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CIO Profile Keith Little joined the BBC in 2001 and as CIO is in charge of Auntie's IT, production and broadcast technologies. Recent projects Little has been working on include the completion of an end-to-end refresh of the... [03 Jun 2009]
BBC, Google in talks over international iPlayer?
News According to media reports, BBC director general Mark Thomson is in negotiations with Google CEO Eric Schmidt about the possibility of hosting long-form BBC content on Google-owned video website, YouTube. [29 May 2009]
Orange walks away from Kangaroo buy
News Project Kangaroo started life as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV to develop a platform to play on-demand content from all three. Some very valuable digital assets were developed for Project... [21 May 2009]
'iPlayer users should pay their way': BBC tech boss
News People who only view BBC content through the Beeb's online video-on-demand service iPlayer should pay for the privilege, according to the broadcaster's tech chief. A loophole which allows those who only watch... [20 May 2009]
Yahoo! opens up for future
News and others organisations such as the BBC. is putting it's faith in openness to attract more users to its online services and ultimately generate more revenue. One of the ways in which Yahoo! promotes its open strategy... [15 May 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News Elsewhere on the site, BBC iPlayer was getting readers excited as news emerged that Auntie's independent regulator was suggesting tweaks may be needed to TV licence fee legislation - and iPlayer is to blame. [08 May 2009]
Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo Widely used in schools across the UK the BBC Micro was a massive success for its Cambridge-based manufacturer Acorn Computers. Lin Jones, project manager at The National Museum of Computing, said the British boom in... [07 May 2009]
HD iPlayer lands on Virgin Media
News The high-definition (HD) version of the BBC's iPlayer is now available to Virgin Media Digital cable customers. Since iPlayer was first launched on Virgin Media's TV platform around a year ago, it has received more than... [05 May 2009]
Project Canvas: Watch out for DRM, rivals and quality
News The video-on-demand initiative between the BBC, BT and ITV needs to keep an eye on DRM, quality standards and fairness towards its rivals as it develops, according to Ofcom. The watchdog's comments come as part of a... [27 Apr 2009]
Photos: Tech strikes a chord at the British Music Experience
Photo The Transmission section of the BME allows people to find out about the history of music broadcasting and how people accessed music through the ages, starting with the BBC in the 1920s. The exhibition is a high-tech tour... [22 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet For areas outside BT and Virgin's planned coverage areas, Lord Carter has previously suggested that the BBC could be used to help finance high-speed broadband. Do you like getting it from the BBC and its... [21 Apr 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets the HD treatment
News Selected programmes will soon be available on the BBC's iPlayer online on-demand TV service in high-definition (HD) form. There is likely to be more to come from iPlayer: the BBC's director of Future... [17 Apr 2009]
Satyam deal could spell trouble for BT
News Satyam offers a wide range of IT outsourcing services and expertise, building up a base of 600 clients at its peak, including household names such as BBC Worldwide, Nestle and Fifa. BT could face disruption from a deal... [15 Apr 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo A concert of electronic music took place in March using machines ranging from the World War II-era Colossus Mark II, to the 1980s favourite: the BBC Micro. March kicked off with a photographic tour through Microsoft's... [07 Apr 2009]
BBC's online future: A matter of semantics?
News The BBC's recently launched semantic web music project could indicate the future direction of the corporation's online presence. The public beta of the BBC Music website has been recently relaunched... [07 Apr 2009]
