BBC Research & Development
@BBCRD · London & Salford · joined 16 Feb 2010
Exploring technology for the BBC's future. (We rarely post on social media now - so follow us through our newsletter or website instead - links below. 📨)
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16:30 @IBCShow IP Studio 2.0 — Live Production (Technical Papers Room)
@BBCRD’s Peter Brightwell on @EBU_Tech's Dynamic Media Facility: the future of software-based live production.
Session info - https://t.co/Eai4jO777n
Read more - https://t.co/vJpHuKXYSD
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Full details of everything we're doing at @IBCShow this week is here, with links to find out when, where and to read more!
https://t.co/77fXyeDIsp
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The @EBU_Tech Open Source Meetup (EBU Stand 10.D21)
A lightning talk from @BBCRD’s James Sandford on the evolution of TAMS API – the open, interoperable, cloud-native API bridging live & file-based workflows.
Event - https://t.co/vfPQEcA03F
More: https://t.co/RBmpgwLPQZ https:
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15:30 @IBCShow Accelerator Showcase: Master Control Cloud (Future Tech Stage)
@BBCRD’s Shyamalie Thilakawardana & the BBC’s Tom Everest reveal how the Master Control Room moves to the cloud.
Details - https://t.co/F98jrDkP7A
More - https://t.co/qXpitw6ZUY
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14:15 @IBCShow – Fighting disinformation & disengagement: Staying relevant in the digital age (Conference Room 1)
@BBCRD’s Antonia Kerle joins a vital panel on truth, trust & AI in news.
Session info - https://t.co/Zh41nBuA3z
More - https://t.co/TSF6NBsMhj https://t.co/npdKhz
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10:30 @IBCShow - Multi-vendor software live media exchange (Future Tech Stage)
As live broadcast workloads shift to virtualised and containerised software applications, we're exploring next-gen cloud based workflows
Details: https://t.co/KOlUdxfPnJ
More: https://t.co/vJpHuKXYSD
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We’re back @IBCShow for 2025!
Today @BBCRD is showcasing cutting-edge work on cloud-based live production, fighting disinformation, and open-source innovation.
Here’s what’s happening on Saturday in Amsterdam 👇 #IBC2025 https://t.co/NRqTJmhjM3
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We’ve won a prestigious 2025 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award for our lasting impact on the industry!
This award celebrates companies that have fundamentally changed the way we all experience TV.
Read how our work touches your everyday life:
https://t.co/QSmoDy0CGa
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From radio to TV to the internet… from DAB to HDR to AI…
BBC R&D has been shaping how the world experiences media for nearly a century.
You might never *see* our work directly, but you experience it every day.
Now, we've been recognised with one of TV’s highest honours… 🏆 https:
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Congrats to our Phil Layton who's recognised as an @smpteconnect fellow!🎉
"For attaining an outstanding rank among engineers or executives in media & entertainment through their proficiency & contributions to the motion-picture, TV, or related industries"
https://t.co/AwX5jkUJiq
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Inside R&D: Innovation Explained is our new series of interviews with the R&D team, lifting the lid on technological changes that are affecting the media industry. The podcast is available on several platforms - all the links and episode details below 👇🎧 https://t.co/8CeP7eChdq
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Against accounts of the same size
1 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.
Median views723this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %3.23%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.69%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 723 | 924 | 0.78× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 3.23% | 3.62% | 0.89× |
| Engagement rate | 0.69% | 1.52% | 0.45× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
51418 Jun
40531 Jul
1K2 Sep
1.4K
75113 Sep
47
64
47
119
417
523
72328 Jul
Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.39%18 Jun
0.00%31 Jul
0.77%2 Sep
0.90%
0.53%13 Sep
2.13%
1.56%
2.13%
0.84%
0.24%
0.19%
0.69%28 Jul
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes50.0%21 in total
Reposts14.3%6 in total
Replies26.2%11 in total
Bookmarks9.5%4 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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