The BBC is reportedly developing an app for its reporters, which will allow them to transfer images, audio and video to the BBC’s servers with the help of an iPhone or iPad.
According to a report by journalism.co.uk, the app is in final stages of development and should be provided to BBC reporters in a few months.
BBC head of operations Martin Turner told Journalism.co.uk the though the new app was "a logical extension of what the BBC can do already" it was a "significant development".
"Reporters have been using smart phones for a while now but it was never good quality. You might do it when there was a really important story.
"Now it is beginning to be a realistic possibility to use iPhones and other devices for live reporting, and in the end if you’ve got someone on the scene then you want to be able to use them.
"That capability is a really important one."
Turner added that the app development is not expensive
"Were it expensive, we wouldn’t be able to do it at the moment."
"It’s a question of getting more value out of something which already exists, which is obviously the watchword for the BBC at the moment," he said.
Turner also said that they had to develop the app because they wanted reporters to be able to file content directly to BBC’s servers.
He said, "The thrust of what we’re doing is to be able to increase capability of reporters in the field to use a smartphone to report from wherever they are.
"And there are two strands to this – one is the use of existing apps for live contributions, such as Luci Live, the other is to use our own app to allow reporters to file content directly into the BBC system.
Turner added that the app is not meant to be used exclusively with iPhones and iPads.
