The new BBC Playlister music player - rumours abound

What even is this thing?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9579951/BBC-working-on-music-equivalent-of-iPlayer.html

difficult to discern through the fug of cliches about "the state of the music biz". If the Beeb can pull something off using their archive that would be pretty amazing, though.

ha was this prompted in any way by the guy who put all of John Peel up on Soundcloud?

I would be very surprised if this was just general recorded music, it'll surely be a way of opening up the BBC archive. Peel sessions, Maida Vale, Radio 3 performances, maybe some old gig broadcasts, that sort of thing.

Radio 3 archive wd be incredible. couldn't give one about owt else

"all of John Peel up on Soundcloud"? Really, ALL of it? Is it still there or taken down?

Not all, a handful each from several years. Currently here: http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/01%20John%20Peel/

it's launched

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/playlister

more to come (recommendations, mainly)

don't see much of value in this yet but let's see

there's also a spotify app, with playlists from shows and presenters

http://open.spotify.com/app/playlister

This looks like it will be great in time but doesn't strike me as hugely intuitive at present.

the reviews are rolling in!!

3. Filthy Phil
3 HOURS AGO
This is an absolute disgrace. Complete waste of PUBLIC MONEY. I have paid for this rubbish. In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys are sauntering around wasting money when they should be using what little we have on pressing matter like securing our boarders!

Filthy Phil OTM

haven't the Beeb announced they're gonna do some "iPlayer first" programming too? just take the fucking licence money off them now imo

what's wrong w/that? they're just trying to give iPlayer a few exclusives, Netflix style

seems sucky and gimmicky from an organization which isn't relying on subscriptions like Netflix does

it's not like they're going to delay episodes of Doctor Who until Sunday or something!

i dunno i feel bad for confused old people who feel like they're missing out also maybe instead of spending money fannying about on stuff like this they cd improve the quality of their regular programming a tad

don't think this is really aimed at old people; more like young people who don't have TV sets and for who the idea of scheduled programming is like something from the wristwatch era.

i dont think it has anything to with scheduling, or elision of

aiui the beeb is trying to max its human capital and cement itself as tastemaker by aligning itself directly with music platforms as opposed to competing with them

altho the fact us nyerds are dimly pondering the whys and wherefores probably means its mission statement is already fatally opaque - "Presenter Playlists are coming soon", nuh uh you only get one shot at unveiling this

Ah no I was talking abt iPlayer Premieres, which are difft from that. This is the idea that some progs will be available to watch on iPlayer before TV

don't think this is really aimed at old people; more like young people who don't have TV sets

and who probably don't don't pay their licence fee either grumble grumble </daily mail>

with the DM on this one

Haven't they already started iPlayer premieres? I thought the first ep of the second series of Some Girls was online before it was on BBC3?

you might be right but then it's BBC3 and i'd call for the execution of everybody responsible but i'm v. tired

yeah that has been going on in a limited fashion for like a year already

r|t|c while "presenter playlists" won't come for another six weeks or so, the spotify app already has a few followable playlists like Radio 1 track of the day, an Annie Mac chillout playlist, a companion playlist to the Nile Rodgers doc, etc

Presenter Playlists are coming soon", nuh uh you only get one shot at unveiling this

Haha you remember the iPlayer launch right? All that messing around with downloads and DRM?

I suppose this thing's most useful application would be as a way to easily download 1xtra sets or Radio 3 performances to yr phone but I'm not sure if that's even in the plan. I know there's a a BBC Radio app already but it's cobblers.

you can already hear back 1xtra sets or radio 3 performances via catch-up or clips

they won't be part of this though cause spotify doesn't have that stuff innit

i was only ever interested in the prospect of Radio 3 archive downloads

recommendations of the most obvious pop music in the world by moron DJs who wdn't get a job at Costa Coffee irl i'm less interested in

come off it bossman, ur better than that

The Spotify export function is pretty neat actually. Whole thing needs a mobile app though, although I assume that's coming.

xp

forgot 1 Xtra existed for a minute there

Like as an archive resource it has minimal value and I'm not sure that's the point of it, but as a way of bookmarking stuff you hear on the radio it's pretty useful.

the way i imagined this working was... punter listens to annie mac or whatever, hears some bits; instead of having to then find his/her own way in the world there's now a semi-self-curated one-click playlist ecology to hear again & purchase outside of the show; beeb is less isolated and more involved with the world by being less reliant on functional closed radio ecosystem

idk tbf i'd like to think there was punter consultation involved along the line instead of alien weirdos like me trying to imagine what they want

forgot 1 Xtra existed for a minute there

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ur calumny applies better to 1x than it does r1 right now for the most part imho

actually nah i'm being harsh, current 1x playlist is quite interesting now i study it

lol no wait scratch that and return to og sentiment, turns out it's 70% of the r1 playlist

i still only really listen to 3, 4 & 5. but i did have a really shitty class just before i posted this morning.