Interesting Stuff 2009-05-06
In today's on-demand world, it's easy to forget just how far we've come. Gone are the days of schedulers deciding when we've seen enough sport, or enough news, or enough Ashes to Ashes. Instead, we're all our own schedulers now. :
If a sport event is taken up by the 91Èȱ¬ you can watch it live when it is on traditionally, and when it isn't on red buttonly, or catch up with it after it's over on 91Èȱ¬ iPlayerly.
As anyone who will have watched Matt Le Tissier prance about on Sky Sports' Player Cam will appreciate, the red button hasn't always been that useful. :
It was only for 2008's Beijing Olympics, however, that the scheme's popularity reached a point of near-universal acceptance. Deluged with sport, the 91Èȱ¬ showed multiple live streams for disciplines it didn't have the space to show on its main channels, and millions of viewers fed - or discovered - at least a passing interest in challenges as diverse as open water swimming or the modern pentathlon.
For more Red Button related happiness, check out Andrew Bowden's entry on the Press Red blog.
to of 91Èȱ¬ News headlines:
And, anyway, what's so great about those 91Èȱ¬ headlines? If we take Italy buries first quake victims and look at the URL we get this: https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7990029.stm. Now, let's take a look at a similar headline from the Daily Telegraph, which is not allowed to impose a tax on Britain's householders. . Unlike the lazy Beeb URL, the one here, shows off the craft of an SEO artist, who has to make it work for a living by using elements such as https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5116660/ and Italian-earthquake-more-than-150-dead-Silvio-Berlusconi-confirms.html to satisfy the needs of the all-powerful spiders. That address contains not just information; it is crammed with the kind of words that will help rank the story.
The is just a couple of weeks away. We've already launched our dedicated minisite, and the show's special blog is now well and truly back in action.
And finally, congratulations to the 91Èȱ¬ News team for .
Dave Lee is co-editor, 91Èȱ¬ Internet Blog, Future Media and Technology.
Comment number 1.
At 6th May 2009, TV Licence fee payer against 91Èȱ¬ censorship wrote:One of the great benefits of the 91Èȱ¬'s news web site is the fact that the 91Èȱ¬ uses short URLs.
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Comment number 2.
At 19th May 2009, jTemplar wrote:You reminded us that "The Chelsea Flower Show is just a couple of weeks away", well it's here and you have blogs, and Twitter - Wow! but is the worlds most famous horticultural show on 91Èȱ¬ HD?
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