually offer more than a million hours of TV and radio from its archive.
The BBC's Future Media boss Ashley Highfield made the announcement at an industry conference in Cannes. I have been eagerly waiting for the launch of the BBC Archive since they first announced details regarding it back in 2004. I have signed up already. You can sign up to register your interest in taking part in the trial here. BBC News Report
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signed up
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Got an email from them today, I have been accepted for the trial, they will be sending me the details in the next couple of weeks!
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ha ha just checked my e-mail me too
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I just got me login details, using the service now, it looks great, they currently have 257 television programmes online and 115 radio programmes. They are sorted into decades and categories: by decade 1930s (3) 1940s (11) 1950s (30) 1960s (89) 1970s (71) 1980s (98) 1990s (54) 2000s (16) by category Children's (21) Comedy (26) Drama (54) Factual (234) Light Ent (30) Music (23) News (32) Sport (4) Gonna play something and see how it works now!
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Well I am watching "999 Special: Diana's Legacy" which is from 1998. The stream is only 225Kbps, but is extremly good nevertheless, the compression is excellent. There is no buffering whatsoever and had no problems using it, it just loaded up straight away. Jumping/forwarding the stream also causes no problems and buffers in ~1 second. So far, im pretty impressed. The trial is just a taster too, there will be huge amounts more content when its actually launched! Well done the BBC
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wish I signed up for this now whats available from the 90's? Any amazing classic TV?
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might just have to give this a try..
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Ive been watching Quatermass: The Quatermass Experiment: Contact Has Been Established Its in a little meadia player window. And when they say Archive they mean Bloody old stuff.
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wish I signed up for this now whats available from the 90's? Any amazing classic TV? Tomorrow's World: 23 Jun 1995 Go behind the scenes as Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to launch
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A LOT of the newer stuff isnt yet allowed on there without approval from the BBC Trust, also its only a "taster" of whats to come, a snapshot it what content will be available, hence its only in trial stages atm. When it is finally launched to the public, it will be musch better and the content library will continue to grow for as long as the service is running for. You can full screen the "little window" you know, its using the WMP applet, so just double click on the video.
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I used to love tomorrows world...loads of episodes from that? wish they never got rid of that show better than the modern day shows like crappy "the gadget show"
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dum dee dum dee dumm dum de de dum lol Tomorrows world theme tune
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i want to watch how can i?.
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Too late now The registration for the trial is over. We'll all have to wait until it's full released, probably within the next few months?
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