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"Greg Dyke is an exceptional lead er in the global television industry
with a vision to the future. His accomplishments personify the International
Emmy Award, which recognizes excellence in global television. The
International TV Academy is very pleased to honor his many contributions
to the art and science of international television," said Fred Cohen,
President of the International TV Academy.
Greg Dyke became Director-General of the BBC in January 2000, having
joined the previous year as Deputy Director-General and Director-General
designate. He was educated 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; in 1990 he
became Managing Director; and from 1991 to 1994 he was Group Chief
Executive of LWT (Holdings) plc. After the Granada take-over of
LWT, Greg Dyke joined Pearson Television as Chief Executive. During
his time in the post, from 1995 to 1999, he built it into the largest
independent production company in the world.
He also guided the consortium that created Channel 5 and became
its first Chairman. While at Pearson, Greg Dyke undertook a review
of the Patients' Charter of the National Health Service at the request
of the Secretary of State for Health. Since joining the BBC, Greg
Dyke has reorganised its structure with the twin aims of putting
him closer to programme-makers and of spending more of the BBC's
income on programmes and services for audiences and less on running
the organisation.
He has also made major commitments to use digital technology to
provide new education opportunities and to improve the cultural
diversity of the workforce and BBC programmes. He has also been
Chairman of the Independent Television association (1992-94); Chairman
of GMTV (1993-94); and at various times a director of Pearson plc,
Channel Four Television, ITN and BSkyB.
Previous winners of this distinguished award include, among others,
Akio Morita, Gustavo Cisneros, Silvio Berlusconi, Lord Sydney Bernstein,
Dr. Frank Stanton, Dr. Roberto Marinho, and Ted Turner.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the International
TV Academy), a division of the National Television Academy, is the
largest organization of global broadcasters, with representatives
from over 50 countries on its Board.
It was chartered in 1969 with a mission to honor and encourage excellence
in television programming outside the United States by presenting
the International Emmy Award. The International TV Academy is a
unique, independent organization including the world's top television
and media leaders who come together to exchange ideas, discuss common
issues, and promote new strategies for the future development of
quality global television programming.
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