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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 But Highfield's achievements when he was director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology division - which culminated in the launch of the now wildly successful iPlayer - means he remains someone that... [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 Highfield said he was confident the UK would embrace online TV due to its history of readily adopting new media formats, such as the Ceefax service in the early 1980s and more recently, the BBC's iPlayer... [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... [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. BBC iPlayer: Latest coverage ... [03 Dec 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 Highfield is a self-confessed gadget fiend and his vision for digital programming goes far beyond what iPlayer and even Project Kangaroo can deliver. Today we catch up with last year's number five,... [16 Sep 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]
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... [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. BBC hits back at ISPs over... [28 Apr 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News In a recent posting on his BBC blog, Ashley Highfield, the corporation's director of future media and technology, defended the iPlayer: "I would not suggest that ISPs start to try and... [21 Apr 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News Highfield has been in charge of the BBC iPlayer project which, although initially controversial, has since proved to be a real success. BBC director of future media and technology,... [15 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News Highfield claims broadband usage has "changed beyond recognition" since BBC iPlayer received its full launch on Christmas Day last year, contributing to a significant growth in people watching TV on the... [04 Apr 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Highfield has certainly had his work cut out with iPlayer as it has attracted a surprising amount of criticism. And the responsibility for all of this falls on the shoulders of the BBC's head of Future... [05 Mar 2008]
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