BBC backstage & BBC Open Source support Internet innovators

Go BBC .... ?

Media Network Weblog: 24 July 2005

"The BBC will support social innovation by encouraging user's efforts to build sites and projects that meet their needs and those of their communities ... The BBC will also be committed to using open standards that will enable users to find and repurpose BBC content in more flexible ways' (Page 9, BBC's response to the Graf Report, November 2004).

backstage.bbc.co.uk attempts to encourage and support those who have provided most of the innovation on the internet - the passionate, highly-skilled & public-spirited developers and designers many of whom volunteer their time and effort.

In the past the BBC has not always encouraged such 'amateur innovators', however public-spirited their intentions and products. backstage.bbc.co.uk aims to foster a newly constructive and open dialogue with the wider development community using BBC content and tools to deliver public value."

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