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  1. New BBC iPlayer comes to Windows Phones 8

    ...we’ve overhauled the viewing experience, switching to an adaptive bitrate media player. This means those of you with poorer internet connections will still be able to watch content while those with faster connections will get the best playback quality available.

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  2. DNA Refactor Project

    Regular readers of the Internet Blog will know that DNA is the platform that supplies User Generated Content (UGC) in the form of comments, messageboard posts and the like to the BBC website. It also powers the moderation tools needed to manage this content. For a brief history of DNA and how it...

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  3. New BBC Digital Design Research Roster: Call for entries

    Gemma Newell explains the procurement process for agencies wishing to apply.

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  4. Announcing the new BBC Design Research roster

    Today, I am really pleased to be announcing the new UX&D Digital Design Research roster and their first assignments with us. After a rigorous and creative selection process, we have selected eight agencies that we are committed to working with for at least the next 2 years.

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  5. A Technology Capability Framework for broadcasters

    Creating a technology framework for the digital age.

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  6. How we built BBC Shuffle

    One of BBC R&D's research questions is to ask if it's possible to offer the benefits of personalisation while maintaining privacy.

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  7. Machine learning and editorial collaboration within the BBC

    Datalab team members explain how the best machine learning results will come from a multi-disciplined approach.

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  8. Surveying the conditions where you view television

    You'll need to be at home with a tape measure, and it should only take about 10 minutes.

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  9. BBC iD: Making sign in simple

    We've been working for a while on some changes to the way BBC iD works, which we hope will make it better all-round. Some improvements have appeared already, but there are more to come.

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  10. 'Taster things to come': The technical strategy behind BBC Taster

    Innovation at Scale is at the heart of Connected Studio’s mission, and to be able to respond to change rapidly allows the BBC Taster team to support this innovation, rather than get in the way of it, keeping BBC Taster lean and rapid to change.

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