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  • From: John Howkins <john AT johnhowkins.com>
  • To: zzPaul Gerhardt <paul.gerhardt AT bbc.co.uk>, Cory Doctorow <cory AT eff.org>, Damian Tambini <damian.tambini AT socio-legal-studies.oxford.ac.uk>
  • Cc: cc-uk AT lists.ibiblio.org, Paula Le Dieu <paula.ledieu AT bbc.co.uk>
  • Subject: Re: [Cc-uk] Emailing: bbc_cr_greenpaper
  • Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:32:02 +0000

Paul, there's a wealth of info from national PSBs, regional broadcasting
unions (eg, EBU of which BBC is a member) and national film support
/promotion organisations. Plus maybe British Council.
J


2/3/05 4:55 pm, "zzPaul Gerhardt" <paul.gerhardt AT bbc.co.uk> wrote:

> Cory, you're right that we can articulate the upgrade path - but we also
> need some hard data to show that it can grow the commercial market.
> Rick Prelinger has useful stats. If anyone else can provide evidence I
> would be grateful to see it.
>
> Paul Gerhardt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory Doctorow [mailto:cory AT eff.org]
> Sent: 02 March 2005 15:10
> To: Damian Tambini
> Cc: Paula Le Dieu; zzPaul Gerhardt; cc-uk AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Cc-uk] Emailing: bbc_cr_greenpaper
>
>
> "Creative Archive" appears in 8.4
>
>> The BBC said in Building Public Va lue that it had no plans to
>> expand its channels or networks. Ye t it also outlined proposals for
>> the development of new 'ultra-local' television news services and
>> for a 'Creative archive' that would make existing BBC content more
>> widely available on the internet. Both these proposals are likely to
>> be popular with the public, but they also raise potential concer ns
>> about market impact - either for local commercial TV services or for
>> those who may want to buy or sell the rights to internet content. We
>> would like to see further detail on how these proposals would fit
>> into a system of service licences. We agree with the Select
>> Committee that the BBC should balance the interests of rights holders
>> with those of the wider public in developing new proposals for the
>> distribution of archived material. Any proposal should be subjected
>> to a full public value test, including a market impact assessment, to
>> assess whether it is the best use of the BBC's archive before any
>> decision is taken to approve it.
>
> I feel pretty good about the ability to articulate the public value of
> a CA and to articulate the value to the commercial sector arising from
> CA (Paula's "upgrade path").
>
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2005, at 3:00 PM, Damian Tambini wrote:
>
>>
>> BBC Green Paper out.
>>
>> Point 8.30 and part of 8.4 section are relevant to Creative Archive,
>> but
>> this document is much more neutral on the issue than the Select Cttee
>> Report.
>>
>> I searched the document and the words Creative Archive don't appear.
>>
>> Parliamentary debate should I hope put it on the agenda.
>>
>> The question for the BBC Creative Archive is whether the new
>> regulatory settlement for assessing impact of new services (impact on
>> competition vs public value of new services) will be sympathetic to CA
>
>> proposals. In terms
>> of the present proposals of government there is still some confusion
> of
>> roles between the proposed BBC Trust and Ofcom.
>>
>> Proposed new purposes for the charter (1.17, and the rest of section
>> 1) are
>> also relevant. There is a lot that the CA will draw upon and build
>> upon on
>> this list.
>>
>>
>> THE GREEN PAPER
>>
>> Shortcut to:
>> http://www.bbccharterreview.org.uk/pdf_documents/bbc_cr_greenpaper.pdf
>>
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