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BBC’s Beeb voice assistant goes beta

Beeb, the new voice assistant from the BBC, first announced in August 2019, is to be made available in  an early version to UK-based members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Programme, a community of people who regularly test out new technology. In a Blog Post, Grace Boswood, COO, BBC Design + Engineering, says that since its […]

June 3, 2020By Colin Mann

BBC launches Programme Explorer tool

The BBC has made more than 200,000 radio and TV programmes from its archive more accessible with a new online tool called Programme Explorer. The tool scours existing radio and TV programmes from across BBC online – including Sounds, iPlayer News, Sport, Weather and more – to find every available programme relating to a search. […]

June 1, 2020