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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]
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]
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]
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]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
Leader Instead, the panel decided the innovation was coming from the likes of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (38) - for starting the free broadband wars - and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (21) - for transforming Sky from a pay TV company into a... [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
AS Analysis Instead, the panel decided the innovation was coming from the likes of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (38) - for starting the free broadband wars - and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (21) - for transforming Sky from a pay TV company into a... [25 Sep 2006]
Telecoms trends
AS Analysis The presence of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (number 38) and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (number 21) are both indications of how the telecoms market has shifted - and how this trend is expected to continue. [25 Sep 2006]
James Murdoch
AS Profile Why? Transforming Sky into a telecoms player James Murdoch is back on the Agenda Setters list, after an absence in 2005, due to a couple of smart moves that have turned Sky from 'the pay TV provider' to 'the telecoms provider'. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: Murdoch as Mr Broadband?
Leader BSkyB probably couldn't have chosen a better ISP to buy than Easynet. Will BSkyB be able to compete with those piping entertainment down fat pipes - the likes of BT and the cable companies? Many see BSkyB's move as an attempt to counter the... [21 Oct 2005]
Leader: Cable marriage - look on the bright side
Leader On the one hand, the size of the combined entity would seem to promise more competition for BT in communications, more for BSkyB in entertainment. And its cable TV platforms have lagged behind BSkyB for some time, which is rather embarrassing given... [03 Oct 2005]
Why CIOs aren't talking so much about technology
Comment At least that's one conclusion that could be drawn from a debate yesterday between the IT chiefs of British Airways, BSkyB and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at the UK Technology Summit in London. Similarly Simon Post, group IT director and... [09 Oct 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: Where content and distribution meet, there's only one winner
Comment BSkyB paid a lot for content rights, people doubted the model, but it has got it right. Meanwhile, in the UK his BSkyB satellite TV operation, under the leadership of Tony Ball, has gone from strength to strength, in stark contrast to 'triple play... [12 Nov 2002]
ITV Digital: Who is to blame?
Comment ITV Digital was forced early on to increase charges for Sky content after BSkyB upped its prices. So ITV Digital has finally curled up its toes. Subscribers have now lost all their paid for channels and many will be wondering whether they'll get... [01 May 2002]
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