March 9, 2013
by ianforrester
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George sent me a tweet saying how much Elizabeth Murdoch loved BBC Backstage, as she mentioned it in her speech to the Edinburgh TV Festival last year. The BBC has been the market leader for building new relationships and services … Continue reading
December 27, 2012
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I heard Geoff Nunberg’s piece on NPR’s podcast and I got to say, although I’m pretty much big dated out from BBC Backstage (in a nice way) I’m in total agreement. Here’s a few key points… Well worth listening to … Continue reading
July 18, 2012
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I haven’t mentioned the BBC Connected Studio on my blog to date. However its about time… So its a new (its been running since May) BBC project which is all about open innovation. Every month we put out a brief … Continue reading
June 24, 2011
by ianforrester
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People have been wondering what am I up to since Backstage closed down. Well its kind of hard to describe but generally I’ve become the resident troublemaker, breaking all types of rules and really etching a new kind of path … Continue reading
January 5, 2011
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So now the ebook is out there, this pretty much spells the end of the BBC Backstage project. The backstage site & blog will go into a deep freeze so none of the links will be broken. It was interesting … Continue reading
January 3, 2011
by ianforrester
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At long last the Book charting the highlights of BBC Backstage is available for everyone to download and read. Download in [PDF] [print ready PDF] [EPUB] [MOBI] [RTF] Originally I wanted to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of backstage in May … Continue reading
October 22, 2010
by ianforrester
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So there’s been talk about the end of BBC backstage for a while and in certain circles its been heavily discussed. As has been discussed recently in the press and various channels online, the BBC has taken the decision to … Continue reading
March 10, 2010
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So as you may have already seen, Data.gov.uk, BBC Backstage and Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA) will be running an ‘unconference’ focussing on data visualisations. The unconference will team up 100 developers and 100 designers to create diverse and imaginative … Continue reading
February 27, 2010
by ianforrester
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So to remind everyone, this is my blog and not the view of my employer (the BBC). If you’ve not seen the outbreak about the iplayer stream changes then I can recommend the BBC Backstage post and the internet blog … Continue reading
October 7, 2007
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So since my post in reply of Jason's post there's been a lot of discussion and conversation. Technorati as usual doesn't quite get as close as Google. Either way, its the emails and im's I've been getting which are also … Continue reading
February 15, 2007
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Michela Ledwidge asks the question, and we racked our brains and did a lot of searching. I think it might be, but I can't say for sure. If thats not a first, using blip.tv is certainly a first. And to … Continue reading
February 13, 2007
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The first ever BBC Backstage podcast has caused a quite a stir. Some of it negative and some of it positive. Generally the reaction to the podcast is positive but Ben did say he felt Backstage shouldn't be hosting such … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
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The first ever BBC Backstage podcast kicked off in fine style on Wednesday 7th February. We invited some of the most vocal backstagers in the long running debate over DRM, to come and join us at the BBC to discuss … Continue reading
February 3, 2007
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Click To Play I shot this video with Molly earlier in the week, which I shared with Backstage but I received a great comment which I thought was good enough to quote here. Interesting interview, thanks. It's interesting to hear … Continue reading
December 14, 2006
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Some of you might notice this is almost a copy of the summary on the backstage blog, but I've added bits which I felt were best left for a personal blog. Thank you to everyone who turned up and made … Continue reading