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  1. Streaming Euro 2020 live at a record new scale

    Pierre-Yves Bigourdan

    Software Engineering Team Lead

    During the 2018 World Cup quarter final our systems at the time became overwhelmed, leading to a major outage. How did we scale our live streaming architecture to stream the Euro 2020 final online to a new record of 7.1 million viewers?

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  2. Introducing machine-based video recommendations in BBC Sport

    Robert Heap

    Executive Product Manager, BBC Sport

    Introducing machine-based video recommendations in BBC Sport

    Rob Heap explains how algorithm-based recommendations are saving time in production

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  3. Beat the Bot - use your voice to challenge our sport bot

    Prabhjit Bains

    Producer for Participative Experiences

    Beat the Bot is a web-based competitive football sports quiz that uses speech recognition. Use your voice and go head-to-head with the Bot to name all the teams relegated from the Premier League!

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  4. The live Summer of Sport

    Mark Woosey

    Software Engineering Graduate, BBC Design & Engineering

    The live Summer of Sport

    Mark Woosey explains some of the backend technology behind BBC Sport's live pages service.

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  5. BBC Sport’s virtual reality World Cup

    Robert Heap

    Executive Product Manager, BBC Sport

    BBC Sport’s virtual reality World Cup

    For the BBC its important to innovate and we saw this as the perfect time and opportunity to test what our audience expect from a virtual reality sport app.

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  6. Delivering a digital World Cup

    Neil Hall

    Head of Product, BBC Sport

    Delivering a digital World Cup

    Neil Hall explains BBC Sport's digital plans for the World Cup.

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  7. 2018’s major events begin with the Winter Olympics

    Neil Hall

    Head of Product, BBC Sport

    2018’s major events begin with the Winter Olympics

    Neil Hall, Head of Product for BBC Sport, looks ahead to the digital coverage of the Winter Olympics.

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  8. Navigating change on the BBC Sport app

    Robert Heap

    Senior Product Manager, BBC Sport Apps

    Navigating change on the BBC Sport app

    Robert Heap, Senior Product Manager, explains the methodology behind making a change to the navigation on the BBC Sport App.

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  9. Bringing more sport to more people

    Neil Hall

    Head of Product, BBC Sport

    Bringing more sport to more people

    The BBC’s biggest increase in live sport in a generation - aiming to bring an additional 1,000 hours of coverage from around 30 additional sports and events each year. You can watch it on PCs, tablets, mobiles and connected TVs and personalise those services to make sure you don’t miss anything.

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  10. From Destination to Service: Rio 2016 Olympics

    Justin Barritt

    Executive Product Manager

    From Destination to Service: Rio 2016 Olympics

    In addition to creating a more personalised experience on the My Sport app, the BBC Sport app team has launched a virtual reality trial app - BBC Sport 360. These apps are expected to provide users with a greater Olympic experience through tailored content.

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