Beet.TV: BBC Worldwide Global Digital Chief: The "ROI from Facebook is Staggering"
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:28
"Facebook's ROI for sites such as TopGear is "pretty staggering," says [Daniel Heaf, Director of Digital for BBC Worldwide], who notes that the … site has 12 million fans who drive 30 percent of its traffic."
BBC The Editors: BBC News website redesign
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 13:33
"In the next week or so, we'll be making some improvements to the design and layout of the BBC News website. … We are doing this after listening extensively to what our users in the US and Canada have said, and with the backing of the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, which funds our online service internationally. And we've done something which will be less obvious to you, but hugely important to the journalists working on the site. We've completely rebuilt the content production system (CPS) which we use to create content and run the site. The new version of the CPS is designed to be easier to use and – crucially when we want to get stories out to you fast – quicker too."
New Media Age: Tesco launches recipes channel
Friday, 26 February 2010, 12:00
"Tesco.com has launched a food site positioned directly against UKTV’s Good Food Channel and BBC Good Food."
BBC trials QR code mobile downloads for top TV shows
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 11:39
"[BBC Wordwide] is to trial mobile QR codes on the transactional BBC Shop site later this month in a bid to boost sales.
Brand Republic: Gordon’s Republic: Walking with the dinosaurs: Time Out magazine
Monday, 1 September 2008, 14:04
Gordon Macmillan: "Time Out should … already have a great website. It should be the first and only stop for listings in London or elsewhere in the UK. It could have owned free listings across the UK and built up a powerful website. But it hasn't and there are many other places to go and find that information. If Time Out wants to get there now it will have to hustle and muscle to do so and that will be expensive."
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 14:19
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"BBC Worldwide Chief Executive John Smith said the business initially aimed to get at least 10 percent of its total revenues from the Internet, but has now realised this target is too low."
Friday, 14 September 2007, 10:37
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More from the annals of strange FOI responses: "the BBC declined to give further details … stating that the information would ‘add significantly to the misinformation and confusion that has surrounded the proposed introduction of advertising on BBC.com’
