prescient "Andy
is a committed and tenacious businessman. He was a believer
in Digital Terrestrial from the start - when many other
experts faltered in their faith - and he played an important
role in creating the original platform and in supporting the
re-launch of the free to air platform in its current guise."
John Egan has had a long, varied and successful
career in the media business. In the early 90s he was a
principle architect of the Carlton TV bid to win the London
ITV weekday franchise and soon rose to the board. He has
held a number of key directorships in commercial television
and was one of the first people to see the possibilities in
digital terrestrial TV. John now runs sit-up, a company
operating the two most innovative home shopping channels in
the UK, 'bid-up.tv' and 'price-drop.tv'. with his joint MD,
Ashley Faull.
bold "I've worked closely with Andy in his former role as
Head of Media Ventures at BTGroup over 5 years. In all the
dealings I had with him he demonstrated an entreprenurial
streak, a clear commercial awareness and an ability to cut
through any amount of red tape. His significant knowledge of
the whole media industry was an undoubted benefit in devising
new strategies and will I'm sure prove of great use to the
companies who he will work with in the future." Matt Seaman has an exceptional spread of
experience in the television marketplace having held senior
posts at BSkyB, ITV Digital, NTL, Dixons and most recently as
General Manager of Freeview. Matt will shortly be taking up
the role of Sales and Marketing Director at the new DTT
venture, Top Up TV
creative "Andy is very experienced in the converging media and
communications worlds. His knowledge of the space and creative
abilities have created many opportunities and will continue to
do so." Danny
McLaughlin, Managing Director BT Major Business tireless "I have worked with Andy in various roles over the last
five years. I have found him to be a very "solutions-oriented"
business partner, with a great ability to drive forward any
project he gets his teeth into. He is energetic, determined,
and imaginative in finding solutions to difficult issues." Stuart
Prebble
has
had
a
remarkable
media
career
from his early days as an investigative journalist and
documentary maker. He was Controller of Network Factual
Programmes at ITV and Chief Executive of Granada Sky
Broadcasting, ONdigital and ITV. Stuart is currently a
Director of Liberty Bell, an award winning indie production
house.
