This sounds promising: The BBC has just launched the beta of BBC Backstage, a bunch of raw material (feeds and APIs) that can be used to create your own version of BBC shows.
backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with. Alternatively, share your ideas on new ways to use BBC content. This is your BBC. We want to help you play.
Check out the prototypes section for some samples of what you can do. Current prototypes include WikiProxy, a BBC News feed that (among other things) scans BBC News posts and adds links to relevant Wikipedia articles, a searchable program archive (apparently something the current BBC site doesn't offer), and more.
Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing calls it "the Flickerization of the Beeb."
[via Boing Boing]
Posted by johndan at May 11, 2005 03:45 PM | TrackBack