In another sign of shifting forces in the social media universe, the U.K.’s national public service broadcaster, the BBC, is dipping a toe into the fediverse by setting up its own Mastodon instance. The BBC is labelling its move as an experiment — and ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides her time ...

The tournament will allow the BBC to obtain much-needed data across tens of thousands of devices when viewers are watching the same event at once.— This story first appears at TheDesk.net, a premium source for original news and analysis on the business of media and technology.

The BBC has today unveiled ‘Visual Perceptive Media,’ an experimental project that creates video stories that are automatically edited on the fly to suit individuals’ tastes and personalities. The work follows the earlier audio-based Perceptive ...

The BBC has renewed its contract with global technology services company Mindtree to provide digital testing services for the Corporation’s digital products. Mindtree will continue to test and provide support on flagship products including BBC iPlayer ...