Research Collaboration

BBC R&D has a long history of carrying out successful research collaborations which have benefited the BBC and the wider broadcast industry. We work closely with other broadcasters, industry and universities in order to maximise the effectiveness of our research effort, to share knowledge, gain early insights, exchange best practice, and influence emerging new systems and standards. and through other bodies such as standards and Research Councils.

Our engagement with the EU research programme goes as far back as the early 1990’s for EC-funded projects (RACE programme). We continue to engage and collaborate externally with universities and businesses to support relevant fields of R&D as part of the BBC’s agreement with the Department of Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS),complementing the Click BBC’s Royal Charter.

Collaborative Research Projects

Click We have a strong track record of successful national and international collaborative projects in many areas of technology. Read our Collaborative Research Projects page for more details on our recent and current activity and to explore the potential for future collaboration within these frameworks.

Collaborating With Europe

Click We are active in setting the Europe wide agenda for the development of media technologies, with membership of core policy fora such as NEM.

Collaborating with Industry

Click Our membership of standards bodies and industry organisations forms the core of our industrial collaboration activity, but we also engage with industrial partners on a project by project basis, and in broader partnership forums.

Collaborating with Universities

Click In addition to being joint partners in research projects we also engage in broad academic research frameworks, often involving a mix of industrial and academic partners. This is an area of growth in our activity, with new partnerships planned for the coming years.