The attached screen grab is a conceptual design and the live site may look very different
London 2012 topics on bbc.co.uk
by Claire Stocks, Assistant Editor, BBC Sport Online
There is not one part of the BBC that will not be involved in London 2012 over the next four years. This is why in mid-August we will be launching an online 2012 portal which will pull in content from every part of the BBC, from news and sport to CBBC, from national TV to local radio, as well as linking to 2012-related content on the wider web.
The portal is one of the new Topics pages on bbc.co.uk which aggregate content automatically. As Topics project leader Matthew McDonnell explains in his blog: “bbc.co.uk/topics uses a variety of search techniques to create feeds of the latest BBC content from news articles, programmes available to watch on iPlayer, weather forecasts, news videos, country profiles and information from the TV and radio schedules. BBC editors then add in hand-picked articles and features from around the BBC and other websites.”
You can read the rest of Matthew’s blog at bbc.co.uk/blogs.
The London 2012 Topics portal will be launched in time for the Beijing closing ceremony on 24 August, which will feature an official handover to London mayor Boris Johnson, marking the moment when London officially becomes the host of the 2012 Olympics.
Related links
- BBC Olympics
- BBC Paralympics
- BBC Sport
- BBC Beijing coverage
- BBC Topics - China '08
- BBC London 2012 coverage
- BBC Outreach
- London 2012 website
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