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  1. Broadcasting the World Cup and Wimbledon in UHD - the full story

    Jim Simmons

    Senior Product Manager

    Broadcasting the World Cup and Wimbledon in UHD - the full story

    Jim Simmons from D+E Platform Media Services, discusses our experience of delivering live Ultra High Definition at scale for the World Cup and Wimbledon on a round-by-round basis.

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  2. Inside our UHD workflow

    Lloyd Wallis

    Senior Architect, Online Technology Group

    Inside our UHD workflow

    Lloyd Wallis from Media Services explains some of the challenges behind creating UHD workflows for the World Cup.

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  3. 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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  4. Video Factory: Updating the creation and distribution systems for on demand video

    Kiran Patel

    Executive Product Manager

    Video Factory: Updating the creation and distribution systems for on demand video

    One of our original goals for Video Factory was to review and refresh the transcode profiles for the video we create, as well as changing our distribution architecture to become more efficient with storage, more flexible when making changes and more resilient by using multiple distribution partners.

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  5. HD Test card special

    Andy Quested

    Chief Technologist HD & 3D

    Hi I’m Andy Quested, chief technologist HD & 3D, BBC Technology. It’s been five years since my first blog about the BBC HD Channel and I can’t believe so much time has passed and so many things have happened since the channel and high definition began!

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  6. Mr Stink in 3D

    Andy Quested

    Chief Technologist HD & 3D

    Just for any new readers, I am head of technology for BBC HD & 3D and this is an update on the next phase of the BBC 3D trial. We have now moved from sport, music and animation to drama! Mr Stink is a TV adaptation of the book by David Walliams. I won't give anything away in the post for those...

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  7. Planet Dinosaurs Ultimate Killers in 3D

    Andy Quested

    Chief Technologist HD & 3D

    This is a very brief post as it's more a request for comment than an explanation of a process. On the 19th August at 17:35 the BBC HD Channel will be transmitting "Ulimate Killers". This single programme has been made from the very successful Planet Dinosaur series. The programme is only a...

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  8. Full BBC 3DTV Schedule For Olympics

    Kim Shillinglaw

    Head of 3D

    Hi. I'm Kim Shillinglaw and I'm the head of 3D for the BBC. Summer seems to have finally arrived, and with that continues the BBC's 'Summer of 3D'. We've had Wimbledon - and what a final to have captured in three dimensions - and I'm now looking forward to the rather impressive Planet Dinosaur...

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  9. Super Hi-Vision TV Screenings

    Tim Plyming

    Executive Producer

    Hi. I'm Tim Plyming and I'm the project lead for the BBC's Super Hi-Vision trials taking place during the London 2012 Olympics. As I spoke about in the video above, I've just finished a fantastic week of Super Hi-Vision filming in London with a crew made up of staff from Japanese broadcaster NH...

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