The Telegraph
The BBC is to introduce a new radio website, codenamed ‘Audiopedia’, to contain virtually its entire archive of speech radio programmes going back to the 1940s.
The service is being developed for launch “within the next 12 months”, said Tim Davie, director of BBC Audio and Music. "Audiopedia", its working title, may yet become its formal name, he added.
“The BBC is working on how best to present Audiopedia at the moment but most people will probably access the new on demand content via other pieces of related content they are already listening to across the BBC website,” he explained.
The website will represent the biggest release of BBC programming on demand since the iPlayer was introduced in 2007.
As well as searching and listening to the archive, "Audiopedia" users will be able to share programmes with their friends.
The BBC is in the process of digitizing its audio and TV archives. Currently around 20 hours a week of Radio 4 archive is being added to "Audiopedia". Davie the process was being run at a “small cost to the tax payer” and that the website will be “porous” to other broadcasters’ content. More......
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Comments
Wow, wonderful new. Can't wait like the rest of you. Many thanks for the information. How will we know when it has started?
I just realized that Nerd of the Herd had to remove the BBC download plugin. It was fun while it lasted. I hope the future arrives soon, at least in terms of BBC program access!!!
It's bloody incredible they haven't done this long before now.
Hopefully they will get their finger out soon.
Robert Johnson
....OH BOY!!!!! I thought I fell through a warp into another reality when I saw this....the BBC GIVING ACCESS!!
That is just so weird.....
Thanks for the input.
Hi Robert,
The last news I have goes back to March of this year when the beeb announced "Project Barcelona"would be put to "The Trust" later this year.
Since then I have read that the BBC has finished digitising the Radio Times archive and this could be available to everyone by this time next year. Again "The Trust" will have to green light it.
Whether any of this will pass the mandarins; who knows?
What disappointed me was the codicil they added to their plans.
"Other broadcasters may be concerned about the disruptive effect that providing so much content online would have on the market".
On the other hand isn't that what was said when satellite TV was proposed?
Fingers ,toes, eyes crossed.