NBC Universal’s Betts Joins BBC

LONDON, May 2: BBC Vision, the British public broadcaster’s
multiplatform commissioning and content group, has named Nick Betts, previously
with NBC Universal, as its head of commercial and business development.

Reporting to Bal Samra, the director of BBC Vision operation
and rights, Betts will be responsible for all business development activity
within BBC Vision, including the leadership of the commercial agency. He will
be responsible for growing external investment into the BBC public services and
developing new business models.

Betts is currently the managing director of NBC Universal
Global Channels in the U.K. and Northern Europe. Before
this, he was the commercial director at UKTV, which he joined in 1999. Prior to
this, he was the head of U.K. and Ireland television for BBC Worldwide.