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Tv ark: Relaunch and beyond

GREAT TV Ark Appeal, on Archive (December 2006)

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JA
JAS84
Isn't tv world also dead? Just to say the bottom cupbroad is still alive, maybe a change of address? http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk.html

Watch is also Gone.
You mean Watched It, I assume. If so, you're right, it was a Geocities site.



TV World is still up, it's just no longer updated.
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A former member
JAS84 posted:
Isn't tv world also dead? Just to say the bottom cupbroad is still alive, maybe a change of address? http://www.thebroomcupboard.co.uk.html

Watch is also Gone.
You mean Watched It, I assume. If so, you're right, it was a Geocities site.

TV World is still up, it's just no longer updated.


Yes I did, and thankful someone Archived it.

106 days later

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A former member
A whole host of new clips have appeared.

113 days later

GL
Gluben
Is TV Ark ever going to become s mobile-friendly website, so I don't have to keep zooming in all the time? And please change away from Flash videos.
NW
nwtv2003
Is TV Ark ever going to become s mobile-friendly website, so I don't have to keep zooming in all the time? And please change away from Flash videos.


You're not the only one. I primarily use either an iPhone or iPad now (rarely desktop) and that's the one site I cannot use. I did have a browser on the iPad that allowed me to play flash, but it didn't work well with TV Ark.
GL
Gluben
Same here. I'd recommend the Puffin browser for playing Flash videos on an iPhone/iPad.
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AxG
The current site and player are nearly 10 years old and shows its age., this pre-dates HTML5, and certainly YouTube was in its infancy back in 2006. I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.
VM
VMPhil
AxG posted:
I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.

Of course, you don't have to remember, you can just go back to page 1 of this thread! Very Happy I do enjoy how the thread title is still 'Relaunch and beyond' just over 9 years after it happened.
MW
Mike W
AxG posted:
The current site and player are nearly 10 years old and shows its age., this pre-dates HTML5, and certainly YouTube was in its infancy back in 2006. I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.

The 'relaunch' that was more like a crash. Took the site down for nearly half a year, then uploaded it with virtually no content. A real shame!
MA
Maaixuew
AxG posted:
The current site and player are nearly 10 years old and shows its age., this pre-dates HTML5, and certainly YouTube was in its infancy back in 2006. I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.

The 'relaunch' that was more like a crash. Took the site down for nearly half a year, then uploaded it with virtually no content. A real shame!


And there are still some sections unfinished!

*ahem* http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/schoolstv/index.html#, http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itv_scotland/history.html
MA
madmusician
AxG posted:
The current site and player are nearly 10 years old and shows its age., this pre-dates HTML5, and certainly YouTube was in its infancy back in 2006. I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.


Actually, it was still Real Player clips when the 2006 relaunch took place - the shift over to Flash video came about 4 years' later and was actually very well done with no downtime to the site. But, you're right, that 2006 relaunch took a *long* time to complete.
:-(
A former member
AxG posted:
The current site and player are nearly 10 years old and shows its age., this pre-dates HTML5, and certainly YouTube was in its infancy back in 2006. I certainly remember the relaunch and the big disappointment when many of the videos had not been converted to the new player.

The 'relaunch' that was more like a crash. Took the site down for nearly half a year, then uploaded it with virtually no content. A real shame!

And there are still some sections unfinished!
*ahem* http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/schoolstv/index.html#, http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itv_scotland/history.html


The only other section needing to be finished off would be a couple of pages of LWT http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itvlondon/lwt-contmenu.html To be fair ALL the history pages are needing to be completed. I did send in some stuff to help out last year, and there has been some tidying up aswell so, If you know were to look you'll deffo notice it.

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