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Getting VR to mainstream audiences: what we learnt from our partnership with local libraries
The research findings into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's experiments with VR summarised.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Research & Development: the ethics of personal data
We wanted to consider a wider context that internet of things, and get our experts thinking about smart homes, cars and cities
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Building the Connected Red Button
Last month saw a major milestone for our team as we launched the Connected Red Button on its first platform (Virgin TiVo).
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Barlesque: Going responsive
Hello I'm Dan Forys a software engineer in the Future Media Platform team. I work in a small team dedicated to front-end frameworks and libraries used by the rest of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. One of those frameworks is Barlesque. Ostensibly Barlesque is the header and footer of most Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ web pages. In reality i...
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What's on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Red Button: 3-10 August 2013
The school holidays are finally here and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Red Button has something for all ages this week. CBeebies kicks off the summertime with a jam-packed offering of adventure and intrigue, alongside our usual generous portion of sporting action and unmissable live music. Ensure you don’t miss a mom...
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Refreshed interface, extra features: new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Player launched for web browsers
Creating a new player for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ audio and video content has allowed us to drop the old code, rebuild a player in a more efficient way and be able to add up-to-date features and technologies to the player in the future.
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Presentations from Audio & Music event for independent suppliers
At our recent A&M Online Event for independent suppliers on October 12th, I shared our strategy for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's radio and music online service and how we go about delivering this working with external suppliers. It was a great opportunity for us to look at the launch and future of iPlayer Radio...
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A developer's guide to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News on Android
Lead developer Andrew Fulcher updates on the latest developer approaches for Android.
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Discovering the best Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sport content
We’re starting to roll out some changes to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sport website. I wanted to share a little bit about why we’re doing it, how we’re doing it and what changes you’ll see over the coming weeks and months.
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Designing the Connected Red Button
Connected Red Button reinvents traditional Red Button bringing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ online to the living room. The service launched on Virgin TiVo platforms in December 2012 and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will be rolling it out to other connected TVs during 2013.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Health website closure
I’m Dan Gluckman, an editor in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Learning and I look after the Knowledge and Learning science, health and history websites. Later this monthΒ the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will be changing the way we cover the topic of health online and closing the current Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Health website. This doesn’t affect the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Healt...
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds on Alexa: new ways to find and navigate content
Kate Goddard explains the new development in our Voice Services.
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Testing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer: Krispy Gherkin feature file aggregator
One of the problems we have been facing at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer for a long time is the way we approach documenting the features included in the project and our test strategy. There is no silver bullet here,Β as it'sΒ hard to find a solution that is fast, accurate, stable, and that works for developers, dev...
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Online Briefing Winter 2014: Digital Frameworks, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Future Media Market Engagement
During my brief session (a tough billing - sandwiched between Connected Studio’s hugely entertaining Robin Cramp and a much needed tea break) I talked about procurement; the role of Market Engagement, and gave an overview of the three digital frameworks we implemented this year.
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Automating Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer mobile testing part three: legacy vs new features
UI automation tests only tell you that a specific thing is still working e.g. you can still add an item to your download queue. However, it will not tell you that the item added is incorrect (perhaps the episode of Eastenders you selected and added is actually Top Gear when you play it back).
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Expanding the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Global Experience Language
I'm Andrew Greenham, Creative Director for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Global Experience Language (GEL) and part of the User Experience and Design team for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Future Media. In this post I'd like to talk about some of the additions to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Global Experience Language and give an overview of the new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ design g...
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Redesigning the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpage: The process behind the new look bbc.co.uk
An overview of the design process for the new responsive Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔpage that launched recently.
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Olympics: User Experience and Design
I'm Nick Haley, the Head of User Experience and Design for Sport & London 2012 at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Future Media. As the final pieces of our four-screen Olympic jigsaw come together, I thought I'd take the opportunity to share some of the design thinking that has gone into delivering this huge sporting even...
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Fighting misinformation: An embedded media provenance specification
We are looking at technology solutions to the problem of news disinformation. Here is an overview of a draft version of an embedded media provenance specification, released by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA).
