23rd May 2007 16:03
ITV PLC23 May 2007 23rd May 2007 Dawn Airey to join ITV as Director of Global Content ITV today announced that Dawn Airey will join ITV as Director of Global Content.In this role she will be responsible for developing ITV's UK and internationalproduction, distribution and content exploitation businesses. Dawn will report to John Cresswell, ITV's Chief Operating Officer and will takeup the post later this year. ITV Productions, Granada Ventures, GranadaInternational and ITV's international production businesses in Australia,Germany and the US will report into her. Together, these businesses generated£652 million revenue in 2006, including £370 million of internal sales to ITV. Of her appointment John Cresswell said: "This is great news for ITV and a great job for Dawn. I'm delighted she'sjoining us to build the content business which continues to be at the heart ofour growth strategy." Dawn Airey said: "It's wonderful to return to my alma mater. It's an incredibly exciting time tobe joining ITV and I'm looking forward to working with some of the UK's bestproduction talent. Together with John Whiston and his creative team, I'mconfident that we can deliver the programmes and content that Simon Shaps andhis commissioners want in order to continue the reinvigoration of ITV1. ITVhas strong and growing international production and distribution businesses andI'm thrilled about having the opportunity to help develop them further." Michael Grade, Executive Chairman of ITV plc, said: "Dawn's arrival significantly strengthens the senior management team. She is adynamic, creative business leader and I know that everyone in ITV will welcomeher arrival." John Whiston, Director of ITV Productions, said: "I'm delighted and enthusiastic about Dawn's arrival. It signals that ITV isputting content right at the heart of what it does. It will require some seriousfirepower to take Production to the next level both nationally and globally.And they don't come much fierier than Dawn!" ENDS For further enquiries please contact: ITV plcTel: 020 7843 8000Press enquiries:Jim Godfrey - Director of Corporate AffairsHannah Bailey - Corporate Communications Manager Investor enquiries:James Tibbitts - Company SecretaryGeorgina Blackburn - Head of Investor Relations Tulchan Communications:Tel: 0207 353 4200Andrew GrantSusannah VoyleDavid Allchurch Notes to editors: Dawn Airey Dawn Airey began her broadcasting career as a management trainee for Central TVin 1985. In 1989 she became Director of Programme Planning at Central and wasappointed to the Central broadcasting board. In 1993 she moved to the ITVNetwork Centre as Controller of Children's and Daytime Programmes and in 1994moved to Channel 4 to become Controller of Arts and Entertainment. In 1996 she was appointed Director of Programmes for Channel Five and waspromoted to Chief Executive in 2000. In 2003 she was appointed ManagingDirector Sky Networks and was responsible for all Sky wholly owned channels(excluding sport). In 2006 she was made Managing Director Channels and Serviceswith responsibility for all third party channels, joint ventures and networkedmedia. Dawn Airey was born in Lancashire in 1960 and was educated at Kelly College andGirton College, Cambridge. ITV Productions ITV Productions is one of Europe's leading commercial production companiesproducing more than 3,000 hours of original programming each year. It isresponsible for some of the most popular brands on UK television includingCoronation Street, Emmerdale, I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! and DancingOn Ice. It also produces highly-rated work for other channels such as TheStreet and The Royle Family for the BBC, Brainiac for Sky and Countdown andLongford for Channel 4. ITV Productions also made the successful and criticallyacclaimed feature film, The Queen. ITV's also runs successful international production businesses in Australia,Germany and the US. Granada International and Granada Ventures Granada International sells thousands of hours of programming from ITVProductions, and many other independent producers, to more than 200 countriesworldwide. Granada Ventures is a major distributor of DVD entertainment in theUK and exploits merchandising and licensing in the UK and worldwide from bothITV Productions' bank of television programmes and other independent rightsowners. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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