| Name: | John Ousby |
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| Current Position: | Head of Distribution Technologies, Radio & Music Interactive | |
| Current Organisation: | BBC |
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| Previous Position: | Director Online | |
| Previous Organisation: | Ginger Media Group | |
| Previous Position: | Head of New Media | |
| Previous Organisation: | Virgin Radio | |
| Previous Position: | consultant | |
| Previous Organisation: | XYi | |
| Background: | Prior to the BBC John consulted in radio, entertainment and new media after a long spell with Virgin Entertainment Group companies, including Virgin Radio, where John launched their online operation in early 1996 – the first continually streaming internet radio station in Europe – and founded Ginger Online with the arrival of Chris Evans and his TV production units. in '98 whilst at Virgin, John was responsible for the first UK instance of 'hear it, buy it' , allowing internet listeners to purchase the particular track they were listening to. John was a founding member of the International Webcasting Association in both the US and Europe and was recently voted one of the top 50 people in the global streaming industry. John started off as a clinical psychology researcher after graduating from Newcastle University in Psychology, through a succession of finace roles, ending up as Finance Controller of Virgin Radio before taking the plunge into new media in 1995.
Finally, a word of thanks to Andy Mollett, FD Virgin Radio at the time for support and encouragement, Gavin Starks, a man with two brains and the real driving force behind Virgin Radio streaming and Angus Margerison at XYi for leading me through the minefield of the UK music industry. |
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| Current: | After a brief spell as Business Development Manger for Radio & Music within BBC New Media, John is now Head of Distribution Technologies for BBC Radio and Music Interactive, responsible for a team developing services and applications across new and emerging platforms and devices, in addition to overseeing the text & data and business development functions. Johns team were responsible for launching the first incarnation of interactive television support for a radio station on digital cable in July 2003, followed by addition of the 'livetext' offering to freeview in December | |
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