It has been a while since I was thinking that we lack a decent website for Television listings in India. With more and more housewives logging on to the internet I see immense potential if you can do it right. There are a few which offer TV times but none of them does it the way which makes you to visit their site again.
Burrp rises to the challenge and lauches burrp!tv . First of all, I hate the name. Seriously, burrp! what were you thinking. The service is not an ideal one but hopefully they will improve overtime. coz right now they have ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ as the no. 1 hated show as well as no. 2 loved show! , lolz. They promise to include more channels overtime which is a must as they have only around 10 channels right now. The word ‘feedback’ is prominently displayed all over their site so hopefully they’ll listen and change it to a site which the user needs.
I don’t know why but I feel that the site lacks the appeal and has not been done right.
Skot,
Deap Ubhi here of burrp! Would love to hear specifically how we can make the product better. Of course, adding more channels will come with more time and resources, but if there is something you feel is lacking with the experience, we’d love to hear from you.
Point noted about Sarabhai v. Sarabhai…will look into it.
Hey Ubhi,
http://blog.burrp.com/2008/04/15/tv-an-idiot-box-no-more-well-burrptv-is-here/
Well, Television will always be an idiot box and noone can change that. So you have to take into account that while designing the website, i.e. the kind of audience likely to visit the site. I’ll just list a few things which I feel are not right
categories/genres: will confuse rather than help, better use tags.
the big ad explaining burrptv is here: should be moved to a link ‘Why burrp tv’ coz for first visit it is ok but what’s the use of it on my second visit.
sms reminders/schedule in inbox: way ahead of time, first get the site right and sticky.
I think enough of burrping for today
Hi Skot
If you dont like Burrp how about tvguide.indiatimes and http://www.zipazap.com
These are also Indian TV Listings sites with almost 300 channels!
ta,
Pat
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Parenthetical.