A review of the BBC Sport App's technical architecture and product features in the lead up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Glasgow Commonwealth Games

1. An App Perspective on the record
breaking summer of Sport
Keith Mitchell
Group Engineering Manager
keith.mitchell@bbc.co.uk
@specialized
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2. NEWS
LIVE
WEATHER
SEARCH
HOMEPAGE
ABOUT THE BBC
TRAVEL
MUSIC
Bitesize
ARTS
FOOD
NEWSBEAT
PROGRAMMES
Radio
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3. SPORT
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5. LONDON 2012
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6. FROM LONDONTO GLASGOW
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8. Status and Control
Configuration
FeatureToggles
Hybrid - Web and Native Elements
ARCHITECTURAL DECISIONS
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9. Controlled Server side
End-point for each
Platform
Edition
Version
STATUS AND CONTROL
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10. Menu Config
Router & White list
Adverts
DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION
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11. Controlled Server side
e.g. Radio, Chromcast, Push
FEATURETOGGLES
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12. BRIDGING WEB & NATIVE
Javascript Bridge
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13. ALL ABOUT LIVE DATA & A/V
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14. DELIVER DATA USING PUSH
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15. DELIVER DATA USING PUSH
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16. ALERTS IMAGES HERE
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17. DATA MODEL
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18. PUSH ARCHITECTURE
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19. PUSH NOTIFICATION & LIVE WIDGET
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20. LIVEVIDEO STREAMS
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25. Dedicated Build & Release Pipeline
(Platforms, Editions,Versions, Debug/Release)
HockeyApp
(Nightly, QA,Alpha, Beta, RC)
Tooling and Dashboards
(GitHub, Jenkins, Dashing,Test Harness)
BUILD PIPELINE
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26. Summary
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27. 6+ Million UK Downloads
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28. 96 million
Brazil World Cup (12 June)
to
The Open Championship (20 July)
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29. 77.5 million in June
bit.ly/BBCSportRecord
Biggest month in our entire history
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30. 4 million
World Cup Alerts
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31. 3.1 M unique browsers/devices
1st July
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32. 3.4 Million - 9th July
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33. 25m live video requests
World Cup: 15.9m, Wimbledon: 8.1m
The Open: 1.5m, British Grand Prix: 369k
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36. Thanks. Questions ?
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37. We’re hiring!
Keith Mitchell
e : keith.mitchell@bbc.co.uk
t: @specialized
Tuesday, 28 April 15