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Exclusive: BBC CIO swaps Auntie for consultancy
News The BBC has confirmed that its CIO, Keith Little, has departed after eight years with the corporation. Little joined the BBC in 2001, initially holding the CTO post before becoming the broadcaster's CIO. [17 Sep 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment And if money isn't riling people, Auntie gets criticised if its new services aren't perfect straight out of the box. I can already hear you, dear readers, saying that Auntie deserves a hard time because... [31 Jul 2009]
BBC's iPlayer is mobile's most wanted
News Auntie's iPlayer is the most desired mobile service among young UK consumers, a new survey has found. The BBC's iPlayer, the corporation's online on-demand TV service, came out as the most desired mobile service in... [13 Jul 2009]
Keith Little
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 BBC's... [03 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News Also popular on the site this month: news that Google is to get on its bike to extend the reach of its 360-degree Street View service, and more rumblings about Auntie's iPlayer and the licence fee. Broadband Britain was... [01 Jun 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]
Project Canvas: Watch out for DRM, rivals and quality
News The regulator also called for Canvas' rivals to have fair access to Auntie's programming. The video-on-demand initiative between the BBC, BT and ITV needs to keep an eye on DRM, quality standards and fairness towards its... [27 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet It's Auntie all the way for me. Sounds like a rubbish tech-themed comedy show. According to some of the more acerbic industry watchers, you may well be right. However, to put it a little more literally, Digital Britain... [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. Both streamed and downloaded content - such as Doctor Who and Dragons' Den - will get improved picture quality in... [17 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.04.09
Round-Up The BBC, keen as ever to show that Auntie has a sense of humour (as long as it isn't too cutting edge, of course) unveiled its iPlayer Toaster Edition. 1 April - that one day of the year that hitherto sensible companies... [03 Apr 2009]
BBC to help pay for broadband to every home?
News The BBC could help the rollout of super-fast broadband access under the government's Digital Britain plan. The interim Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, paves the way for 2Mbps broadband for all UK households and... [11 Mar 2009]
BBC hires Yahoo! exec as CTO
News The BBC has hired Yahoo! executive John Linwood as its new CTO. Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, including maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output and overseeing the... [26 Feb 2009]
BBC's web TV project to "spawn a whole new industry"
News Auntie's head of Future Media and Technology, Erik Huggers, told silicon.com Canvas could become a way to distribute third-party software applications, as well as bring content to the nation's living rooms via the internet. [19 Feb 2009]
Five tech predictions for 2009
Comment At the same time, the growth of web content poses a tricky problem for the BBC: you might not have a TV, yet still be consuming Auntie's content. silicon.com's Jo Best has been doing a spot of crystal ball gazing. [23 Dec 2008]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News Auntie isn't deliberately showing a fondness for Windows Mobile devices, according to Jon Billings, head of technology, mobile, BBC Future Media & Technology. Having conquered the PC world with one million requests per... [11 Dec 2008]
