RTS London Conference to Feature Chase Carey, Tony Hall & Others

LONDON: 21st Century Fox's Chase Carey and the BBC's Tony Hall are among the speakers lined up for the Royal Television Society (RTS) London Conference in September.

Joining Carey, the president and COO of 21st Century Fox, and Hall, the director general of the BBC, are JB Perrette, the president of Discovery Networks International; Jeremy Darroch, the CEO of BSkyB; Kevin Lygo, the managing director of ITV Studios; and Jim Ryan, the senior VP and chief strategy officer of Liberty Global. The lineup also includes, among others, Sajid Javid MP, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport; John Hardie, the CEO of ITN; John Ryley, the head of Sky News; and James Purnell, the director of strategy and digital at BBC.

The bi-annual event, which takes place on September 9 at King’s Place, will feature the theme of Power, Politics and the Media. The conference will be sponsored by STV and chaired by its CEO Rob Woodward. He said, “In the week leading up to Scotland’s referendum on independence and less than a year to the next U.K. general election, this year’s conference will provide a timely insight into the forces that forge our industry worldwide.
 
“Does the media world rest in a state of natural equilibrium between the political and the powerful or is it the coveted prize in a tug of war? How do policies help or hinder growth and innovation and should we celebrate or fear increasingly unregulated media channels? We have lined up a cornucopia of expertise spanning the many axes of politics and power covering the U.K., Europe and global markets to provide their insights into the topic.”