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George Entwistle

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Gender Male
Age 61
Date of birth July 8,1962
Zodiac sign Cancer
Spouse Jane Porter
ParentsWendy Entwistle
Philip Entwistle
Education Durham University
Silcoates School
University College • Durham University
Children 2
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George Edward Entwistle is a former broadcasting executive, who was Director-General of the BBC during 2012, succeeding Mark Thompson. After a career in magazine journalism, he joined BBC Television in 1989, becoming a producer with a primary focus on factual and political programmes.

Tim Davie: the BBC-executive-Director-General named

Feb 16,2020 6:21 am

Tim Davie , The Bbc 's most senior executives, has the name of the channel, the new Director-General.

Davie has been promoted from chief executive of BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary that sells BBC and other British programmes abroad.

He Executive Director General after the resignation of George Entwistle in the year 2012, and is now replacing Tony Hall .

His top priorities will be fees in the negotiations with the government on The Future of broadcasting.

The TV licence system will remain in place until at least 2027, but the government is due to the assessment of the level of funding starting in 2022.

Who is Tim Davie is? Davie has the 17 Director-General in the company of 98-year history,

Davie is a to be of The Corporation , the longest-serving managers, the accession of Pepsi, Director of BBC Marketing, communications & audiences division in 2005

then He took over the responsibility for the radio stations, including Radios 1, 2, 3, and 4 as the head of the Audio & Music division in the year 2008.

Soon after that, he had caused the address of The Outcry by prank phone calls by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on Radio 2 . To close the decision-making 6 music under his term of office, made later, to undo, also brought in control.

A month after his appointment to the position of chief executive of the group's commercial arm Bbc Worldwide in the year 2012, he joined as Deputy Director-General, according to Entwistle, the short-lived term in office.

Entwistle resigned after only eight weeks at the top after a Newsnight error in a child-abuse report.

Davie returned to Bbc Worldwide after Mr Hall's appointment to the Entwistle permanent successor and Davie oversaw The Merger of Bbc Worldwide with The Bbc 's production arm to form, The Bbc Studios in 2018.

He has now as a 17 Director-General in the company of 98-year history.

Tim Davie landed is one of The Most privileged jobs in the UK and global media, leading to thousands of creative people to a remarkable moment in history.

Besides that, it's hell.

The Challenges are huge - and these are just The Ones we know about already. Tony Hall had The Most difficult task that every Director-General of The Bbc story. Davie is an even tougher time.

one of These challenges, in no particular order:

only the Inbox is. Most of the directorates-General' attributes are defined, such as with unforeseen crises, such as the famous presenters in the manufacture of prank calls, or the revelation that many women paid less than men for the same work, that is illegal.

It is, of course, an exceptional opportunity, which has the considerable consolation that everything afterwards is easier (and probably better paid).

The Bbc has many critics, but Most People want to Davie happiness. He will need it.

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