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Microsoft Fills Top Online Spot In UK, Hires Away Highfield From Kangaroo

Nov 10, 2008 11:14 AM

In a dramatic move, Ashley Highfield is quitting as CEO of Project Kangaroo, a UK VOD JV similar to Hulu, after just five months, to join Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) as VP of its newly combined UK consumer and online business, we have confirmed. Highfield will also join the board of…

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BBC Digital Chief Highfield Quits To Lead ITV-BBC Worldwide-Channel 4 JV Kangaroo

Apr 14, 2008 4:27 AM

BBC future media and technology director Ashley Highfield is quitting to become CEO of Project Kangaroo - an upcoming online TV JV between ITV (LSE: ITV), Channel 4 and the BBC’s profit-making BBC Worldwide wing - marking a return to the commercial sector after eight years. He will replace interim…

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