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  1. Social Media at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ: Bridging the gap between audience and production

    I’m Rowan Kerek Robertson, editorial lead for Social Media, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Vision.  My job, along with a small team, is about helping to ensure that the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s TV programmes and channels uses social media in ways which are as useful, entertaining and engaging as possible be it on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online  like  the TV ...

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  2. Gaming for public good

    Emma Pratt Richens reports on the highlights of a pre-lockdown Â鶹ԼÅÄ Gaming conference

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  3. Design sprints at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ

    Each ‘sprint’ focuses on a specific design challenge. And because ‘sprinting’ is so quick, we explore a range of ideas in a relatively short space of time. That's the theory. But like any bit of design thinking, the real insight came from trying it out and testing it in practice.

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  4. User Experience and Design Connected Studio

    Hi I'm Yasser and until recently I was the head of User Experience and Design for TV & iPlayer, Radio & Music. Back in October I took part as a judge for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ User Experience and Design Connected Studio. Â鶹ԼÅÄ People presented by Faith Mowbray at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Connected Studio The brief for...

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  5. New Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer: internal testing of user journeys

    The test team sat down and came up with four areas for the journeys to focus on. These were Playback, Categories & A-Z, TV Guide & Channel Schedules and the iPlayer Â鶹ԼÅÄpage, the individual Channel Â鶹ԼÅÄpages and the Search facility.

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  6. Using IP technology to broadcast

    We believe that the adoption of IP-based broadcast systems can make broadcasting more efficient, and enable new forms of content.

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  7. Can synthetic media drive new content experiences?

    How the technology behind Deep Fakes can be applied to create more positive experiences.

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  8. Â鶹ԼÅÄ launches new terms and conditions for digital services

    Last week we launched our new Terms of Use that covers all of Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s digital services including bbc.co.uk, bbc.com and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s apps. We want it to be easy and quick for you to find what you are looking for when you use them.

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  9. Round up: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Red Button+

    The next step in Red Button evolution – the Connected Red Button gets a new name, Red Button+, and this will become the primary experience when you press Red on a wide range of internet connected TVs.

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  10. Restarting live Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV with the green button

    How the Green Button will enable viewers to restart a programme already underway on live TV.

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  11. Mixing Audio Description for Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer

    How more Audio Described content has been made available to stream.

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  12. Â鶹ԼÅÄ News Timeliner launches

    The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s plans to use it archive more powerfully in digital storytelling has reached a significant milestone with the launch of the News Timeliner on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Taster platform.

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  13. Vote 2014: data architecture and semantic tagging

    If we know that the tag 'Birmingham City Council' is a Council type of tag, then when we give the user everything tagged with that subject, we can also provide more contextual information.

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  14. Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online Briefing Winter 2014: keynote

    In this brief interview I talk through Future Media’s five priorities and some of my highlights from the last six months, including the Our World War interactive video; R&D’s fantastic work at this summer’s Commonwealth Games; and developments in Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Playlister and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Earth.

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  15. Improving test automation with PUMA

    We recognise that there is value in testing with the help of automation, but that it can be taken to unhelpful extremes.

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  16. Developing features for Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer mobile apps

    The challenge is always to develop the next most valuable feature, and release it to the audience as soon as possible.

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  17. College of Production round up: Internet radio and Google+

    With a Twitter reach of 6.9 million in six weeks, people can watch content through Facebook, YouTube, G+, Instagram and Tumblr. They also are successfully using micro social videos in Vine and Instavideo, and other publications and sites can embed the live stream onto their home pages.

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