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Hi everyone it鈥檚 been an eventful few weeks for 主播大秀 Online, so here鈥檚 a quick run-down of the main news stories and opinions over the last month.

The main news story was the announcement that the 主播大秀 will close its Digital Media Initiative (DMI). DMI started in 2008 and intended to move the 主播大秀鈥檚 production and archive operations to a fully integrated digital way of working.聽 The scrapped project will have cost 拢98.4mllion.

主播大秀 director of operations Dominic Coles聽

"We are very aware that the mistakes made must not happen again. We never forget we are spending Licence Fee payers鈥� money and we will learn some hard lessons from this experience. By their nature technology projects, especially those that attempt to break new ground, are high risk. This is not unique to the 主播大秀. But in future we will do more to mitigate those risks. We will be quicker to act when projects are not delivering."

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"The corporation said the initiative had been badly managed and outpaced by changing technology, and that to carry on would be throwing good money after bad."

The 主播大秀 Trust review of DMI can be found on the 主播大秀 Trust's website

The announcement, along with news that聽the 主播大秀's聽chief technology officer has been suspended, was reported extensively across online news portals and beyond.

Days later that Trust chairman was warned that the Digital Media Initiative technology project was 鈥�doomed to failure鈥� a year ago.

The news of the closure of DMI happened on the same day as the 主播大秀 Online Briefing. Director of Future Media Ralph Rivera answered questions about the project and its failings at the 主播大秀 Online Briefing. Some of his responses were captured in tweets:

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The 主播大秀 Trust of their Online and Red Button service review with that the 主播大秀 serves audiences well across TV, computers and mobile.

The Guardian :

"A largely clean bill of health for 主播大秀 Online, which reaches 22 million people each week, was marred by the criticism that its online local news, considered the 'most important product in the 主播大秀 Online portfolio', is not as good as coverage of UK and international news."

And on the recommendation that Online and Red Button should merge:

"It also wants to see the convergence of online and Red Button to see Connected Red Button 鈥� as available in Virgin Media homes 鈥� spread. It said that as the 主播大秀 Red Button 鈥渋ncreasingly becomes a gateway to access 主播大秀 Online,鈥� it would be sensible to bring them together under a single service license. This would help them to complement each other in the future, the Trust said."

While on the failure to reach the target 65 per cent of the UK adult online population by 2013:

"The report also revealed that audience appreciation index (AI) figures have fallen from a high of 83 in 2008 to 78 in 2013. The AI dropped as low as 72 last year, following changes to the site including a relaunch of the 主播大秀 Online news service."

Last week the for the 主播大秀 to offer radio content for download to align it with the current TV catch-up offer on iPlayer. This means radio programmes will be available to download for offline access from 2014.

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"For many folk, this has been a long-time coming. It means they will be able to download shows at home and listen to anywhere 鈥� this includes underground stations and even other countries where iPlayer isn鈥檛 available to stream."

The release of 主播大秀 iPlayer on Windows 8 phones but the lack of support for Windows 7.5 was criticised

"It's bad news for Windows Phone users who haven't yet got the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system though, as the 主播大秀 announced today that the app will not be supported on Windows Phone 7.5, despite having promised that it would make an appearance on older devices."

The 主播大秀 has for a 鈥�truly digital鈥� summer of Glastonbury coverage.

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"The 主播大秀 says it wants to take what it learnt from the Olympics and other major events held in the meantime - such as Hackney One Big Weekend - and bring a different view to the UK's largest music festival."

And finally, the 主播大秀 Trust has also upheld a complaint that the clock on the 主播大秀 homepage was "inaccurate and misleading", reflecting the time on a users computer as opposed to the accurate GMT time. , the story soon created buzz on Twitter:

: No matter the result: that a) someone complained abt this b) 主播大秀 Trust thought it worth taking seriously, says good things abt UK #bbcclock

An expressed sympathy:

"Time measurement has vexed humanity throughout history 鈥� even before Einstein that, from the complainant's point of view, a moving 主播大秀 clock ticks more slowly than a still one..."

Thanks everyone and have a good weekend.聽

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