Articles tagged «BBC»

Bitesize Assisted Search

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Bitesize Assisted Search

Michal Ozorowski, 31st Jan 2010

BBC Bitesize is the biggest digital learning site in the UK, providing learning and revision materials for schoolchildren of all ages. Monterosa have worked on a number of projects with Bitesize over the years, so we were familiar with the site when the Bitesize team approached us with a problem to solve.

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Genres: Children's, Factual

Tags: Ajax, Mod-Perl

Client: BBC

Strictly Social / Showtime

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Strictly Social

Michal Ozorowski, 31st Jan 2010

Strictly Come Dancing, The BBC's entertainment blockbuster, took a big step into the social TV space in 2009 with its 'Strictly Social' play-along application.

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Genre: Entertainment

Tags: Enmasse, Flash, Social TV

Client: BBC

F1 Circuit Guides

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F1 Circuit Guides

Michal Ozorowski, 27th Jan 2010

Interactive 3D circuit guides to support BBC Sport's coverage of the FIA Formula 1 Championship in 2009. Full project details coming soon.

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Genre: Sport

Tags: Away 3D, Flash

Client: BBC

World Service Votes

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World Service Votes

Michal Ozorowski, 27th Jan 2010

The BBC World Service website supports BBC World Service Radio in providing a valuable and often unique viewpoint on world affairs to 150 million listeners around the world. The website is presented in 30 quite diverse languages.

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Genre: Factual

Tags: Mod-Perl, Ruby on Rails

Client: BBC

The Apprentice Predictor

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The Apprentice Predictor

Alex Button, 8th Jan 2010

Kick-starting live Social TV in the UK

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Genre: Entertainment

Tags: EC2, Enmasse

Clients: BBC, Fremantle Media

Truth About Crime

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Truth About Crime

Alex Button, 4th Jan 2010

Crime Prevention Organisation Postcode Search Tool

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Genre: Entertainment

Tags: Geolocation, Ruby on Rails

Client: BBC

Breathing Places

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Breathing Places

Alexander Kuznetsov, 22nd Dec 2009

Full project details coming soon.

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Genre: Factual

Tags: Geolocation, Google Maps, Ruby on Rails

Clients: BBC, Natural England

Open Air

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Open Air

Alex Button, 1st Sep 2009

The BBC approached Monterosa to undertake a research and development project looking at new ways of delivering local information to users of BBC web services. The brief was to build a site that worked on Google Gears enabled devices including new to market mobile handsets. The site was to deliver location-based information initially from two BBC web services, but be expandable to further services in the future.

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Genre: Factual

Tags: Location Based Search, Mobile, Ruby on Rails

Client: BBC

Visualising Radio

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Visualising Radio

Alex Button, 1st Jul 2009

“Visualising Radio” is a trial service for BBC radio, in which TV cameras in the radio studio capture the action behind the microphone, and offer interactive content to engage listeners online during the show.

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Genre: Entertainment

Tags: EC2, Enmasse

Client: BBC

Gut Instinct!

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Gut Instinct!

Michal Ozorowski, 31st May 2008

Gut Instinct was one of a series of realtime multi-player games created for the BBC's education strand Bitesize. It's served millions of gameplays over several years and is still in active service. There isn't a full case study for this project, but you can click here to play Gut Instinct.

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Genre: Children's

Client: BBC

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