ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM CHALLENGES FOR UK MEDIA
WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY SAÏD BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
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STEVEN BARNETT, PROFESSOR OF MAGNUS BROOKE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS, ITV PLC WESTMINSTER Magnus Brooke is director of policy and regulatory affairs at Steven Barnett is professor of communications and an ITV plc with overall responsibility for ITV’s policy and regulatory established writer, author and commentator, who specialises strategy and its interaction with UK and European regulators, in media policy, broadcasting, regulation, and journalism government and the European institutions. Magnus is a ethics. He has acted several times as specialist adviser to the director of a number of ITV group and joint venture businesses House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and as well as a non-executive director of Digital UK, Freesat and was twice called to give oral evidence to the Leveson Inquiry. the Broadcast Advertising Board of Finance (which raises the Over the last 30 years, he has advised ministers and shadow funds for the self regulation of broadcast advertising by the ministers, given evidence to parliamentary committees ASA). Prior to joining ITV in July 2006 he was head of the BBC and the European Parliament, and has directed numerous director general’s office for three years, first for Greg Dyke research projects on the structure, funding, and regulation and subsequently for Mark Thompson. Before that, Magnus of communications in the UK and other countries. He is worked for three years as a regulatory and competition lawyer currently running an 18 month AHRC fellowship project on in the policy and legal division of the BBC. Magnus began his developing new policy approaches to media plurality. He is on career as a solicitor specialising in regulatory and competition the editorial and management boards of British Journalism law at city solicitors Ashursts where he also trained. Magnus Review, was for many years an Observer columnist and is read Social and Political Sciences and History at St Catharine’s the author or co-author of a number of books. His last book, College Cambridge and qualified as a solicitor at the College of The Rise and Fall of Television Journalism, was published by Law in London. Bloomsbury Academic in November 2011. SALLY BROUGHTON-MICOVA, RESEARCH PATRICK BARWISE, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OFFICER, LSE MEDIA POLICY PROJECT – MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING, LONDON Sally Broughton-Micova is the research officer for the Media BUSINESS SCHOOL Policy Project at London School of Economics and Political Patrick Barwise is emeritus professor of management Science, where she also completed her PhD. Her research and marketing at London Business School, chairman of focuses on audiovisual media policy in Europe, and she has Which?, and a visiting fellow at Oxford University’s Reuters published on topics such as public service broadcasting, Institute for the Study of Journalism. He joined IBS in 1976 content quotas and cultural production, minority language after an early career at IBM and has published widely on broadcasting, and digitalisation. Before entering academia management, marketing and media. she was head of media development and spokesperson for the OSCE Mission to Skopje for several years, and prior to DAME COLETTE BOWE, CHAIR, OFCOM that worked in other international organisations implementing conflict mitigation and post-conflict stabilisation media Colette was appointed Ofcom chair in March 2009. She projects. She also lectures on media economics and markets began her career at the Department of Trade and Industry at the School of Journalism and Public Relations in Skopje. and subsequently worked at the Independent Broadcasting Authority, the Securities and Investment Board, as chief executive of the Personal Investment Authority and as MARTIN CAVE, VISITING PROFESSOR, IMPERIAL executive chairman of the European Asset Management COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL Business at Robert Fleming. Colette chaired Ofcom’s Martin Cave is a visiting professor at Imperial College Business Consumer Panel from its inception in 2003 to December School and a deputy chair of the Competition Commission. 2007. She is a vice president of the Royal Television Society Formerly he was a professor at Warwick Business School and and a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. at Brunel University. He specialises in regulatory economics,
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especially of the communications sector, and has written on Committee, and also helped run the Global Communications spectrum policy and on broadcast and telecommunications Consortium at London Business School. regulation. He has also advised the UK and other governments and several regulatory bodies on these matters. JEAN GONIÉ, DIRECTOR OF PRIVACY POLICY, EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, DAVID ELSTEIN, CHAIRMAN, OPENDEMOCRACY. MICROSOFT NET AND BROADCASTING POLICY GROUP Based in Brussels, Jean was previously government affairs David Elstein has spent over 40 years in the TV production manager at Microsoft France (from 2005 to 2010) and director and broadcasting industries, serving as chief executive of for privacy, EU Affairs from 2010 to July 2012. Prior to joining Channel 5, director of programmes at Thames TV, head Microsoft, he was a legal adviser to the French data protection of programming at BSkyB, managing director at Brook authority (CNIL) and worked in the legal department of the Productions and Primetime Productions, and chairman of Internet Rights Forum (a semi-government internet regulatory Sparrowhawk Media, DCD Media PLC, Screen Digest, The body in France). He also served on the staff of a member of Broadcasting Policy Group, The British Screen Advisory the French national assembly and of a senator. He lectured Council and The National Film and Television School. He on internet law and data protection issues for many years spent five years on the board of Virgin Media, and was one at University of Paris I Sorbonne, Sciences Po Paris and the of the earliest suppliers of programmes to Channel 4 as an CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers). Jean independent producer. He is chairman of Open Democracy, holds an advisory role as conseiller du commerce extérieur and writes regularly for that website and for various national de la France, promoting France’s trade and innovation in the newspapers on media issues. world. He is also the chair of the French chapter of the internet association of privacy professionals, Knowledgenet. CLAIRE ENDERS, FOUNDER, ENDERS ANALYSIS Claire founded Enders Analysis in 1997. She is one of the most TONY HALL, DIRECTOR GENERAL, BBC experienced analysts and forecasters in UK and European Tony Hall was appointed director general of the BBC in media and telecoms, with more than 25 years in strategy November 2012. Prior to this, Tony was Chief Executive of development and market research in these sectors. Claire is the Royal Opera House from April 2001 until April 2013. He particularly renowned for her independent views and insights first joined the BBC in 1973 and during a 28-year career regarding cyclical and structural impacts on companies in at the corporation he held roles including senior producer the media, telecoms, technology and retail sectors. Enders at World At One, assistant editor of the Nine O’Clock News, Analysis is one of the leading independent research companies output editor for Newsnight, culminating as chief executive of in the UK and focuses on research, analysis and specialist BBC News from 1996 to 2001. While at the BBC he launched expertise across the UK and European sectors. Radio 5 Live, BBC News 24, BBC News Online and BBC Parliament. He was appointed a CBE in 2005 and in 2010 ROBIN FOSTER, FOUNDER MEMBER, was made a life peer with the title Baron Hall of Birkenhead. COMMUNICATIONS CHAMBERS Robin Foster is an independent adviser on media and RT HON HARRIET HARMAN MP, SHADOW communications policy and regulation, and a founder SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND member of Media Consultants, Communications Chambers. SPORT AND SHADOW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER He was previously director of strategy at Ofcom and the BBC, and a member of the last government’s Digital Britain Harriet Harman QC MP is shadow secretary of state for steering board. As well as a wide range of consulting work Culture, Media and Sport, shadow deputy prime minister for clients such as the BBC, BT, ITV, Sky and Channel 4, he and deputy leader of the Labour party. A trained solicitor, has recently advised the House of Lords Communications Harriet was appointed secretary of state for social security SPEAKERS
and minister for women when Labour entered government between 1999 and 2004 he was a member of the European in 1997. She introduced the minimum income guarantee Parliament. He is chairman of the CN Group, an independent and the national childcare strategy. In 2001, Harriet was local media business based in Carlisle. appointed solicitor general and led a drive within government to make tackling domestic violence a priority. After the 2005 general election, Harriet was appointed minister for justice. JIM KILLOCK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OPEN She also served in government as leader of the House of RIGHTS GROUP Commons, secretary of state for equalities and minister for Since joining Open Rights group in January 2009, Jim women, where she brought forward the Equality Bill, now the has led campaigns against ‘three strikes’ and the Digital Equality Act. Prior to her appointment as shadow secretary Economy Act, the company Phorm and its plans to snoop of state for culture, media and sport she served as shadow on UK users, and against pervasive government internet secretary of state for international development. surveillance. Jim is a trustee of Freeukgen, the volunteer project to digitise genealogical records, and sits on the governance board of Create, the UK’s research centre for JANE HUMPHREYS, HEAD OF SPECTRUM copyright and new business models in the creative economy. POLICY, DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA Before joining ORG, Jim worked as external communications AND SPORT coordinator of the Green Party. Jane brings experience of working with users of spectrum spanning more than 25 years to her current role. Her four CAT LEWIS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND EXECUTIVE years at OFTEL were in the early days of competition PRODUCER, NINE LIVES MEDIA between Vodafone and Cellnet and culminated in 1989 with the beauty contest to select new 2G operators at Cat is a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award-winning 1800mhz. After periods working on financial services and executive producer. She runs her own Manchester-based the DTI’s services in the regions and overseas, she became independent production company, employing 26 people, deputy director of the 3G auction team based at the Radio which makes documentaries, current affairs, factual formats Communications Agency. With the licences successfully and drama documentaries for BBC One, Channel 4, Channel 5, granted and paid for, she returned to DTI to lead the BBC Three, CBBC, C&I Network, Bio and TLC (The Learning broadcasting team and specifically digital TV switchover. She Channel in the US). Cat set up Nine Lives in September 2007 became head of spectrum policy in March 2012, in time to and is the company’s owner, chief executive and executive play an active role in the 4G auction. Her focus now is on the producer. She is also vice chair of PACT, the UK’s professional UK spectrum strategy, developing a holistic approach to the affiliation of TV producers, founder and chair of the North’s use of spectrum to the mid 2020s and beyond. Indie Club, is on the RTS Committee in the North West, and is part of Creative Skillset’s Northern Panel.
LORD INGLEWOOD, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE ORLA LYNSKEY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAW, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS COMMUNICATIONS Orla’s primary area of research interest is technology Lord Inglewood is chairman of the House of Lords Select regulation, and in particular data protection law. She Committee on Communications. He has served on the completed her doctoral research on the normative Committee since 2007 and became chairman in 2011. He foundations of European data protection law at the University was a minister in John Major’s government, serving as of Cambridge in 2012. This work will be published as a deputy chief whip in the House of Lords and later at the monograph by Oxford University Press in 2015. Prior to her Department of National Heritage where he was responsible doctoral studies, Orla spent a number of years working in for broadcasting. Between 1989 and 1994 and again Brussels as a contract agent for the European Commission
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Competition Directorate and as an attorney for the Antitrust in broadcast and print media, Nick writes on a wide range and Competition division of a US law firm. Orla also worked of issues, from social justice, public service reform and for two years as an academic assistant at the College of identity politics to the future of social democracy. His books Europe, Bruges. During this time, she was called to the bar of include Politics for a New Generation (2007), Social Justice: England and Wales. Building a fairer Britain (2005), Tomorrow’s Citizens (1999) and Wasted Youth (1998). He is a co-editor of Juncture, the journal of political ideas. In addition to running the Downing DAVID MAHONEY, DIRECTOR OF POLICY Street Policy Unit, Nick has worked as an advisor in the DEVELOPMENT, OFCOM Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the former Department David is currently director of policy development at Ofcom, for Education and Employment. He was formerly chair of the UK communications regulator, where he is responsible the Advisory Board to the UK Chief Scientist’s Foresight for developing a strategic approach to Ofcom’s public and Programme and served on the Equalities Review and the regulatory policy work, providing analysis of UK public policy Teaching & Learning 2020 Review. He is an honorary fellow developments and leading policy and regulatory development of the Royal Institute of British Architects, sits on the board of projects of strategic significance to Ofcom. Previously David the RIBA Trust, and is a member of the UK-India Roundtable. was chief advisor to the chief executive of Ofcom and then director of content policy. In addition David spent a year ROBERT PICARD, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, working in government as a director of the Digital Britain Project, which set the government’s UK strategy for the UK REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF communications sector. Before joining Ofcom David was a JOURNALISM, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD lawyer at Richard Butler specialising in UK and EU competition Professor Robert G Picard is director of research at law with a particular focus on the media sector, including a the Reuters Institute in the Department of Politics and spell working in-house for MTV Networks Europe. Before that International Relations at University of Oxford, a research he was administrator for the government’s Football Task Force. fellow at Green Templeton College (Oxford), and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. A specialist in media economics and policy, he is the author and editor of 28 books and has RT HON MARIA MILLER MP, SECRETARY OF been editor of the journal of media business studies and the STATE FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT journal of media economics. He has consulted and carried Maria Miller was appointed as secretary of state for culture, out assignments for companies and governments worldwide. media and sport in September 2012 and is the conservative He is listed in Who’s Who In The World, Who’s Who In MP for Basingstoke. She served as shadow minister for America, International Authors and Writers Who’s Who and education between 2005 and 2006, as shadow minister Contemporary Authors. for family welfare between 2006 and 2007 and as shadow minister for families from 2007 to 2010. In May 2010 she JAMES PURNELL, DIRECTOR – STRATEGY AND was appointed parliamentary under secretary for disabled people. Before entering politics, she worked in marketing as DIGITAL, BBC a company director at Grey Advertising Ltd and the Rowland James first worked at the BBC in the 1990s, as head of Company. Maria was educated at Brynteg comprehensive corporate planning. He had previously been a research fellow on school, Bridgend and the London School of Economics. IPPR’s media project, and before that was a strategy consultant in media and telecommunications at Hydra Associates. He left the BBC to be special adviser on the Knowledge Economy, NICK PEARCE, DIRECTOR, IPPR including internet and broadcasting policy, to Tony Blair after Nick Pearce is director of IPPR. He rejoined the institute in he became prime minister. He was a member of parliament for September 2010 after two years as head of the Policy Unit at Stalybridge and Hyde, before becoming secretary of state for No 10. An author and regular commentator on public policy culture and then for work and pensions. SPEAKERS
James resigned from the government in June 2009, and PEGGY VALCKE, PROFESSOR IN LAW, KU stood down from parliament at the 2010 election. Before LEUVEN, ICRI – IMINDS (SECURITY DEPARTMENT) re-joining the BBC, James was senior producer at rare day, an independent production company, and an adviser to the Boston Professor Dr Peggy Valcke is a leading European expert on Consulting Group. media and communications law. She is a full-time research professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, teaches media law at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussels, is visiting JON SNOW, PRESENTER, CHANNEL 4 NEWS professor at The University of Tilburg, and lectures in the Jon has been the face of Channel 4 News since 1989. He Florence School Of Regulation (European University Institute). joined ITN in 1976 and became Washington correspondent She is the current director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for in 1984. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the Law & ICT (ICRI), a research centre at the faculty of law at Ku news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of Leuven specialising in legal aspects of the information society. Nelson Mandela, to Barack Obama’s inauguration and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. JOHN WHITTINGDALE OBE MP, CHAIRMAN, His many awards include the Richard Dimbleby BAFTA CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT SELECT award for Best Factual Contribution to Television (2005) COMMITTEE AND VICE CHAIRMAN, and Royal Television Society awards for Journalist of the CONSERVATIVE 1922 COMMITTEE Year (2006) and Presenter of the Year (2009). John Whittingdale has been chairman of the House Of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee DAMIAN TAMBINI, DIRECTOR – MEDIA POLICY since 2005 and MP for Maldon in Essex since 1992. Prior PROJECT, LSE to his election, John worked both in Whitehall and the City. Damian Tambini is research director and associate During his time in parliament, John has occupied several professor in the Department of Media and other positions including parliamentary private secretary to Communications of the LSE, and is convenor of the MSc in the then leader of the opposition, William Hague, shadow Communication Governance. Damian is also an associate secretary of state for trade and industry and shadow fellow at IPPR and at the Oxford Internet Institute. In secretary of state for culture, media and sport. Since 2006, addition, Damian is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts John has also been vice chairman of the Conservative and serves on the advisory groups for the Oxford Media Parliamentary 1922 Committee representing all Conservative Convention and for Polis. Damian is leading the LSE Media members of the House of Commons. Policy Forum project. ADRIAN WOOTTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, FILM NIGEL WARNER, ASSOCIATE FELLOW, IPPR LONDON AND BRITISH FILM COMMISSION Nigel Warner is a freelance writer and political Prior to becoming the chief executive of Film London, consultant, specialising in the media and creative Adrian was acting director of the British Film Institute (BFI), industries. He is former Government Special Adviser to director of the London Film Festival (LFF) and the National two Secretaries of State, Tessa Jowell at the Department Film Theatre (NFT), head of BFI exhibition and director of of Culture, Media and Sport and the late Mo Mowlam, the crime and mystery film festival, Crime Scene. Before at the Northern Ireland Office and Cabinet Office. As a his appointment to the BFI, he was founding director of consultant, Nigel has worked with companies across Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham and director of the the media sector on policy issues and was Public Affairs Bradford Playhouse and Film Theatre. He is a programme Director at ITV plc from 2008 to 2011. Nigel was joint advisor to the BFI London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival executive producer of the 2011 Royal Television Society and Noir In Festival, Courmayeur, and chair of the advisory Cambridge Convention. board of Sensoria, Sheffield’s music and film festival.
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9:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE Claire Enders, founder, Enders Analysis James Purnell, director – strategy and digital, BBC 9:45 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME 4. IS YOUR TV SPYING ON YOU? MEDIA COMPANIES, Nick Pearce, director, IPPR USER DATA, PRIVACY POLICIES AND TRANSPARENCY: 9:50 KEYNOTE SPEECH ASSESSING THE LONG-TERM RISKS Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, secretary of state for culture, Orla Lynskey, assistant professor of law, London media and sport School of Economics (chair) John Whittingdale OBE MP, chairman, culture, 10:20 PARALLEL PANELS SESSION media and sport select committee and vice chairman, 1. FREE TO AIR TELEVISION: 700MHZ AND BEYOND Conservative 1922 committee Sally Broughton-Micova, research officer, LSE Media Jean Gonié, director of privacy policy, Europe, the Policy Project (chair) Middle East and Africa, Microsoft Jane Humphreys, head of spectrum policy, Jim Killock, executive director, Open Rights Group Department for Culture, Media and Sport David Mahoney, director of policy development, Ofcom 13:30 LUNCH Martin Cave, visiting professor, Imperial College 14:30 PLENARY PANEL Business School UK CONTENT: WHERE IS THE REAL GROWTH Magnus Brooke, director of policy and regulatory COMING FROM? affairs, ITV plc Nigel Warner, associate fellow, IPPR 2. A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR MEDIA PLURALITY? Robin Foster, founder member, Communications Jon Snow, presenter, Channel 4 News (chair) Chambers Peggy Valcke, professor in law, KU Leuven, ICRI–iMinds Adrian Wootton, chief executive, Film London and Lord Inglewood, chairman, House of Lords select British Film Commission committee on communications Cat Lewis, chief executive and executive producer, Steven Barnett, professor of communications, Nine Lives Media University of Westminster 15:40 OPPOSITION KEYNOTE SPEECH 11:30 COFFEE Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport and shadow deputy 11:50 KEYNOTE SPEECH prime minister Tony Hall, director general, BBC 16:10 IN CONVERSATION WITH 12:20 PARALLEL PANELS SESSIONS Dame Colette Bowe, chair, Ofcom 3. DO WE NEED THE BBC? Chaired by Damian Tambini, director – Media Policy Nick Pearce, director, IPPR (chair) Project, LSE Patrick Barwise, emeritus professor, management and marketing, London Business School 16:40 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS Robert Picard, director of research, Reuters Institute Nick Pearce, director, IPPR for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford 16:45 DRINKS RECEPTION David Elstein, chairman, openDemocracy.net and Broadcasting Policy Group
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