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BBC R&D and DigiNews

BBC R&D and DigiNews. Dr Michael Evans, BBC R&D. British Broadcasting Corporation supported by Royal Charter and TV Licence Fee 8 DVB TV services, 10 DAB radio services, nations and regions one of largest websites in the world. BBC Research and Development

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BBC R&D and DigiNews

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  1. BBC R&D and DigiNews Dr Michael Evans, BBC R&D • British Broadcasting Corporation • supported by Royal Charter and TV Licence Fee • 8 DVB TV services, 10 DAB radio services, nations and regions • one of largest websites in the world • BBC Research and Development • 180 engineers providing competitive advantage to the BBC through technology • DTV system design; transmission systems; spectrum planning; digital media; studios and production • Context of DigiNews Co-Operation • Production Automation Team led by David Kirby • Live and Assisted Subtitling through speech recognition; studio automation; metadata generation; talking agent content delivery

  2. BBC R&D and DigiNews (2) • Self-funded contribution to DigiNews • Only modest effort available • 0.8 person-years across WP2,3,5 • Very interested in making an effective contribution to end-to-end system • Publication -> Delivery • Large amount of BBC content available for existing platforms (e.g. web delivery) • Integration of existing publication systems with new publication and delivery systems • Novel delivery and user platforms

  3. BBC R&D and DigiNews (3) • Challenges for BBC R&D • Much experience in integrating new technology with platform and delivery diversification • DigiNews represents a particular challenge (mobility, re-publication of other content, novel receiver) • WP2, 3 • Explore how DigiNews Production->Delivery can be integrated with existing Production->Delivery models • Provide support and verification of proposed architecture • WP5 • Assess demonstration system in broadcasting context • Additional demands on broadcaster in production and delivery • Benefits for users (licence-fee payers)

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