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Two new appointments to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios
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Peter Salmon, Chief Creative Officer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios, announced today two new senior appointments to Vision Studios, the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s in-house production base.
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The new appointments place multi-platform content creation at the heart of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s production operation.
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Mark Harrison has been appointed as Head of the Multi-platform, Innovation & Development Studio and Richard Williams is Creative Director, Multi-platform for the new Studio.
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Mark is currently Head of the Arts Studio and Richard is currently Interactive Executive, Factual.
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The Multi-platform, Innovation & Development Studio reports to Keith Scholey, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios.
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The new Multi-platform, Innovation & Development Studio, one of 17 production studios in the ´óÏó´«Ã½, will bring together creative multi-platform teams from drama, entertainment, comedy and factual for the first time into one centre of excellence for multi-platform content creation.
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It will be the hub for co-ordinating development and production innovation across Vision Studios, providing its expertise and creativity to projects in all genres.
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Mark will be responsible for leading the new Studio and co-ordinating development, innovation and production modernisation across the entire Vision Studios group.
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Richard will have responsibility for delivering multi-platform projects across all Vision Studios. Both will sit on the Vision Studios Board.
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Peter Salmon, Chief Creative Officer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios, explains: "The new Multi-platform, Innovation & Development Studio will be a powerhouse for the whole of Vision Studios, leading innovation in multi-platform content creation and driving the modernisation of our production processes.
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"It will play an essential part in transforming our business so we can create the highest quality content for audiences in the digital age."
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Keith Scholey, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios, says: "Mark Harrison and Richard Williams bring an exceptional combination of flair, skill and experience to their new roles.
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"Together their leadership of the new Multi-platform, Innovation & Development Studio will enable Vision Studios to navigate the rapidly changing world of broadcasting and keep us at the forefront on all platforms.
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"I'm delighted to welcome them to their new positions at one of the most exciting times in the history of the ´óÏó´«Ã½."
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Mark Harrison says: "´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios forms the biggest and best production community in the world. And to have the opportunity to head up the studio charged with forging new and innovative ways of working for that community across all platforms was too good to miss.
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"The next few years will see a revolution in media production and I feel very lucky to have a central role in leading the ´óÏó´«Ã½ through that revolution."
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Richard Williams says: "It's terrifically exciting to take on this new role at the time of a sea of change in broadcasting when what was 'new' media has finally come of age.
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"I'm very much looking forward to playing a part in using multi-platform – the web, mobile, interactive TV – to connect with our audiences in all sorts of new ways."
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Notes to Editors
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Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison is currently Head of the Arts Studio and Head of Production Innovation for Factual & Learning.
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During his time heading the ´óÏó´«Ã½ arts department Mark has led on major multi-platform projects including The Power Of Art, A Picture Of Britain and The Big Read as well as launching successful strands such as The Culture Show and Imagine.
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He also pioneered new approaches to arts programming with popular travel-based cultural series such as Around The World In 80 Treasures and Italy Top To Toe.
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Recently, in his role as Head of Production Innovation, he implemented the modernisation of production processes across the factual departments, preparing the way for digital multi-platform production.
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Mark returned to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ from the independent sector in 2002 to produce Great Britons, one of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s first multi-platform initiatives, and was made Creative Director, Arts later the same year.
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Mark first joined the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in 1985, working in features in Bristol and current affairs in London.
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams is currently Interactive Executive, Factual where he is responsible for the commissioning and production of the web, mobile and iTV elements of factual multi-platform initiatives.
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Richard has led a number of recent multi-platform projects including the very popular Springwatch initiative, Climate Chaos, Planet Earth and A Picture Of Britain.
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Richard joined the ´óÏó´«Ã½ eight years ago and has worked across a wide range of areas including science, weather, nature, history, arts and religion.
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He has won a number of awards, including a Webby for The Human Body, a Royal Television Society Award for Springwatch and a NMA Award for the interactive game Death In Sakkara.
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Prior to joining the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Richard worked for a dot com business and in journalism and public relations.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios
´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision Studios is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s in-house production studios.
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The studios employ 4,000 programme and multi-platform content makers in 17 studios across the whole of the UK including drama, entertainment, comedy and factual.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Studios is part of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision group.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision
´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision is the biggest integrated multimedia broadcast and production group of its kind in the world.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision - so called because it makes ´óÏó´«Ã½ content that people watch - is led by Jana Bennett, Director, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision and comprises Vision Studios; Multi-platform Commissioning; and the channels and services: ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Jam and Bitesize.
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