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BBC iPlayer & BBC Sounds Availability and Transparency journey so far
BBC iPlayer & BBC Sounds Availability and Transparency journey so far
It was early December 2018, like most teams operating services that have a busy holiday period, we started discussing what we needed to do…
David Andrade
Aug 28, 2019
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How leadership can increase quality.
How leadership can increase quality.
One the hardest parts of being a leader is not choosing what we should do, it’s choosing what we shouldn’t do.
Richard Owen
Oct 1, 2020
Our journey with our end to end tests
Our journey with our end to end tests
A story of how iPlayer Web achieved a stable end to end testing platform
Dineshraj Goomany
Jun 30, 2020
The BBC as a technology powerhouse, with iPlayer and Sounds leading the way
The BBC as a technology powerhouse, with iPlayer and Sounds leading the way
A public broadcaster, a media company like no other; the BBC has long been renowned by its innovation and for driving the way in many…
David Andrade
Jun 2, 2020
Building apps for everyone: discover why inclusivity and accessibility truly matter
Building apps for everyone: discover why inclusivity and accessibility truly matter
8 tips from the BBC to guide accessibility in apps and games
Ceri Lindsay & Rosalind Whittam
May 27, 2020
Mobile Apps — iPlayer tech on the move
Mobile Apps — iPlayer tech on the move
An insight into the tech stack that powers iPlayer’s mobile apps
Ross Harper
Sep 8, 2017
Dependency Injection in iPlayer Android
Dependency Injection in iPlayer Android
Our journey to write cleaner code
Matthew Williams
Sep 19, 2017
Mixing Audio Description for iPlayer
Mixing Audio Description for iPlayer
In 2009, iPlayer became the first video on-demand service to offer Audio Described content and now it’s part of our normal publishing…
Marcel Riederer
Aug 1, 2019
A Storybook for BBC iPlayer Web
A Storybook for BBC iPlayer Web
Once upon a time...iPlayer created a living styleguide. This is the story of its evolution.
Rob Paton
Jul 26, 2019
Animations — love them or hate them? Your choice!
Animations — love them or hate them? Your choice!
We love putting animations on the iPlayer website, but now you can turn them off, if you’d rather not have animation!
Andy Smith
Jun 19, 2019
Server Timing in the Wild
Server Timing in the Wild
How we expose web performance in iPlayer
Christopher Sidebottom
Mar 16, 2018
Ensuring iPlayer is accessible to all
Ensuring iPlayer is accessible to all
How we use automated tools to spot room for improvement with accessibility-related features
Andy Smith
Nov 7, 2017
iPlayer has moved — did you notice?
iPlayer has moved — did you notice?
Over the past few years, we’ve been hard at work moving the iPlayer website to a more stable and scalable architecture…
Andy Smith
Oct 5, 2018
Optimising the iPlayer Experience with A/B Testing
Optimising the iPlayer Experience with A/B Testing
We optimise iPlayer with A/B tests, to make it easy for our users to be able to find what they want and to discover new content.
Andy Smith
Jun 1, 2018
Optimising iPlayer Translations
Optimising iPlayer Translations
Written by Nick Spragg and Nik Rahmel
Nick Spragg
Dec 7, 2018
Lambda Logs in ELK
Lambda Logs in ELK
How to ingest AWS Lambda Log Streams from CloudWatch into an ELK monitoring stack
Nik Rahmel
Jan 18, 2019
How an iPlayer API engineer delivers platform features across platforms
How an iPlayer API engineer delivers platform features across platforms
API Engineers as Consultants in collaboration with user-facing product teams
Nik Rahmel
Jan 2, 2019
Upskilling engineers cost effectively
How BBC iPlayer provides cost-effective training for engineers by engineers?
Nick Spragg
Sep 18, 2018
Evaluating TensorFlow Models in AWS Lambda
Evaluating TensorFlow Models in AWS Lambda
How BBC iPlayer classifies thousands of video frames every day in parallel
Nik Rahmel
Aug 24, 2017
How iPlayer use 10% time to turbo charge innovation?
How iPlayer use 10% time to turbo charge innovation?
The importance of autonomy in innovation
Kit Wong
Jun 22, 2018
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