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Social Media at the BBC: Bridging the gap between audience and production
I’m Rowan Kerek Robertson, editorial lead for Social Media, BBC Vision. My job, along with a small team, is about helping to ensure that the BBC’s TV programmes and channels uses social media in ways which are as useful, entertaining and engaging as possible be it on BBC Online like the TV ...
Gaming for public good
Emma Pratt Richens reports on the highlights of a pre-lockdown BBC Gaming conference
Design sprints at the BBC
Each ‘sprint’ focuses on a specific design challenge. And because ‘sprinting’ is so quick, we explore a range of ideas in a relatively short space of time. That's the theory. But like any bit of design thinking, the real insight came from trying it out and testing it in practice.
User Experience and Design Connected Studio
Hi I'm Yasser and until recently I was the head of User Experience and Design for TV & iPlayer, Radio & Music. Back in October I took part as a judge for the BBC User Experience and Design Connected Studio. BBC People presented by Faith Mowbray at the BBC Connected Studio The brief for...
CBeebies Get Creative - Inspiring creativity in our youngest audience
Natalie Radcliff introduces the new Cbeebies app - Get Creative.
New BBC iPlayer: internal testing of user journeys
The test team sat down and came up with four areas for the journeys to focus on. These were Playback, Categories & A-Z, TV Guide & Channel Schedules and the iPlayer Homepage, the individual Channel Homepages and the Search facility.
Using IP technology to broadcast
We believe that the adoption of IP-based broadcast systems can make broadcasting more efficient, and enable new forms of content.
10 guidelines on readability and consistency when writing integration tests
Some guidelines on integration testing.
Can synthetic media drive new content experiences?
How the technology behind Deep Fakes can be applied to create more positive experiences.
BBC launches new terms and conditions for digital services
Last week we launched our new Terms of Use that covers all of BBC’s digital services including bbc.co.uk, bbc.com and the BBC’s apps. We want it to be easy and quick for you to find what you are looking for when you use them.
Round up: BBC Red Button+
The next step in Red Button evolution – the Connected Red Button gets a new name, Red Button+, and this will become the primary experience when you press Red on a wide range of internet connected TVs.
Restarting live BBC TV with the green button
How the Green Button will enable viewers to restart a programme already underway on live TV.
Mixing Audio Description for BBC iPlayer
How more Audio Described content has been made available to stream.
BBC News Timeliner launches
The BBC’s plans to use it archive more powerfully in digital storytelling has reached a significant milestone with the launch of the News Timeliner on the BBC Taster platform.
Vote 2014: data architecture and semantic tagging
If we know that the tag 'Birmingham City Council' is a Council type of tag, then when we give the user everything tagged with that subject, we can also provide more contextual information.
BBC Online Briefing Winter 2014: keynote
In this brief interview I talk through Future Media’s five priorities and some of my highlights from the last six months, including the Our World War interactive video; R&D’s fantastic work at this summer’s Commonwealth Games; and developments in BBC Music, BBC Playlister and BBC Earth.
Improving test automation with PUMA
We recognise that there is value in testing with the help of automation, but that it can be taken to unhelpful extremes.
Developing features for BBC iPlayer mobile apps
The challenge is always to develop the next most valuable feature, and release it to the audience as soon as possible.
College of Production round up: Internet radio and Google+
With a Twitter reach of 6.9 million in six weeks, people can watch content through Facebook, YouTube, G+, Instagram and Tumblr. They also are successfully using micro social videos in Vine and Instavideo, and other publications and sites can embed the live stream onto their home pages.
