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'''BBC Red Button''' is a brand used for digital [[interactive television]] services provided by the [[BBC]], and broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]]. The services replaced [[Ceefax]], the BBC's analogue [[teletext]] service. | '''BBC Red Button''' is a brand used for digital [[interactive television]] services provided by the [[BBC]], and broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]]. The services replaced [[Ceefax]], the BBC's analogue [[teletext]] service. | ||
==History and branding== | ==History and branding== | ||
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In September 2009, the BBC celebrated 10 years of the digital interactive TV service.<ref name="10years">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/06/button.shtml|title=BBC's Red Button celebrates its 10th anniversary|date=6 November 2008|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=13 November 2008|archive-date=28 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328140604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/06/button.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | In September 2009, the BBC celebrated 10 years of the digital interactive TV service.<ref name="10years">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/06/button.shtml|title=BBC's Red Button celebrates its 10th anniversary|date=6 November 2008|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=13 November 2008|archive-date=28 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328140604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/06/button.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
BBC Red Button's text services were due to close on 30 January 2020, but the switch-off was suspended on 29 January 2020 following protests.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51295430|title=BBC suspends Red Button text switch-off|date=29 January 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=29 January 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129190250/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51295430|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Griffin|first=Andrew|date=30 September 2020|title=BBC red button: Corporation U-turns on plans to cut services|work=Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/bbc-red-button-service-closing-date-update-b714031.html|access-date=1 February 2021|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016010206/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/bbc-red-button-service-closing-date-update-b714031.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===BBC Text (1999–2001)=== | ===BBC Text (1999–2001)=== | ||
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[[File:BBCi-bar TV.jpg|thumb|right|BBCi TV i-bar, 2001]] | [[File:BBCi-bar TV.jpg|thumb|right|BBCi TV i-bar, 2001]] | ||
[[File:Bbci website jan 2004.jpg|thumb|right|BBCi website navbar, 2004]] | [[File:Bbci website jan 2004.jpg|thumb|right|BBCi website navbar, 2004]] | ||
The BBCi brand launched in November 2001 and was conceived as a cohesive [[multi-platform]] brand name for all the BBC's digital interactive services, encompassing the corporation's digital teletext, interactive television and website services.<ref name="bbcsnews0711">{{cite news|url= | The BBCi brand launched in November 2001 and was conceived as a cohesive [[multi-platform]] brand name for all the BBC's digital interactive services, encompassing the corporation's digital teletext, interactive television and website services.<ref name="bbcsnews0711">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1643259.stm|title=BBCi heralds new interactive era|date=7 November 2001|work=BBC News|access-date=2 October 2008|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927052510/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1643259.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whatisBBCi">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/|title=What is BBCi?|date=15 December 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215000308/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/ |archive-date=15 December 2001}}</ref> According to the BBC, the "i" in BBCi stood for "interactivity" as well as "innovation".<ref name="guardian1101">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/12/mondaymediasection.bbc1|title=A fresh i for BBC|last=Gibson|first=Owen|date=12 November 2001|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 October 2008|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111054150/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/12/mondaymediasection.bbc1|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The various services all took on a common interface device, an "i-bar" branded with the BBCi logo, which sought to emphasise the brand across different technologies by providing similar navigation. For example, the [[BBC website]], which had previously been called BBC Online, took on the BBCi brand from 2001, displaying an i-bar across the top of every page, offering category-based navigation: Categories, TV, Radio, Communicate, Where I Live, A-Z Index, and a search.<ref name="wwwibar">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/on_web.shtml|title=What is BBCi? – On the web|date=15 December 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215101431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/on_web.shtml |archive-date=15 December 2001}}</ref> Similarly, BBC interactive television services all offered a horizontal i-bar along the bottom of television screens, with four colour-coded interactions linked to the four colour buttons on TV remote controls. | The various services all took on a common interface device, an "i-bar" branded with the BBCi logo, which sought to emphasise the brand across different technologies by providing similar navigation. For example, the [[BBC website]], which had previously been called BBC Online, took on the BBCi brand from 2001, displaying an i-bar across the top of every page, offering category-based navigation: Categories, TV, Radio, Communicate, Where I Live, A-Z Index, and a search.<ref name="wwwibar">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/on_web.shtml|title=What is BBCi? – On the web|date=15 December 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215101431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/on_web.shtml |archive-date=15 December 2001}}</ref> Similarly, BBC interactive television services all offered a horizontal i-bar along the bottom of television screens, with four colour-coded interactions linked to the four colour buttons on TV remote controls. | ||
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===BBC Red Button HD === | ===BBC Red Button HD === | ||
In June 2013, a HD version of BBC Red Button was launched for the summertime. It closed on 25 November 2013 after the 50th anniversary of [[Doctor Who]]. It returned each year along with the other BBC Red Button channels as a temporary channel for the duration of the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] tennis tournament. On 26 March 2018, [[CBBC HD]] began its downtime and the relaunch of BBC Red Button HD took place to cover the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. It was added on Sky on channel 981 and Freeview channel 602 on 3 April 2018 and closed on 16 April 2018 after the Games had concluded. Later in 2021, it was originally supposed to be closed on the end of Wimbledon but was kept on air for the 2020 Olympics. | In June 2013, a HD version of BBC Red Button was launched for the summertime. It closed on 25 November 2013 after the 50th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It returned each year along with the other BBC Red Button channels as a temporary channel for the duration of the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] tennis tournament. On 26 March 2018, [[CBBC HD]] began its downtime and the relaunch of BBC Red Button HD took place to cover the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. It was added on Sky on channel 981 and Freeview channel 602 on 3 April 2018 and closed on 16 April 2018 after the Games had concluded. Later in 2021, it was originally supposed to be closed on the end of Wimbledon but was kept on air for the 2020 Olympics. | ||
On 15 February 2023, as part of the BBC's plan to upgrade all of its channels to high-definition as standard, the high-definition video feed of BBC Red Button was made the default on all television platforms, replacing the long-standing "standard definition" feed which was used outside of significant sporting events.<ref name="bbc_hd">{{Cite web |last=Clifton |first=Kieran |date=22 November 2022 |title=Goodbye red slate. Hello BBC One in HD for everyone... |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2022/BBC-One-HD-rollout-England/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=BBC |language=en }}</ref> | On 15 February 2023, as part of the BBC's plan to upgrade all of its channels to high-definition as standard, the high-definition video feed of BBC Red Button was made the default on all television platforms, replacing the long-standing "standard definition" feed which was used outside of significant sporting events.<ref name="bbc_hd">{{Cite web |last=Clifton |first=Kieran |date=22 November 2022 |title=Goodbye red slate. Hello BBC One in HD for everyone... |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2022/BBC-One-HD-rollout-England/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=BBC |language=en }}</ref> | ||
===BBC Connected Red Button (2012)=== | ===BBC Connected Red Button (2012)=== | ||
BBC Connected Red Button launched in December 2012 on Virgin TiVo and on some Freeview and Freesat 'Smart TVs' in December 2013. The service is a composite IP and broadcast service and may be the future of Red Button on internet connected televisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Promotional-Panel-Connected-Red-Button |title=Connected Red Button on Freeview |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927141510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Promotional-Panel-Connected-Red-Button |url-status= | BBC Connected Red Button launched in December 2012 on Virgin TiVo and on some Freeview and Freesat 'Smart TVs' in December 2013. The service is a composite IP and broadcast service and may be the future of Red Button on internet connected televisions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Promotional-Panel-Connected-Red-Button |title=Connected Red Button on Freeview |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927141510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Promotional-Panel-Connected-Red-Button |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==== BBC Red Button+ (2015) ==== | ==== BBC Red Button+ (2015) ==== | ||
[[File:BBC RB+ Primary ONE COLOUR2.svg|thumb|BBC Red Button+ logo]] | [[File:BBC RB+ Primary ONE COLOUR2.svg|thumb|BBC Red Button+ logo]] | ||
The service was renamed BBC Red Button+ in April 2015. It launched with an updated brand.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Loder |first=David |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ | The service was renamed BBC Red Button+ in April 2015. It launched with an updated brand.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Loder |first=David |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Faboutthebbc%2Fentries%2Fa01b5ae4-c185-431e-a891-1132a6267bc7 |title=Red Button is evolving |publisher=BBC |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911053901/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/a01b5ae4-c185-431e-a891-1132a6267bc7 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
=== Partial closure (2020) === | === Partial closure (2020) === | ||
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Prior to 2023, the BBC had the ability to increase the amount of streams during major events and had done so on numerous occasions, as follows: | Prior to 2023, the BBC had the ability to increase the amount of streams during major events and had done so on numerous occasions, as follows: | ||
:*[[2012 Olympics]]: For the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], the BBC provided 24 live streams in standard and high-definition for the duration of the games.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport | :*[[2012 Olympics]]: For the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], the BBC provided 24 live streams in standard and high-definition for the duration of the games.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18071080 |title=London 2012: BBC launches 'Digital Olympics' coverage |work=BBC Sport |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=25 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725015129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18071080 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additional online streams could also be accessed through the internet-connected BBC Red Button+. | ||
:*[[2016 Olympics]]: eight red button video streams were broadcast to all platforms during the [[2016 Olympics]]. This was in addition to [[BBC Four]] continually broadcasting Olympic coverage and either [[BBC One]] or [[BBC Two]] broadcasting main coverage during the course of the each day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Times for BBC TV, radio and online coverage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36908117 |work=BBC Sport |date=3 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822213143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36908117 |url-status=live }}</ref> | :*[[2016 Olympics]]: eight red button video streams were broadcast to all platforms during the [[2016 Olympics]]. This was in addition to [[BBC Four]] continually broadcasting Olympic coverage and either [[BBC One]] or [[BBC Two]] broadcasting main coverage during the course of the each day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Times for BBC TV, radio and online coverage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36908117 |work=BBC Sport |date=3 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822213143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36908117 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
:*[[The Championships, Wimbledon]]: six additional channels were provided for a variety of outer courts. Red Button 1 was duplicated in high definition, with RB 2 to RB 6 only in standard definition. The 2022 edition of the tournament was the last to offer this functionality. | :*[[The Championships, Wimbledon]]: six additional channels were provided for a variety of outer courts. Red Button 1 was duplicated in high definition, with RB 2 to RB 6 only in standard definition. The 2022 edition of the tournament was the last to offer this functionality. | ||
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==Content== | ==Content== | ||
[[File:BBC Red Button home.jpg|250px|thumb|BBC Red Button homepage | [[File:BBC Red Button home.jpg|250px|thumb|BBC Red Button homepage]] | ||
Generally, BBC Red Button offers text and video based services, as well as enhanced television programmes which offer extra information, video or quizzes. | Generally, BBC Red Button offers text and video based services, as well as enhanced television programmes which offer extra information, video or quizzes. | ||
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[[Category:BBC New Media]] | [[Category:BBC New Media|Red Button]] | ||
[[Category:BBC Television]] | [[Category:BBC Television|Red Button]] | ||
[[Category:Digital television]] | [[Category:Digital television]] | ||
[[Category:Interactive television]] | [[Category:Interactive television]] | ||