Former BBC CTO claims he is the "fall guy" for failed £100m DMI project

Sooraj Shah
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John Linwood didn't want to tell DMI staff about 'Plan B' because they were "putting their heart and souls" into new system

Former BBC chief technology officer (CTO) John Linwood has suggested that he was a "fall guy" for the BBC's failed £100m Digital Media Initiative. DMI, which ended up costing £98.4m before it was embarrassingly...

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