Archive for August, 2007
"LocateTV - TV Guide on Steroids" - The tagline we probably should have gone for...
by Lottie on August 31st 2007 at 6:18 pm
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Thanks to Jeffro and his "blog about stuff" for the generous review of LocateTV that you can find here. Highlights of the article (as far as we're concerned!) include Jeffro's statement that: "If you're blogging about a particular television show that you watched or you have seen something worth recommending, chances are, other folks would also like to see it. You owe it to yourself and others to use the embed feature of LocateTV to tell others when the show will be appearing next." Jeffro's initial search of choice was Back to the Future, which is showing Saturday on his… read more »
We built this city on rocks and linoleum roll
by Lottie on August 29th 2007 at 12:55 pm
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Now, our development team are an incredibly glamorous bunch. When not slaving day and night to fix every glitch and deeply consider every fragment of feedback thrown to them by our private beta testers, they love to sling on a sharp suit, watch an old cult movie in an arthouse cinema, and then dance the night away in an underground jazz joint surrounded by husky-voiced musical legends and beautiful broads. However, a few cynics have suggested that LocateTV HQ is not quite the slick televisual temple they would expect, based as it is in Staines. At this point we would… read more »
Blog of the Week: The Stage's TV Today
by Lottie on August 28th 2007 at 9:33 am
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The Stage is a bit of an institution in the UK. Many a time have I sat on a London tube and watched a pretty, shiny, anxious young creature dolled up for an audition avidly scouring the print version of this entertainment rag. The online version is equally well-informed, and particularly strong thanks to its rich stable of blogs. The TV Today blog is a seriously quality piece of work. Main bloggers Scott Matthewman and Mark Wright discuss a huge range of programmes, from Corrie and Holby City to The Wire and Cape Wrath, and there’s a real sense of… read more »
LocateTV performance and stability improvements
by Lottie on August 24th 2007 at 10:43 am
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It appears as though all the recent time spent improving the performance and stability of LocateTV has starting paying off. Following a late night, load testing session yesterday, the measured response times for both returning search results and serving show information appear substantially faster, compared to the beginning of the week. We hope that our beta testers are noticing the difference already and thanks for bearing with us while we continue to better the site! There's clearly more work to be done in this area, and perfecting the functionality of the search is clearly a key priority - sadly superceding… read more »
Different country, different film?
It's been interesting to see how our private beta users are using LocateTV's multi-region coverage. For example, some testers are switching to US mode to find out about the early DVD releases already available there, or because they have a Region 1 DVD player. This has lead to a request for users to see all regions of DVD available, whatever their location. Sound useful? Our region-specific coverage also leads to some thought-provoking issues around consistency. LocateTV is designed to identify all of the places and times that a particular piece of content can be found, but it's not always easy… read more »
