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The initiatives that could set Auntie's agenda for the next decade...
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With IT and TV becoming increasingly intertwined, broadcasters are embracing new technology developments like never before.
With the BBC no exception, silicon.com has rounded up the six tech projects likely to prove important for the future of the corporation and the UK's broadcasting industry as a whole.
BBC iPlayer
The BBC's on-demand service iPlayer was launched in 2007 and has quickly become a broadcasting heavyweight, averaging more than 100 million streams per month.
Indeed, such has been its success that iPlayer has raised questions about how the UK's broadband infrastructure will cope with the demands of a projected increase in online TV consumption, as well as how the take-up of iPlayer could affect the way the TV licence is structured.
Meanwhile, the BBC is already preparing to add extra functionality to the service - the addition of online apps and linking up with Twitter are all in the pipeline.
An international version is also on the cards and despite some early setbacks, the BBC is likely to end up sharing its iPlayer tech with other terrestrial broadcasters.
iPlayer could also see its influence grow if and when the Project Canvas IPTV initiative comes to fruition (more of this later) - potentially becoming the broadcasting standard for TVs as well as PCs. It's a road that iPlayer has already started on, with the recent announcement of a deal that will see the BBC's catch-up service made available through Freesat digiboxes.
Picture credit: Tim Ferguson/silicon.com
Caption by: Tim Ferguson
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