Matthew Postgate, Controller, Research & Development

• Matthew is responsible for the BBC's Research & Development (R&D) group, shaping and leading all R&D activities.
• The group is instrumental in delivering the BBC's major engineering initiatives, such as Freeview and HD, while also enabling other UK and international media organisations to benefit from the BBC's development initiatives, leading to a better overall service for audiences.
• He is accountable for the BBC's R&D intellectual property, licensing and patenting. This involves managing key R&D relationships with related industrial, academic, regulatory and governmental organisations around the world.
• Matthew is a member of the Future Media & Technology Group Board.

Salary: £175,000
Total remuneration: £182,800

Last updated April 2011

Matthew Postgate has been the Controller BBC Research & Development since October 2008.

Matthew is responsible for leading BBC R&D to ensure the corporation continues to deliver value to the BBC, wider industry and academia working across the media value chain.

Since April 2011, Matthew has also overseen the BBC's Online Technology Group (OTG). This group drives the development of the BBC's engineering platform and tools to enable the delivery of the corporation's online products. In addition, Matthew serves on the BBC's technology board and leads the television work-stream on the corporation's Delivering Quality First project. Finally, Matthew is the BBC Director on the board of YouView.

Prior to his current role with BBC R&D Matthew was the BBC's Controller of Mobile with responsibility for coordinating the corporation's public service presence across all mobile platforms. During this time he successfully led the relaunch of BBC Mobile to become the UK's leading mobile site and led the delivery of BBC iPlayer on mobile. He also established the unit within the BBC that provides compliant interactivity to programming.

Matthew joined the BBC as an Executive Producer working across emerging media platforms and was a key member of the team that launched BBC iPlayer.

Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system (e-expenses). Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the BBC and booked through the BBC's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q3 2011-12 PDF (298KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (104KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q2 2011-12 PDF (39KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (72KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q1 2011-12 PDF (53KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (97KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q4 2010-11 PDF (82KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (138KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q3 2010-11 PDF (80KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (63KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (13KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (119KB)
• Matthew Postgate's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (67KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (107KB)
• Matthew Postgate's expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (71KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (412KB)
• Matthew Postgate's expenses Q3 2009-10 PDF (60KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (206KB)
• Matthew Postgate's expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (152KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (238KB)
• Matthew Postgate's expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (117KB)
• Matthew Postgate's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (515KB)



Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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• Matthew Postgate's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2011-12 PDF (38KB)
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
• Matthew Postgate's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2011-12 PDF (29KB)
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Matthew Postgate's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2009-10 PDF (31KB)
• Matthew Postgate had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2009-10

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the Data Protection Act.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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• Matthew Postgate's Declaration of Personal Interests 2011 PDF (30KB)