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Introduction
From April 2006, Technology Direction
and Research & Development merged to form the Technology
Group
within New Media & Technology. The new group provides world-class
innovation and technology leadership to support the BBC's
required business transformation over the next ten years.
With the rapid convergence
of consumer technology in a complex emerging market,
we need to change both the tools we use and the way
we use them. Our ability to successfully manage technology
from the earliest bright ideas through to full delivery
is vital to our future. Working closely with the divisions
and our external partners, it is our responsibility to
secure the BBC's future in a digital and on-demand environment.
Results
Often, people find it hard to realise how our current work will affect them
in the future. It is perhaps more interesting to look at the results of
work that we did some time ago, and which now forms a regular part of our
daily lives:
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BBC radio and television are available
in over 99.4% of UK homes;
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you
can watch American programmes (a direct result
of our work on standards conversion);
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stereo sound on TV (NICAM);
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our web presence;
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BBC schedule information on electronic
programme guides;
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BBC programmes on Sky, digital
terrestrial and digital cable;
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high-quality terrestrial television
receivers;
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widescreen switching and subtitles
on digital TV;
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the re-launch of digital terrestrial
TV as Freeview;
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.... and much, much more.
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