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A Glimpse into the Future: South Korea

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John Tate John Tate | 17:00 UK time, Thursday, 31 May 2012

Koreans looking at their phones on the train

Travellers on the Seoul Metro looking at their phones. Pic by , used under

Imagine if the UK's average connection speed was quadrupled to 17.5Mbps; superfast broadband penetration was cranked up nearly two-and-half-times to 83%; and upgraded to send live TV to our mobiles. How far in the future would you have to go to see what that might be like?

Sadly the TARDIS outside Television Centre is in for a service. But if you do want to find out, take a look at South Korea. I was in Seoul earlier this month at the to find out more about how Korea's impressive communications infrastructure is challenging some of our assumptions about broadcasting.

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Mobile Homepage Goes Live

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Eleni Sharp Eleni Sharp | 11:30 UK time, Thursday, 31 May 2012

Mobile phone with blue case viewing the mobile homepage, in front of the bbc.co.uk homepage

The new mobile homepage reflects the design of the homepage on desktops

I鈥檓 proud to announce the mobile homepage has come out of its Beta mode into a full launch and is now available at .

The old mobile homepage wasn鈥檛 meeting our users increased needs and expectations. We wanted to improve this experience and bring it more in line with the desktop version which launched at the end of last year.

You can read the full rationale behind the product, market context and also the key features in my last blog post.

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What's on 成人论坛 Red Button 26th May - 2nd June

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James Aslett | 06:00 UK time, Saturday, 26 May 2012

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Springwatch

You can watch the Springwatch webcams for the first time on Red Button this year, as we follow the early lives of the UK's best-loved animals. Also, your stunning photos of spring, direct from the will be available when the webcams have finished. For more Springwatch content including more webcams and all the photos go to bbc.co.uk/springwatch

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Privacy and Cookies

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Ian Hunter | 16:24 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012

Today I want to introduce some changes we are making on 成人论坛 Online so that it is easier for you to manage the cookies we use. This is in response to changes in the regulations about cookies which my colleague Kate Leece last blogged about in May 2011.

She explained how the regulations were changing and the steps we were taking to meet the new rules. The UK implementation of the new regime is led by the Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office (ICO) and .

The principle behind the changes is that users of websites should be given more information about the cookies set on their computers or other devices by those websites, and the means to set their own preferences.

At the same time, both regulators and publishers are keen to find a way to do this that is not intrusive and does not unduly disrupt a user鈥檚 normal experience of a site. We have made a number of changes to the 成人论坛 website to ensure that we give users more control over the types of cookies they accept.

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A refresh of 成人论坛's TV channel homepages

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Dave Killeen Dave Killeen | 14:15 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Screenshots of 成人论坛 one homepage on three different devices

The same 成人论坛 One homepage on desktop, tablet, and mobile

Hello, my name is Dave Killeen and I am the Executive Product Manager for TV & iPlayer on PC and mobile web platforms.

Today sees the relaunch of three of the 成人论坛's channel homepages (成人论坛 One, 成人论坛 Two,听成人论坛 Four; 成人论坛 Three聽relaunched last week) and in this post, I would like to give you an overview of what we set out to achieve and how we went about doing so.

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Reimagining the 成人论坛's TV channels in a four screen world

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Dan Taylor Dan Taylor | 14:05 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Hand holds the 成人论坛 Three homepage on a mobile phone, in front of a tablet and a laptop showing the same.

成人论坛 Three homepage across three platforms

It's 3 years 8 months since the 成人论坛 last refreshed the websites of 成人论坛 One, 成人论坛 Two, 成人论坛 Three & 成人论坛 Four and, to misquote Harold Wilson, 3 years 8 months is a long time in online.

On the 16th September 2008, there was no Apple iPad, Google Android was still in beta and 成人论坛 iPlayer had yet to celebrate its first birthday.

Today's launch reflects just how transformational the past few years have been. Rather than a static website designed for a single screen size (the PC), the new channel sites are to work across multiple screen sizes and orientations. This chimes with the 'four screens' ambition of the 成人论坛 Online strategy and is the 成人论坛's first attempt to design responsively across PC, tablet and mobile. Whilst there's still some polishing to do (e.g. support for swiping on touch screen devices), it feels like an important step in the right direction. Look out for a blog post from my Future Media colleague, Dave Killeen, on the technical challenges of building these pages responsively.

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What's on 成人论坛 Red Button 19th - 26th May

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James Aslett | 06:00 UK time, Saturday, 19 May 2012

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Eurovision

Press the Red Button for an interactive Eurovision experience allowing users to sing along to the lyrics of all the songs, in both English and the original languages.

Viewers will also be invited to share their messages and photos via the 成人论坛 website, Facebook, Twitter and SMS and these comments will be broadcast throughout the show.

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What's on 成人论坛 Red Button 12th - 19th May

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Tess Foster Tess Foster | 09:00 UK time, Saturday, 12 May 2012

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Asian Stars

AsianStars

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Asian Music Stars is an insightful and entertaining TV programme which explores the lives of three internationally renowned artists Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher as they embark on concert tours across the UK.

The Red Button programme will offer its audience a unique and intimate insight into each of these three artists; their upbringing and personal life experiences. Through interviews, musical demonstrations, behind the scenes footage, crowd testimonials and multi camera concert coverage, the three artists will be compared, contrasted and celebrated.

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: Spring 2012 Final Q&A

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Ralph Rivera Ralph Rivera | 19:02 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012

At the end of the 成人论坛 Online Briefing, Tim Davie, Roly Keating and I sat down to take questions. Here is the video:

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Connected Studio 2: weather and travel news; plus an update

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Adrian Woolard | 18:00 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012

Two people speaking in a large open-plan meeting room. A video camera is out of focus in the foreground.

James Thornett and Clare Hudson describe the briefs at the start of the Connected Studio day.

Last month we introduced the Connected Studio programme and invited people to join the first studio around homepage, search & navigation. Today we'd like to share the second Connected Studio call - for Weather - and update you on progress from first event.

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: Curation Q&A

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Steve Rosenbaum Steve Rosenbaum | 16:30 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012

I was pleased to be able to share the stage at the 成人论坛's historic Radio Theatre with Sarah Montague, the reknowned presenter from the Today programme, and Anna Tavares, the Executive Product Manager of Online Curation with 成人论坛 Future Media.

From the Q&A that followed, it's clear that the 成人论坛 - while embracing curation - may not yet see the future as being in the hands of people formerly known as "the audience". Can you curate for a passive consumer, or is curation a team sport?

Not sure if we answered the question - but we tried.

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: The 成人论坛 & Curation

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Anna Tavares | 16:00 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012

At the 成人论坛 Online Industry Briefing at Broadcasting House,听my talk聽followed a thought provoking presentation by Steve Rosenbaum - author of Curation Nation - around the challenges and opportunities for big media companies to curate and make sense of the vast quantities of information and data created in today's internet age.

I shared the work I have been doing within 成人论坛 Online to describe what the curation challenge means for the 成人论坛 - and how we will go about tackling it.

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Anna Tavares is Executive Project Manager, Online Curation, 成人论坛 Future Media

成人论坛 Online Briefing: Curation

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Steve Rosenbaum Steve Rosenbaum | 14:00 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012

When you walk into the new 成人论坛 Broadcasting House you can't help but think that you are standing at the starting line of a race to the future. The gleaming newsroom, not yet open or full of staff, is steeped in promise.

And then, hearing Ralph Rivera, the head of Future Media, speak about the new Connected Studio initiative, it's clear that the 成人论坛 understands that the future is going to be about opening access and connecting with its audience in a whole new way.

But as I stand on stage at the historic Radio Theatre, the impending cloud of 鈥渄igital overload鈥 hangs in the air. Can the 成人论坛 evolve from maker to curator? Will audiences that are looking for information in new, bite-sized, embeddable chunks bring their new media habits to the venerable Beeb?

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: Radio & Music Q&A

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Andrew Scott Andrew Scott | 17:30 UK time, Thursday, 10 May 2012

At our 成人论坛 Online Industry Briefing event in the London Radio Theatre, Mark Friend and I presented our strategy for the Radio and Music Product. Following the presentations we had a Q&A session. Here is a film of that session:

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: Radio & Music Product Update

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Mark Friend Mark Friend | 12:00 UK time, Thursday, 10 May 2012

At our recent 成人论坛 Online & Red Button event in the London Radio Theatre I did a presentation with Andrew Scott, who is Head of Radio and Music, 成人论坛 Future Media.

We shared our strategy for the 成人论坛's radio and music online offer across four screens and how we go about delivering this working with external suppliers.

We showed the Radio 1 homepage as a demonstration of how we want to make the live radio experience more visual, social and plugged into other online activity.

Here is a film of our presentation:

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成人论坛 Online Briefing Spring 2012: Keynote

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Ralph Rivera Ralph Rivera | 16:30 UK time, Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Being in the Radio Theatre and New Broadcasting House for our third Online Briefing was really very exciting.聽

It was a great opportunity to look back on the year since our first Online Briefing at BAFTA.聽 It was also time well spent looking at the incredible year ahead, and the themes shaping it.聽

Here is the video:

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What's on 成人论坛 Red Button 5th - 12th May

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Tess Foster Tess Foster | 06:00 UK time, Saturday, 5 May 2012

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Radio 2 Day

Radio2Day

Radio 2 Day live at the 100 Club

Tom Jones and Jessie J, Keane, Jamie Cullum, Chris Rea, The Jersey Boys and Bellowhead will be joining Chris Evans at London's iconic 100 Club on Thursday 10th May for the finale of Radio 2 Day. Watch live on the day and catch-up the day after. Keep an eye out for some special guests joining Chris in the crowd!

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成人论坛 Online Briefing: The Day through Twitter

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Ian McDonald Ian McDonald | 21:15 UK time, Friday, 4 May 2012

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Sarah Montague closes the 成人论坛 Online Briefing. Seated are Tim Davie, Ralph Rivera and Roly Keating

Back home from today's 成人论坛 Online Briefing, I've had another look at the event through the eyes of Twitter.

Over a hundred executives, designers, and technologists converged on the Radio Theatre today to hear ideas and strategy. Quite a culture clash, noted @MadeByKite:

Potential for suits versus hipster gang warfare in the 成人论坛 Media Caf茅. If the croissants run low it could get ugly. #成人论坛Online #Switzerland -

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成人论坛 Online Briefing Spring 2012: The Participation Choice

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Holly Goodier Holly Goodier | 12:34 UK time, Friday, 4 May 2012

Video of聽Holly's presentation聽added 9th May 2012:

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One of the defining characteristics of digital media is interaction. It enables us to be active, make choices, build connections, express ourselves and exercise a new level of control over our media experiences.

But how active is the UK online population really? And how might this change in years to come?

With these questions in mind, my team and I conducted a large-scale, long-term investigation into how the UK online population participates using digital media today - from sharing links, to writing blogs and uploading photos. And it revealed a fascinating, and at times, surprising picture.

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成人论坛 Online Briefing Spring 2012: website and workplan

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Andy Conroy | 17:00 UK time, Thursday, 3 May 2012

View into a the rows of seating in a theatre. There is a balcony above and a sound booth behind the back row - and art deco lighting around. The carpet is a rich red.

The Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. Pic Phil Coomes, 1999

The 成人论坛 Online team are gearing up for another 成人论坛 Online Briefing. This time we are in London in the magnificent, historic surroundings of the refurbished Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London. The Briefing is being held on Friday May 4.聽

The idea behind the Briefings is to share with a broad cross section of the UK digital media industry our latest service and product plans as well as latest thinking on significant topics.

This is the third in the series 鈥 the format will be similar to the successful events at 成人论坛 North, MediaCityUK in November and at BAFTA, London in June. You can find out more聽at the聽Spring Briefing site: the speakers, the delegates, et cetera. One of our guests, Steve Rosenbaum, has already blogged about one of the topics. Finally we are publishing 成人论坛 Online鈥檚 Workplan for the coming year (PDF). I hope this will give you a better idea about what we hope to achieve in the next twelve months.

The Briefing is by invitation only and we鈥檝e filled up the Radio Theatre. If you want to follow events on the day then look for hashtag. And, as in November and June, all the presentations and sessions will be videoed and published on the 成人论坛 Internet blog next week.

Andy Conroy is General Manager, 成人论坛 Online

Making great TV even better: The 成人论坛's approach to companion experiences

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Victoria Jaye | 14:00 UK time, Thursday, 3 May 2012

I'm Victoria Jaye, Head of IPTV and TV Online Content, 成人论坛 Vision, and today I'm presenting an overview of our editorial approach to companion experiences at the in London.

First, what do I mean by 'companion experiences'?

Broadly, this means additional content offered on a companion screen (PC, mobile, tablet or even the same TV), related to and synchronized with the programme you're watching on TV. This could be further information, a play along experience, social or control features - the overall aim being to enhance the audiences' TV viewing.

This isn't a new idea for the 成人论坛 or our audience. We've been offering simple, easy to access and entertaining companion activity via 成人论坛 for well over a decade. In fact, Red Button is the 成人论坛's most successful companion experience to date, attracting 20 million viewers a month - but it's one that's confined to the TV screen.

As more and more internet connected devices enter the living room, we can extend entertainment beyond broadcast and the TV screen, bringing our shows to life for audiences in ever more exciting ways.

Our editorial approach to companion experiences is three fold:

鈥 Build on existing audience needs and behaviour

鈥 Go beyond broadcast

鈥 Drive creative renewal and innovation

We want to immerse our audience in the programme they're watching even more by building on the existing needs and behaviours the show inspires. We've learned a lot about this from years of programme-related experimentation on 成人论坛 Red Button and 成人论坛 Online.

We also want to satisfy audiences' interests and passions sparked by our programmes, by creating rich and compelling journeys beyond broadcast TV that connect audiences to related content across the breadth and depth of our 成人论坛 Online portfolio -TV, News, Knowledge & Learning, Radio & Music, Sport, and Children's.

We want to creatively renew the audience experience around loved and established programmes, as well as enable brand new formats to flourish.

We want to deliver a better public service in the round and we want to get this right for our audience.

Over the course of the next year, we'll be piloting companion experiences around a handful of our programme titles, to explore the key features and functions that genuinely make watching great TV an even better experience. We want to drive mainstream take-up, so we'll look to pilot experiences that appeal to more traditional TV audiences, as well as tap into the entertainment needs of audiences more at home with companion activity.

We've already completed closed pilots around two 成人论坛 One TV series - Secret Fortune and Frozen Planet.

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Digital Overload and the Curation Crossroads

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Steve Rosenbaum Steve Rosenbaum | 11:19 UK time, Wednesday, 2 May 2012

For as long as anyone can remember, the ability to create and publish information was left to professionals.

But then, suddenly, we were all given the freedom and the tools to become part of the information ecosystem.

And let's face it, the boom in micro-publishing is fun. Checking in, posting a picture, updating your Facebook status, liking a blog post or a friends tweet.

Adding your voice and your story is part of what has fueled the growth of the web.

There's only one problem with all this micro-publishing. We broke the web.

Today - and almost overnight - information has exploded. From the relative scarcity of a handful of networks back in the1970's, to the wondrous and crushing avalanche of YouTube videos. If you set out to watch all the videos uploaded to YouTube in just the past 24 hours, you'd spend eight years watching them - without sleep.

We've flooded the web with uncontextualized content. With little more than a few random tags and some meta-data, the information ecosystem is flooded with voices, sources, rumors, facts, data, digits, images, and check-ins.

I call it Digital Overload, and it's an information epidemic sweeping the planet.

To separate signal from noise, there's an emerging class of information superheroes called Content Curators. They've got ties to a number of legacy job descriptions, but they're in some ways extraordinarily new. Think of them like Journalists who've climbed into a time machine and been transported to the future, where there are more sources, and more tools, and stunning and sometimes reckless speed.

On Friday I'll be in the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House at the 3rd 成人论坛 Online Briefing, with an invited audience of partners and suppliers to the 成人论坛. We'll be discussing curation and what it means for big media players like the 成人论坛.

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The Space: Building a Broadcaster in a Box

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Mo McRoberts Mo McRoberts | 12:03 UK time, Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Back in August last year, asked us a question: "How would you deliver a 'pop-up' television channel to desktops, mobiles, tablets and connected TVs?"

The typical response, particularly within the 成人论坛, would be a suggestion to re-purpose much of the infrastructure we already have: media ingest, metadata management, transcoding, web publication, device targeting.

There was a snag, though. In fact, there were a couple. First, this wasn't just a pop-up TV channel - this was a "broadcaster in a box", which could later be handed over to arts organisations to pick up and run with. Second, we had to have as little impact upon the rest of the 成人论坛 as possible (it turns out that 2012 is quite a busy year for the Olympic Broadcaster).

And it had to go live on the 1st May 2012.

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