Category: New Media
Date: 11.05.2006
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has re-launched the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ search engine with a new audio-visual search
capability, a new user interface and enhanced usability and quality.
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For the first time, users will be able to search selected television and radio
programmes in addition to audio and video content from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s News, Radio and
Sports archives.
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Users will be able to quickly and easily locate EastEnders highlights, the latest edition of The Archers and The Chris Moyles Show.
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A limited amount of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s audio and video content will be initially
available; the full range of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ content is likely to be made available later
this year.
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Ashley Highfield, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Director of New Media & Technology, said: "This re-launch marks the first stage in our aim of creating services that enable our
audiences to find ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ content - whether text, audio or video - through ever
easier navigation.
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"It's also a first step towards a radical overhaul of our
website.
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"It will open up an initial index of around 300,000 clips and a
selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ programmes for the first time."
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The re-launched ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ web site search engine is to be powered by enterprise
software company Autonomy, while Microsoft's Windows Live Search will power the
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ internet search.
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is required to re-tender its search provision every three years, and the
reprocurement has been done through the European OJEC process.
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Notes to Editors
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To perform a search of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Press Office website which excludes content elsewhere on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and the web use the lower search box.
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