Broadcasting
Chairman: Russ Lindsay
Chairman: Russ Lindsay
With the increase in technological developments and new media, broadcasting executives have worked hard to keep up with modern advances and to make use of them to enhance the viewer’s experience. With many of the major television channels offering multi-platform, HD and even 3D broadcasts, audiences have access to an experience that was not available 15 years ago. And radio is not being left behind; with podcasts and live streaming through the internet proving popular with audiences. The Debrett’s list focusses on the executives in television and radio broadcasting, who are influencing the direction of broadcasting across all mediums.
Russ Lindsay co-founded James Grant Media in 1984. The company's first signing was Phillip Schofield, who is still with the company after 30 years. Russ has managed many of the UK's top television and sports personalities over the years including Simon Cowell and Ant & Dec, he has also produced the majority of James Grant Media's music, theatre and television productions. He left James Grant in April 2013 and set up Infinity Creative Media to work alongside the UK’s top production companies and broadcasters, creating and co-developing television formats and media business ventures.
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Adam Crozier
CEO ITV plc -
Jeremy Darroch
CEO British Sky Broadcasting Group -
Elisabeth Murdoch
Founder and chairman Shine Ltd -
Danny Cohen
Director of television BBC -
Gavin Patterson
CEO BT Group plc -
Ben McOwen Wilson
Head of content partnerships YouTube -
Richard Desmond
Founder Northern & Shell -
John Willis
Chairman BAFTA -
David Abraham
Chief executive Channel Four Television Corporation -
Jay Hunt
Chief creative officer Channel 4 -
Denise O'Donoghue, OBE
Managing director ITV Studios -
Stuart Murphy
Director of entertainment channels, Sky -
Peter Fincham
Director of television, ITV -
The Lord Hall of Birkenhead, CBE
Director general BBC -
The Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, PC
Chairman BBC Trust -
Chris Evans
Television presenter and producer -
Jane Tranter
Head BBC Worldwide Productions -
Ben Cooper
Controller BBC Radio 1 -
Richard Park
Group executive director and director of broadcasting Global Radio -
Sophie Turner-Laing
Managing director of content Sky