The end of BBC Red Button – some personal thoughts
Published on 17 September 2019 in BBC, BBC red button, BBC red button, interactive television, interactive TV
BBC Red Button may be closing down, but it's had a big impact on my life.
Posts about BBC red button
Using BDD to move (a bit of) the BBC to Salford
Published on 17 February 2011 in BBC red button, Work, BBC red button, software development, work
How I'm looking at transferring my products and knowledge to the new BBC Red Button team in Manchester
My latest project – BBC iPlayer on BT Vision
Published on 11 November 2010 in BBC red button, Work, BBC, BBC iPlayer, video on demand
Announcing what I'm currently working on
Wimbledon – an anatomy of a service
Published on 8 July 2009 in BBC red button, Interactive TV, Work, BBC red button, interactive television, television, Wimbledon
If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes for big red button services like Wimbledon, well there's now a little video to watch over on the Press Red Blog.
Naming your code after something sensible. Or not…
Published on 12 February 2009 in BBC red button, BBC, BBC red button, television, Television Centre
One of the colleagues has recently been spending some time trying to make some sense out of a series of long lasting code that has been given some slightly odd and meaningless names.
Red Button’s 300 mile commute
Published on 7 November 2008 in BBC red button, BBC, BBC red button, Digital Switch Over, Digital TV, television
Over on BBCi Labs Blog (yes yes, we know, we know. It's all red button now...) right now, you'll find a little postette from my good self about the wonders of modern technology, which is allowing us to watch a proper, bona fide Freeview signal as transmitted from Selkirk's newly reconfigured TV transmitters, despite us being in London 300 miles away.
What’s (Not) On
Published on 10 October 2008 in BBC red button, Interactive TV, BBC, BBC red button, interactive television
Yesterday, BBC Red Button's What's On section was closed down to make way for other new content.
BBC Radio on Freesat
Published on 8 October 2008 in BBC red button, BBC, BBC Radio, BBC red button, Freesat
It's been about a week since we actually launched it, but I've been a bit busy of late and I kinda forgot to mention it.
Phew! It’s live!
Published on 6 August 2008 in BBC red button, BBC, BBC red button, Olympics, Sport Multiscreen
Just a few weeks ago, I didn't think I'd be writing this post. I thought I'd be I'd be writing something more apologetic.
Fishy cables – new post at the BBCi Labs blog
Published on 1 July 2008 in BBC red button, Interactive TV, BBC red button, interactive television
Over on BBCi Labs right now, you'll find my first contribution to that blog.