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College of Production round up: Access All Areas, radio visualisation

Robert Khan

Assistant Content Producer

I鈥檓 Rob Khan, assistant content producer at the 主播大秀 College of Production (CoP) website.

Since we鈥檝e been busy working with and on their exclusive online season.

Radio 1 has an impressive online presence with over 1 million subscribers to its . We wanted to show how some of the content that has helped to reach this number is produced and how the use of digital technology is helping it to reach a wider audience.

The idea behind Access All Areas was to open up the stations to the audience and show how the networks are using digital technology to innovate both on air and online. We produced five films for Access All Areas in collaboration Radio 1 and 1Xtra, getting behind the scenes with the likes of , and .

Radio1 uses online platforms to create radio visualisations. Our - part of looks at how the visual chart uses a mix of live cameras (controlled in a small gallery) and music videos broadcast on the Radio 1 website at the same time as the live radio broadcast. Another film explores how Radio 1 records the Live , and uses it to attract international online viewers on the Radio 1 website and YouTube.

Bastille in the Live Lounge

Arts institutions are harnessing the power of the web to take their productions directly to wider audiences, as we discovered in our

Producers from the Natural History Unit and STV's new series joined us to look at the challenges and opportunities for making the most of user generated content in their programmes; digital content created by the audience is uploaded online in seconds and accessed just as easily by the production teams, saving time and money. And the current batch of radio apprentices, working for 主播大秀 radio programmes such as Saturday Live, Desert Island Discs and The Film Programme, , which were published online and featured on the 主播大秀 homepage and focused on how speech radio should use online and social media platforms to engage a younger audience.

As part of the coverage, we heard from digital producer Katherine Campbell, who is responsible for the ambitious online . She has been working with local radio stations across the UK to discover local stories about the First World War which, as well as being broadcast, are being kept digitally and forever on the

The 主播大秀 College of Journalism, like the College of Production is part of the 主播大秀 Academy. Last week they published a from 主播大秀 News producer Trushar Barot about 主播大秀 News use of instant messaging platforms in the forthcoming Indian election campaign.

There's plenty more coming up in the next few weeks with podcasts on theand a discussion about the future of scheduling for TV in an online and on-demand age.

Rob Khan is an assistant content producer for the 主播大秀 College of Production on attachment from 主播大秀 Radio 1 & 1Xtra.