The BBC’s R&DTV is a pilot show built for the Internet era and designed to be shareable, remix-able and redistributed. The latest episode from the online video series features interviews with speakers at TEDx Manchester (a local version of the famous TED conferences). What’s really interesting is how the BBC is using the show itself as a platform to explore and experiment with different ways of creating and distributing content. It intends to demonstrate that you can create content inexpensively with an off the shelf kit, and by making it shareable and remixable, it encourages viewers to behave more like active participants – to edit, customise and improve upon the content. Each episode will be available in 3 formats: a brief 5-minute video, a deeper 30-minute video, and the Asset Bundle, containing all the footage that didn’t make the final edit.


Thanks to Gavin Cumine for this story.

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