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 "interactive television"
The BBC iPlayer button that does nothing
Published on 7 June 2011 in BBC, Interactive TV, BBC iPlayer, Freesat, Freeview, interactive television, interactive TV, usability
Whilst writing on the exciting topic of train-ticket-collection-usability, I was reminded of my own recent example of useless usability.
Links for 13 September 2010
Published on 13 September 2010 in Daily Links, BBC, BBC iPlayer, BBC red button, interactive television, railways
I never seem to manage to keep these up to date these days. Does it matter? Do you care? Is anyone even reading… iPlayer, iTunes succumb to Web2.0rhea – The Register "Apple's iTunes merely needs the option to hide its half-baked social network. For the BBC, the next version of iPlayer should be designed by people who've never used Facebook or Twitter, and don't have an iPhone. Incredible as it may seem, they not only exist, but are the real majority." The Register makes a compelling argument, and as a colleague of mine said… "Watching TV with the family. Isn't that social?" Berney Arms – diamond geezer Ever since I read about this bizarre station in the middle of Norfolk, with its complete lack of road access and a path that goes to the local pub, I've wanted to visit it (and the pub). Now Diamond Geezer's been there and frankly I want to visit it even more (and the pub). Open Source Release of MHEG+ Toolkit – BBC Internet Blog: A couple of years after it was first mooted (whoever said the BBC was slow to do anything?) the MHEG+ toolkit we use in BBC Red Button to build... View Article
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.
Pressing red turns the power off? Err… not most of the time…
Published on 23 June 2009 in Television, Digital TV, interactive television, television
One of the comments that I occasionally hear about the red button is how people turn the TV off! Because, of course, most remotes have a red button to put them in standby.
The Trials And Torments of Twittering On The TV
Published on 27 May 2009 in Interactive TV, connected televisions, Digital TV, interactive television, social media, television, Twitter
I recently had a go using a new TV. Not that special except that the TV in question had an Ethernet connection going into it, meaning the world of internet delivered content was available. The presence of a back channel meant that communication to the viewer was no longer one way.
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.
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.
Without Wimbledon
Published on 25 June 2008 in BBC red button, BBC red button, Freesat, interactive television, Wimbledon
So Wimbledon started on Monday, and not being a tennis (or indeed a sport) fan, all Wimbledon really means to me is that I miss out on most of my favourite TV shows. The ones that aren't being disrupted by Euro 2008 anyway�
BBCi Labs Live
Published on 24 June 2008 in BBC red button, Interactive TV, BBC, BBC red button, interactive television
BBCi Labs is a new blog from the team I work in and will be a space for the team to write about what we're doing, show off some of the things we've done and various other stuff.