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Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment Find out what silicon.com Agenda Setter - and BBC director of future media and technology - Ashley Highfield is up to next. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew... [16 Apr 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the corporation to head up the Kangaroo online TV service. Highfield will become CEO of Kangaroo, which is a... [15 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Ashley Highfield BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. [08 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News BBC tech chief, Ashley Highfield, has hit back at ISPs who want online organisations to pay extra for distributing bandwidth-draining video and multimedia content. In a posting on the BBC blog... [04 Apr 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Ashley Highfield Google, Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started... [26 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet And the responsibility for all of this falls on the shoulders of the BBC's head of Future Media and Technology unit, Ashley Highfield. Reflecting the importance of this work, Highfield... [05 Mar 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News Ashley Highfield BBC Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National Association of Software and Service Companies... [03 Mar 2008]
BBC iPlayer continues to soar with 17 million downloads
News Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of Future Media and Technology said: "We've seen a good and consistent climb in programmes watched. Highfield announced iPlayer will also be available... [20 Feb 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News Ashley Highfield BBC Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to better... [01 Feb 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News Ashley Highfield, director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC, said the corporation thought the public's response to the iPlayer represents a "wonderful start". In an exclusive interview with... [15 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News In an exclusive interview with silicon.com Ashley Highfield, the head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology, suggested a download version of iPlayer for all platforms will emerge in 2008. The BBC's... [10 Jan 2008]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News In a recent interview with silicon.com, Ashley Highfield, head of the BBC's future media and technology unit, was unable to commit to a download version of iPlayer for Macs and Linux but said he was... [17 Dec 2007]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News In an exclusive interview with silicon.com in October, the BBC's head of Future Media and Technology, Ashley Highfield said he couldn't promise a download version would be developed for other... [14 Dec 2007]
CIO Essentials: Xmas gadgets, mobile ban and green IT
News Ashley Highfield Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days... [11 Dec 2007]
Oracle users demand better support
News Ashley Highfield BBC Oracle customers want better product support through improved call centres and more information about services. Ronan Miles, chairman of the UK Oracle User Group, told silicon.com:... [10 Dec 2007]
