We confirmed this on Tuesday, and the BBC confirmed it today: Erik Huggers is the new director of future media and technology at the BBC - and no-one will really find it that surprising.
The Dutchman has been the out-and-out favourite from the moment Ashley Highfield announced his convenient new job as chief executive of what is currently called Kangaroo. We then all saw the carefully constructed Blair/Brown style handover of new media power that oversees £400m of the BBC's budget each year.
Still, any other similarities with Blair and Brown hopefully end there. Despite the widespread understanding that he was taken on to be groomed as Highfield's replacement, Huggers is well-liked and has made a good impression since he started. Clearly management agreed, and he saw off a dozen well-placed candidates, many of whom were long-term BBCers.
