BBC’s Shareable, Re-Mixable Online Pilot Show

We recently stumbled onto the BBC’s R&DTV – a pilot show built for the Internet era, and designed to be shareable, remix-able and redistributed.

According to the BBC:

The show itself features interesting tech stories inside and outside the BBC. We’re also looking at how we distribute content in various encoding methods and formats.

The recently-launched third episode features interviews with speakers and participants at TEDx Manchester – where the x = an independently organized TED event.  The video showcases various ideas and experiences from TEDx, including some thoughts on the never-ending need for human connection and engagement in the digital era, which has been a hot topic at many New York Social Media Week event discussions this week – and which were discussed on PSFK earlier this week.

What makes this online video series interesting is how it’s being utilized by BBC – as an experiment in a ‘different’ approach to creating, sharing and distributing journalistic content – one which doesn’t include working in a studio or with elaborate production methods.  They intend to demonstrate that you can create interviews inexpensively, with an off the shelf kit.  By making the video content shareable and remix-able, there’s an emphasis on journalistic content being offered as something that people can edit, customize and improve upon.

To this end, episode content will be available in 3 formats: a brief 5-minute video, a longer 30-minute video containing deeper conversations, and the Asset Bundle, containing all the footage that didn’t make the final edit.  All assets which make up the show are released under a Creative commons Attribution Non-Commercial license, making it free for the taking.

[via Brainpicker]