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  1. New Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpage, the individual Channel Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpages and the Search facility.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ launches new terms and conditions for digital services

    Last week we launched our new Terms of Use that covers all of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s digital services including bbc.co.uk, bbc.com and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’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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  5. Round up: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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  6. Restarting live Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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  7. Mixing Audio Description for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer

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

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  8. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Timeliner launches

    The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Taster platform.

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  9. 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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  10. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Playlister and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Earth.

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  11. 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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  12. Developing features for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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  13. 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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  14. The Blue Room at The Consumer Electronics Show

    Hi, my name is Richard and I'm a technologist working in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Blue Room. It's my job to highlight immediate consumer technology trends and game changing media consumption devices and to bring them to the attention of our editorial, technical and management teams. In the Blue Room we of...

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  15. A machine learning readiness index

    How will an index help analysis of machine learning capabilities?

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  16. Balancing, spikes and speed: Architecting media distribution cloud services

    Cloud technologies have radically changed how most organizations develop and deploy software, and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is no exception. Within the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, we’re using the AWS platform a great deal, for instance the CloudFormation infrastructure management tool and our own AWS based deployment system Cosmos.

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  17. Building the Olympic Data Services

    Twelve months ago, there were three of us in the new Olympic Data Team: product manager Oliver Bartlett, developer David Norris, and I, David Rogers, as technical lead. We were tasked with providing data for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Olympics 2012 project: stats, events, results...

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  18. Designing new icons for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Global Experience Language

    While other microphone icon examples take a modern representation, we thought that a nod towards an iconic, classic design felt more appropriate for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

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