{"id":673024,"date":"2026-11-02T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673024\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:10:11","slug":"bbc-director-of-research-development-jatin-aythora-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673024\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Director Of Research & Development Jatin Aythora Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Jatin Aythora<\/a>, the BBC<\/a>\u2018s director of research and development, is departing after an 11-year spell with the British broadcaster.<\/p>\n

\n\tAythora will step down at the end of this week, and his role will not be replaced amid plans for the BBC\u2019s Media Tech unit to slash costs by at least \u00a3100 million<\/a> ($134M).<\/p>\n

\n\tAythora, who earns up to \u00a3235,000 a year, has been director of research and development since 2021. He has led the BBC\u2019s AI and machine learning efforts, and has been central to the creation of Content Credentials, a media industry initiative to help verify content and tackle misinformation.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2025, the Television Academy presented the BBC\u2019s research and development team with the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award, its highest distinction for long-term institutional impact.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an internal email, Storm Fagan, BBC chief technology and product officer, thanked Aythora for his \u201cimmense contribution and commitment to the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to be really clear that the work our R&D colleagues do is hugely valued and will continue to be in future. Their expertise is vital to not just Media Tech but the wider organisation and industry,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\n\tAythora said: \u201cThe BBC gave my curiosity, innovative instincts and creativity, somewhere real to live, inside a mission worth believing in. That\u2019s shaped how I\u2019ve worked with you as much as what we\u2019ve built together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA BBC spokesperson said: \u201cThe BBC has a proud history of innovation and research and development, helping to shape broadcasting and improve audience experiences for over 100 years. These proposals are designed to build on that success. Bringing these experts closer to the teams developing BBC products and services that are used by millions of people each day will help us do more to meet audiences where they are and move faster to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA smaller central R&D team will focus on long-term innovation, industry standards, future technologies and partnerships. R&D expertise remains highly valued across the BBC and the wider industry, and continues to play an important role in delivering our public service mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Jatin Aythora, the BBC\u2018s director of research and development, is departing after an 11-year spell with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1578,93,61,60,285056,282],"class_list":["post-673024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jatin-aythora","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}