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Title: RT On-line soon
Post by Administrator on Jul 15^th, 2013, 9:20am

According to "Ariel", an ambitious BBC project has finally reached the end of a journey that spans 90 years.

From Monday 15th July, BBC staff will be able to digitally search all the back issues of the Radio Times through a website not yet made available to the public.

This is the result of over three years' work on the BBC Genome project, which sought to create and publish a digital record of the BBC's complete broadcast history.

Staff will able to provide feedback on how well the website works and what might need improvement.

The information will be used to fine-tune the Beta site before making it available to the general public as soon as practically possible.

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by FoxyFace on Jul 17^th, 2013, 8:30am

Gosh-hours and hours of lovely displacement activity!

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by JohnW on Jul 24^th, 2013, 9:39am

On Monday I received a notice from the RT subscriptions section (in Sittingbourne) that the price is going up to £90.20 per annum - due, they say, to the increased cost of paper and new Royal Mail postage costs. The increase is due to kick in on 30/8/2013.

I fear therefore that, with the EPG that is available nowadays via FreeView/FreeSat and other digital platforms, this will signal the slow death of the beloved 'Parish newsletter' (as Wogan used to refer to it).

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by Roundabout on Jul 24^th, 2013, 9:04pm

I think the move is called 'Constructive Destruction'

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by FoxyFace on Jul 27^th, 2013, 9:23am

Two sensible suggestions as alternatives......

TV Guide....free comprehensive on line service across Freeview/Freesat etc, also available as a brilliant smartphone app ....

The Sunday Times Culture magazine TV section. Not as much detail as RT obviously--but a good comprehensive daily scroll out of a weeks free to air and a few more channels, daily highlights, TV review and two/three pages weekly film schedule.

Of course--if you must have the RT editorials and casts including the sofa and holiday cottage ads--then these alternatives will not suffice.

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by Amigo on Jul 27^th, 2013, 10:00am

I use the following:-

http://www.zingzing.co.uk/tvguide/

when in front of the main computer, as it's so easy to use.

I agree with FoxyFace, when using a smartphone (or in my case an iPod Touch), the 'App'

TV Guide

from TVGuide.co.uk (from the iTunes app store),

is excellent. It has been 'updated' recently and made it slower to load, but it still works well. It also has a main computer version.

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by JohnW on Jul 27^th, 2013, 1:11pm

The program may have been updated recently - but sadly the Channel names haven't! [It still has BBC HD instead of BBC2HD, and there's no Drama!]

Title: Re: RT On-line soon
Post by Mikej on Jul 28^th, 2013, 9:34pm

The Guardian version is very good as well on a PC and includes Sky Channels as well

http://tvlistings.guardian.co.uk/

Also has links to the catchup servbices as well.

The vertical spacing has gone a bit odd tonight but this is unusual and will no doubt sort itself out.

And of course not forgetting the BskyB version (sorry) at

http://tv.sky.com/tv-guide/

Mike