{"id":4685,"date":"2013-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/06\/13\/rupert-dilnott-cooper-passes-away\/"},"modified":"2013-06-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T00:00:00","slug":"rupert-dilnott-cooper-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2013\/06\/13\/rupert-dilnott-cooper-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Dilnott-Cooper Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, whose career in British media included running Carlton Communications&#8217; content division and its international arm, passed away last month following a battle with leukemia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Dilnott-Cooper was well known to the international media community as CEO of Carlton International, the content-sales arm of the Carlton Group. He also served as CEO of the content division at Carlton, which merged with Granada in 2004 to become ITV plc. He went on to a variety of board of director roles and served as the chairman of the British Television Distributors&#8217; Association.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Dilnott-Cooper died in his home on May 20 at the age of 59. He is survived by wife Kate and sons Edward and William. A memorial service is being planned for Dilnott-Cooper in November. Donations can be made to Cancer Research UK, care of Leverton and Sons Ltd in London.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, whose career in British media included running Carlton Communications&#8217; content division and its international arm, passed away last month following a battle with leukemia. 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