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BBC Online Names New No. 2

The BBC this week named Ralph Rivera as director of digital media for future media and technology. Set to begin on November 8, Rivera most recently served as president of Major League Gaming in New York, the Guardian reports. In his new role, Rivera will be responsible for all the BBC's digital media products across online, gaming and mobile. He will report directly to Erik Huggers, director of BBC future media and technology. Showing the company's strategic hand a bit, Rivera said in statement: "The BBC iPlayer has already transformed TV on the Web, but that's just a hint of what's possible." Before Major League Gaming, Rivera ran AOL's games and Hispanic businesses, as well as launching Games.com and overseeing the expansion of the company's web presence. Also this week, as The Guardian notes, BBC Vision disclosed details of a management restructuring, under which the division will take over editorial strategy for two of the five portfolios of websites that form part of BBC Online.

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