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iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general, Mark Thompson. Thompson made the commitment in a blog... [08 Feb 2008]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News The speakers at the eForum touched on various applications - from videoconferencing to greater opportunities for homeworking to the rise of social networking and even the BBC's iPlayer - that might benefit from improved... [22 Nov 2007]
Tech pros up in arms over tax change
News Robert Peston, a blogger at the BBC, wrote last week: "This is the equivalent of the Treasury saying: 'let's turn the UK into a hedge-fund paradise, where the biggest rewards go to those who search out the easiest... [15 Oct 2007]
BBC iPlayer petition hits 10,000
News At the launch of the iPlayer last month, Ashley Highfield, director of future media and technology at the BBC, said: "I'm fundamentally committed to universality. More than 10,000 people have signed an... [23 Jul 2007]
BBC's iPlayer is go
News Ashley Highfield, the BBC's director of future media and technology, said the iPlayer is a critical part of Auntie's strategy to "maintain impact and relevance in a world where viewing and listening... [30 Apr 2007]
BBC beds YouTube in web 2.0 love-in
News BBC director-general Mark Thompson said the deal is a ground-breaking partnership between the BBC and YouTube and "fantastic news for our audiences". The... [02 Mar 2007]
Gates snuggles up to Auntie Beeb
News The BBC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to work together on next-generation digital broadcasting technologies. The agreement could give the software giant a major role in the... [29 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News If all this wasn't enough, in July, as part of a wider reorganisation, BBC director-general Mark Thompson announced that a new Future Media and Technology division (FM&T) will be created... [19 Sep 2006]
Vodafone IT chief is CIOs' CIO
News The BBC was voted the most admired IT department in the survey, despite having outsourced its technology operations to Siemens Business Services in a £2bn deal in 2004. In the public sector, new UK... [30 Jun 2006]
BBC online revamp embraces mobiles, podcasts and user content
News Announcing the strategy, director-general Mark Thompson said there was "a big shock coming" because the audience's relationship with the BBC and technology in general is... [26 Apr 2006]
BBCi 'not affected' by hard-hitting strike action
News Bectu's Luke Crawley said he hopes the walkout will send a clear message to the BBC's director general that he has to negotiate with the unions, and added that the cuts will make... [23 May 2005]
Online child porn investigation costs police £15m
News Jim Gamble, deputy director general of the NCS, said on BBC radio last week: "Figures released today of a 400 per cent increase in this type of crime are merely reflecting the success of... [07 Mar 2005]
Greg Dyke joins VC firm
News Greg Dyke, who left his post as director general of the BBC in January, has accepted a position at private equity firm Apax Partners. Given that the group reportedly prepared a bid last... [12 Oct 2004]
Security and big projects to dominate IT Directors' Forum
News CIOs, IT directors and IT managers from companies such as the BBC, DaimlerChrysler, Debenhams, Dixons Group, Ginsters, Levi Strauss & Co, Pfizer, Sporting Index and Virgin Trains will... [12 May 2004]
5 years ago... BBC defends £20m online bill
News Sir John Birt, the BBC's director general, described the site "as the best in the world", adding that there is no better way of finding out what is happening in the world. 21.10.98:... [21 Oct 2003]
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