Articles for BBC Press Red Blog
Press Red is where the BBC TV Platforms Group write about stuff.
Articles List
- Red Button and widescreen
Explaining widescreen and red button
- CBeebies Through the Years - part 3
Final part of the tour through the CBeebies red button archives
- CBeebies Through the Years - part 2
Continuing the tour of how the BBC Red Button CBeebies service has changed.
- CBeebies Through the Years - part 1
Part 1 of a tour through the Red Button archives, looking at the CBeebies service.
- More from the BBC Red Button "What If..." files
When the original BBC Text service was being planned, there were a couple of different designs tried. One was the very Ceefax inspired idea I wrote about recently. But there were more...
- Delving into the archives - how red button could have looked in 1998
I recently came across a set of archive files on one of our computer servers. Amongst them were these mock ups made back in 1998 showing how the BBC's new digital text service could look.
- Inside Da Vinci
The world of set top boxes in the BBC Red Button test farm.
- Please Wait...
If you use the BBC Red Button service on a Sky box you may notice that every now and then you come across a large "Please Wait" screen. Here's what it's all about.
- Welcome to Selkirk, West London
There's a new addition to our office in West London. Sat in front of a green glass screen, where everything is surprisingly dark and difficult to photograph, is another part of the country. Selkirk in fact.
- Freesat Radio
On Tuesday 30 September, we launched our first radio service on the Freesat platform.
- The importance of fish in interactive TV development
The internal video feeds which power BBCi development