Greg Dyke: What’s Next in Television – Global, Local or Both?
Greg Dyke: What's Next in Television – Global, Local or Both?
Greg Dyke
What’s Next in Television – Global, Local or Both?
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Newton building, NTU City site
Speaker biography:
Greg Dyke was educated at Hayes Grammar School and later at York University where he read Politics. After an early career as a journalist, he started his broadcasting career in 1977 at London Weekend Television.
He became Editor-in-Chief of TV-am in 1983, and the following year, Director of Programmes for TVS. He returned to LWT in 1987 as Director of Programmes; and from 1991 to 1994, he was Group Chief Executive of LWT (Holdings) plc.
Greg Dyke joined Pearson Television as Chief Executive in 1994. He guided the consortium which created Channel 5 and became its first Chairman. During this early period of his career, he was also Chairman of GMTV, and at various times, a director of Pearson plc, Channel Four Television, ITN and BSkyB. He was a non-Executive Director of Manchester United Football Club 1997-1999, and was a Trustee of the Science Museum 1995-2005.
In January 2000, he became Director-General of the BBC. In his four years at the organisation, he started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, opened two new BBC regions, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview, a new free to air digital platform. He also made major commitments to expand the BBC’s education services and to improve the cultural diversity of the workforce.
After leaving the BBC, Greg Dyke was made Chancellor of the University of York in December 2004. In 2005, he became Chairman of HIT, a large international television production company specialising in programmes for the under-fives. In January 2006, he became Chairman of Brentford Football Club. He is also a member of the supervisory board of ProSiebenSat.1, one of Europe’s largest free-to-air broadcasting groups.
In March 2008, he succeeded the late Anthony Minghella as Chairman of the British Film Institute. He became Chairman of ATG, Britain’s biggest theatre group in November 2009. He is also an adviser on leadership to the NHS. His autobiography entitled Greg Dyke: Inside Story was published in September 2004 by Harper Collins.
