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| ID: | 2225 |
| Title: | BBC Internet Blog |
| URL: | http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/ |
| Category: | Internet |
| Description: | BBC staff discuss issues and technology related to the BBC's internet services. |
| What's on BBC Red Button 19th - 26th May - Sat, 19 May 2012 06:00:00 +0000 |
 EurovisionPress the Red Button for an interactive Eurovision experience allowing users to sing along to the lyrics of all the songs, in both English and the original languages. Viewers will also be invited to share their messages and photos via the BBC website, Facebook, Twitter and SMS and these comments will be broadcast throughout the show. Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: Chelsea Flower ShowToby Buckland hosts the Red Button offering with tours of this year's larger show gardens, including detailed commentary from the designers on the inspiration behind their designs. In addition, plant-a-holics Tom Hart Dyke and Christine Walkden will be sharing tales from the vast treasure trove that is the Great Pavilion, speaking to the passionate exhibitors who have been working for weeks, months and sometimes years in preparation for the week-long floral extravaganza. Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: Great Northern SongbookJoin BBC Radio Ulster's Lynette Fay and Ralph McLean as they celebrate 150 years of the Ulster Hall with 'The Great Northern Songbook'. Ten varied musical acts - including Brian Kennedy, Cara Dillon and General Fiasco - join the Ulster Orchestra to play a selection of the North's finest ever rock, folk and pop songs as voted for by the public and the station's specialist music presenters. Please note, this show contains some flashing lights. Available on Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Andy's Wild Adventures QuizJoin Andy and Kip as they travel on the KipMobile far and wide in search of weird and wonderful animal facts.Along the way, they'll ask lots of fun questions which you can answer using the coloured buttons on your remote control. Available on Sky/Freeview Sky: Freeview: In It To Win ItDale Winton returns with another series ofIn It To Win It, the game show where people compete on general knowledge for a big money jackpot. Think you can do better? Every Saturday press the Red Button during the show to pit your wits against the studio contestants. Come the final round, willyoustill be In It To Win It? Available on Sky/Freeview: CBBC ExtraCBBC Extra is the home of exclusives. Watch funny clips, out-takes, star interviews, pop music, backstage previews and episodes from Children's BBC. Go on, press red... You know you want to! Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: News Multiscreen: Video ChoiceEach weekday BBC News' On Demand team rounds up the day's strongest news pictures to bring viewers a two-minute package of highlights. On weekends the tone becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a topical interview in 'Five Minutes with...' or a round-up of the week's weird and wonderful videos in Odd Box.
Available on Sky and Virgin only CBeebies Red ButtonBBC Red Button welcomes younger viewers and grown-ups with a sense of adventure to the big, bright and fun world of CBeebies interactive! Your children's favourite characters are at the heart of the interactive TV experience. Satellite and digital terrestrial viewers will have slightly different offerings from one another. This has enabled the Red Button team to offer the best games tailored to each system. CBeebies Red Button is available on the CBeebies channel, and via page 5900 on other channels. Available on Freeview and Sky only BBC Sport Multiscreen**Catch up on all the latest Sport via the BBC Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short notice. For the latest information refer to theBBC Sport website. Highlights
**Note all Red Button times are subject to change at short notice |
| What's on BBC Red Button 12th - 19th May - Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000 |
Asian Stars Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Asian Music Stars is an insightful and entertaining TV programme which explores the lives of three internationally renowned artists Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher as they embark on concert tours across the UK. The Red Button programme will offer its audience a unique and intimate insight into each of these three artists; their upbringing and personal life experiences. Through interviews, musical demonstrations, behind the scenes footage, crowd testimonials and multi camera concert coverage, the three artists will be compared, contrasted and celebrated. Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: Andy's Wild Adventures QuizAndy and Kip would like to take you on a wild adventure of your own. So join them as they travel on the KipMobile far and wide in search of weird and wonderful animal facts.Along the way, they'll ask you lots of fun questions which you can answer using the coloured buttons on your remote control. Available on Sky/Freeview Sky: Freeview: Maestro at the Opera WinnerFour well-known personalities compete to take on the prestigious task of conducting a full act of a legendary opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Red Button viewers can watch in full, the winner's truly incredible performance conducting Act II of Puccini's masterpiece La Boheme on the main stage of Covent Garden. This gripping performance signifies the climax of the entire series and also features insightful commentary from Maestro Judges and cast of the Royal Opera House. Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media/Freeview: Horrible Histories KaraokeFancy testing your singing skills against famous Horrible Histories legends? Press red to sing along with the all new Horrible Histories Karaoke! There are six sensational new songs available, from the heavy metal Luddites and eccentric Queen Mary 1st, The Pilgrim Fathers and Charles Darwin, to the boy-band Fighter Pilots of World War II and 'The Thinkers' of ancient Greece. Take your pick. The Horrible Histories Karaoke - only here on CBBC, just press red! Printable song words plus more Horrible Histories goodies are also available on the CBBC website -bbc.co.uk/cbbc/horriblehistories Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: In It To Win ItDale Winton returns with another series ofIn It To Win It, the game show where people compete on general knowledge for a big money jackpot. Think you can do better? Every Saturday press the Red Button during the show to pit your wits against our studio contestants. Come the final round willyoustill be In It To Win It? Available on Sky/Freeview: CBBC ExtraCBBC Extra is the home of exclusives. Watch funny clips, out-takes, star interviews, pop music, backstage previews and episodes from Children's BBC. Go on, press red... You know you want to! Available on all platforms Freesat/Sky/Virgin Media: Freeview: News Multiscreen: Video ChoiceEach weekday BBC News' On Demand team will be rounding-up the day's strongest news pictures to bring viewers a two-minute package of highlights. On weekends the tone becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a topical interview in 'Five Minutes with...' or a round-up of the week's weird and wonderful videos in OddBox.
Available on Sky and Virgin only CBeebies Red ButtonBBC Red Button welcomes younger viewers and grown-ups with a sense of adventure to the big, bright and fun world of CBeebies interactive! Now your children's favourite characters are at the heart of the interactive TV experience. Satellite and digital terrestrial viewers will have slightly different offerings from one another. This has enabled us to offer the best games tailored to each system. CBeebies Red Button is available now on the CBeebies channel, and via page 5900 on other channels. Available on Freeview and Sky only BBC Sport Multiscreen**Catch up on all the latest Sport via the BBC Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cover the best that BBC Sport has to offer. Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short notice. For the latest information refer to theBBC Sport website. Highlights
**Note all Red Button times are subject to change at short notice |
| BBC Online Briefing: Spring 2012 Final Q&A - Fri, 11 May 2012 19:02:00 +0000 |
At the end of the BBC Online Briefing, Tim Davie, Roly Keating and I sat down to take questions. Here is the video: In order to see this content you need to have bothJavascriptenabled andFlashInstalled. VisitBBC Webwisefor full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. Ralph Rivera is the Director, BBC Future Media Sarah Montague asked Roly Keating why the archive wasn't online, and whether the BBC should be more relaxed about allowing people to use its platforms. Scott Driver of O2 asked when the BBC would refer to consumers rather than audience members. His colleague picked up a panel discussion about supporting the streaming of the Olympics, and talked about how technology companies are organised for the challenge. His sentiment was tweeted by Paul Barwick:
Steve Parks from Code Enigma, himself a former BBC Radio journalist, asked what the supplier can do to make sure the relationship between supplier and BBC goes well - and what can be learnt from when projects have gone badly. Balaji Abbabatulla (@balaabba) tweeted the heart of Ralph Rivera's answer:
Tim Davie talked about removing barriers, as Code Computerlove tweeted:
Chris Jackson from Metabroadcastasked how quickly the ideas from Connected Studio can be driven into the core of the business. Tim Davie talked about the drivers behind the move from bespoke systems, but Ralph's comments about the British words he's picked up gathered more social media comment. Glyn Povah from O2 tweeted:
Lee Thompson from BT Vision asked aboutRedux, which Sony's Edd Uzzell summed thus:
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