Media Websites

bbc.co.uk

(March 2006)

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RD
RDJ
The BBC Website has had a lick of paint by the looks of it. It's not totally different but is a refreshing and nice change.

EDIT: Just seen they've switched back to the old style. Shame because that new style looked quite nice.
DB
dbl
S'ok I guess, don't like this though:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41100000/gif/_41100608_ifh_breakingnews.gif
IB
IBC
The BBC ONE site has lost its link to the idents page. It is still active though
BBC ONE
BBC ONE DOWNLOADS
MI
philMID
I don't like the way the BBC 1 website is set out. The images are also poor quality like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/images/bbc_one_title.gif

A bit messy.
PE
Pete Founding member
no the BBC1 website is horrific. tbh, all the channel sites are. but at least they're trying with the bbc2 one at the moment.

anyways I presume you're referring to this homepage here

http://www.hymagumba.com/uploads/bbc-home-1203.jpg

It's lovely, and a progression from this

http://www.currybet.net/images/articles/dalek/04.jpg

which was their last, somewhat unsuccesful to change the ugly normal homepage.

Once again there is a feedback page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/planetearthspecial_comment.shtml

I'm saying two thumbs fresh.
PE
Pete Founding member
oh, I notice they didn't use this last week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/homearchive/2006/03/05/23.40.html

I also notice this design has not appeared in the homearchive list. how odd.
AS
Asa Admin
From the guy who coded it...!

9 days later

MO
Moz
BBC to work with IT giants on radical website overhaul
AS
Asa Admin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4828336.stm has a video clip with the head of New Media and Bill Gates talking about what they've been up to. The demo on there of what I assume will be myBBCPlayer and Vista just looks stunning.

http://www.asahicks.com/odds/mybbcp.jpg
MO
Moz
Asa posted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4828336.stm has a video clip with the head of New Media and Bill Gates talking about what they've been up to. The demo on there of what I assume will be myBBCPlayer and Vista just looks stunning.

They are so copying Apple's software there with the reflection on the BBC logo. The whole thing looks really like OS X!
MS
Mister_Storm
Going off-topic slightly, why don't BBC use their bbc.com domain for more than a redirect? Surely it would be put to better use than bbc.co.uk?
BB
BBC TV Centre
Mister_Storm posted:
Going off-topic slightly, why don't BBC use their bbc.com domain for more than a redirect? Surely it would be put to better use than bbc.co.uk?

Because .com is "traditionally" associated with the US, and also probably because the BBC are British and wishes to be proud of its heritage and so incorporate this into their online identity by using a co.uk rather than a .com.

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