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Simon Post
CIO Profile Prior to The Carphone Warehouse, Post made his name at Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB as group IT and strategy director, where he was responsible for a complete organisational and process transformation and an update to much of the core IT infrastructure. [11 Jun 2008]
James Murdoch
AS Profile James Murdoch may have slipped one place since last year, when a couple of smart moves turned Sky from a pay-TV provider into a telecoms provider, but he is still highly rated by the panel for what BSkyB is doing to converge entertainment formats... [12 Oct 2007]
Good and bad year for comms
AS Analysis Both BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse are wrapped up in broadband these days and the world is watching to see which models work. The striking absence of the heads of some of the biggest organisations in comms continues in 2007. [12 Oct 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News BT's 21CN is the best-known and largest example but Colt's NGN is due to go live next year; Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk NGN is a year old; and Cable & Wireless, Thus and BSkyB's Easynet are also joining in. [27 Sep 2007]
Global mobile TV a money-maker by 2012
News He said: "Revenues will be comparable to an organisation like BSkyB on its own. Global mobile TV revenues will exceed $6.6bn per year by 2012, as the potential market for the service grows tenfold. According to Juniper Research, mobile broadcast TV... [19 Sep 2007]
Simon Post
CIO Profile Simon Post made his name most recently at Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB as group IT and strategy director, where he was responsible for a complete organisational and process transformation and an update to much of the core IT infrastructure. [06 Jun 2007]
Apologetic Virgin hammered by Sky switchers
News Virgin Media has responded to the barrage of customer complaints it has received in recent weeks, claiming its performance has not been aided by its recent wrangling with BSkyB. Readers of silicon.com have been posting angry feedback on a recent... [23 Mar 2007]
No more mobile telly for the UK?
News Robin Crossley, strategy adviser on technology for BSkyB, said the trial showed that the MediaFLO System has "considerable technical advantages over DVB-H" yet the broadcaster has not committed to a commercial rollout. [13 Feb 2007]
Nokia reveals business threesome
News A third option, MediaFLO mobile TV technology touted by Qualcomm, is being trialled by BSkyB in the UK. Nokia has kicked off this year's 3GSM conference with a raft of new products for work and play. Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, head of the Finnish phone... [12 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment Our correspondent Jo Best has been out in Amsterdam, covering an event that saw the top brass in BSkyB and Easynet talk about the strides they've made since the former bought the latter. Beyond BSkyB and Virgin Media, Thursday saw BT put out a set... [09 Feb 2007]
Only CIOs can put a stop to sloppy telecoms
News David Rowe, boss of the ISP recently acquired by BSkyB, said the rash of new entrants into the market and the controversy that surrounded them, has left enterprises somewhat jaded with suppliers. Easynet's new owner BSkyB which bought the ISP for... [09 Feb 2007]
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
News The telco's IPTV offering picks up the gauntlet thrown down by the likes of BSkyB and NTL:Telewest, which have long been encroaching on BT's - and each other's - territory, as convergence continues to be the order of the day in the telecoms arena. [04 Dec 2006]
Leader: Quad-play quandaries
Leader Last week all eyes were on the to-ing and fro-ing of ITV, NTL and BSkyB as NTL and Sky wrestled for control of the beleaguered broadcaster. The wrangling eventually ended on Friday with Sky taking over a chunk of ITV and effectively prohibiting... [20 Nov 2006]
NTL 'ready for ITV merger talks'
News It's thought NTL may see such a union as a way to bolster its content offerings and fight off competition from Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB, which recently entered the broadband arena and put itself in direct competition with NTL. [10 Nov 2006]
Carphone Warehouse takes home AOL UK
News The other shortlisted bidder for AOL UK is thought to have been BSkyB, after Orange and BT were rumoured to have dropped out of the race. Carphone Warehouse has bought AOL UK for £370m, following a protracted and secretive bidding war. [11 Oct 2006]
