Appendix: Short Biographies of Interviewees
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Appendix: Short Biographies of Interviewees Tony Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, was Postmaster-General under Harold Wilson (1964–6) and served as Minister of Technology (1966–70). Benn was Secretary of State for Industry (1974–5) and Secretary of State for Energy (1975–9), stay- ing at the heart of British politics for nearly four decades. Benn, now a leading figure of the British anti-war movement, is the longest-serving MP in the history of the Labour Party. Claus Detjen has been the long-serving secretary of the BDZV and director of its new media division. During the Ludwigshafen cable pilot project Detjen served as AKK director. Detjen held various newspaper posts and has been an editor at Deutsche Welle (1967–76). He is currently publisher and managing director of Haller Tageblatt. Jürgen Doetz was director of the PKS, which then became Sat.1 (1985–2004). Previously, Doetz served under Bernhard Vogel as secre- tary of state for the Rhineland-Palatinate Land government (1976–88). Doetz has been VPRT director (1990–6) and President (1996 to present). He is a leading stakeholder for the commercial broadcasting sector and Vice President of 1. FSV Mainz 05. Greg Dyke was Director-General of the BBC (2000–4). His previous roles include Chief Executive of Pearson Television and LWT, editor-in- chief of TV-am and director of programmes at Television South. In 1995 a consortium led by Greg Dyke was awarded the licence for Channel 5, Britain’s last terrestrial commercial television licence. Dyke, a former non- executive director of Manchester United, is Chairman of Brentford FC and Chancellor of the University of York. In 2008 he became Chair of the British Film Institute. 258 Appendix: Short Biographies of Interviewees 259 Douglas Hurd, the Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell, served as Home Secretary in the Thatcher government (1985–9). Other political posts included Foreign Secretary (1989–95) and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984–5). In 1990 Hurd entered the contest for Tory leadership and lost to John Major, who was appointed Prime Minister the next day. Hurd, President of the German–British Forum, also held miscella- neous commercial posts, including a directorship of the NatWest Group (1995–9). Sir Jeremy Isaacs was the founding Chief Executive of Channel 4 (1981–7). Other posts included Chairman of Artsworld, which then became Sky Arts (2000–4), President of the Royal Television Society (1997–2000) and General Director of the Royal Opera House (1987–96). In his early career, Sir Jeremy was a television producer and director of programmes for Thames Television (1974–8). Sir Gerald Kaufmann has been Chairman of the National Heritage Select Committee (1992–7) which then became the Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee (1997–2005). While in opposition, posts included Shadow Foreign Secretary (1987–92), Shadow Home Secretary (1983–7) and Shadow Environmental Secretary (1980–3). Sir Gerald has also served as Minister of State in the Department of Industry (1975–9). Barrie MacDonald has been librarian of the IBA, later ITC, from 1979 to 2001. For some of that time he was also responsible for the reorganization of the IBA/ITC archives. MacDonald is an author, researcher, indexer and a specialist on information sources and broadcasting history. Prof Sir Alan Peacock chaired the Committee on Financing the BBC (1985–6). Sir Alan has been joint founder and Executive Director of the David Hume Institute (1985–91), Chief Economic Adviser of the DTI (1973–6), economic adviser to several other governments and miscella- neous international organizations, a member of the Royal Commission on the Constitution (1969–73) and various other UK government and international commissions. Sir Alan served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham (1980–4). Other university posts were held at the universities of Edinburgh (1956–62), York (1962–78), Buckingham (1978–84) and the LSE (1948–56). During World War Two, Peacock served as a sailor and finished up as a Lieutenant at Kiel during the post-war occupation. Prof Jobst Plog has served as NDR Intendant (1991–2008). Previously, he had been Deputy NDR Intendant (1980–91) and NDR in-house counsel 260 Towards a Market in Broadcasting (1977–80). Other posts included ARD Chairman (1993–4, 2003–4) and President of ARTE (1999–2002). Jobst Plog also had various posts in Degeto, the ARD’s film trade business. He lectures in media law at Rostock University. Prof Walter Schütz has served 35 years in various posts in the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. He was deeply involved with the Michel Commission I and Michel Commission II. Prof Schütz has been an adviser for the GDR Ministry for the Media (1990–1) and is a former editor of Publizistik (1963–93). Since 1995 Prof Schütz has been an honorary professor at the University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover. Prof Christian Schwarz-Schilling served as Minister for Post and Telecommunications (1982–92). Previously, Schwarz-Schilling chaired the Enquête Commission New Information and Communication Techniques (1981–2) and presided over the coordination panel for CDU/CSU media policy (1975–83). Schwarz-Schilling has been a member of the ZDF tele- vision council (1971–82), Deputy Chairman CDU/CSU federation of medium-sized businesses, director Sonnenschein Corporation (1957–82) and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006–7). He is president of the telecommunications, media and technology manage- ment consultancy Dr Schwarz-Schilling & Partners (1993 to present). Anthony Smith was a BBC TV current affairs producer (1960–71), director of the British Film Institute (1979–88), a founding director of Channel 4 (1980–4) and President of Magdalen College, Oxford (1988–2005). Chris Smith, the Rt. Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury, served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport between 1997 and 2001. Chris Smith entered the House of Lords in 2005. He was appointed Advertising Standards Authority Chairman in 2007. In 2008 he was announced Chairman of the Environment Agency. Eckart Stein has been a long-serving director of Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (1975–2000). In an advisory role Stein has been involved with the establishment of Channel 4 and served as a Channel 4 board member. George Thomson, the Rt. Hon. Lord Thomson of Monifieth, has been Chairman of the IBA (1981–8) and the first British Commissioner for the European Community with responsibility for regional policy (1973–7). Other posts include Lord’s member of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (1993–2008), Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords Appendix: Short Biographies of Interviewees 261 on foreign affairs and broadcasting (1989–97) and Media (2001), President of the History of Advertising Trust (1988–2002), Chairman of the Select Committee on Broadcasting (1993–7) and Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority (1977–80). Prof Bernhard Vogel was head of the Rhineland-Palatinate Land gov- ernment during the cable pilot project in Ludwigshafen and thereafter (1976–88). Other posts include Chairman of the ZDF Administration Council (1979–92) and Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of the Heads of the Länder Governments (1976–88). He is the only German politician who has served as head of two Länder governments, the other being Thuringia (1992–2003). Between 2001 and 2009 Vogel served as Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. Karl-Günther von Hase has served as Secretary of State in the Information Office of the Federal Government (1962–7). Subsequently, von Hase became German ambassador in London (1967–77) and ZDF Intendant (1977–82). Von Hase is an Honorary President of the Deutsch– Britische Gesellschaft. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Sell, grandson of Wilhelm the Emperor, the last King of Prussia, served as WDR Intendant (1976–85). Previously, von Sell served as WDR director of administration and finance and Deputy WDR Intendant (1971–6). Von Sell has been the founding ORB Intendant. Other posts include in-house counsel, Deutschlandfunk (1962–71), and in-house counsel, SFB (1955–62). Between 1987 and 1998 von Sell has been a lecturer, since 1993 honorary professor, at the University of Siegen. Prof Eberhard Witte, professor for Business Administration, LMU Munich (1970–96), has chaired the KtK (1973–6) and the Regierungskommission Fernmeldewesen (1985–7); amongst other commissions. Prof Witte has been director of the cable pilot project in Munich (1980–7). Prof Witte has chaired the communications research association Münchner Kreis (1976–97) and works as a consultant for business administration. Notes 1 Introduction 1. The distinction between England, (Great) Britain and the UK is crucial for this study. England is the largest country of the UK and its territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of Britain. Britain constitutes the largest island of the British Isles, comprising England, Scotland and Wales. The UK includes Britain, the northeast part of the island of Ireland as well as many small islands. 2. As Witteman (2010: 120–1) points out, there is disagreement over which rulings are included in the canon of major broadcasting decisions. The formula, as it applies in this book, is: First Broadcasting Judgement of 28 February 1961 (BVerfGE 12, 205), Second Broadcasting Judgement of 27 July 1971 (BVerfGE 31, 314), Third Broadcasting Judgement of 16 June 1981 (BVerfGE 57, 295), Fourth Broadcasting Judgement of 4 November 1986 (BVerfGE 73, 118), Fifth Broadcasting Judgement of 24 March 1987 (BVerfGE 74, 297), Sixth Broadcasting Judgement of 5 February 1991 (BVerfGE 83, 238), Seventh Broadcasting Judgement of 6 October 1992 (BVerfGE 87, 181), Eighth Broadcasting Judgement of 22 February 1994 (BVerfGE 90, 60), Ninth Broadcasting Judgement of 22 March 1995 (BVerfGE 92, 203), Tenth Broadcasting Judgement of 17 February 1998 (BVerfGE 97, 228), Eleventh Broadcasting Judgement of 20 February 1998 (BVerfGE 97, 298), Twelfth Broadcasting Judgement of 11 September 2007 (BVerfGE 119, 181) and Thirteenth Broadcasting Judgement of 12 March 2008 (BVerfGE 121, 30).