> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Forrester > Sent: 21 September 2007 12:39 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: [backstage] BBC recruits Kazaa's Rose > > Quote from Ashley Highfield's monthly > > "As part of these changes, we're very fortunate to have > Anthony Rose on the team, who is joining the BBC as our new > head of the Digital Media team. He come to us from Kazaa with > a formidable background in p2p networks, DRM based content > publishing and 3D animation." > > http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2171162,00.html
I was going through the archives and saw that, which made me wonder - almost five months have passed, and aside from the Flash streaming - which did indeed make its debut just before the end of last year - has the acquisition of Mr. Rose actually brought about anything truly groundbreaking or productive for the Beeb? What with him joining the Digital Media team, and with his vast experience in content distribution... Certainly, the core strategy and architecture of the iPlayer doesn't seem to have changed (an albeit more streamlined Kontiki experience, but still with the same MSDRM and still transmitted via the same means) - I've certainly not seen any particular innovations past what's already there. Or are there even better things planned in the pipeline for public trialing / release this year? Just curious, tis all... (We've heard precious little if anything at all from or about Mr. Rose on here, I know he's not mandated to discuss the iPlayer on officially-unrelated lists, but you'd think he'd at least pop his head in once in a while - a lot of the other knowledgeable Beeb bods (beebods?) participate on Backstage, and the BBC made enough effort to publically announce his acquisition last year...) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
