15 January 2004
Stephen Stewart has joined BBC Broadcast as Head of Operations to help manage the channels in the Broadcast Centre, which opened 6 October 2003. Stephen previously managed the Five account at the London Playout Centre. Prior to this he managed the Flextech channels, including five major satellite channels, live studio, and 13 post suites. He also implemented a video server and automation technology to allow the channels to expand to 17. Previously he was the programme director for Formula One Communications and a Senior Network Director for Channel 4.
Margaret Kelly, Director of Playout and Media Services, commented, “Stephen will be a key member of our playout management team and brings valuable experience to our business as we start to playout channels from the new Broadcast Centre over the next year.”
15 January 2004
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15 January 2004
On 7 January 2004, the French government officially launched the process of integration of RFO (France Overseas Network) with the state-owned group France Televisions, with the promise that there would be no job losses at RFO.
The bill turning RFO into a fully-fledged component of France Televisions on the same footing with France 2, France 3 and France 5, will be submitted to the National Assembly in February, and Culture and Communications Minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon said that the process of integration should take place by the end of 2004.
According to the government, RFO’s integration in the state-owned group is aimed at sustaining its development. It should enable RFO to ensure greater observance of the territorial continuity of national broadcasts, and to produce more local programmes, while the other networks of the France Televisions group, both national and theme-based, would be able to give a picture of life in the overseas territories.
15 January 2004
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7 January 2004
Viewers of Hong Kong’s new direct-to-home pay-TV operation, exTV, will benefit from international channels including BBC World, Bloomberg, CNBC Asia and Nickelodeon Asia.
exTV is due on the air in February, joining another five pay-TV platforms available in the SAR of Hong Kong.
7 January 2004
Elections to the AIB’s Executive Committee are underway. There are six places on the Committee, which is the body that steers the direction of the Association and guides the work of the permanent staff. The Executive Committee also represents the overall interests of the AIB’s Members in setting the organisation’s strategic direction.
Candidates are:
Tom Wragg, Autocue Limited
Alan Booth, BBC World Service
Mark Smith, BT Broadcast Services
Dennis Israel, InterMedia Survey Institute
Jeff White, National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
Elzbieta Olechowska, Radio Canada International
Thomas Dine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Linden Clark, Radio New Zealand International
Mike Chandler, SES-Astra
Voting closes on 12 December at 1700 GMT.
