<s>
BBC	B-Application
Research	I-Application
&	I-Application
Development	I-Application
is	O
the	O
technical	O
research	O
department	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Application
R&D	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
wider	O
BBC	O
Design	O
&	O
Engineering	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
led	O
by	O
Jatin	O
Aythora	O
,	O
Director	O
,	O
Research	O
&	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
department	O
as	O
it	O
stands	O
today	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
1993	O
from	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	O
Designs	O
Department	O
and	O
the	O
BBC	B-Application
Research	I-Application
Department	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Application
Research	I-Application
&	I-Application
Development	I-Application
has	O
made	O
major	O
contributions	O
to	O
broadcast	O
technology	O
,	O
carrying	O
out	O
original	O
research	O
in	O
many	O
areas	O
,	O
and	O
developing	O
items	O
like	O
the	O
peak	O
programme	O
meter	O
(	O
PPM	O
)	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
many	O
world	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
involved	O
in	O
many	O
well-known	O
consumer	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
teletext	O
,	O
DAB	O
,	O
NICAM	O
and	O
Freeview	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Application
R&D	I-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
200	O
employees	O
in	O
their	O
UK	O
labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Application
R&D	I-Application
engineers	O
and	O
researchers	O
are	O
currently	O
active	O
on	O
approximately	O
50	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
7	O
active	O
national	O
and	O
international	O
collaborative	O
research	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
R&D	O
projects	O
built	O
around	O
BBC	O
Redux	O
—	O
the	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
Flash	O
video-based	O
streaming	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	B-Application
iPlayer	I-Application
.	O
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