The BBC has created a network protocol testing platform written in Python and made it available as an open source application BBC R&D said it chose Python for Kamaelia for specific reasons: resumeable ...

In another sign of shifting forces in the social media universe, the U.K.’s national public service broadcaster, the BBC, is dipping a toe into the fediverse by setting up its own Mastodon instance.

The BBC has today unveiled ‘Visual Perceptive Media,’ an experimental project that creates video stories that are automatically edited on the fly to suit individuals’ tastes and personalities. The ...

The U.K. public broadcaster sees potential for it as an advanced user interface that could improve accessibility. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The iPlayer is the broadcaster’s VOD service that ...

Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing ...

A modified version of the BBC's on demand plans - including its internet-based VOD iPlayer application - has been approved by the BBC Trust after undergoing a public value test. "Our view is that the ...

BBC principal technologist Andy Quested has detailed the methods used to test the new encoders at the heart of controversy around BBC HD's picture quality. After new encoders were introduced by the ...