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BBC's Creative Archive  The BBC has announced that thousands of clips,of up to three minutes, from their radio and TV factual programmes will be available free on the BBC website in the first stage of the Creative Archive initiative announced by former Director General Greg Dyke. It begins this Autumn.
If the service, which includes natural history footage, proves popular after 18 months, it will be extended across all genres of BBC programmes. It will also invite users to edit and use the material and resubmit or submit new material..hence the "creative" title. | |||||
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British Pathe and BBC
Treat them as complimentary and the only winner will be the schools. They will be different in form, formats, on-line experience, subject, time period, etc and, therefore the two Archives (along with many others) will add to the range of assets and learning objects needed to suit the diversity of teaching and learning styles required in the 21st century. In the aftermath of the Hutton Report and potential restructuring of the BBC it is to be hoped that the Creative Archive initiative will help realise the vision of the former Director General Greg Dyke Briefest of histories British Pathe Film Archive: covers period 1895 - 1970. more History of Pathe? BBC established 1922 with radio; television first broadcast in 1936, though most material will be post Coronation, 1953. more History of BBC? with media clips. Any BBC stories in Pathe? Yes there's lots...155 records for a search of BBC alone. Including... LONDON CALLING! 1925 848.18 Great film showing how radio broadcasts are recorded and transmitted in 1925! | |||||
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Details of BBC's Creative Archive Walking With Dinosaurs could be among the first programmes made available.
Thousands of clips from BBC radio and TV factual programmes will be free to download from the internet this autumn, the BBC has announced. The clips, of up to three minutes, will include natural history footage and be available on the BBC website. The service is the first stage of the Creative Archive initiative announced by former director general Greg Dyke. If the service proves popular after 18 months, it will be extended across all genres of BBC programmes. Ashley Highfield, head of BBC new media and technology, announced the launch on Wednesday, saying: "This is the BBC taking an innovation risk, but a risk that will add to the creative capital of the UK as a whole. "It's all part of the BBC providing public access to its sound, television and film archives in a way that appeals to the new generation of media consumers." The public will be able to download clips for non-commercial use, keep them forever, and manipulate and add to them. They will be able to pass clips on to one another and, in future, post user-generated material back on to the BBC's website. The first phase will concentrate on material that is fully owned by the BBC. In future, the BBC hopes to talk to independents and other rights holders about clearing the rights to other clips. Mr Highfield also said the BBC was committed to developing further public use of broadband technology - alongside the online archive - when it came to enjoying the BBC's current output. Mr Highfield pointed to this summer's online coverage of the Glastonbury music festival and the Olympic Games in Athens. Viewers will be able to choose from a wide selection of broadcasts from both events. At the same time, they will also be able to play games, interact with other users and access facts and statistics. "I see the BBC's online services having an increasingly important role to play in helping to create a 100% connected, digital Britain," said Mr Highfield. Read the full story | |||||
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Unlocking the Potential Speaking about the its television library, the Director General Greg Dyke said "Up until now this huge resource has remained locked up, inaccessible to the public because there hasn't been an effective mechanism for distribution. But the digital revolution and broadband are changing all that for the first time there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all...I believe that we are about to move into a second phase of the digital revolution, a phase which will be more about public than private value; about free, not pay services; about inclusivity, not exclusion."
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