Research & Development

Distribution Core Technologies section

Research into the technologies that underpin the distribution of the BBC's TV, radio and interactive services both now and in the future. This work includes broadcasting over 4G and 5G, high definition radio cameras, video coding, white spaces, the future of radio and our work on DVB-T2 which was recognised by an RTS Innovation Award.

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Auto colourisation: Chasing rainbows with transformers

Adding colours from example images to black and white content using attention-based neural networks.

Blog post on 4 May 2021
CellSim: finding a solution for fading mobile signals for BBC Sounds

A system to recreate locations with poor mobile reception so they can be examined and tested - improving the experience for viewers and listeners.

Blog post on 10 Mar 2021
Video compression: Chroma intra-prediction using machine learning

Video compression is an essential part of high quality video streaming. We're exploring how to apply machine learning to the task.

Blog post on 9 Sep 2020
Video Compression Using Neural Networks: Improving Intra-Prediction

Can video codecs become more efficient using machine learning which is based on fully connected networks?

Blog post on 22 Jun 2020
Interpreting Convolutional Neural Networks for Video Coding

Using machine learning for the improvement of video compression.

Blog post on 2 Jun 2020
Helping to Automate Storytelling for News Events

Helping journalists automate the way they find and organise video.

Blog post on 6 May 2020
Machine Learning for Video Coding Optimisation

BBC R&D's investigating Rate-Distortion Optimisation for faster, more efficient video compression.

Blog post on 8 Apr 2020
WHP 350

White Paper WHP 350: The Performance of AM Portable Radios

Ranulph Poole

Examining performance figures adopted by standard EN 303 345, for AM broadcast receivers

White paper published Feb 2020
Visual Data Analytics

The BBC is famous for high-quality content, stunning visuals and breath-taking pictures. The visual data analytics group in BBC Research & Development is creating new and efficient artificial intelligence (AI)...

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WHP 368

White Paper WHP 368: 5G RuralFirst: Broadcast Radio Use Case Completion Reports

Andrew Murphy, Raj Khokhar, Simon Chirgwin

Results of BBC R&D's 5G Broadcast Radio trial (part of 5G RuralFirst project)

White paper published Dec 2019
WHP 360

White Paper WHP 360: 5G for Broadcasters – New Opportunities for Distribution and Content

Andrew Murphy, Bruce Weir, Mark Waddell, Raj Khokhar

An overview of BBC R&D's work for the 5G SmartTourism and 5G RuralFirst projects

White paper published Dec 2019
WHP 349

White Paper WHP 349: The Performance of FM Portable Radios

Ranulph Poole

Examining performance figures adopted by standard EN303 345 for FM broadcast receivers

White paper published Nov 2019
Faster Video Compression Using Machine Learning

We have been testing decision tree algorithms to see if they can make video compression faster and more efficient.

Blog post on 29 Oct 2019
AI & Auto Colourisation - Black & White to Colour with Machine Learning

A new way of performing a traditionally laborious and ambiguous task - making images and videos more colourful and realistic.

Blog post on 24 Sep 2019
A New View of the Weather: Forecaster5G, our Object-Based Weather Report

Our object-based weather forecast is now a web app, taking advantage of new 5G technology to deliver the experience on a large scale.

Blog post on 9 Sep 2019

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