Timo TijhofOct 24, 2024

BBC sites share a common layout with identical styling and fonts... except for the lowercase "a".

Someone made a font variant just for Bitesize, changing its A to be more kid-friendly!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Toggle between. They're identical, except for the double-storey |a| on News, and Bitesize sporting a single-storey |ɑ|.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A

It's implemented with CSS font-feature-settings:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-feature-settings

#css4 #BBCRD #details #AttentionToDetail

Home - BBC News

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.

BBC News
Rich WarehamAug 16, 2023
Nice to see this @BBC_News_Labs piece on something I worked pretty deeply on. Powered by #python, FastAPI and SQLAlchemy which aided rapid prototyping. https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/projects/live-highlights/ #iplayer #bbc #bbcrd.
Live Highlights

Marking key moments in live streams, and surfacing them to audiences within the media player.

Show threadnsugimotoAug 1, 2023

アカウント購読ではBBCのサーバーが見つからなかったけれど、ドメイン購読は設定できた。

Homeに出てこないのは、過去投稿は拾わずに、新規投稿なのかな。

#Fedibird #BBC #BBCRD

I'm KerroJul 31, 2023
@shepgo @jerry Oh I see. I'm tentatively pleased to see major orgs investing in the power of independent Instances. Their account management so far seems respectful to the #mastodon norms and conventions so let's see how they go. #BBCRD #BBCNews
Adrian PolglaseJul 31, 2023

Just a quick shout out that the BBC now has its own official Mastodon instance (currently on a 6 month experiment), including accounts you can follow!

All at https://social.bbc

@BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

More information here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

#Fediverse #Mastodon #BBC #BBCRD #UK #ActivityPub #PublicServiceBroadcasting #SocialMedia #Tech #Internet #News

BBC Mastodon

This is an experimental Mastodon instance run by BBC Research and Development.

Mastodon hosted on social.bbc
Show threadMastodon MigrationJul 31, 2023

@BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

4) Another benefit to the BBC of being a private instance is that they can apply style rules across all the accounts conforming to their general standards.

5) And, of course, a huge #PrivateInstance benefit is that it automatically verifies all content is from the BBC.

Congratulations to the BBC for a well thought out and beautifully executed entry into the Fediverse. Welcome!

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#BBC #PrivateInstance #BBCRD

Show threadMastodon MigrationJul 31, 2023

@BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

2) Because it is a #PrivateInstance they do not have to perform the difficult job of vetting and monitoring users. This problem is left to public instances which have the resources to do the job.

3) Another #PrivateInstance benefit is that the #LocalTimeline (https://social.bbc/public/local) and #FederatedTimeline (https://social.bbc/public) become chronological content feeds under their control.

#BBC #PrivateInstance #BBCRD
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Show threadMastodon MigrationJul 31, 2023

@BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

The BBC's implementation of this groundbreaking instance should serve as a model to other organizations on how to field their own instances:

1) The first thing to notice is that it is not open to the public. If you try to create an account, they politely say that "it's a place for us to publish in the Fediverse," and encourage users to make an account on any other server and follow them.

#BBC #PrivateInstance #BBCRD
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Ian Forrester | @cubicgardenMay 6, 2023

From Interledger Foundation
@Interledger on twitter

#Interledger highlights the work of its grantee via its weekly #granteereport feature.

Today, we highlight #BBCRD's project which explores how the interaction of web monetization & geo-blocking will help organizations that want to geo-limit the use of Web Monetization

https://community.interledger.org/billt/geo-limited-monetization-integrating-web-monetization-and-geoip-services-grant-report-2-final-report-4hoj

Geo-limited monetization: integrating Web Monetization and GeoIP services — Grant Report #2 (Final Report

Overview When Tim Berners-Lee created the HTTP status codes, hidden amongst the now...

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Timo TijhofFeb 12, 2023

"An update on our work on low latency streaming"
by Chris Poole at BBC Research & Development.

I didn't know BBC contribute to both the DVB DASH standard, and to the dash.js reference implementation. With commercial CDNs rolling out support, this allows much smaller segments of audio/video to be sent to clients through CDNs in near-realtime using W3C Media Source Extensions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2022-11-low-latency-live-streaming

More technical detail:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2018-09-latency-video-streaming

#webperf #BBCRD #HLS #MSE #VLC via tomscott.com

An update on our work on low latency streaming

Since our early demonstrations of low latency streaming four years ago, a lot has been done here in BBC R&D and in the wider industry.

BBC R&D