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BBC names new CIO as part of tech shake-up
News The other major part of Hall's role will be to better communicate the BBC's technology strategy to third-party tech suppliers to help them when pitching for business - an initiative instigated by her new... [09 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment Andy Hopper is co-founder of the iconic Acorn Computers and currently head of the computer laboratory at the University of Cambridge.silicon.com's Nick Heath talks to Hopper about the BBC Micro, Acorn's early days and... [07 Oct 2009]
Five - why we joined Project Canvas
News Five today announced it was joining the joint venture, which already includes the BBC, BT and ITV, leaving Channel 4 as the one remaining public service broadcaster not to have signed up to the project. [30 Jul 2009]
Why your business should use Twitter
Comment The BBC appears to be using Twitter as an in-house tool for soliciting audience feedback and many are now styling it as a search engine for current events. This constant debate can be integrated into a corporate... [09 Jul 2009]
Yahoo! opens up for future
News and others organisations such as the BBC. promotes its open strategy are regular Hack Days, the eighth of which was held in London last weekend. Open Strategy, Cody Simms. is putting... [15 May 2009]
BBC's online future: A matter of semantics?
News The BBC's recently launched semantic web music project could indicate the future direction of the corporation's online presence. The public beta of the BBC Music website has been recently relaunched... [07 Apr 2009]
Orange 'on the hunt for BBC, ITV, C4 tech'
News Project Kangaroo started life in 2007 as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV but was subsequently given the red light by the Competition Commission earlier this year due to fears that it would put... [06 Apr 2009]
Drunk Facebook pics, iPlayer, BT and outsourcing hotspots
News Erik Huggers, director of the BBC's Future, Media and Technology unit talked to silicon.com about what's in store for the Beeb's online audio and video on-demand service iPlayer. Inside Standard Life's IT... [05 Mar 2009]
BBC hires Yahoo! exec as CTO
News Linwood will be responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, including maintenance of the technical infrastructure behind all BBC output and overseeing the corporation's IT... [26 Feb 2009]
'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'
Comment Media City UK [in Salford] is a very important plank of the BBC's strategy in general and of the FM&T strategy as well. Erik Huggers became director of the BBC's Future... [18 Feb 2009]
Kangaroo tech to get ITV kiss of life?
News The joint venture, which involved the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was given the red light after it was deemed to be a threat to competition in the developing video on-demand... [06 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain to get 2Mbps universal service
News Where possible it is now time to address those 'notspots' in terms of availability and I think that's really on the basis that broadband is increasingly being seen as a basic utility for households, both in terms of the benefits of... [29 Jan 2009]
Broadband Britain: 'Forget fibre - let's plug UK's notspots'
News He said: "Where possible it is now time to address those 'notspots' in terms of availability and I think that's really on the basis that broadband is increasingly being seen as a basic utility for households, both in terms of the... [26 Jan 2009]
iPlayer reaches for the Sky
News The Sky partnership is the latest move in the BBC's strategy to take the iPlayer service to new audiences. BBC iPlayer is now accessible via BSkyB's online TV service, Sky Player. Sky... [20 Oct 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Ashley Highfield
News Ashley Highfield was, until recently, the driving force behind the BBC's digital strategy - and it was his work in this pivotal role that earned him a top five place in last year's Agenda Setters poll. [16 Sep 2008]