EPP - Gavin Johnson

One of BBC Wales New Media team leaders came into speak with the class today. Gavin Johnson has seen technological advancements change how the BBC works and delivers its vast amounts of content to the general public.

Gavin spoke about the BBCs role in streaming video as opposed to letting users download it directly and the legal implications this has. He also informed us of a few 'up-and-comings' that the BeeB is involved in - podcasting trials, Integrated Media Player trials and the new search engine which allows multimedia content to be searched for more efficiently.

I asked Gavin about the field Lou and myself are working in, and he told me about a project called 'Streets of Cardiff', which is a public authoring platform for the people of Cardiff. The producers in charge of overseeing the project was a man called Robin Moore, so I will contact him asap.