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BBC revamps homepage as cost cuts loom

The broadcaster's new homepage, now in beta, aims to push more traffic to its content while helping to drive costs down, as the BBC deals with a government-enforced licence-fee freeze Read more

21 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BBC tech strategy moves centre stage

...assets with those assets," Linwood said. This thinking has also prompted the BBC technology team to put systems in place to allow people to use... Read more

31 March, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

iPhone apps cost government thousands

...The departments spent between £10,000 and £40,000 on these projects. BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said in a blog post on Tuesday... Read more

6 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Bletchley Park loads 2,000 for vintage computer festival

...our Vintage Computer Festival photo gallery. Opened by Chris Serle, who presented BBC technology TV programmes in the early 1980s, the event included the launch... Read more

22 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

BBC tech delays cost millions in lost efficiencies

...of the programme was not good value for money." Delays to a BBC technology project ended up costing the corporation £26m in lost benefitsImage: BBC... Read more

2 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

BBC to sell £220m technology arm

...its tech operations. The corporation announced on Thursday that it is putting BBC Technology on the market. Whichever company buys it will also take on... Read more

27 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

BBC Technology announces 3G deal with Hutchison

BBC Technology has signed a five-year deal to manage the production of... Read more

10 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

...2bn BBC technology sell-off to go ahead

...1 September was delayed following further consultation and contract negotiations. Siemens and BBC Technology made a number of concessions in August to avert Bectu strike... Read more

21 September, 2004 by Andy McCue

Job losses at BBC Technology

...a meeting where he announced plans to form a new commercial venture, BBC Technology, from the company's technology wing. Pending approval from culture secretary... Read more

7 July, 2000 by Rachel Munro

BBC Technology boosts video streaming

RealPlayer wins another big fan... BBC Technology, the high-tech offshoot of the broadcaster, has signed a deal... Read more

9 August, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

BBC slipped up over outsourcing savings

...to justify these sell-offs". Siemens controversially won the contract for providing BBC Technology for £150m in 2004, for 10 years. The BBC has signed... Read more

12 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

I said Storage, not ?Snorage!?

...data lives and data is our lifeblood. Just look at today's BBC technology story if you don't believe me: Hard drive evolution could... Read more

10 March, 2010

BBC proposes ISP 'broadband charter'

BBC technology chief Ashley Highfield has hit back at ISPs who want online... Read more

7 April, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

MPs condemn BBC outsourcing costs

...Business Services (SBS) in 2004 to replace the services previously supplied by BBC Technology, which include desktop computers, specialist technology projects and support for programme... Read more

28 June, 2007 by Andy McCue

BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire

...deal with SBS in 2004 to replace the services previously supplied by BBC Technology, which include desktop computers, specialist technology projects and support for programme... Read more

28 June, 2007 by Andy McCue

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