The BBC's head of new
media is leaving the broadcaster to join Kangaroo, a rival video-streaming
service due to launch this year.
Since he joined the organisation in 2000, Ashley Highfield has been a driving
force behind the deployment of the BBC's iPlayer project. He will now become the
chief executive of Kangaroo – a joint video-on-demand company established by
ITV,
Channel 4 and the BBC.
"This is a fantastic opportunity," said Highfield.
"Kangaroo is a historic partnership with a combination of innovative
technology and terrific content and I am looking forward to transforming the way
audiences watch television."
Highfield has helped the iPlayer to become one of the UK's most popular
video-on-demand services, receiving 42 million access requests in the first
three months of the year.
The precise date on which Highfield will leave the BBC will be announced
shortly, the broadcaster said.
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