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Discovering the best BBC Sport content
We’re starting to roll out some changes to the BBC 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.
Designing the Connected Red Button
Connected Red Button reinvents traditional Red Button bringing BBC online to the living room. The service launched on Virgin TiVo platforms in December 2012 and the BBC will be rolling it out to other connected TVs during 2013.
BBC Health website closure
I’m Dan Gluckman, an editor in BBC Learning and I look after the Knowledge and Learning science, health and history websites. Later this month the BBC will be changing the way we cover the topic of health online and closing the current BBC Health website. This doesn’t affect the BBC News Healt...
BBC Sounds on Alexa: new ways to find and navigate content
Kate Goddard explains the new development in our Voice Services.
Testing BBC iPlayer: Krispy Gherkin feature file aggregator
One of the problems we have been facing at BBC 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, as it's hard to find a solution that is fast, accurate, stable, and that works for developers, dev...
BBC Online Briefing Winter 2014: Digital Frameworks, BBC 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.
Automating BBC 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).
Expanding the BBC's Global Experience Language
I'm Andrew Greenham, Creative Director for the BBC Global Experience Language (GEL) and part of the User Experience and Design team for BBC Future Media. In this post I'd like to talk about some of the additions to the BBC Global Experience Language and give an overview of the new BBC design g...
Redesigning the BBC Homepage: The process behind the new look bbc.co.uk
An overview of the design process for the new responsive BBC Homepage that launched recently.
AWS re:Invent: creating iPlayer architecture and nanoservices architecture
Two of the BBC’s senior architects discuss the creation of the iPlayer architecture and how the BBC’s website and app handle millions of users.
Turing Festival: Slicing and Dicing the BBC
In my role as the BBC's Chief Technical Architect I try to ensure that we can make the best possible use of the latest digital tools and technologies in order to serve our audiences. That means working with both programme-makers and programmers on internal systems that may never be seen by mem...
