Media Management
BBC R&D, iSIZE partner on video streaming innovation project
Project will look at perceptual optimisation of video streams as a way of making significant reductions in bandwidth as well as innovations in encoding...
BBC R and D
Media Consumption
How the BBC produced Euro 2020 in UHD HDR for iPlayer
For BBC One HD, the feed was downscaled to 1080i25
Production & Post
BBC R&D investigates how machine learning can colourise video
New project looks at how black and white archive video can be colourised
Production & Post
BBC to trial creating and delivering object-based media at scale
Project will include developing AI-powered techniques to allow audio and video to be separated into objects and create metadata describing a scene
Audio
BBC R&D trials immersive Six Nations audio
Trial enables viewers to turn phones, tablets and laptops into extra speakers in order to surround themselves in the sounds of the game
Audio
BBC scares up immersive audio Hallowe’en drama
Monster uses the listener’s connected devices to create the experience, rather than the listener being plugged in via headphones.
Production & Post
Bird watching without binoculars
How the BBC's R&D team developed open source machine-learning framework network YOLO (You Only Look Once) for Autumnwatch.
Media Delivery
BBC R&D studies environmental impact of delivering and watching TV
Research found that the devices in viewers' homes used more energy in total than in the BBC's distribution chain
Production & Post
How BBC R&D used artificial intelligence to ‘watch’ Springwatch’s cameras
BBC R&D collaborated with the BBC Natural History Unit to test systems using AI technologies to help monitor some of the remote wildlife cameras
Media Delivery
BBC launches new platform enabling viewers to watch together remotely
BBC Together has been developed by the broadcaster's R&D team and is available on BBC Taster
Production & Post
BBC tests personalised, data-driven documentary
Uses the viewer's mood, personal preferences and the choices they make to personalise the experience
Audio
BBC tests new audio mix technology to help hearing impaired viewers
'Narrative Balancer' helps viewers turn up speech and reduce other sounds
TVBEverywhere
BBC testing new innovations for iPlayer
BBC R&D looking at innovation that will offer viewers a more personal service