Just a heads up, that development of NewsScape is going on a brief hiatus for a couple of weeks while I focus on my uni exams. This comes just as I’ve hit the sixth development milestone, and hopefully by mid-May I’ll be able to start talking about the first public alpha…
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 at 6:55
The fifth dev milestone for Sky NewsScape has just been hit - so to mark the occassion a short video showing the latest build has been uploaded to Youtube:
Although there’s a lot of work to do, I’m now that much closer to an early-summer public alpha, with lots of improvements to the underlying architecture, and a start made of some additional content experiences.
Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 17:45
It’s been a long time in waiting, but we’re finally ready to unveil the successor to our Newsbreak line, in the shape of Sky NewsScape.
Loosely based on the 3D ‘experience’ which punctuates much of Sky News’ on-screen design, NewsScape forms an immersive environment where news and other content co-exists in a 3D space. We move from story to story, then drift over to business news, to weather, and more - and when a story breaks, NewsScape takes you into the heart of the story. Its modular design lets us roll out new modules, and we’re currently prototyping some other content types to be added after NewsScape’s initial release this summer, including mash-ups of community-powered content from Twitter and other sources to enhance breaking news.
This blog is the first place to come for the latest on Sky NewsScape development over the coming months. Our YouTube channel will be hosting video demos of the latest builds, and we’ll have regular detailed insights into specific features as they continue to take shape.
Stay tuned for more information very soon!
Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 13:19
Following on from the last post, the BBC Weatherbreak service has been discontinued for the time being due to some ongoing incompatibilities with the new website.
We’ll keep you posted when the issue has been resolved.
Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 6:30
As part of the upgrade to the site on January 29th, we discontinued a number of software update services for retired products. However, during this process, the BBC Weatherbreak service which downloads updated weather information to users was accidentally disabled. As of this morning, the issue has been corrected. Apologies for the delay!
Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 5:10
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