BBC Online Briefing Spring 2013: Delivering to Connected TV and The TV Application Layer

At our BBC Online Briefing event in Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, Paul Caporn and I presented the recently open sourced TV Application Layer which provides the platform for the BBC’s Connected TV strategy.

Following the presentations we had a Q&A session. Here's the film:

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Delivering Connected TV: The TV Application Layer

Peter Lasko is is a technical product manager, BBC Future Media TV and Mobile Platforms.

Delegates reaction to the TAL session:

@WunderRoot : The BBC has released the TV Application layer that powers iPlayer etc: fmtvp.github.io/tal/ #bbconline

‏@JamesCridland : Impressive seeing BBC open their TV Application Layer. Should encourage better connected TV apps. http://fmtvp.github.io/tal/getting-started/introducing-tal.html

@thoswarner : #bbconline great insight into the BBC TV application layer @TALOpenSource . Write your own iPlayer anyone?

You can read more from Peter about the TAL Application Layer on his previous blog post.