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  1. Programme Segments API - discovering what Â鶹ԼÅÄ programmes are made of

    The wealth and breadth of Â鶹ԼÅÄ content that’s available at any given time is staggering and it’s often difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for. Programme Segments API will make that easier.

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  2. New Bitesize infographics: Illustrating the Knowledge & Learning product

    Bitesize is the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s online study support resource which is used by millions of students every year for help with coursework, classwork and exams. Later this year Bitesize is due to become part of the new Knowledge and Learning (K&L) website. Find out more about the new product from executive e...

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  3. Pitch Perfect: Creating new music visualisation tool Vizii

    We came up with the idea of a music visualisation tool, where customised graphics could be ‘programmed’ to react to audio input, creating a personalised music video which you could share. This idea would eventually become Vizii.

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  4. New Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer: redesign insights

    There are around 1,200 hours of content available on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer at any one time... So exposing the breadth of content available, without getting in the way of those users who have come with something specific in mind, was a key consideration.

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  5. R&D at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ: Recent updates from Research & Development

    From noise-cancelling microphones in the 1930s to the latest innovations brought about by the internet and interactive media, the R&D division have been at the forefront of broadcasting development and continue to pioneer in research, design and engineering.

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  6. Google+ and LinkedIn: New ways of sharing Â鶹ԼÅÄ content

    Find out about the new ways you can share your favourite Â鶹ԼÅÄ content and suggest ways to personalise and improve Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online.

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  7. Six degrees of separation: from Bitesize to Snapchat

    Our research shows us that while Bitesize is well valued for that curriculum support, the 15 - 16 age group tend towards social media for emotional support. It seemed clear that if our content was to benefit these young people then we needed it to appear in their social media feeds.

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  8. New Media Literacy Strategy for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ

    The Â鶹ԼÅÄ has just published a new Media Literacy Strategy. Here's what media literacy is, why it’s important and how the Â鶹ԼÅÄ is helping people develop media literacy skills and confidence.

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  9. Capturing the passion: Refreshing Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sport user personas

    Capturing the diversity and enthusiasm of our current users would be an engaging way to help design and shape the future of Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sport.

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  10. Perceptive Radio: Object-based broadcasting

    What object-based broadcasting could be, how it's different to traditional broadcasting and what benefits it could potentially bring to audiences.

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  11. Shipping Progressive Web Apps everywhere

    Jacob Clark outlines a new delivery mechanism to help standardise app development.

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  12. Moving Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online to the cloud

    The story of how the Â鶹ԼÅÄ website has been completely rebuilt and moved from data centres to the cloud.

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  13. The Voice UK: Putting digital at the heart of the format

    I’m Sarah Clay, online exec for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Drama and Entertainment. I look after programmes such as The Voice, The Apprentice, Britain Unzipped and Being Human, brands that work really well online as a way of expanding the viewers’ experience beyond TV. The Voice is a Saturday night entertainment show...

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  14. What's on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Red Button: 23 February - 2 March 2013

    We’ve got something for everyone coming up on Red Button this week including great music and sport.

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  15. Ludus Play Along Native Application

    Ludus is built using Adobe AIR with native extensions to allow it to take advantage of the host hardware, most importantly, the microphone for synchronisation as well as to build to multiple devices from one code base

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  16. Testing Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer on Chromecast

    We developed our Chromecast capability in partnership with Google. They provided us with their software development kit for us to integrate Chromecast connectivity into our iPlayer apps. We were also given some design rules to define how the cast experience was to work in use.

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  17. Digital careers at Â鶹ԼÅÄ North: Recruitment event 23 March

    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Digital is running a recruitment evening in Quay House, Salford Quays on Wednesday 23 March. We’ll be showcasing our fantastic digital products and talking about the vacancies we’ve got at the moment including Test Engineer, Senior Software Developer and Senior UX Designer roles.

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  18. Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online Briefing: Work plan

    It’s spring (at last) and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online is gearing up for another Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online Briefing, the fourth in the series. As last year, we are in London in Radio Theatre, right next to the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s new HQ in New Broadcasting House. The Briefing is being held on Friday May 24.

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