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Round up: 主播大秀 Sport app on Android and Encrypted Media Extension

Eliza Kessler

Content Producer

Hi everyone, here鈥檚 another of some stories about 主播大秀 Online over the last fortnight.

The launch of the was widely reported last week as observed:

The broadcaster is not without competition though as UK radio station TalkSport recently launched its apps for Android and iOS for English Premier League radio coverage outside of mainland Europe. It will be interesting to see how 主播大秀 Sport鈥檚 apps perform when they are all available to a global audience. With tech as a facilitator, the language of sport is bound to travel far and wide.鈥

主播大秀 Sport iPlayer app on Android


While just a few days later it was announced the app .*

The new update to the 主播大秀 iPlayer iOS app was also extensively covered and as :

One commenter has also pointed out that the improved Airplay mode no longer starts a show from the beginning if you pause and go to another app.鈥

Two weeks ago the 主播大秀 published its view on the Encrypted Media Extensions Proposal on the . You can read it in full .

It provoked negative reactions from and .

hosted a discussion on the arguments for and against the 主播大秀鈥檚 position.

Martin Belham wrote a at the weekend on 鈥榃hat do the Pollard transcripts tell us about the 主播大秀, Jimmy Saville, and comment moderation?鈥 Martin claims the transcripts 鈥give an interesting insight into what senior 主播大秀 management understand their comment moderation policies to be鈥 and goes on to say:

What strikes me from the rest of this section of the transcript is the extent to which senior 主播大秀 management is vague about the process of inviting user comment, and entirely divorced from reading it.鈥


Paul Clayton听from RNIB, the Royal National Institute of Blind People concluding that 鈥The 主播大秀 iPlayer website has a really easy layout and this makes it possible to find most things quickly using a screen reader 摆鈥 the fact that the 主播大秀 iPlayer online service offers audio described content makes it stand out from most of the other services."

However he also noted that 鈥It is not possible to download audio described content or to stream such content as it is being broadcasted 摆鈥 Furthermore, the delay in putting up programmes with audio description is another problem, given the fact that the same programmes without this feature are put up almost immediately after they have been aired.鈥

Last week 主播大秀 simultaneously held their Knowledge and Learning Creative Studio in Glasgow, Salford and Cardiff.

As attendee :

I found myself in a team that wanted to put a 鈥渓ocal lens鈥 on the wealth of learning material that the 主播大秀 has amassed over the years. I鈥檓 always surprised and humbled when I get the chance to explore early stage ideas with potential users, so the 15 minute audience we had with three regular 主播大秀 users was a particular highlight for me.鈥

You can check out the 主播大秀 Internet of the event which collates tweets, picture and even videos from the attendees across the three locations.

The Connected Studio live blog


Finally, communications agency about their trip to Salford yesterday for the RTS 主播大秀 Future Media showcase.

As a comms agency, we were there to glean an insight into how we might utilise developments in our constantly evolving outreach strategies, but it鈥檚 not that clear cut. How do you keep up with the Meta Data technology that created 鈥樷 鈥 adapting the viewing experience in line with your social cues to ensure that broadcasts are tailor-made to each individual?"

The RTS - 主播大秀 Future Media Event in Salford


That鈥檚 all folks, have a great weekend wherever you are.

is the content producer on the 主播大秀 Internet blog.

*Correction: This blog post originally stated the 主播大秀 Sport iOS app attained one million downloads, it was infact the iOS and Android versions combined. This has now been updated.