Working on the BBC iPlayer at BBC Radio
United Kingdom
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- Executive Product Manager, A/V Products, BBC Radio at BBC
- Trustee at Radio Academy
- Director and Founder at mediauk.com
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- Director, Digital Media at Virgin Radio
- Head of Strategic Development, New Media at Virgin Radio
- Editor at oodlebee.com
- Central Services at Emap Radio
- Head of Creative at Hallam FM, Emap Radio
- Presenter at The Pulse, Metro Radio Group
- Various roles at Pennine FM, Viking FM, The Pulse: Emap Radio
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James Cridland’s Summary
Hands-on new media and radio experience - from programmer to platform strategist, radio presenter to conference presenter.
James Cridland’s Specialties:
radio, multi-platform radio broadcasting, new media, DAB Digital Radio, new media trends, drinking beer, PHP
James Cridland’s Experience
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Executive Product Manager, A/V Products, BBC Radio
BBC
(Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
I contribute to the development of pan-BBC non-linear and new media strategy within BBC Audio & Music. I'm currently working on the BBC iPlayer for Radio, with a remit of improving both the audio experience and technical workflow. Additionally, I'm helping define the product and technology behind the Radio Partnerships work with the commercial radio industry.
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Trustee
Radio Academy
(Broadcast Media industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
I am a Trustee of the pan-industry body The Radio Academy, and am Chairman of its Radio At The Edge conference.
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Director and Founder
mediauk.com
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
October 1994 — Present (14 years 10 months)
I've owned and run Media UK from 1994 to present. I have designed and coded virtually all of this collaborative media directory myself, and mostly use it as a learning test-bed for my paid work. Media UK is wholly-owned by Not At All Bad Ltd, which is wholly-owned by me.
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Director, Digital Media
Virgin Radio
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; LON:SMG; Broadcast Media industry)
December 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for the digital platforms of the Virgin Radio Network, including the internet, DAB Digital Radio, cable and satellite television, and 3G mobile phones. My team also work on text provision and customer databasing for the stations. I've been told I'm an accomplished conference speaker, and have also been part of government technology missions to various parts of the world.
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Head of Strategic Development, New Media
Virgin Radio
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; LON:SMG; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2001 — December 2005 (4 years 8 months)
Responsible for the strategy behind Virgin Radio's award-winning online, SMS and multimedia content. My role included some coding and writing, as well as managing the rest of the team.
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Editor
oodlebee.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
January 2000 — March 2000 (3 months)
Ill-fated consumer 'clicks and mortar' attempt at cashing into the dot-com boom. Would possibly have been quite good, but never launched.
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Central Services
Emap Radio
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; LON:EMA; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1999 — January 2000 (4 months)
The "we've made you redundant but we don't want to sack you because that'll cost us money" sideways step, much beloved of large organisations. My job included IT training for presenters and producers to use a new version of Dalet, Y2K compliance testing, and internal communications. It was very, very, exciting. Thrilling, even.
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Head of Creative
Hallam FM, Emap Radio
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; LON:EMA; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1995 — October 1999 (4 years 8 months)
I was a copywriter, then Head of Creative, for this award-winning commercial radio production department. I hold rather a few advertising awards, which I keep in my loo.
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Presenter
The Pulse, Metro Radio Group
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1993 — March 1995 (2 years 1 month)
I presented the drivetime show (warming up for Chris Moyles who was on evenings), then the evening show itself when Chris was rather unfairly sacked. I enjoyed it, and only said the word "bollocks" once on-air.
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Various roles
Pennine FM, Viking FM, The Pulse: Emap Radio
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; LON:EMA; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1989 — March 1993 (3 years 10 months)
Was a technical operator for Pennine FM's Classic Gold service in 1989, and produced the award-winning station charity for Pennine FM during that year. Became a commercial copywriter for the station in 1990. In 1992, went to work at Viking FM in Hull as senior copywriter, but continued tech-op work at Pennine FM, which re-branded during this time as The Pulse. Am I boring you?
