BBCRD

BBCRD, 1 month ago to technology

"... the BBC has been involved in the development of NMOS since the project’s early days... "

https://www.tvtechnology.com/opinion/brainstorming-nmos-collaborating-for-the-common-good

#NMOS #broadcast #technology

BBCRD, 1 month ago to ilaughed

Our work on a non-public 5G network trial for the Coronation won a best paper award has won a second award, this time at the NAB Show in New York!

Congratulations to our 5G team and partners - read the paper and more about the trial on our site: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-05-5g-non-public-network-coronation

#5G #broadcast #video

BBCRD, 3 months ago to random

Do you sometimes struggle to hear what's said on TV? We're running an experiment to find out how wide-spread problems with TV audio are. If you have half an hour, click here to take part:
https://tv-speech-rating.audio.labs.bbc

BBCRD, 3 months ago to news

The BBC News Verify team has published their first article using a new open media provenance technology called C2PA that we've been working on for the past three years.

This shows where media comes from and how it’s been edited - like an audit trail or a history.

Read about how it works and why we're doing this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-03-c2pa-verification-news-journalism-credentials

#C2PA #news #journalism #fakenews #disinformation #misinformation #technology | @BBC_News_Labs

BBCRD, 3 months ago to news

From BBC Press Office:

New technology to show why images and video are genuine launches on BBC News.

‘Content credentials’ feature means visitors to the BBC News site will now see a ‘how we verified this’ button underneath images and videos on BBC Verify content.

http://bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/content-credentials-bbc-verify

#C2PA #news #journalism #fakenews #disinformation #misinformation | @BBC_News_Labs

BBCRD, 3 months ago to mastodon

We’ve just published an update about this Mastodon trial which has been running for the last 6 months – you can read it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-02-extending-our-mastodon-social-media-trial

We are going to continue our trial here for at least another six months while we share our findings internally and seek more engagement from other BBC teams. We are also planning to start researching ways to publish more BBC content using ActivityPub.

#mastodon #ActivityPub #socialmedia

BBCRD, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to technology

It's been a great year - and as it comes to an end we're looking back at all the things we've done in 2023!

See some of our big achievements - and as we're always working on the future, get a head start on where things are headed over the next few years...

Watch more and see a summary of our year's highlights: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-12-bbc-research-development-2023-highlights

#2023 #review #technology #media #engineering #development

BBCRD, 6 months ago to Futurology

When watching a programme from BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds, do you consume it all the way through or skip to the highlights?

Our research shows that it may all depend on the type of programme you're watching on demand...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/on-demand-usage-patterns-tv-video-radio-audio

#research #audiences #vod #video #audio

BBCRD, 7 months ago to ai

How can we broaden the range of voices in the AI safety debate and help foster responsible AI?

We're working with
@braid_uk and the
@AdaLovelaceInst to ensure the arts and humanities are heard.

See what experts at our launch event had to say:
https://bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-responsible-ai-trust-policy-ethics

#AISafety #ResponsibleAI #arts #humanities #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Video thumbnail image of a sign at the BRAID event which reads: "BRAID is dedicated to bridging the divides between academic, industry, policy and regulatory work on responsible AI."

BBCRD, 7 months ago to Dash

Testing HTTP based adaptive bitrate systems such as MPEG DASH and HLS needs test content.

We offer a set of streams for this - and we've just updated them to include live, low latency, audio description and alternative language and webcast versions:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-streaming-media-testing-dash-hls

#MPEG #DASH #HLS #streaming #video

BBCRD, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to webdev

This week we've got a series of updates for you after being hard at work...

First up is some research we've carried out to help us get the most out of low-powered TV platforms - which we hope will make it easier for us to create high quality user interfaces for our services:

At the drop of a frame: Measuring the performance of graphics on TVs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-measuring-the-performance-of-graphics-on-tvs

#HTML #CSS #webGL #webdevelopment #webdev #engineering

BBCRD, 8 months ago to InitialD

Congratulations to our teams who won two prizes at the
IBC Awards which recognise: "[pushing] the boundaries of live and linear content creation and delivery."

🏆Our private 5G network at the Coronation won an Innovation Award and the write up won Best Technical Paper - read more about the operational trial, the benefits, and what it achieved here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-05-5g-non-public-network-coronation

#5G #broadcasting #production #video

An engineer setting up a 5G radio head on the Mall during Coronation preparations.
The award winning team holding both of their IBC trophies.

leighms, 9 months ago to random

@BBCRD
Hi
Could you suggest to the person who programmes the bot that posts news, @BBCNewsUK, to remove the Twitter link.

Many, myself included, do not have access to Twitter.

Is there anything on the Twitter post that is any different to what is on the Mastodon post?

BBCRD, 9 months ago to tech

BBC R&D is one of the four key developers who have been awarded an Emmy Award for the high dynamic range standard.

BT.2100 has "enabled HDR to become widely practiced and enjoyed by consumers."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-emmy-hybrid-log-gamma-bt2100
#HDR #HLG #broadcasting #tech #technology #TV #video #television #emmys

An Emmy Award.

BBCRD, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to sustainability

Modern TVs have dimming features that can adjust backlight power in specific parts of the screen, sometimes even at the individual pixel level.

We wanted to see whether adapting BBC content could make use of these features and reduce energy consumption.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics

#sustainability #television #technology #tech #broadcasting #LED #OLED #FALD

BBCRD, 10 months ago to UX

We're exploring ways to improve our research processes, using methods which encourage a panel of users to share perspectives through discussion and debate.

This has helped us gauge views on the future of travel, media, car ownership and technology:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-user-research-innovation-future-technology

#ux #userresearch #humanvalues

dec23k, 10 months ago to random

@BBCRD what is the current status of the baptools project?

"The Broadcast Audio Production Tools set currently includes an implmentation of a BBC peak programme meter (PPM), a loudness meter, and a audio time offset calculator."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/projects/BAP_Tools

andypiper, 10 months ago to fediverse

I, for one, welcome my friends @BBCRD to the #fediverse - running their own Mastodon instance! 🎉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

peeteepee, 10 months ago to random

Hi, BBC
@BBCRD @BBCRadio4 #today
(and others 🙂)

BBCRD, 10 months ago to random

hello, world