Smart Broadcasting: Evolution & Strategy

What’s next for the BBC15 May 2012

John Tate

- Group Director, Strategic Operations - Chairman, BBC Studios & Post-Production

Nearly half of world’s homes will have HD sets in 2016

Over a third of UK adults use

internet for VOD

Global mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011

and 2016

Global connected devices will

quadruple to 15bn by 2016

25% CAGR of global IPTV base expected from 2011 to 2016

Social networking sites reach 82% of world’s population

with one in five online minutes

spent there

Both the media landscape and technology landscape are evolving rapidly

BBC recognises the potential for technology to complement its linear proposition to create One Service

Live experiences can be transformed into real-time experiences – to feel alive

We’re taking BBC iPlayer beyond catch-up TV…

…providing a more immersive experience

Tablets have let us innovate around synchronous experiences

BUT there are a number of challenges we face that hinder our ability to innovate