Monday 20 May 2013, 08:01
Last year I hosted an internal BBC staff event for the BBC’s Future Media division.
There was a great atmosphere in the studio theatre and I hope everyone felt it was a valuable and relaxed day. Obviously there’s been a regime change since then, but if I’m reading the mood music correctly the BBC wants more conversation, more sharing and more candour! So....
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Tuesday 21 May 2013, 08:00
Hello there my name is David Wynne and I’m a technical architect and founder of Red Badger, a creative software workshop that has been working with the BBC to develop features such as BBC Now.
Through BBC Connected Studio we’ve been working closely with Eleni Sharp, BBC Homepage product manager and her team to design, test and develop the BBC Now pilot and you can read more about the feature in Eleni’s recent blog post.
The Challenge
Our challenge with BBC Now was to capture all the content being published both on bbc.co.uk and on other platforms and to bring it all together into a single unified stream of real-time push updates that are instantly delivered live to the BBC Homepage.
Broadly speaking this broke down into four technical challenges:
The Solution
Each type of datasource (RSS, Twitter, BBC iPlayer content etc) is monitored by a separate Content Processor. Each Content Processor identifies new content, transforms it into a standard structure, associates...
Monday 20 May 2013, 08:01
Last year I hosted an internal BBC staff event for the BBC’s Future Media division.
There was a great atmosphere in the studio theatre and I hope everyone felt it was a valuable and relaxed day. Obviously there’s been a regime change since then, but if I’m reading the mood music correctly the BBC wants more conversation, more sharing and more candour! So....
I’m pleased to say that on the 24 May I will be hosting the fourth BBC Online Briefing at the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London.
Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House
If you’re a regular reader of the Internet blog you’ll know that this is an annual event for BBC Online and BBC Red Button. It’s where the BBC gives something back by sharing the work it’s doing with partners and suppliers in the world of digital. For example on Friday there’ll be a showcase for some of the work done by Connected Studio in the past year.
You can read blog posts and watch videos of last year’s event on the BBC Commissioning website.
The event is invite only and is fully booked, but there will be livetweeting (please use the hashtag #BBCOnline if you want to tweet) and a live page where if you’re not attending...
Saturday 18 May 2013, 06:00
A varied and exciting smorgasbord of musical delights on the Red Button this week. Yes, it’s Eurovision in all its glory with Radio 2’s Ken Bruce giving his take on the proceedings.
Radio 1’s Big Weekend begins on Friday in Derry-Londonderry, this year’s City of Culture and lovers of all things gardening-related can tune into the Chelsea Flower Show for commentary from designers and a tour of the show gardens.
Eurovision Song Contest
Bonnie Tyler
It’s that time of year and once again viewers can press the red button during Eurovision for an interactive experience including sing-along onscreen lyrics in both English and the native language and an optional alternative commentary from Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. We’ll also be displaying some of your comments and Eurovision party photos from Facebook, Twitter and SMS*. Please use #bbceurovision and visit bbc.co.uk/eurovision for more.
*See bottom of blog for terms & conditions
Available on Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media/Freeview
Sat 18 May, 7.55pm-11.:15pm
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Toby Buckland hosts the BBC’s Red Button giving tours of some of this year's larger show gardens,including detailed commentary...
Friday 17 May 2013, 14:02
I’m Ben Toone, assistant content producer at the BBC College of Production (CoP) website.
Our site is a free online learning resource for the radio, television and online production community offering videos, podcasts and articles from broadcasting innovators and experts.
Laura Mvula, Chvurches, Haim – sound familiar? If not, you’ve probably heard of Dizzee Rascal, Jessie J, Adele and 50 Cent. All have featured in the BBC’s Sound of Poll, an annual multi-platform project bringing the next big thing in music to those in the know in the music industry.
BBC Sound of 2013
The producer of...
Read more about College of Production Roundup: Sound of 2013 and writing for online
Friday 17 May 2013, 08:00
Hello BBC Internet blog! I’m Robin Cramp, the project manager for BBC Connected Studio and welcome to the first of many blogs providing insight into the pilots we’ve taken forward as part of the year one of the programme.
My colleague (my way of saying boss without actually saying it) Adrian Woolard set the scene in his recent blog post suggesting that my next series of posts will be "rather entertaining as well as informative".
I can manage the well informed bit but the entertaining element is slightly more subjective. Let’s give it a bash.
Whilst the ‘day job’ sees me as the PM for...
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 10:06
A couple of months ago, Cyrus Saihan announced that BBC iPlayer would be coming to Windows Phones . I’m now pleased to announce that that day has arrived and for the first time BBC iPlayer is available on Windows Phone 8 devices.
The application - consisting of a shortcut to the mobile optimized website, live tile and media player - can be downloaded for free from the Window Phone Store.
Search for content by channel, by featured content or save shows to your favourites
The application will enable you to catch up on your favourite BBC shows on the go. We know this is something that is becoming...
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 10:18
Hello, I'm the product manager of the BBC Homepage.
In November 2012 I wrote a blog post about a project I was working on with an agency called Red Badger as part of the BBC’s Connected Studio initiative.
I’m really excited that we have now been able to put the link to this pilot live on the Connected Studio website.
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The BBC publishes and broadcasts thousands of pieces of content a day both online and across our stations and channels. BBC Now gives us a new way to share more of this content but in a digestible way.
We know how busy people are and that we...
Read more about BBC Now: New ways of viewing content on the BBC Homepage
Monday 13 May 2013, 08:50
I’m Mike Satterthwaite and I’m product and installation manager for the Broadcast Systems Development Team.
We are one of the teams inside the BBC working on internal technology development. We normally develop products and solutions when there is nothing fit for purpose on the commercial market. This may involve integrating commercial products with internally developed ‘glue ware’.
Raven at Lund Point for HD Olympic broadcasts
As a department our philosophy is to develop everything as reusable components that can be dropped into multiple workflows to fulfil a host of different needs...
Saturday 11 May 2013, 06:00
There's something for everyone on BBC Red Button this week with an eclectic mix of must-see concerts including Rod Stewart live, coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix and athletics in the Diamond League and an exclusive prequel to the Doctor Who series finale.
Doctor Who
Clara and the Doctor discover how little they really know about each other
As we hurtle towards the end of the series, watch an exclusive prequel to the final episode on the Red Button. In She Said, He Said the Doctor and Clara reflect on how little they know about each other, setting the scene for an epic series finale. Catch...
Friday 10 May 2013, 13:23
Hi everyone time for another roundup of news about BBC Online.
The biggest story of the last fortnight has been an update to the iPlayer app for iPhones, iPod touch’s and iPads. Tom’s Hardware reported:
“The BBC promises that this version (version 2.0.4) is 'more like a TV' with live BBC programs easier to find on the iPad thanks to a special 'On Now' section right next to 'Most Popular.' There's also the addition of Scottish Gaelic programs on BBC Alba and Airplay is more accessible. On top of these new features comes a whole range of bug fixes that should make the app more stable for those...
Staff from the BBC's online and technology teams talk about BBC Online, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and the BBC's digital and mobile services. The blog is reactively moderated. Your host is Eliza Kessler.
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