BBC reforms websites to Web 2.0-model

The British public broadcasting station (BBC) wanted to plan this week to reform its websites drastically and interactively to make. As inspiration sources Server Web 2.0-fenomenen as a Flickr, Wikipedia and webblogs. According to Ashley Highfield, manager for new media and technology at the BBC, fall to catch the reformations together as 'Find', 'Play' and 'Share'.

The foundation of the Play-hatch is the MyBBCPlayer, the videoplayer with joining codec that the broadcasting station self developed. The player becomes shortly hernoemt to the BBC iPlayer and will surfers the possibility give round until seven days after the broadcast via the internet a program to herbekijken.

The chance is however large that this service only accessible will be for Britons. Just as by other videoservices of the BBC Belgians will not can use possibly the iPlayer on this manner. The British broadcasting station finances branch its online with tax revenue - and that is insufficient grade the bandbreedteverbruik of foreigners to cover.

Find stands to give for the initiative surfers entry till the immense BBC-file footage. A first step is realized via a new missing motor on open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue.

But the mostly pioneering element of Highfields plan hides under Share. The BBC-manager want to aboutturn and reform nothing less then the pressure visit BBC-site to Web 2.0-model. Highfield refers near it explicit to popular services as Flickr, YouTube, Technorati and Wikipedia. The broadcasting station will not realize the reformation totally self, for via a competition, the large public is invited propose self to do.

It is look meanwhile also out for the plans for the digital service of the Flemish Radio and Television. That are explained on 30 May through the Belgian broadcasting station.