http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/10/the_removal_of_whats_on_on_fre.html en-gb 30 Thu 24 Dec 2009 23:47:32 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/10/the_removal_of_whats_on_on_fre.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/10/the_removal_of_whats_on_on_fre.html?page=13#comment2 The UK Wide Charity details Lifeline and DEC Emergency appeals are still niot available via the Red Button.BBC Cymru Wales Charity Appeals are missing too.The Radio 4 Appeal does appear on Freeview Chennel 704 on the Red Button Servce: surely these pages are ripoe fr migration too. If you are looking for bandwidth to takae these services, may I suggest Nev's Horoscopes could go: I think you might get less fuss form CBBC viewers over that bit of CBBC's Red Button service if you warned them a few weeks in advance! Sat 15 Nov 2008 08:08:35 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/10/the_removal_of_whats_on_on_fre.html?page=6#comment1 The problem with EPG (electronic program guide) provided with most set top boxes is that they only give NOW and NEXT.This is fine provided the BBC have not moved a program more than one slot or changed channels - like Autumn Watch and Little Dorrit.Without an uptodate proper and complete program guide such as red button WhatsOn rpovided setting the DVD to record on of the things that BBC have arranged to clash. It is amazing how often BBC1 BBC2 and BBC4 manage to have simutaneous content that I want to watch.No point in buying a TV listing publication any longer as BBC keep moving programs at the last minute. Mon 10 Nov 2008 20:55:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcilabs/2008/10/the_removal_of_whats_on_on_fre.html?page=0#comment0 Interesting on a few fronts. Firstly, I never realised that the What's On information existed through the red button, even though I used to have a Freeview box that only showed now and next (no 7 day listing).Secondly, the idea that farmers are using Ceefax to gather pricing information is fascinating! Are they making business decisions based on this data (whether to go to market or not)? And are there no online providers of this service? If not, there's obviously a gap in the market... Wed 29 Oct 2008 13:29:58 GMT+1