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BBC's new media head muses on energy efficiency

Bill Thompson on November 17, 2007 | 764 Views

A quick pulse - it's late here in the UK- to point you to a post from Ashley Highfield, head of online at the BBC, who uses the recently established BBC Internet blog to share his thoughts about the recent Google Zeitgeist conference and reflect on what the BBC can do about its energy use.

Read it here. 

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