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Tuesday 21 September 2021, 14:38
Pierre-Yves Bigourdan
Software Engineering Team Lead
During the 2018 World Cup quarter final our systems at the time became overwhelmed, leading to a major outage. How did we scale our live streaming architecture to stream the Euro 2020 final online to a new record of 7.1 million viewers?
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Tuesday 14 September 2021, 13:07
Robert Heap
Executive Product Manager, BBC Sport
Rob Heap explains how algorithm-based recommendations are saving time in production
Monday 05 July 2021, 12:10
Prabhjit Bains
Producer for Participative Experiences
Beat the Bot is a web-based competitive football sports quiz that uses speech recognition. Use your voice and go head-to-head with the Bot to name all the teams relegated from the Premier League!
Wednesday 08 August 2018, 14:21
Mark Woosey
Software Engineering Graduate, BBC Design & Engineering
Mark Woosey explains some of the backend technology behind BBC Sport's live pages service.
Monday 09 July 2018, 13:49
For the BBC its important to innovate and we saw this as the perfect time and opportunity to test what our audience expect from a virtual reality sport app.
Monday 18 June 2018, 07:32
Neil Hall
Head of Product, BBC Sport
Neil Hall explains BBC Sport's digital plans for the World Cup.
Friday 09 February 2018, 08:54
Neil Hall, Head of Product for BBC Sport, looks ahead to the digital coverage of the Winter Olympics.
Friday 12 January 2018, 07:15
Senior Product Manager, BBC Sport Apps
Robert Heap, Senior Product Manager, explains the methodology behind making a change to the navigation on the BBC Sport App.
Friday 03 November 2017, 10:00
The BBC’s biggest increase in live sport in a generation - aiming to bring an additional 1,000 hours of coverage from around 30 additional sports and events each year. You can watch it on PCs, tablets, mobiles and connected TVs and personalise those services to make sure you don’t miss anything.
Thursday 04 August 2016, 10:15
Justin Barritt
Executive Product Manager
In addition to creating a more personalised experience on the My Sport app, the BBC Sport app team has launched a virtual reality trial app - BBC Sport 360. These apps are expected to provide s with a greater Olympic experience through tailored content.
