EDIT: Looks like http://www.bbc.co.uk/iwonder has already closed as there's a notice in the header informing visitors the site is no longer being updated.
Last edited by Charlie Wells on 20 January 2017 11:41am
The irritating bit from that blog post is it sounds like they're still going to be collecting all the travel data, but instead of showing it in one central place, it's going to be put in the relevant local pages.
EDIT: Looks like http://www.bbc.co.uk/iwonder has already closed as there's a notice in the header informing visitors the site is no longer being updated.
I didn't click that it was travel information which was closing - that doesn't seem a very PSB move though it is probably just about catered for commercially.
Also don't know if it is down to cuts or just an assumption on how people view videos but annoying now how almost all video reports on the website and connected TV are basically video with text annotations rather than an actual report.
With connected TV you used to be pretty much able to build your own news bulletin from the content available but now it's basically making your own Buzzfeed.
Presumably they are paying Inrix for that data, but then they'll still be getting it for their travel news bulletins anyway, in fact I'm pretty sure that many of the travel bulletins on BBC Local Radio are presented by Inrix staff down the line from Birmingham.
Presumably they are paying Inrix for that data, but then they'll still be getting it for their travel news bulletins anyway, in fact I'm pretty sure that many of the travel bulletins on BBC Local Radio are presented by Inrix staff down the line from Birmingham.
The point of closing it isn't to save money, it's so that the BBC aren't treading on the toes of other travel information sources.
Yes - though if the BBC have stopped publishing the information online and are now only broadcasting it, there may be a reduction in the contract cost, as fewer rights are being exercised. (For many broadcast deals you pay extra if you publish online content you buy.)
It seems a bit odd though that on the BBC TV weather forecasts, they tell you to listen for travel updates on BBC Local Radio (a good example being the freezing fog this week).
I think people would expect an online resource - but as has been said, it was probably underused and not worth the cost. I suspect licencing from Inrix would not be cheap.
They're saying the travel news will continue to be online though, except instead of being collated into one single place, it will only be available through their (useless) local live pages.
Some good news retaining the whole series until 30 days after the final episode airs is on the agenda, we had similar before but it was bargained away in favour of moving the overall catch-up window from 7 to 30 days.