links for 2008-12-17

The New C4 listings guide. Best on the planet, reckons Steve Bowbrick.

Jesus.

"So Public Service Partnerships lays out a route to a more open BBC but does so in such a hedged and politically defensive way as to effectively neutralise its intent: sharing iPlayer will only make sense, finally, when anyone who creates content of public service value can use it. When it becomes a hub for the exchange of the nation’s public service genius. Openness at the BBC is surely about more than sharing the vast licence fee dividend with the anointed few. Can an Aussie import and impatient tech guru like Rose make a genuinely open iPlayer a reality? I hope so."