Archive for July, 2007
Less is more?
by Lottie on July 31st 2007 at 9:11 am
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We keep on emphasising that we want the site to be clean and simple, without flashing extras, banners, ‘hot celebrity gossip’ or any such white noise. There are plenty of TV and film sites out there where you can find out pretty much anything except for reliable information about when and when your favourite shows and actors are on. If I want to know Nicole Kidman’s shoe size or be told that I’m just the person who would love Return of the Demon Duck Volume III, I’m fine – but find out when Frasier’s next showing on my living room… read more »
Friendly advice...
by Lottie on July 30th 2007 at 12:47 pm
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There have been a number of incidences of visitors entering search terms into the email submission form, while this is great that we get such a quality insight into what terms you guys and gals will be looking up once we launch, it would be rather more beneficial for you all if you just gave us your email address! We will use your email address to inform you of any important events in the development of LocateTV and so you can be among the first to hear when we will be opening up our beta trial. All the best, Sid
DVDone
by Lottie on July 30th 2007 at 9:21 am
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The whole development team are really excited this week as our live DVD price comparison lookup has just come together. It's amazing to see how much the price of the same disk varies from different retailers. We had been waiting for commercial relationships to be set up and for finalised page designs. Now - across both the US and UK - we have relationships with the leading retailers and can dynamically query prices for all DVDs related to the TV show or movie you are interested in. How do we know which DVDs are relevant? Well, they are all matched… read more »
Repeats: they're here to stay
by Lottie on July 27th 2007 at 1:29 pm
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Repeats and LocateTV make natural bedfellows. Missing a key episode of your favourite show, but scouring the listings for a chance to see it again to no avail (Sunday afternoon? Surely it’s repeated on Sunday afternoon) – is exactly the kind of scenario in which Locate will be a godsend. Moreover, the launch seems particularly timely, as repeats are on the increase. Back at the start of July the BBC director general Mark Thompson warned that the airing of cost-efficient repeats is likely to rise as the corporation’s licence-fee settlement has proved lower than they hoped - particularly painful as… read more »
Very Exclusive Exciting Event
by Lottie on July 26th 2007 at 9:17 am
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The first move toward private beta has been advanced like a virgin pawn upon the shining chessboard of Web 2.0. Next week we are bringing together a handful of the UK’s most informed and enthusiastic TV and film bloggers in a very cool venue in London (you know who you are, you lucky few) to meet the team, have a chat and get a chance to play with the site. We specifically wanted to avoid any kind of slick PR or press event, to focus on something relaxed and collaborative. I suggested this might work because my own introduction to… read more »
