BBC's future safe in the hands of suspected 'mole'

The Guardian (Technology) - BBC Head of Future Media & Technology (FM&T), Eric Huggers was made to feel as welcome as a licence fee reminder when he arrived in West London from Holland, via the US West Coast, earlier this year.

He was recruited to knock iPlayer into shape. Nervous traditionalists wondered if the corporation had in fact been infiltrated by a Microsoft mole, ready to spread Windows propaganda.

With Ashley Highfield leaving to run Kangaroo, Huggers stepped into the bigger FM&T role in August. He has a clear vision of what he wants to achieve, but at times his jargon seems to leave interviewer Owen Gibson a bit baffled.