tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179almostwittyalmostwittyalmostwitty2010-03-23T12:44:06Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:299526One rule for the BBC, another for commercial broadcasters?2010-03-23T12:44:06Z2010-03-23T12:44:06Zpublic0<p>You’d have thought that linking from a website to another website would be a basic principle in building websites. Even the BBC seems to agree – its’ latest <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/strategy_review/index.shtml">Strategy Review</a> states that “BBC Online will be transformed into a window on the web with, by 2012, an external link on every page and at least double the current rate of ‘click-throughs’ to external sites.”</p>
<p>Except OFCOM, the commerical broadcast regulator, has reprimanded GMTV for essentially linking to another website from its’ main website. </p>
<p>During a broadcast, viewers were invited to apply for free gym passes via GMTV’s website. Once they got there, they were told to click through to <a href="http://www.moneysavingexpert.com">moneysavingexpert.com</a> to pick up the gym passes. <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb154/">Ofcom</a> said this is effectively promoting Lewis’s business and breaches rule 10.3 of the broadcasting code which states products and services must not be promoted in programmes.</p>
<p>Hrm…</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/one-rule-for-the-bbc-another-for-commercial-broadcasters" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=299526" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:274217On Ukraine’s Got Talent tonight…2009-08-13T11:30:12Z2009-08-13T11:30:12Zpublic0<p>a woman who paints with sand. But it’s amazing. And far more interesting and unusual than a plain woman who can sing, or a breakdancing fourteen year old.</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/518XP8prwZo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/518XP8prwZo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
<p><em>(spotted via <a href="http://article_dan.posterous.com/unbelievable-sand-animation-so-can-art-only-s">article_dan</a>, who had interesting musings about art versus advertising)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/online-life/links/on-ukraines-got-talent-tonight" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=274217" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments