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AWARDS SUCCESS

An Emmy for R&D!

Our 8th Emmy since 1996, this latest award recognises ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ R&D's contribution to the media industry for nearly 90 years.
Find out about all of our innovation at this year's IBC show.
A new series of interviews with the R&D team, lifting the lid on technological changes that are affecting the media industry.
Orbit is our pilot for a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song by exploring recently played tracks from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing. Read how we made it.
  • Organising music for organic discovery

    Discover how we organised thousands of tracks to build a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing acts.
  • Designing for intentional discovery

    Searching for music, imagine that instead of an algorithm, you had a map of the content that you could explore. That's what we set out to design with Orbit.
  • Try Orbit for yourself!

    Our music discovery service is open for you to find something new! Try it now...
  • More of our work >

    More of our work at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ R&D on designing and creating new content experiences.

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