BBC Backstage

TEDxManchester - Matthew Postgate: What is Broadcasting?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:20 +0000

What the past teaches us: What is Broadcasting?

R&DTV ep3 (TEDxManchester special) short version

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:31:28 +0000

hat is R&D TV? http://ftp.kw.bbc.co.uk/backstage/index.whtml

It's a monthly technology programme made up of interviews from knowledgeable BBC developers, BBC project experts and experts from around the world.

The programming comes in 3 forms.

1. A brief 5 minute video, containing all the very best bits
2. A longer 30 minute video, containing deeper conversations
3. The Asset Bundle, containing everything we used and didn't use to make the videos above

We expect most people will just enjoy the videos every month, so the 5 minute and 30 minute versions will be fine. If you want to explorer more or see footage which didn't make it into the cut for what ever reason, the Asset bundle is your friend. The clips are raw straight from our cameras and although this may be too much for most people, it makes great footage for those who want to remix and mashup our footage with there own or others.

You can watch, rip, redistribute and remix all the contents of this package under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en_GB a creative commons non-commercial attribution v2 licence.

TEDxManchester - Phil Griffin: The Architecture of Manchester

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:02 +0000

What the past teaches us: The Architecture of Manchester

TEDxManchester - Sarah Hartley: Journalism going forward

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:23:37 +0000

What the past teaches us: Journalism going forward

TEDxManchester - Marc Goodchild: Learned knowledge from working with Children

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:20:54 +0000

Perspective and knowledge: Learn knowledge from working with Children

TEDxManchester - Dr Mariann Hardey: Etiquette & social media 2.0

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:36 +0000

Perspective and knowledge: Etiquette & social media 2.0

TEDxManchester - Ben Light: How we perceive ourselves

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:51:50 +0000

Perspective and knowledge: How we perceive ourselves

TEDxManchester - Hugh Garry: The mobile film and mystery box concept

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:12 +0000

Ubiquity and behaviour: The mobile film and mystery box concept

TEDxManchester - Paul Coulton: Mobile games as social information appliances or meme generators

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:41:38 +0000

Ubiquity and behaviour: Mobile games as social information appliances or meme generators

Tom Watson recorded at Open Tech 09 by Chris Vallance

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:38:15 +0000

Tom Watson Civil Service Minister Cabinet Office working with fellow ministers Ed Miliband and Phil Hope.

Since being elected to Parliament in June 2001 to represent the people of West Bromwich East Tom has served as a Government Whip and Defence Minister as well as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Treasury.

This interview was recorded at OpenTech09 by Chris Vallance of BBC Radio 4

Web VM presentation

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:23 +0000

Web VM panel

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:59:50 +0000

Posture Minder presentation

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:55:28 +0000

Phone from here panel

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:31:13 +0000

Introduction

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:22:09 +0000

edocr panel

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:19:49 +0000

edocr presentation

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:05:21 +0000

R&D TV on Torrentfreak TV

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:40:58 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - STARTUP4SLAUGHTER 7

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:53:12 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - Tim Barker 4

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:52:42 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - Panel 6

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:53:43 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - Simone Brunozzi of Amazon 3

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:53:41 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - Ivan Farneti 5

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:44:12 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - Bindi Karia - Microsoft 2

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:23:39 +0000

Nwstartup - Cloud Computing Demystified - introduction 1

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:33:18 +0000

BBC R&D TV, Episode 1 (30minutes version)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:12:41 +0000

R&D TV : Episode 1What is R&D TV?

It's a monthly technology programme made up of interviews from knowledgeable BBC developers, BBC project experts and experts from around the world.

The programming comes in 3 forms.

A brief 5 minute video, containing all the very best bits
A longer 30 minute video, containing deeper conversations
The Asset Bundle, containing everything we used and didn't use to make the videos above

BBC R&D TV, Episode 1 (5 minutes, 37.4 MB)

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:35:28 +0000

R&D TV : Episode 1What is R&D TV?

It's a monthly technology programme made up of interviews from knowledgeable BBC developers, BBC project experts and experts from around the world.

The programming comes in 3 forms.

A brief 5 minute video, containing all the very best bits
A longer 30 minute video, containing deeper conversations
The Asset Bundle, containing everything we used and didn't use to make the videos above

Standards for Aggregating Activity Feeds and Social Aggregation Services

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:32:37 +0000

Come hear a broad panel discussion about aggregating social feeds and services from leading people and companies in this rapidly evolving area including Dare Obasanjo from Microsoft as panel moderator, John McCrea from Plaxo, Kevin Marks from Google, Luke Shepard from Facebook, Marc Canter from Broadband Mechanics, and Monica Keller from MySpace.

Matthew demos new iphone application which uses Microsoft Translator

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:09:51 +0000

Internet Explorer 8 launches at Mix09

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:51 +0000

Windows Mobile 6

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:10:05 +0000

Mike Southon compares the beatles to startups

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:41:22 +0000

Mike Southon is one of the UK's leading authorities on entrepreneurship and sales with a weekly column every Saturday in the Financial Times.

In the 1980s, he co-founded, built and sold The Instruction Set, a software consultancy. In the 1990s he worked with 17 start-ups; two later went public (and three went broke!). And in the 2000s he co-authored with Chris West four bestselling books: The Beermat Entrepreneur, The Boardroom Entrepreneur, Sales on a Beermat, and Finance on a Beermat.

Mike is a Visiting Fellow in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London South Bank University, and is a visiting lecturer at London Business School, Cass Business School and many others.

He is also an experienced broadcaster and has released over 80 podcast-friendly radio interviews with famous industrialists, entrepreneurs and business experts.

These include Allan Leighton (Chairman, Royal Mail), Sir Robin Saxby (former Chairman, ARM), Sir Philip Trousdell (former commander, NATO forces in Bosnia), Sahar Hashemi (Co-founder, Coffee Republic), Sir Keith Mills (Chairman, London 2012 Olympic bid) and Trevor Baylis (inventor of the clockwork radio).

The Ruskins at Thinking Digital: The next generation

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:30:13 +0000

Eamon, Dave and Ricky, otherwise known as The Ruskins, have gone from strength to strength since appearing on the scene in 2007. From jamming at home on Isleworth's Worton Estate in West London to whipping the crowd into a stage-invasion frenzy at London's legendary Islington Academy.

These lads are making waves and drawing kudos from the likes of BBC's Huw Stevens, XFM's Steve Harris, NME and the The Sunday Times . Hardly surprising, really, when you hear their catchy, ska-infused take on modern rock inspired by the likes of Kings of Leon, The Cribs, Johnny Cash and The Streets. In a scene that's saturated with generic indie-pop bands trying to be "the next hot shit," The Ruskins are a band that dare to differ.

Their debut single 'Slow Down Jessica' was recently chosen by Steve Lamacq as his 'Demo of the Week' on BBC Radio 1 where he paid tribute to lead singer Eamon's lyrical prowess. This cheeky, charming trio are gonna go far and are definitely ones to watch for 2009.

Steve Lamacq (Radio 1 - Aug 08):
"Anyone who can stick the words 'cycling proficiency' in their song deserves to be on my show!!"

Huw Stevens (Radio 1 - Oct 08):
"More than sweet, they sound brilliant"

Steve Harris (XFM - Aug 08):
"This band is right up my street"

NME (Aug 08):
"The Ruskins are the missing link between Country Ska and Indie!"

Record Of The Day (Dec 08):
"Definitely a decent young band who are tight live, and definitely had the crowd going!"

Tom Scott at Thinking Digital: the next generation

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:00:56 +0000

Tom Scott is a geek comedian. He won the 2008 Kevin Greening Award for Creativity at the Student Radio Awards, once got in trouble with the Cabinet Office for his version of their Preparing for Emergencies site, and has been described as a "sometime internet funny man" by The Register. He runs the British part of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and accidentally got elected as president of his students' union after running as "Mad Cap'n Tom".

His work has been shown on BBC One, Channel 4, and at the paraflows net-art exhibition in Vienna.

He also once got five gold runs on 'Blockbusters'.

Mike Southon compares the beatles to startups

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:40:26 +0000

Mike Southon is one of the UK's leading authorities on entrepreneurship and sales with a weekly column every Saturday in the Financial Times.

Mike is a Visiting Fellow in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London South Bank University, and is a visiting lecturer at London Business School, Cass Business School and many others.

He is also an experienced broadcaster and has released over 80 podcast-friendly radio interviews with famous industrialists, entrepreneurs and business experts.

Critical moment for the Beatles and Startups

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:00:15 +0000

Mike Southon is one of the UK's leading authorities on entrepreneurship and sales with a weekly column every Saturday in the Financial Times.

Mike is a Visiting Fellow in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London South Bank University, and is a visiting lecturer at London Business School, Cass Business School and many others.

He is also an experienced broadcaster and has released over 80 podcast-friendly radio interviews with famous industrialists, entrepreneurs and business experts.

Paul Callaghan sing along

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:30:50 +0000

Paul is Chairman of Leighton, the North East based technology, software, media and communications group that he founded. Leighton operates at the cutting edge of new technology and currently has six companies based in the North East that lead the UK in their respective markets:

The Ruskins at Thinking Digital: The next generation

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:30:22 +0000

Steve Lamacq (Radio 1 - Aug 08):
"Anyone who can stick the words 'cycling proficiency' in their song deserves to be on my show!!"

Huw Stevens (Radio 1 - Oct 08):
"More than sweet, they sound brilliant"

Steve Harris (XFM - Aug 08):
"This band is right up my street"

NME (Aug 08):
"The Ruskins are the missing link between Country Ska and Indie!"

Record Of The Day (Dec 08):
"Definitely a decent young band who are tight live, and definitely had the crowd going!"

The Ruskins at Thinking Digital: The next generation

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:10:11 +0000

Steve Lamacq (Radio 1 - Aug 08):
"Anyone who can stick the words 'cycling proficiency' in their song deserves to be on my show!!"

Huw Stevens (Radio 1 - Oct 08):
"More than sweet, they sound brilliant"

Steve Harris (XFM - Aug 08):
"This band is right up my street"

NME (Aug 08):
"The Ruskins are the missing link between Country Ska and Indie!"

Record Of The Day (Dec 08):
"Definitely a decent young band who are tight live, and definitely had the crowd going!"

Hard words by Paul Callaghan

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:50:39 +0000

Jason Gorman introduces Software Craftsmanship Conference 09

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:28:02 +0000

On the 26th February 2009, Backstage was a sponsor of the Software Craftsmanship Conference at BBC Media Village, London. It was a day of workshops for programmers, looking specifically at how to develop good working practices, through discipline and good habits.

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:26:57 +0000

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:16:49 +0000

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:17:10 +0000

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:27:11 +0000

Identity mistakes 101?

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:05:08 +0000

Katie Lips launches Appostles

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:28:02 +0000

Katie Lips is author of "The Amazing iPhone Report", a Guide to the platform for business owners. Katie will offer an overview of what makes the iPhone platform special and how both iPhone and Android offer supportive environments for developers and entrepreneurs. "New Mobile" is no longer a walled garden, but as developers are fast creating thousands of new apps, the ecosystem (the iPhone App Store at least) is fast becoming a crowded space. How can mobile 2.0 developers make sure their apps stand out? Katie will outline some trending strategies in "new mobile marketing" and share some lessons learnt from Kisky's recent launch of iPhone application Coffee Buzz.

Dave Verwer on iphone development

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:19:24 +0000

Since Apple released the iTunes application store in July last year over 10,000 applications have been released and total application download numbers top 300 million so it is safe to say that the application store has been a success, but what makes a compelling iPhone application? The iPhone offers a fantastic array of hardware and software features but using these features effectively on a 3.5" mobile phone screen can be a challenge. This session will take a high level look at the features of the phone that application designers have access to and look at some guidelines for making a killer iPhone application.

Introduction to the northern startup 2.0 evening

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:18:40 +0000

Update on Tech StartUps

Ben Hookway on the Mobile World Congress

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:07:50 +0000

Summary of Mobile World Congress that took place last week in Barcelona. Ben founded and exited from Next Device, which was funded by Rising Stars

Rhys Jones on Sanoodi

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:58:39 +0000

Rhys returns to #NS20 to discuss the success Sanoodi (and pet project Locly) has made by building robust and versatile mobility solutions to complement their online presence. His discussions will focus on iPhone, Nokia, Blackberry, etc. Rhys is a serial entrepreneur with two successful exists (Secure Trading and Accountis).

Robert Wakeling on Wadaro

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:58:21 +0000

Robert Wakeling, currently CEO of Wadaro, has in the past held senior management positions in companies such as Openwave and Magic4. Openwave had their own terminal platform and Magic4 integrated their 3rd party messaging Clients into various manufacturers platforms. Having experienced the practicalities around developing software products for terminals, Robert can explain how vendors have traditionally implemented their devices and how they have or tried to move to a platform based offering and why.

Startup for the slaughter - Identity

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:49:29 +0000

5 mins presentation by a tech startup highlighting a specific problem it has. Through rapid Q&A, audience attempts to find answers within 10 mins.

Mobile Panel discussion at Northern Startup 2.0

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:48:18 +0000

Having discussed and debated Mobile 2.0 12 months ago, this time we will discuss the growth of iPhone, Android and other technologies as platforms for creation of new products and services and their relevance to both consumers and businesses alike.

As we are approaching a new phase of mobile Internet, innovative companies are creating mashups incorporating 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, video and location based services. In this environment, it is crucial to understand the strategic and tactical steps that executives, entrepreneurs and investors should take to ensure that they are not left behind with the mobile Internet revolution. Those who develop strategies to improve customer, supplier, employee and management communications using mobile Internet are bound to gain significant competitive advantage.

Do your product roadmap includes mobile Internet? Does mobile Internet form part of your communications strategy? Want to know more? Then this event is for you.

Zoe lock presentation

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:22:10 +0000

Shooting on small cameras

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:30:10 +0000

What should the BBC do with twitter dot com slash bbc

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:54:53 +0000

User generated content and editorial ordering part1

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:10:44 +0000

User generated content and editorial ordering part2

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:27:36 +0000

Beebcamp2 end talk

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:48 +0000

Clay Shirky talk at the LSE in London

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:37:31 +0000

Startup for the Slaughter at Northern Startup 2.0

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:03:41 +0000

5 mins presentation by a tech startup (this time, TalentOnView) highlighting a specific problem it has. Through rapid Q&A, audience attempts to find answers within 10 mins. We are hoping this would become a regular event.

Talent on View is a user friendly web based video interview application that enables recruiters and clients to speed up the process of placing the right candidate in the right job with the right company.

The Northern Startup 2.0 big panel debate

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:59:59 +0000

It all started with sub-prime mortgages followed by prestigious banks going under worldwide resulting in low liquidity and economic contraction. Large companies are cutting down costs and headcounts with significant hits on R&D. In most cases all R&D spend has been frozen or cancelled. This is a great time for tech startups to innovate, prove concepts and be there strong when the economy recovers.

Whilst the last three years so the emergence of web 2.0 startups with no clear focus on revenue generation, the current economic climate is forcing these startups to think otherwise. The startups with the right strategy will emerge, grow and have the opportunity to acquire struggling startups.

Mike Butcher's presentation at Northern Startup 2.0

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:28:02 +0000

Mike Butcher, Editor, TechCrunch UK and Ireland

Mike will address the changing economic landscape for tech startups in the UK and Europe. Having travelled extensively within Europe over the last six months, speaking to tech startups from many countries as well as regularly blogging about the market, Mike is in unique position to spot trends.

James Brocket presentation at Northern Startup 2.0

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:13:57 +0000

James Brocket, Managing Partner, CalibreOne

James runs Calibre One, a leading specialist Executive Search boutique with offices in London and San Francisco. Calibre One works with many of the leading high-growth tech companies in Europe and the US. James will address some of the issues associated with recruiting and retaining talented Executives in these challenging times, and also with paving the way to being able to hire these people when the time is right to do so. Great companies are built in challenging times - and great people build great companies.

Ed french presentation at northern startup 2.0

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:03:15 +0000

Ed French, Venture Capitalist, Enterprise Ventures

Ed will address the changes in approach to funding in the post-credit crunch world for early stage technology companies, providing some specific pointers to changes to the approach to investors that the new climate.

Wii Mario Kart at the BBC NW Bash

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:46:04 +0000