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Congrats to Channel 4 winning live coverage of Richard III reinterment

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Good to hear Channel 4 has beaten the BBC to provide live coverage of the King Richard III reinterment on Thursday 26 March (see RT piece ‘BBC left scratching its head after C4 snaps up Richard III burial show’ for more).

It was of course in pole position after its documentaries on finding the ‘king under a car park’ in Leicester.

So in case it’s of interest below is their initial response (26 August 2012 email reply) to a group effort I took part in to try to persuade the broadcaster to cover the royal archaeological exploration:

Dear Stuart,

Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries.

Unfortunately, we do not have any plans to make a documentary based on a search for Richard III’s remains; however, please be assured that your comments have been passed on to our Commissioning Department so that they are aware of the interest this would receive.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us here at Channel 4 and for your interest in our programming.

Regards,

Grace Dawson

Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

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Name that place – the elevator pitch – and the pivot

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So what’s the Name That Place all about? The elevator pitch is this – a simple game of ‘i-spy’ but brought u to date by playing with your mobile or computer. Looking at i-spy from the online p.o.v., it came with a ready made container – a car or a room; and a ready made community of players, passengers or fiends.  And with mobile phones, mobile apps, and geo-tagging the possibilities technically mean theory an online Name that Place is superficially attractive to a wide range of people in a wide range of settings. But in reality it would only convert from the potential to the engaged game if people start to use it.

So how do you get proof of concept, through people using it? It’s already been shown to work in Barnaby’s home town in Sandbach through his Facebook Page. That’s because it was also with a limited container of 100 participants who all knew someone who knew someone.

So as per Facebook’s genesis take-up is down to a shared social network to compete with and a shared physical environment from which to source the pics.

NameThatPlace on Prezi