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Ashley Highfield
AS Profile His impact at the Beeb and beyond is reflected by the fact this is Highfield's fifth consecutive appearance in the Agenda Setters top 10. The iPlayer has established itself as an important BBC brand and represents the... [07 Oct 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News Chief among his credits is the launch of the Beeb's iPlayer video-on-demand service, which has been gaining in popularity since its launch on Christmas Day last year. However we'll see how the panel views his changing... [16 Sep 2008]
Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News He will also be in charge of the Beeb's enterprise and broadcast technology strategy and delivery. The BBC has appointed former Microsoft employee, Erik Huggers, as the new director of its Future Media... [18 Jul 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet And it's free to use, which you would obviously expect from the Beeb. Illustrating the corporation's commitment, during the past year the Beeb has signed deals with IBM, YouTube and Apple's iTunes, to... [05 Mar 2008]
BBC beds down with MySpaceTV
News Simon Danker, director of digital media for BBC Worldwide said the partnership continues the Beeb's strategy of putting content where audiences are increasingly spending time. BBC... [24 Jan 2008]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through... [30 Oct 2007]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile While other broadcasters - perhaps Rupert Murdoch aside - struggle to adapt to the internet and the fast-changing media landscape, Highfield, as head of the Future Media and Technology unit, continues to... [12 Oct 2007]
BBC's new media boss talks web 3.0
News Understandably, he spoke about initiatives such as the Beeb's on-demand TV service iPlayer, which puts a rolling seven days' worth of BBC TV content on tap to anyone online in the UK. Future media and... [03 Jul 2007]
BBC iPlayer goes public
News The BBC's on-demand TV service, iPlayer, has been launched to further boost the Beeb's efforts to embrace the internet and meet the growing clamour for television on demand. Ashley Highfield, director of future... [27 Jun 2007]
Leader: Why BBC needs to be in top gear for world 2.0
Leader Following hot on the heels of the YouTube deal was the announcement the Beeb will be working with IBM to trial search technology that will allow users to delve even deeper into Auntie's content and find exactly what they... [05 Mar 2007]
Beeb tunes in to IBM's Marvel to sort its content
News The Beeb will trial IBM's Marvel search technology. Paul Cheesbrough, controller of digital media at the BBC, said the tech will allow users to search by a certain reporter, location or... [05 Mar 2007]
BBC web TV revamp: Linux and Apple are in
News The BBC Trust, which governs the Beeb, has amended its proposals for the web TV service in light of the regulators fears that such a service from Auntie would cause a drop in DVD sales and rentals. Originally the... [01 Feb 2007]
BT pay TV to go live without Beeb on board
News The number of European households with access to digital television signals on their main TV set is expected to quadruple over the next four years to around 44.9 million, according to research from analysts Informa... [28 Nov 2006]
Gates snuggles up to Auntie Beeb
News The memorandum was signed by the Beeb's director general Mark Thomson, the director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday in Seattle. The BBC has... [29 Sep 2006]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile A seven-year veteran of the BBC, Highfield continues to break new ground with digital content at the Beeb. After a major reorganisation within the Beeb last summer, his remit expanded... [25 Sep 2006]
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