Hacker News with Generative AI: BBC

BBC licence fee 'unenforceable', says culture secretary (bbc.co.uk)
The culture secretary has said the BBC's licence fee is "unenforceable" and insisted "no options are off the table" when the government begins a review into the corporation's current funding model later this year.

BBC, Government, Funding, Media

12 points by ndsipa_pomu 4 hours ago | 0 comments

BBC – Organizing music for organic discovery (bbc.co.uk)
Orbit is our pilot for a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song by exploring recently played tracks from BBC Introducing — the BBC’s platform for unsigned and undiscovered music.

Music Discovery, BBC, Music Streaming, Unsigned Music

38 points by PaulDavisThe1st 32 days ago | 4 comments

Representation of BBC News Content in AI Assistants [pdf] (bbc.co.uk)

Artificial Intelligence, News, Representation, BBC, Research

11 points by sohkamyung 73 days ago | 6 comments

Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury: festival 'under corporate control' of BBC (theguardian.com)
Neil Young has announced that he will not perform at Glastonbury this year, saying he believes the BBC’s involvement in the festival means it is “now under corporate control”.

Music, Festivals, BBC, Corporate Control, Neil Young

9 points by bookofjoe 114 days ago | 0 comments

30 years ago Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 – how did it do? (bbc.com)
In 1995, the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme decided to predict what the world would look like 30 years later, in 2025.

Technology, Predictions, Future, Media, BBC

6 points by neversaydie 115 days ago | 1 comments

Please do not write below the line (bbctvlicence.com)
I have been vexed for some time by the request at the bottom of each letter that I am not to write below the line.

BBC, Licensing, Humor

362 points by dcminter 187 days ago | 325 comments

BBC Weather app bug suggests hurricane winds in UK (bbc.co.uk)
The BBC Weather website and app are experiencing a data fault issue - leading to incorrect forecasts of hurricane force winds in the UK and across the globe.

Weather, Software Bugs, United Kingdom, BBC

11 points by LiamPa 198 days ago | 9 comments

BBC archive of 33,000 downloadable sound effects (bbcrewind.co.uk)

Sound Effects, Audio, BBC, Archive, Resources

5 points by gaws 206 days ago | 0 comments

You can now download over 33,000 sound effects from the BBC archive (djmag.com)
The BBC's sound effect library is now stocked up with over 33,000 samples to download for free.