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Skriven 2005-06-19 23:23:04 av Adam Flinton (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 5149 av Frank Haber (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Couple of things for geo
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From: Adam Flinton <adam@NOSPAM_softfab.com>

Frank Haber wrote:
> 'Course the BBC servers clotted for everyone outside blighty, causing a
> tragic lack of Beethoven on this side of the Atlantic.  Tragedy of the
> commons, and all that.  You try to be Dr. Pangloss, and you just can't win.
>
> Now I'll shut up.  I don't pay license fees for my tellys to the Beeb.
> I should expect tears and scarcity, I guess.

Whoops

http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2005/06/over_600000_mp3.html

I wonder if it's on Emule? Next time I'd like to see the beeb do a bittorrent.

"    "Live performances of Beethoven's first five symphonies, broadcast
as part of The Beethoven Experience on BBC Radio 3, have amassed an incredible
657,399 download requests during a week long trial. The downloads – launched on
6 June - offered complete Radio 3 programmes containing live performances of
the symphonies by the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, conducted by Gianandrea
Noseda. They were available free of charge and therefore not eligible for the
Official UK Download or Top 40 Singles charts, although the public’s enthusiasm
for the programmes is evident from the individual totals:

         * Symphony 1 (6 to 13 June) - 164,662
         * Symphony 2 (7 to 14 June) - 154,496
         * Symphony 3 (6 to 13 June) - 89,318
         * Symphony 4 (7 to 14 June) - 108,958
         * Symphony 5 (7 to 14 June) - 139,905

     "Roger Wright, Controller of Radio 3, said: "The response has been
incredible and much bigger that we expected. "The success shows Beethoven's
enduring appeal and we hope this will encourage new audiences to explore online
classical music."

     "Simon Nelson, Controller of BBC Radio & Music Interactive, said:
"This trial was all about gauging listeners' appetite for downloads and the
results are astonishing. We are hopeful that we have attracted people who
wouldn't previously have explored much classical music, as well as inspiring
others to embrace digital technology."

     "Gianandrea Noseda added: "I'm thrilled that our performances have
reached such a large, new audience and hope this trial will encourage more
people to experience and enjoy orchestral music live in concert."

I can't tell you the amount of buzz this is generating right across the BBC.
Lots of extremely interesting questions continue to be raised by the success of
our trials - from distribution to commercial policy, from music strategies to
on-demand radio, from marketing to navigation and so on - and we're feeding a
lot of the learning and creative ideas right into the heart of the various bits
of strategic and tactical BBC work going on at the moment. It's profoundly
interesting for us, and I hope for some of you.

You'll have missed the first set of symphonies, but the remaining four will
follow on from the 27th June, so keep your eyes peeled on Radio 3."

Adam

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