This presentation was given at WorkTech 2010 Conference at Salford Quays.
It covers the following:
1. The BBC in the digital age
2. Future Media & Technology at MediaCity:UK
3. BBC Research & Development
4. A moment to ponder on innovation…
5. Current activities around MediaCity:UK
Digital Futures Knowledge Networks Bbc R&D At Mmu Create Group Launch
Technology in a New Century City WorkTech 2010
1. Technology in the New Century City Dr Adrian Woolard Project Lead, North Lab, BBC Research & Development Future Media & Technology at MediaCityUK Shaping the BBC of the Future
25. R&D current work Automated production and media Management Ingex Olympic networking project Automated rough cuts Archives and content Retrieval Automated analogue to digital Automatic generation of metadata Image analysis and classification Distribution: C ore Technologies T2 (HD on DTT) HD radio cameras White spaces (enabling digital Britain) Distribution: Networks DSO HD design authority Future metadata services Trailer Selection to PVR Distribution: Applications ipTV (Canvas) FreeSat Push to DVR Mobile Media Profile Audience Measurement Green technology Audience Experience ipTV remote control Converged accessibility New and parallel editorial experiences Broadcasting additional metadata Production Magic Olympics 3D delivery 3D modelling Ambisonics Production Media management Distribution Audience experience Development (0 – 1 years) Applied research (1 – 5 years) Strategic research (5+ years)
31. Cities & the digital workforce… The big, open-ended question is, “Why should empowered and self-reliant people, equipped with increasingly powerful information technology, ever come to work at all?” Key reading: http://speedbird.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/rework-and-the-city/
38. Project A. Distributed production environment for SME, Freelancer, Public Basecamp ® http:// basecamphq.com / Skype® Cooliris ® http:// www.cooliris.com /
39. Video editing tools integrated with OS software principles Lean, integrated production – efficiency at ‘half the price’ through re-engineered platforms for media production and delivery Production : any time, anywhere, anyone – creative social interactions through new social media platforms
45. Thank You! Dr Adrian Woolard Project Lead (R&D North Lab) & Head of Innovation Culture BBC Research & Development Future Media & Technology Interim Lab, OB Base, New Broadcasting House Oxford Road, Manchester M60 1SJ E: [email_address] http:// www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet / http:// www.bbc.co.uk /rd http:// backstage.bbc.co.uk /
Editor's Notes
Future Cities: Homes and Living into the 21st Century (World of the Future) [Hardcover] Kenneth William Gatland (Author), David Jeffries (Author) Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Edc Pub (June 1979) Language: English ISBN-10: 0860202399 ISBN-13: 978-0860202394
A trip in time to the year 2000 and beyond. See the robots, machines and cities of the future, and then travel to the stars. The Electronic Household This living room has many electronic gadgets which are either in use already or are being developed for people to buy in the 1980s. 1. Giant-size TV 2. Electronic video movie camera 3. Flat screen TV 4. Video disc player 5. Domestic robot rolls in with drinks. 6. Mail slot
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O.N.E. provides a toolbox for managing large digital media files, with a front-end designed using a number of use cases such as: Managing the distributed workflow of digital content for multi-segment broadcast media - Freelancers Providing a social media space for the opening up of archives and co-creation of content to explore specific issues such as the creation of MediaCityUK and its effects on the local population Working with SME’s in Sheffield & Liverpool TSB bid submitted led by 3 media focused SMEs