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Listed below are comments made by Mike between Monday, 9th February 2009 and Sunday, 1st March 2009.

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BBC HD Update: DOG Patrol 9:43pm on 01 Mar 2009 I've noticed that the channel is clearly called 'BBC HD', but when referred to in trailers, the voiceover always called it 'the BBC HD channel'. why is that, Danielle?

Also, can't agree more on the issue of 5.1 sound - for films and sport events. HD may refer to the quality of the picture but most people with HD see such channels as 'premium quality' channels, in that the picture & sound quality will be of better than normal experience. Not having surround does remove something from the whole experience.
Interesting Stuff 2009-02-09 4:31pm on 09 Feb 2009 Hi Nick

I think it's the sheer volume of mentions Twitter is receiving, that is causing the frustration. The conversation between Chris Moyles and Andi Peters last week on Radio 1 was of particular frustration as it amounted to a 10+ minute chat on something that which had already been mentioned on various other stations at various times of day, hence why to many it may as well have been an 'advertising feature'.

Not to mention the various BBC News online articles which are popping up recently on the very same subject. I can understand the BBC experimenting with these new ways of communicating to its audience, but - as you said it yourself - the vast majority of these Tweets are by the presenters themselves, and don't represent the views of the BBC. So why are they all (from the outside) being encouraged to promote it so much?

The difference with Facebook was that it was already on its way to huge success, and the BBC caught on for the journey. Twitter is still extremely niche, and the growth over the past few weeks (in the UK) will be largely as a RESULT of the BBC, and NOT through natural word-of-mouth (as was the case with Facebook).

The Digital Spy forum post is a good example of how the audience is seeing this. Before Dave's blog post today, I had already come to the conclusion that the BBC are trying to forcefeed us Twitter.

I think the message I'm trying to get across is... this promotion of Twitter by the BBC recently, is REALLY sticking out like a sore thumb.
Interesting Stuff 2009-02-09 3:19pm on 09 Feb 2009 That's all very well Dave, but you fail to mention why the BBC has become part of the Twitter marketing department recently. It's becoming a real cause of frustration, and begs the question about what type of affiliation the BBC and Twitter have.

By all means allows your hosts to mention that they have a Twitter account - but the BBC has become nothing short of an annoying advert for Twitter recently. Perhaps you should bear in mind that Twitter is a commercial website aiming to make a profit and you're helping them.

Poor show, BBC.

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