bbc.co.uk 2.0

Yes, should be in Media Websites I guess but it does relate to TV too.

I notice in a very interesting press release

http://open.bbc.co.uk/reboot/here that the BBC has a new "Find, Play and Share" idea.

'Find' being the publication of information about the BBC catalogue of programmes since 1937 here. (It promises to be online "tomorrow" with the press release dated the 25th April.)

'Play' incorporates the 'MyBBCPlayer' which will now be known as the slightly more sensible 'BBC iPlayer' - interestingly it states that they hope eventually the service will allow us to move programmes to our TVs and mobile's to watch at a later date. Always planned but not announced so publically?

Finally 'Share' is all about creating the next generation of the BBC website and beyond - sharing not only views about the BBC but about anything and much more. A competition has been launched here to redesign the bbc.co.uk frontpage and indeed welcomes exploitation of "Flickr, YouTube, Technorati and Wikipedia".

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Right that's the press release re-written - some positive steps forward, certainly with the news that iPlayer will be ported to other applications and the new BBC website designed by users could well lead to some interesting ideas coming forward.

After all, it's all thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded.

Respected BBC folk doing blogs on the site I can understand. People moaning on POV forums, I can also appreciate. But it is really in the Beeb's interest to be quite so into the community stuff? Home videos really necessary? Hopefully it won't detract from what the site does best.

And the catalogue is open - the "on this day" feature is pretty interesting.

Wouldn't have used the POV message boards for feeback on this project, just gives the regulars there something else to whine about and take potshots at.

What a strangely fascinating site. Bet you didn't know that Bruce Forsythe was on 2 editions of Going Live in 1991 and 1990. Wikipedia fans are going to love this.

Is the BBC site immune to the forum divisions?! After seeing all the threads moved by mods to their relevant forums, I find it vaguely amusing that a mod would start this in the wrong forum!

I notice the links on the BBC News page have changed to 'SPORT' 'WEATHER' etc instead of the logos.

So 'simplicity' is the key is it? Might as well get Blue Peter viewers to design the website.

(Sorry to all the loyal Blue Peter fans out there)

My goodness it is thorough.