Was wondering if anybody here would notice that the "CMS" being described here was a project to handle every single second of radio and TV footage from ingestion through recoding through editing to broadcast, and then beyond that to transcoding everything for whatever devices want to watch or hear it once it's finished.
People here hear "CMS" and think we're talking about text.
Incidentally the parts of this boondoggle which actually exist are being used as components in the BBC. The headline last week was about the decision to terminate that particular project because it had got far, far out of its depth. Also to put the highly-charming person responsible for it on gardening leave indefinitely pending the investigation.
It's a massive cockup, but it has had some useable outcomes, and it is a product class that doesn't exist outside the world of the Beeb, or other national/international broadcasters. There's nothing off the shelf to buy here. In the 90s this sort of thing wouldn't have got cancelled, so I'm seeing this as a sort of progress.
People here hear "CMS" and think we're talking about text.
Incidentally the parts of this boondoggle which actually exist are being used as components in the BBC. The headline last week was about the decision to terminate that particular project because it had got far, far out of its depth. Also to put the highly-charming person responsible for it on gardening leave indefinitely pending the investigation.
It's a massive cockup, but it has had some useable outcomes, and it is a product class that doesn't exist outside the world of the Beeb, or other national/international broadcasters. There's nothing off the shelf to buy here. In the 90s this sort of thing wouldn't have got cancelled, so I'm seeing this as a sort of progress.