Robert Andrews
Oct 17, 2008 9:00 AM
BBC future media and technology director Erik Huggers, at Cannes’ Mipcom TV market this week, spoke of his ambition to create an open standard to put web video on the living room TV (see our coverage). Watch this video from the event for more. Homepage readers, click through to permalink…
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Robert Andrews
Jul 18, 2008 4:48 AM
As we and several others forecast back in April, BBC future media and technology (FM&T) controller Erik Huggers has just been confirmed in the director post, replacing Ashley Highfield on August 1. BBC DG Mark Thompson (via the release): “Erik has been a very strong group controller (of) FM&T for…
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Robert Andrews
Jul 15, 2008 3:14 AM
Here’s to embargoes, arrangements and accidents. As predicted, BBC future media and technology (FM&T) controller Erik Huggers is to be crowned director of the unit, according to Guardian.co.uk. Or is he… ? The website published the story yesterday but it mysteriously disappeared immediately, perhaps the result of an embargoed story…
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