Biographies

Controller, BBC Research & Development

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.