Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction.
We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future.
For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting.
We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet – along with all the flexibility and creativity that brings.
5G, AI, next-gen audio, UHD, personal data… we are investigating all these – and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzztGFXYR1Y
We do all of this to bring audiences new, immersive and accessible experiences.
We also look at how technology can help the production process. We prototype and test new tools, create datasets, open-source our work, work with partners in the industry and publish our research so that everyone can benefit.
Find out more about all this on our website https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd
We’re now exploring Mastodon, so please follow us - we’ll update you with what we are working on in our labs.
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@davidgerard @BBCRD I elaborated on my reasoning in this thread (and I am a trans person).
#Fedi: Hey let’s get news outlets on the Fedi to run their own instances to free everyone from centralized social networks and reduce misinfo in the world! #BBC: ok cool we did that now what? Fedi: We’re defederating with you because you, like all other major news outlets ever, have been racist and transphobic sometimes! We don’t want you! Leave now! 😒
@corbden @davidgerard @BBCRD Thank you so much for sharing. I'm open to give everyone a chance !
Some fedizens are pretty aggressive.