Comments on: BBC man had to leave Microsoft to innovate http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:21 +0100 hourly 1 By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Turmoil at Joost as CTO sacked then hired by BBC on the same day http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-98065 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Turmoil at Joost as CTO sacked then hired by BBC on the same day Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:30:34 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/#comment-98065 [...] is it with tech companies losing out to the grand old BBC all of a sudden? Last year I blogged how, six months after leaving Microsoft, BBC future media and technology controller Erik Huggers [...] [...] is it with tech companies losing out to the grand old BBC all of a sudden? Last year I blogged how, six months after leaving Microsoft, BBC future media and technology controller Erik Huggers [...]

]]> By: harry billings http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-96947 harry billings Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:03:08 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/#comment-96947 the iplayer is a huge innovation the iplayer is a huge innovation

]]> By: JohnofScribbleSheet http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-83523 JohnofScribbleSheet Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:29:50 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/#comment-83523 Its shame someone has to leave one of the leading software companies to innovate but as you say, the BBC is hardly a hotspot of innovation. Look at the Iplayer. Its shame someone has to leave one of the leading software companies to innovate but as you say, the BBC is hardly a hotspot of innovation. Look at the Iplayer.

]]> By: Mike Butcher http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-83487 Mike Butcher Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:47:13 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/#comment-83487 And come to think of it, the BBC hardly has a good history in the innovation stakes, as anyone who knows Tom Coates (now of Yahoo, in US) and Ben Metcalfe (now Seesmic and MySpace in US) could tell you: http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2006/04/is_the_pace_of_change_really_such_a_shock/ And come to think of it, the BBC hardly has a good history in the innovation stakes, as anyone who knows Tom Coates (now of Yahoo, in US) and Ben Metcalfe (now Seesmic and MySpace in US) could tell you:

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2006/04/is_the_pace_of_change_really_such_a_shock/

]]> By: steve clayton http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/comment-page-1/#comment-83473 steve clayton Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:34:31 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/bbc-man-had-to-leave-microsoft-to-innovate/#comment-83473 Mike, plenty are still here doing innovation. Not sure a sample of 3 counts as a condemnation of any innovation in the business :) I've let the appropriate monster authorities know though ;) Mike, plenty are still here doing innovation. Not sure a sample of 3 counts as a condemnation of any innovation in the business :)

I’ve let the appropriate monster authorities know though ;)

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