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Erik Huggers
AS Profile Since becoming director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology division in July 2008 following the departure of Ashley Highfield, former Microsoft-employee Erik Huggers has certainly made his mark. His... [29 Sep 2009]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile Ashley Highfield has fallen from number seven in 2008's Agenda Setters list following his move from the Kangaroo online TV joint venture where he was CEO, to Microsoft UK as managing director and VP of... [29 Sep 2009]
'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'
Comment Erik Huggers became director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology (FM&T) division in July 2008, following the departure of Ashley Highfield who left to join the ill-fated Project Kangaroo. As well as... [18 Feb 2009]
Online TV - why this is only the beginning
News Speaking at The Intellect Annual Regent Conference 2009 in London, Ashley Highfield, previously BBC head of Future Media and Technology and now managing director and VP of consumer and online for... [12 Feb 2009]
Project Kangaroo shot dead by Competition Commission
News The man largely responsible for the iPlayer's success, Ashley Highfield, left the BBC to head up Kangaroo in April, but left in November to become Microsoft UK's consumer and online managing... [04 Feb 2009]
Watchdog kills Project Kangaroo's bounce
News Ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, briefly headed the project as chief executive but left to join Microsoft in November. The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online... [03 Dec 2008]
Project Kangaroo makes leap to December testing
News The project lost its CEO, ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield - who moved to Microsoft - earlier in November. Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC... [18 Nov 2008]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile Since his appearance at number five on the Agenda Setters last year, Highfield has overseen the hugely successful launch of the BBC's online in-demand TV service, iPlayer - then moved onto pastures new. [07 Oct 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News Today we catch up with last year's number five, Ashley Highfield. Ashley Highfield was, until recently, the driving force behind the BBC's digital strategy - and it was... [16 Sep 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Ashley Highfield BBC Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in... [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News Ashley Highfield BBC Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. [01 Aug 2008]
Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News Huggers, who joined the BBC last year and is currently group controller of the Future Media and Technology division, replaces Ashley Highfield - who left to become CEO of on-demand online media player... [18 Jul 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News Kangaroo - which is headed up by ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield - aims to bring together content from all three UK broadcasters along with syndicating rights to other... [30 Jun 2008]
iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity
News Soon to depart BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, said the corporation always envisaged iPlayer in the living room. The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable... [30 Apr 2008]
Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...
News Soon to be ex-BBC tech chief Ashley Highfield raised interesting points about how the broadband industry should deal with the explosion of online content. It was time for some tech nostalgia during April... [28 Apr 2008]
