As such, I'm pleased to announce that today we have launched the BBC Sport app for connected TVs, enabling audiences to access the BBCs interactive coverage of major sporting events via the BBC Red Button.
The BBCs Red Button service has been important to BBC Sport ever since the first experiments with multi-court coverage of Wimbledon. Since then interactive TV coverage of sport has expanded to events such as the World Cup, Six Nations and the Olympics. The new BBC Sport service builds on that legacy and adds new features and options, including true on-demand video clips for the first time.
At first, the app will be available via the red button on the Virgin Media TiVo platform. This brings the service into over 500,000 homes, and provides Virgin Media TiVo viewers with access to a BBC Red Button service for the first time. Later in the year, a wider range of devices will offer the service - more details to follow.
Right now the application focuses on Formula 1. At any time you can watch key moments from recent races in video, as well as the entirety of the BBCs live F1 coverage. This includes full coverage of the practice sessions (which are not broadcast on BBC One), simulcasts of qualifying heats, together with multi-feed coverage of the race itself (including our on-board camera and driver tracker options). The BBCs coverage of the F1 season begins on Friday 13th April.
The video walkthrough below, presented by F1 presenter Jake Humphrey, provides a quick demo of what the service has to offer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2012/04/bbc_sport_app_on_connected_tvs.html