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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. New look subtitles and playback for BBC iPlayer on TV

    Andrew White

    Product Manager, BBC iPlayer

    New look subtitles and playback for BBC iPlayer on TV

    We’re rolling out a new look for playback on connected TV - clean, sleek and pared-back, with new, improved, customisable subtitles.

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  3. Mixing Audio Description for BBC iPlayer

    Marcel Riederer

    Software Engineer

    Mixing Audio Description for BBC iPlayer

    How more Audio Described content has been made available to stream.

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  4. Visual seeking for BBC iPlayer

    Daniel Pope, Gokhan Urgun and Andrew Wheat

    Media Services, BBC Design + Engineering

    Visual seeking for BBC iPlayer

    The Media Services team explain the steps taken to create visual seeking functionality.

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  5. Restarting live BBC TV with the green button

    Jennifer Richardson

    Senior Product Manager, Interactive TV

    Restarting live BBC TV with the green button

    How the Green Button will enable viewers to restart a programme already underway on live TV.

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  6. Continuing the BBC's experiments in UHD

    Phil Layton

    Head of Broadcast and Connected Systems, BBC R&D

    The BBC has always been working to improve picture quality for audiences and lately we have been able to make some shows available in Ultra-High Definition (UHD). Now we’re taking the next step by streaming live UHD content.

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  7. AWS re:Invent: creating iPlayer architecture and nanoservices architecture

    Matthew Clark, Stephen Godwin

    Technology Strategy & Architecture

    Two of the BBC’s senior architects discuss the creation of the iPlayer architecture and how the BBC’s website and app handle millions of users.

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  8. Making BBC iPlayer the best place to watch BBC TV

    Dan Taylor-Watt

    Director, Product & Systems, BBC Design & Engineering

    Making BBC iPlayer the best place to watch BBC TV

    Head of BBC iPlayer, Dan Taylor-Watt, talks through some of the latest developments that ensure users get the best possible experience on the 10,000+ different devices iPlayer is now available on.

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  9. Testing times: Ensuring BBC App testing efficiency

    Michael Blades

    Senior Test Engineer, BBC TV & Radio

    Testing times: Ensuring BBC App testing efficiency

    Our testers are encouraged to evolve with the industry along with our developers and we constantly experiment and iterate on ideas to improve our ways of working within an agile team. We focus on up-skilling, pairing and training to make sure our team are sharing knowledge and introducing new ideas.

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