Mobile - BBC R&D

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

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

Vostok-K Incident - Immersive Spatial Sound Using Personal Audio Devices

Producing, delivering and evaluating our trial which orchestrates phones, laptops, tablets and other devices to create spatial sound - here's a summary of our research.

Blog post on 26 Nov 2019

BBC Notes: What We Learned at the Proms

How did users find our enhanced audience experience which delivers extra information, pictures and links?

Blog post on 21 Oct 2019

WHP 348

White Paper WHP 348: Mobile Augmented Reality using 5G: A trial at the Roman Baths in the 5G Smart Tourism project

Graham Thomas, Todd Burlington, Hannah Clawson, James Gibson, Maxine Glancy, Alia Sheikh, Bruce Weir

Overview of development and user trials of a mobile AR app for the 5G Smart Tourism project

White paper published 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

BBC R&D at IBC 2019 - Daily Updates

The latest from our stand at this year's conference

Blog post on 9 Sep 2019

BBC R&D at IBC 2019

Find out more about what we're showing at the annual media technology show.

Blog post on 8 Sep 2019

The News and Mental Health: Would You Filter Out Bad News if You Could?

A sprint to user-test a 'mute' button for some kinds of news.

Blog post on 19 Aug 2019

Unlocking the Potential of 5G for Content Production

High-speed, high quality, always on 5G connectivity could have a significant impact on how we produce content.

Blog post on 11 Apr 2019

5G Trials - Streaming AR and VR Experiences on Mobile

Testing ways to remotely render and deliver low-latency, high-bandwidth video to a smartphone.

Blog post on 10 Apr 2019

Broadcasting Over 5G - Delivering Live Radio to Orkney

We're testing 5G mobile connectivity - and so we've built our own app and network to test live radio streaming on Stronsay, Orkney.

Blog post on 9 Apr 2019

Audio AR: Geolocated Sound

An experiment in geolocated audio - and what we discovered.

Blog post on 13 Mar 2019

5G Smart Tourism Trial at the Roman Baths

The first public trial of our 5G-powered AR application.

Blog post on 19 Feb 2019

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