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Post by crowblack on Jun 22, 2018 19:01:44 GMT
I'm not "looking to pick a fight". My experiences on Theatreboard have always been very pleasant until today and I was surprised and actually rather upset by the negativity over the perfectly reasonable point that material that is in digital form and available to schools (in the case of the NT) or in online teasers in the case of the V&A could where possible be made more widely available e.g. to libraries or regional hubs or better yet to the home in a sort of password protected form like with indie films on Vimeo. And I think it will happen. Or they could put them on DVD like some from The Globe etc. - slightly more expensive than an average DVD but very welcome all the same.
This is circular and pointless. Neither of us have any power to influence this issue but I want to be positive and hope it will happen as part of the wider move towards greater access to the arts which is now happening.
And now I'm off to pack my theatre rucksack for tomorrow...(and I can't visit the V&A archive while I'm there because it isn't open at weekends)
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Post by crowblack on Jun 23, 2018 23:13:10 GMT
Btw, I don't know if this info is of any use to any of you, but a few years ago when I was researching something I wanted a copy of a 1970s French drama serial and the website Ina.fr made and sent me a DVD copy for a few Euros. I think they now stream stuff too - it's a massive TV archive online and it would be very, very nice if British TV did the same here.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 24, 2018 15:48:17 GMT
Btw, I don't know if this info is of any use to any of you, but a few years ago when I was researching something I wanted a copy of a 1970s French drama serial and the website Ina.fr made and sent me a DVD copy for a few Euros. I think they now stream stuff too - it's a massive TV archive online and it would be very, very nice if British TV did the same here. Agreed so many BBC (and Chanel 4 from back in the glory days) of theatre productions that I would like to dip into but alas they aren’t on YouTube or similar and so I have a sad face
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Post by nick on Aug 9, 2019 14:39:24 GMT
website Ina.fr made and sent me a DVD copy for a few Euros I think there's something similar in the USA that sell via amazon.com. Only problem is, I'm not sure they always own the appropriate copyright. Ah well if we disregard copyright then there's plenty available including lots of the NT Live recordings. FWIW I think more will become available legally over time. For example the BBC have digitised pretty much all their archive and streaming technology is well established. The problem is making sure all the participants are paid appropriately - not a trivial problem. I'm impressed by the BFI Player - lots of rare items and at a good price. For example it's the only place that have two of Joe Orton's plays to stream and they're asking £1 each.
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