[Swprograms] BBC Radio 4 trying out "series catch-up" capability for on-demand listening

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's a potential policy shift in the works that would benefit those
of us who listen to BBC Radio's domestic services online.

Radio 4 generally has a given program available on-demand for only one
week, at which time it becomes unavailable.  If you visit the Radio 4
website at least once per week, and only listen to a weekly series,
this isn't an inconvenience.

However, if your listening is more sporadic, and you don't always
visit the website every seven days or less, you can miss out on some
excellent programming.

For some Radio 4 series, the BBC has temporarily added the capability
to listen to *all* episodes to date for a current series beyond the
one week deadline.

There's also an online survey regarding the usefulness of the "catch-up" option.

One series that's heralded as part of this trial is "A River Runs
Through It", a three-part documentary on the Jordan River, but since
the documentary is being presented on three consecutive days, it
already makes sense that all three episodes would still be available
(since the 3rd episode aired this past Wednesday).

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mk82m for more details
regarding the trial - look to the bottom of the page.

Richard

-- 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com
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