Blog posts by year and monthAugust 2012
Posts (19)
My Year on the BBC Internet Blog
Sadly, like Dave Lee and Paul Murphy before me, it's my turn to move on from the BBC Internet Blog. After spending fourteen months helping colleagues to blog about the work they do, I wanted to share more about the blog works.
Designing BBC iPlayer for Xbox 360
Hi, my name is Rae Spencer, and I'm acting Senior UX experience designer at the BBC, working across all versions of BBC iPlayer including connected TVs and consoles.
Search engine optimisation: Rebuilding Food
How we tried to maintain our audience reach during the re-launch of the BBC Food website.
What's on BBC Red Button: 25 August - 1 September 2012
Doctor Who Matt Smith as The Doctor Dr Who returns to our screens on 1st September but fans won't have to wait until then for their first appointment with the Doctor as a brand new mini-adventure is available on BBC Red Button. En route to visit the Ponds the TARDIS' Helmic Regulator m...
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...
A journey through search engine optimisation
The first of a series of three blog posts about search engine optimisation at the BBC.
What's on BBC Red Button: 18-25 August 2012
Reading & Leeds Catch this year's Reading and Leeds festival over the bank holiday weekend on the BBC Red Button, BBC Three, Radio 1 and online at BBC Reading & Leeds Coverage on Red Button starts on Friday 24th August at 7pm and will feature sets from Foster the People, Maccabees,...
Desktop BBC iPlayer: Flash Player upgrade
I'm Dave Price and the head of BBC iPlayer. I wanted to update you on a minor upgrade my team are making to the media player on BBC iPlayer and what this change will mean for some of you. We're upgrading our media player for two principle reasons. Firstly, so that the BBC can continue to of...
Audio and video streaming the Olympics
Detail about how we built the media delivery workflow for the online Olympics.
More traffic, more videos, more screens: building the BBC's Olympic site
An overview of the many components involved in the architecture for the BBC's online Olympics coverage.
