Peter Lasko
Executive Product Manager, BBC iPlayer
Blog posts in total 6
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BBC iPlayer update: Apple TV, better video quality and beta mode on TV
I last provided an update on the development of BBC iPlayer on TV on this blog back in May and I wanted to provide an update on what we’ve been working on since then, including news on Apple TV, live restart and better video quality.
BBC iPlayer on TV: BT Vision, Audio Description, live channels
Over the last year, we’ve been focused on getting the same version of iPlayer to all users on the TV where possible.
BBC iPlayer comes to the Xbox One
You don’t need an Xbox Live Gold Account for BBC iPlayer.
BBC iPlayer comes to the Sony PlayStation 4
We specify very clearly what requirements we make of a new TV or device, referencing industry standards. We also have a compliance application that we make available to a manufacturer of a new device. The compliance application can be used to test different requirements independently.
BBC Online Briefing Spring 2013: Delivering to Connected TV and The TV Application Layer
At our BBC Online Industry Briefing event in the Broadcasting House Radio Theatre, Paul Caporn and I presented the recently open sourced TV Application Layer, which provides the platform for the BBC’s connected TV strategy. Following the presentations we had a Q&A session. Here's the film:
Making the TV Application Layer Open Source
I’m Pete Lasko and I am a technical product manager in the BBC’s Future Media TV and Mobile Platforms department. Roux Joubert previously blogged about some of the challenges we face in building BBC Connected TV applications and the actions we took. Today I would like to tell you how the BBC i...
