We won!

From the BBC Backstage blog:

"We all loved this.
It’s a fantastically impressive prototype with a wealth of features and innovative ideas already implemented that we were almost overwhelmed. That said the simplicity of the user experience meant that it was easy to use out of the box. There is a lot of different findability here; tagging, ratings, recommendations as well as the basic grid format with innovative and different ways of navigating your way through thousands of hours of TV and radio.

There was a real effort to integrate non BBC feeds (imdb, bleb) and the TV Anytime metadata was neatly exploited via the accessibility search tool as well as genre lists such as films and comedy. I haven't mentioned the personalisation (but you can sign up for your preferred channels) and some real heavy lifting behind the scenes plumbing like an open source Perl TV::Anytime parser which the team have made available to CPAN. We were itching to use this and show it around as soon as it was submitted which is a sure sign that Leo and Leon had come up with something special...

This is fantastic stuff which thoroughly deserves to win the first Backstage competition."

Now to think about that long list of TODO items we still have!

More 4

We've only just gone live, and what do Channel 4 go and do? Start broadcasting a new channel: More 4. We've now added it to MighTyV. To add it to your lineup, go to "Your account", then "Do you want to change your channels?" and drag the More 4 logo (it's dark green) from the right to the left. Now you can enjoy the new channel, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart!

Leon

Backstage Competition Closed

As many of you know, we created mighTyV not only because it's cool and useful for finding new TV programs to watch, but also as an entry into the BBC Backstage competition, which has now closed. This is the nail-biting time where we wonder which of the entrants will win. Wish us luck!

Leon