Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2018
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Terms and Conditions review
In a series of three blogs, Valerie Hughes D’Aeth, the BBC’s Group HR Director, writes about work behind the scenes as the BBC aims to lead the way on transparency and fair pay.
Radio 4's Book at Bedtime format proving popular in Afghanistan: BBC reaches record audience of nearly 12 million
The BBC’s Global Audience Measure figures for 2018 have been reassuring to say the least. The audience of BBC News Pashto TV has grown more than threefold over the past four years, to 5.3m. The radio audience of BBC News Dari has grown by 1.4m since 2014, now reaching 4.3m every week – up by 20%...
Leading the way on transparency and fair pay
In a series of three blogs, Valerie Hughes D’Aeth, the BBC’s Group HR Director, writes about work behind the scenes as the BBC aims to lead the way on transparency and fair pay.
Round up week 30 (21-27 July)
A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.
BBC iPlayer Highlights 28 July-3 August 2018
A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.
Serving everyone, rather than being everything to everyone
Ofcom published a report last week about UK media consumption. It tells a now familiar tale of the continued rise of on demand digital, especially among the young, accelerated by powerful internet companies.
From catfishing to unregistered religious marriages: finding news stories hidden In Plain Sight
The news agenda the BBC covers is changing - and our In Plain Sight project is playing a big part in bringing this about.
BBC Education social mobility update: from primary school to preparing for work
As summer kicks in, teachers and their pupils will be getting a well-earned break. Things aren’t quite so quiet for the BBC’s education team, though.
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning at the BBC: from the iPlayer to...infinity?
Machine learning is still in its early stages at the BBC. We've been working on it for quite some time within BBC Research & Development, however we have only started exploring how we can use these tools in our production areas more recently.
Round up week 29 (14-20 July)
A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.