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BBC should 'stop its imperial march', says ex-boss
News Sir Michael told the Commons select committee on culture, media and sport that he had tried to put a halt to the BBC's commercial march when he was director general from 1987 to 1992. He is reported to have said: "I said when I was director general... [14 Feb 2001]
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 said that when iPlayer was originally launched, the BBC had the option of launching it for a... [08 Feb 2008]
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 - led by Highfield - to concentrate on emerging technologies... [19 Sep 2006]
BBC: Inform, educate, entertain and advertise?
Comment So when the Financial Times reported on Tuesday that BBC director-general Greg Dyke is considering allowing advertising on BBC Online, the national outcry was understandable, and for several reasons. On an aesthetic and ideological level, it isn't... [01 Nov 2000]
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 habits are shifting from linear to on-demand". [30 Apr 2007]
Ebusiness Despatches: Where content and distribution meet, there's only one winner
Comment Director general Greg Dyke is a visionary but the BBC right now needs someone who can fulfil its remit as a public service broadcaster. In such a climate you may well point to the BBC, an organisation which isn't dependent on ads and which has a... [12 Nov 2002]
BBC ventures into technology services
News According to the BBC director general, Greg Dyke, income from the new subsidiary will be ploughed back into programmes and services. The BBC yesterday announced plans to create a wholly-owned IT services subsidiary, BBC Technology. [07 Jul 2000]
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. Very few people question the quality of the BBC site, it is the funding and... [21 Oct 2003]
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 government CIO John Suffolk was voted top CIO with... [30 Jun 2006]
Digital telly hit by double whammy
News Broadcasting minister Kim Howells and director-general of the BBC Greg Dyke both cast doubts on the government's pledge to turn off the analogue signal between 2006 and 2010. He also questioned the long-term future of funding the BBC through the... [05 Jul 2001]
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 it harder not easier for Auntie to justify the licence fee. [23 May 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Greg Dyke
Comment In January Dyke quit his post as director general with the BBC, and all the new media and broadcast power that entailed, after the corporation's reputation and integrity was brought into question over its reporting of the 'dodgy dossier'. [16 Sep 2004]
Oftel boss rewarded with Ofcom job
News Nathan's current work includes membership of the Radio Authority, and she has previously worked as an editor at Channel 4 News, and at BBC Radio. Edmonds, who has often been criticised for running a toothless, BT-friendly, watchdog during his... [25 Sep 2002]
High-tech war reporting tools get first tour of duty
News The BBC and ABC News were among the first customers for LNG when it was released three months ago, said Ken Herron, TVZ's company director, and they'll have 30 copies in the field as part of their Iraq coverage. [21 Mar 2003]
Ofcom 'could slow reform', warns telecoms lobby group
News Our concerns will remain until we discover how scrutiny on new and existing BBC online services will be dealt with. The current telecoms watchdog, Oftel, has a single director making many of the key decisions, but has come under considerable... [13 Dec 2000]
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