Bloody Omaha - We Want to See How It’s Done!
A group of twelve from various departments of the BBC visited Campfire last Friday and we had a rich conversation about what each side was doing in the digital/social media realm. Among the projects the BBC staff showed us was their now famous recreation of the landing at Omaha Beach during WW2, Bloody Omaha, created by three graphic designers in a week or two.
It’s an amazing accomplishment and a testament to what can be done by a few talented people with desktop tools. We also found it revealing that the behind the scenes video has garnered nearly 2 million views on YouTube.
We also learned that the BBC has created an online video player for viewing any program for seven days (which unfortunately can’t be used in the US - Slingbox anyone?). And that the Beeb is slowly digitizing its entire library, which fills sixty miles of shelving. Like, who’s in charge of the encoding?
The behind the scenes video:
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April 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I actually read this morning that British ISPs are up in arms about the huge strain this is putting on their bandwidth. Apparently they never expected large downloads - as required by the iPlayer - to go mainstream quite so quickly, and their infrasructure and pricing plans are not ready to cope with it.
And for any Expats abroad who miss their British TV, may I recommend uknova.com. At least until the Beeb opens up their catalog to the rest of us.