The new app will bring together all the live streams from theīBC’s existing Red Button service, video streams on-demand andĪdditional content from BBC Online - providing a next-generation TVĮxperience of Wimbledon, Formula 1, Euro 2012 and London 2012. Services to bring next-generation viewing experiences to connected TVs Year’s major sporting events via a brand new Red Button experience, including Formula 1, Wimbledon, Euro 2012 and the London 2012 Olympics.įorthcoming BBC Sport app will build on these “enhanced Red Button” User experiences for TiVo homes - paving the way for Virgin MediaĬustomers to gain access to the BBC’s interactive coverage of next Today it's used by a third of the population of the UK.Īre you a regular red-presser? What's your favourite use of extras for your shows? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.Virgin Media and the BBC today announced a new deal that will bring next-generation BBC TV services to the Virgin Media TiVo ® Service in 2012, continuing the successful partnership which saw BBC iPlayer launch on its first TV platform.īBC and Virgin Media will now begin to develop new applications and It was launched at Wimbledon this week in 1999. If you don't have an Internet-connected TV, the traditional Red Button will continue to offer extras for programmes.Īstonishingly, the red button is 13 years old. Other online companion experiences include an Antiques Roadshow iPad app, which lets you guess how much an item will be worth. You could be watching EastEnders, for example, and the Red Button can bring up iPlayer to catch the previous episode, or if you're watching a cooking show you can hit the Red Button to save a recipe from the show for later viewing on a phone or computer. But the Connected Red Button could see you get the extras on your phone or tablet - the so-called second screen everyone's talking about. Now Auntie Beeb is streamlining and reinventing the Red Button experience, tying it in with the Internet to create the Connected Red Button. Currently, you see Red Button extras on the same screen as the show you're watching. Companion experiences vary from choosing different angles to watch a sporting event to placing you in the conductor's perspective at the Proms, or even turning radio into TV by showing a camera feed from the station you're hearing through your digital telly. It's probably the most accessible and mainstream way of accessing 'companion experiences': extra interactive stuff to do with the show you're watching.
Red Button services are extra bits and pieces related to the TV programme you're watching, named for the red button on your remote control that you press for interactive extras. The BBC is reinventing the Red Button service, connecting the interactive service to the web to create the Connected Red Button. 'Press red for more' is about to offer a lot more 'more'.
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