Zeepe Live'n'ByNet Player for BBC Radio

Winner BBC Backstage Widget Competition 2006

This gadget is written with the Zeepe framework and is supported by http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/; it tunes into all of the BBC's Live radio streams as provided by the experimental BBC programmes API.

Full AJAX - uses the prototype.js library and AJAX for accessing the Backstage API giving a responsive UI. No guesswork or hard coded values - available stations, logos, streams and programmes are all obtained from the API. All the BBC stations broadcasting on the Internet are available (those listed by the API). Provides current programme info - title, duration and synopsis. Preset buttons are programmable. Full next 24hrs schedules. Programme 'alarms' can be set in the schedule - the station will be tuned to at the required time.

Sorry, this gadget requires the Zeepe framework which is only available for the Microsoft Windows platform.