http://www.silicon.com Results for Ashley Highfield en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/erik-huggers-39547902.htm 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 main achievement so far has been to oversee... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:40:31 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/ashley-highfield-39547900.htm Ashley Highfield has fallen from number seven in 2008's Agenda Setters list following his move from the Kangaroo online TV joint venture where he was CEO, to Microsoft UK as managing director and VP of consumer and online. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:34:44 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39396839,00.htm 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 overseeing the Beeb's digital content... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39395443,00.htm Speaking at The Intellect Annual Regent Conference 2009 in London, Ashley Highfield, previously BBC head of Future Media and Technology and now managing director and VP of consumer and online for Microsoft UK, said: "Internet viewing is still a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39391739,00.htm 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 managing director.iPlayer has caused some controversy in the ISP... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:25:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39358841,00.htm Ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, briefly headed the project as chief executive but left to join Microsoft in November. The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV-video joint venture between BBC Worldwide... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:44:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39345602,00.htm The project lost its CEO, ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield - who moved to Microsoft - earlier in November. Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is planning to start... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:41:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2008/ashley-highfield-39295110.htm 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. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39288043,00.htm Today we catch up with last year's number five, Ashley Highfield. 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... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39267367,00.htm Ashley Highfield BBC Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his favour. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39266496,00.htm Ashley Highfield BBC Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39261451,00.htm 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 Kangaroo, a joint venture between BBC... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:33:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39253494,00.htm Kangaroo - which is headed up by ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield - aims to bring together content from all three UK broadcasters along with syndicating rights to other video on demand services. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39210521,00.htm 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 available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:51:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39208913,00.htm 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. It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39188651,00.htm Find out what silicon.com Agenda Setter - and BBC director of future media and technology - Ashley Highfield is up to next. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39188640,00.htm BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the corporation to head up the Kangaroo online TV service. Highfield will become CEO of Kangaroo, which is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to create... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39184598,00.htm Ashley Highfield BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39182875,00.htm BBC tech chief, Ashley Highfield, has hit back at ISPs who want online organisations to pay extra for distributing bandwidth-draining video and multimedia content. In a posting on the BBC blog Highfield, the corporation's director of future media... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:29:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39170470,00.htm Ashley Highfield Google, Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:33:01 +0000