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Image via WikipediaThe BBC’s new Statements of Programme Policy has a revealing snippet about the attitudes of TV to user-generated content.
On page 57 of this lengthy document (PDF), the broadcaster says:
We will augment our news coverage with video, still images and messages submitted by
viewers, where appropriate, in order to offer first-hand accounts and a [...]

Blame technology. According to the Inside the CBC blog, the reason behind CBC.ca was down for much of Thursday 29 May was “a major data storage ‘fallover’ involving all redundancy systems”.
Despite the site being down, work continued behind the scenes, as Jonathan Dube of CBC News’ director of digital media explained:
What you couldn’t see [...]

Canadian TV network CTV is the latest to jump on the citizen journalism bandwagon with the launch of a site dedicated to user-generated content at MyNews.ctv.ca.
A breathless news release from CTV headlined “Attention all Citizen Journalists!” told Canadians that:
Now, anyone with a digital camera or video phone can contribute to CTV News. Beginning today, video [...]

Canada’s broadcast watchdog, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), wants to hear from Canadians about what it how it should deal with the Internet.
At issue is whether the CRTC should extend its mandate to the Internet, a medium that is free from regulatory oversight.
The chairman of the CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein, outlined the watchdog’s approach:

“New [...]

A case involving photos from Flickr used by CityTV raises questions about the issue of copyright and fair dealing.
The Torontoist reports that Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) found that CityTV had violated the Association of Electronic Journalists of Canada’s RTNDA Code of (Journalistic) Ethics by using the photos of an alleged burglar that Joel [...]

My request to find out how much the BBC has made in advertising revenue since it started putting ads on the international version of its news site, BBC.com, has been rejected (PDF).
I filed a Freedom of Information request using the WhatDoTheyKnow site.
In its reply, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, argued that:
Disclosure would [...]

I’m speaking at a couple of conferences in Vancouver this week, discussing how public service broadcasters can sustaining citizenship and civil society in an internet age.
In particular, I will be looking at the rise and fall of the BBC’s Action Network and propose new ways of moving forward as the BBC prepares its digital [...]

Image by gak via FlickrFans of the cancelled CBC show, Jpod, are planning to emulate the antics of fans across the border to save their beloved programme.
A Facebook group has been set up to coordinate a mail-in blitz to CBC in support of Jpod on May 19th.
The campaigners are suggested fans send in a little [...]

Image via WikipediaThis is something that I have addressed before, but it is too important to ignore - the issue of repurposing content for the web.
The BBC has taken its first steps towards integrating its news departments, with TV and radio now working in a common newsroom. The online team will join them [...]

Image via WikipediaThe BBC’s iPlayer has proved a huge success in Britain, as well as a source of controversy.
In March 2008, more than 17.2 million requests to download or stream BBC programmes were made via the iPlayer.
So perhaps it was worth the £6 million it has cost to develop. The figure emerged in a [...]