YouView has announced the appointment of Chris Bramley as its CTO. The former iPlayer executive Anthony Rose held the post until his departure as part of a ‘reorganisation’ in December 2010.
At the time Sef Tuma was brought in as head of technical delivery and Andrew Burdess as operations director. Jeff Hunter also remains as chief architect.
Bramley takes on immediate responsibility for YouView’s technical team and delivering the venture’s overall technology strategy ahead of its launch early in 2012. Field trials are currently taking place.
Richard Halton, CEO, YouView said: “Chris has proven his technology leadership through delivering innovative new services into UK homes. He has the right expertise to lead YouView’s technical team through launch and to support the future growth of the platform.”
Bramley’s work as chief architect at BSkyB saw him lead the technical teams responsible for delivering Sky Anytime, Sky Player and Sky Go. Previous experience includes Ioko Limited and working on projects for EMI Music.