BBCi Bridge Changes - Virgin Media TV and Phone

Chris123 · 08-03-2005, 13:02

The BBC I bridge has had a make over and now when you access any of the links that take you to the walled garden you still get the BBC channel in the top left of the screen and you can toggle between full screen and top left by pressing 0

Looks alot better than it did!

Also News Multiscreen is now accessable via BBC One

stevojg88 · 08-03-2005, 13:24

its also got a new help option screen and is for the first time accesible through bbc parliament.

in the help menu it says that there will be "a makeover of the bbci content soon".

but does the changes not go against the standard layout for the bbci bridge on the other digital platforms? or are the changes not just for digital cable?

we dont get an update on bbci for years and then so many come along at once!

lol

trebor_mints · 08-03-2005, 13:38

Have you got any screenshots for us to look at?

Technix · 08-03-2005, 13:42

BBCi on CBBC and CBeeies also have there own makeover, looks really nice without front row ads

wangchung · 08-03-2005, 13:44

Ive noticed on a Sky digibox they are still running with old bridge -I wonder why Sky havent moved over yet -normally they are the first to get everything?
Has anyone got a freeview box -is this new bridge on a freeview box?

mangadongle · 08-03-2005, 14:06

Freeview is also running the "old" bridge.

Chris123 · 08-03-2005, 14:15

Wonder if we are going to get a BBC Radio screen saver style screen soon, they had we will get one at some point.....god knows where i read that but i do remember reading it!

Technix · 08-03-2005, 14:41

BBCi also available through BBC Parliament now

Chris123 · 08-03-2005, 15:57

Like the little animation that happens when you select some thing that takes you to the walled garden, the red slides to the right and the little arrow that sticks out from the bridge slides into the bridge and disappears behind it....nice touch!

Technix · 08-03-2005, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by trebor_mints

Have you got any screenshots for us to look at?

I have some screenshots but nowhere to upload

ongman8 · 08-03-2005, 17:01

The new look looks wicked. Love the cbbc bridge

paulg1 · 08-03-2005, 17:20

I've uploaded some screenshots to view here.

bigitup_j · 08-03-2005, 17:27

woho! that's like full bbci almost. it's not in walled garden either - walled garden content would have the telewest bar across the top of the screen.

cool. you telewest peeps have almost got the fully monty!

lol

paulg1 · 08-03-2005, 17:58

Hmm, it is and isn't 'walled garden' at the same time - whilst it doesn't have the Telewest bar, the pages behave like walled garden sites where the black section at the top takes up the same amount of space as the Telewest bar and the pages have the yellow selector like walled garden sites - in fact, they're the same as what was accessed via the walled garden!

The same applies to QVC, where the top bar features the QVC branding but the pages behave as HTML walled garden pages.

Technix · 08-03-2005, 18:19

Finally got my site up and running with screenshots link Also has some Multiscreen screenshots so ntl users can see what theyre missing out

matridgill · 08-03-2005, 18:27

takes longer to load though- sorry to be negative cus it is great!

FunkyFella · 08-03-2005, 18:39

Sorry to be cynical but is anyone else a bit dubious about this?? I like the designs, however, the bridges seem to have lost some functionality in that the channel and current prog arent displayed and the bridges dont seem to be dynamic in relation to the prog thats on... Also, they dont have the little icons that tell you if the menu selection is an interactive service or a text service etc - thought this was one of the core priniciples of the "new" BBCi???

mangadongle · 08-03-2005, 21:01

Ah but that was the old "new" BBCi. This must be the new "new" BBCi

Newcastle · 08-03-2005, 22:35

Just out of interest is the BBCi service on cable as good as/ better than/ not as good as/ the service on Sky? Is it as fast? page numbers? six screens for the news? Do you get all of the sport and extra features?

iain · 08-03-2005, 23:17

hopefully this is finally it out of the walled garden - maybe in the first instance they've got that far, and now just need to tweak it to utilise the space better, and hopefully add in all the bits and bobs that are available on sky.

i like the new bridge, although its a shame the channels have lost their individuality, and it does seem odd that the programme titles and icons have gone AWOL, but hopefully we'll see it come together quite quickly now.

Iain

thelem · 09-03-2005, 00:50

Below the top bar it all looks identical to the walled garden.

My guess is that they are still in the walled garden, but have been allowed to make their own top bar. Judging by how similar the NTL and Telewest bars are, I'd even say that the 'press 0 to view full screen' bit is actually an 'advert'

grahamsoft · 09-03-2005, 01:58

Hasn't the i in BBCi been dropped or is that only for bbc.co.uk

stevebrown · 09-03-2005, 08:49

One thing I have noticed - if you access BBCi from the TW homepage and you are not watching BBC channels, you get Front Row ads and not the channel you are watching.

iain · 09-03-2005, 15:20

just stumbled across this blog

straight from the horse's mouth!

Iain

gjb · 09-03-2005, 17:05

Any chance we'll get the full service with numbered pages and all?

08-03-2005, 13:02	#1
Chris123 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Devon Services: Virgin V+ Posts: 2,051	BBCi Bridge Changes The BBC I bridge has had a make over and now when you access any of the links that take you to the walled garden you still get the BBC channel in the top left of the screen and you can toggle between full screen and top left by pressing 0 Looks alot better than it did! Also News Multiscreen is now accessable via BBC One

08-03-2005, 13:24	#2
stevojg88 Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: falkirk (central scotland) Services: ntl: Telewest (Essential TV, 2MB Broadband, Talk Unlimited) & Freeview Posts: 44	its also got a new help option screen and is for the first time accesible through bbc parliament. in the help menu it says that there will be "a makeover of the bbci content soon". but does the changes not go against the standard layout for the bbci bridge on the other digital platforms? or are the changes not just for digital cable? we dont get an update on bbci for years and then so many come along at once! lol

08-03-2005, 13:38	#3
trebor_mints Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Billingham Services: VM VIP Package Posts: 1,143	Have you got any screenshots for us to look at?

08-03-2005, 13:42	#4
Technix Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham Services: Virgin Media (ex-Telewest), Sky Digital etc. Posts: 1,524	BBCi on CBBC and CBeeies also have there own makeover, looks really nice without front row ads

08-03-2005, 13:44	#5
wangchung Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 10	Ive noticed on a Sky digibox they are still running with old bridge -I wonder why Sky havent moved over yet -normally they are the first to get everything? Has anyone got a freeview box -is this new bridge on a freeview box?

08-03-2005, 14:06	#6
mangadongle Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cardiff Services: DTT, DSat (FTA) Posts: 1,843	Freeview is also running the "old" bridge.

08-03-2005, 14:15	#7
Chris123 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Devon Services: Virgin V+ Posts: 2,051	Wonder if we are going to get a BBC Radio screen saver style screen soon, they had we will get one at some point.....god knows where i read that but i do remember reading it!

08-03-2005, 14:41	#8
Technix Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham Services: Virgin Media (ex-Telewest), Sky Digital etc. Posts: 1,524	BBCi also available through BBC Parliament now

08-03-2005, 15:57	#9
Chris123 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Devon Services: Virgin V+ Posts: 2,051	Like the little animation that happens when you select some thing that takes you to the walled garden, the red slides to the right and the little arrow that sticks out from the bridge slides into the bridge and disappears behind it....nice touch!

08-03-2005, 17:01	#11
ongman8 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South East Services: Freeview and Telewest Services Posts: 689 Blog Entries: 1	The new look looks wicked. Love the cbbc bridge

08-03-2005, 17:20	#12
paulg1 Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London & Gloucester, UK Services: Ldn: Freeview, Virgin L Bband. Glos: Virgin TV XL, L BBand, Phone Posts: 388	I've uploaded some screenshots to view here.

08-03-2005, 17:27	#13
bigitup_j Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: S.London + S.Manchester Services: VM BB, TV + Phone, Orange Contract Posts: 1,173	woho! that's like full bbci almost. it's not in walled garden either - walled garden content would have the telewest bar across the top of the screen. cool. you telewest peeps have almost got the fully monty! lol

08-03-2005, 17:58	#14
paulg1 Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London & Gloucester, UK Services: Ldn: Freeview, Virgin L Bband. Glos: Virgin TV XL, L BBand, Phone Posts: 388	Hmm, it is and isn't 'walled garden' at the same time - whilst it doesn't have the Telewest bar, the pages behave like walled garden sites where the black section at the top takes up the same amount of space as the Telewest bar and the pages have the yellow selector like walled garden sites - in fact, they're the same as what was accessed via the walled garden! The same applies to QVC, where the top bar features the QVC branding but the pages behave as HTML walled garden pages.

08-03-2005, 18:19	#15
Technix Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham Services: Virgin Media (ex-Telewest), Sky Digital etc. Posts: 1,524	Finally got my site up and running with screenshots link Also has some Multiscreen screenshots so ntl users can see what theyre missing out

08-03-2005, 18:27	#16
matridgill Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Plymouth Services: Telewest Essential + Blueyonder (soon 2mg!) Posts: 213	takes longer to load though- sorry to be negative cus it is great!

08-03-2005, 18:39	#17
FunkyFella Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Liverpool Services: TW Digi TV, HSI, freeview Posts: 70	Sorry to be cynical but is anyone else a bit dubious about this?? I like the designs, however, the bridges seem to have lost some functionality in that the channel and current prog arent displayed and the bridges dont seem to be dynamic in relation to the prog thats on... Also, they dont have the little icons that tell you if the menu selection is an interactive service or a text service etc - thought this was one of the core priniciples of the "new" BBCi???

08-03-2005, 21:01	#18
mangadongle Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cardiff Services: DTT, DSat (FTA) Posts: 1,843	Ah but that was the old "new" BBCi. This must be the new "new" BBCi

08-03-2005, 22:35	#19
Newcastle Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,897	Just out of interest is the BBCi service on cable as good as/ better than/ not as good as/ the service on Sky? Is it as fast? page numbers? six screens for the news? Do you get all of the sport and extra features?

08-03-2005, 23:17	#20
iain Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: UK Services: Telewest, Telewest Blueyonder BB, Freeview Posts: 51,843	hopefully this is finally it out of the walled garden - maybe in the first instance they've got that far, and now just need to tweak it to utilise the space better, and hopefully add in all the bits and bobs that are available on sky. i like the new bridge, although its a shame the channels have lost their individuality, and it does seem odd that the programme titles and icons have gone AWOL, but hopefully we'll see it come together quite quickly now. Iain

09-03-2005, 00:50	#21
thelem Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brighton, UK Services: DAB, Virgin BB + TV Posts: 1,322	Below the top bar it all looks identical to the walled garden. My guess is that they are still in the walled garden, but have been allowed to make their own top bar. Judging by how similar the NTL and Telewest bars are, I'd even say that the 'press 0 to view full screen' bit is actually an 'advert'

09-03-2005, 01:58	#22
grahamsoft Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 81	Hasn't the i in BBCi been dropped or is that only for bbc.co.uk

09-03-2005, 08:49	#23
stevebrown Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Gloucester Services: XL+ (ie VIP but without Sports or Movies) Posts: 1,769	One thing I have noticed - if you access BBCi from the TW homepage and you are not watching BBC channels, you get Front Row ads and not the channel you are watching.

09-03-2005, 15:20	#24
iain Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: UK Services: Telewest, Telewest Blueyonder BB, Freeview Posts: 51,843	just stumbled across this blog straight from the horse's mouth! Iain

09-03-2005, 17:05	#25
gjb Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Liverpool Services: VirginTV&Phone,10Mb Broadband, N73 Posts: 450	Any chance we'll get the full service with numbered pages and all?