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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CTO’ operating in the Broadcasting space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matthew Postgate
Chief Technology and Product Officer of BBC
As Chief Technology Officer, Matthew Postgate is responsible for the corporation’s Technology & Systems. In addition, Matthew is a director of Youview Ltd; a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, C4, Channel Five, BT, Talk Talk and Arqiva that is developing a next-generation hybrid television platform. Prior to his current role within the organisation Matthew was Controller, Research & Development. He was part of the management team that launched BBC iPlayer and was in charge of BBC mobile where he was responsible for building the corporation’s world leading mobile services. Before joining the BBC, Matthew worked as a telecommunication consultant, was the director of an internet infrastructure start-up and worked at a digital strategy agency for clients including the Royal Mail, BT, Lloyds TSB, Visa and Qinetiq.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Mark Smith
Group Chief Technology Officer of ITV
Mark joined ITV in 2011 as a member of the Technology Management team and was promoted into the CTO role in 2015, before taking on the Group CTO role in 2018. Prior to joining ITV Mark held senior Technology positions at the BBC, BBC Worldwide and Sky. Over the past 15 years Mark has specialised in digital transformation and has led the design, build and delivery of industry leading VOD platforms. Mark started his career as a software engineer at BT R&D.
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About ITV: ITV is an integrated producer broadcaster, operating the largest commercial family of channels in the UK.
Seb Chakraborty
Executive Director (Digital CTO) of Virgin Media
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About Virgin Media: Virgin Media is a UK-based company offering TV, broadband, landline phone and cellular services.
Bevan Gibson
CTO of Euro Media Group
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About Euro Media Group: Euro Media Group is a provider of broadcast and film facilities on the European market.
Jason Malaure
Chief Technology Officer of All In Media
Jason has 19 years’ experience in software development, with a focus on broadcast technologies. He developed and launched interactive applications on Sky Digital, Freeview, Virgin Media, and IPTV platforms. Jason is the CTO at AIM, and heads up our Australian office, with a local knowledge of Australia and the SE Asian markets.
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About All In Media: All In Media is a supplier of smartphone apps and broadcast systems for the radio industry.
