Blog posts by year and monthJune 2013
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Vote 2013: the first step towards connected politics
The Ö÷²¥´óÐã is investing in its online political coverage to meet the challenges of the next four years. We took the first step on this journey in May, with this year’s local elections service called Vote 2013, overhaulin gour technology, and introducing responsive design.
Graduate Trainee Scheme in Ö÷²¥´óÐã Future Media: Working on iBroadcast
I rotate around Ö÷²¥´óÐã Future Media every six months for two years. This provides me with the opportunity to understand the overall picture of how the Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s interactive media is created including Smartphone apps, Red Button and Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer.
Inside No. 9: Connected Studio for Comedy with the creators of Psychoville
Hi, I’m Jon Aird, a producer with Ö÷²¥´óÐã Comedy and I wanted to tell you about an exciting experiment we’re trying out: Connected Studio is going to take the new series from Psychoville creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearmith called Inside No. 9 as the starting point for digital innovation.
Draft Ö÷²¥´óÐã Mobile Accessibility Standards and Guidelines
For the past eighteen months my team have been working hard to improve the accessibility of web content for mobile sites and native apps. It’s been an interesting journey as there are no internationally accepted guidelines for mobile accessibility so as a result we thought we’d write our own: th...
What's on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button: 15-22 June 2013
There's something for everyone this week, with a Holby City Red Button special, Horrible Histories karaoke, Bollywood music and Rick Stein recipes. Get ready for Wimbledon with tennis from Queen's Club and Eastborne, and tune into Confederation Cup football in Brazil and MotoGP in Spain.
College of Production round up: Writing for online and Pobol y Cwm
This week the team from Wales’ most popular TV drama, Pobol y Cwm, talk about how they’ve used the online world to bring the soap to a whole new audience, and with quite some success. They talk about the challenges of taking a well-loved brand to a younger audience.
New Media Literacy Strategy for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã
The Ö÷²¥´óÐã has just published a new Media Literacy Strategy. Here's what media literacy is, why it’s important and how the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is helping people develop media literacy skills and confidence.
Developing the camera for Horizon: The Secret Life of the Cat
Ö÷²¥´óÐã R&D are used to working on cutting edge technology - so Horizon approached them to develop cat-cams to track the lives of several cat subjects.