News Archive for December, 2012

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 30 November 2012, the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include coverage of such topics as world famine, photography, the modern Spanish economy and the personality of Adolf Hitler. 1. HOW TO TAKE STUNNING PICTURES (CHANNEL 5) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information […]

  • Update on the trial off-air recording union catalogue

    At the BUFVC AGM in December 2011, we announced that we would be embarking on the creation of a trial off-air recording union catalogue and asked for participants from UK HE and FE institutions. So, what have we been up to since then? 14 HE/FE institutions provided us with data, which comes in at a total […]

  • New on the BUFVC Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,250 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ 365 Days of Astronomy This website has been publishing one podcast […]

  • Latest at Viewfinder Online

    Some of the latest article, reviews and news published at Viewfinder Online include: Peter M. Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Community Media at London Metropolitan University, looks at Tom Stoppards radio plays here. Dr Andrew Bartlett, Cesagen, Cardiff University, discusses medical ethics and The Island of Lost Souls, the much-banned film adaptation of HG Wells’ The […]

  • Launch of Off-Air FAQs and Tutorials

      The new and improved Off-Air Back-Up Recording web page is designed to provide greater support and guidance to users and Off-Air Representatives within your institution. Its FAQ sheet highlights some of the Off-Air Service’s finer details, and aims to help with requestor and authentication problems. You can also find a series of visual guides which […]