New BBC director general Matt Brittin with what seems like an excellent idea, and the kind of bigger thinking you'd expect from putting an ex-Google man in the role. Will be watching this closely:
The BBC director general has suggested opening up the BBC to YouTube-style user-generated content as he backed the idea of a “public service algorithm” free from the interests of US tech companies.
Matt Brittin, who arrived at the BBC after 10 years leading Google in Europe, said the corporation and public service media in Britain had the opportunity to build a platform “unadulterated by commercial interests, by algorithms that have other interests at heart”.
BBC chief proposes ‘public service algorithm’ with YouTube-style user-generated contenttheguardian.comSpeaking at Edinburgh TV festival, Matt Brittin says BBC platform would be free from interests of US tech giants