{"id":8991,"date":"2019-01-11T10:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/channel-4-hires-new-head-sport\/"},"modified":"2019-01-11T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T16:52:50","slug":"channel-4-hires-new-head-of-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/01\/11\/channel-4-hires-new-head-of-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Hires New Head of Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Andrews, a Royal Television Society Award winner, has been appointed Channel 4\u2019s new head of sport.<\/p>\n<p>As head of sport for the network, Andrews will lead on all of its sports coverage, including the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo as well as its 2019 Formula 1 coverage. He will report to Ed Havard, Channel 4\u2019s head of entertainment, events and live.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews will join Channel 4 in March 2019 from BBC Sport, where he was the lead producer of its FA Cup coverage from 2014 to 2018. He was also the lead director of its Winter Olympics broadcasts from Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018, and has directed broadcasts of four Wimbledon finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete has an extraordinary track record of producing world-class coverage of some of the biggest global sporting events,\u201d said Havard. \u201cHe is also one of the most popular and respected figures in sports broadcasting and we\u2019re hugely looking forward to him joining Channel 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrews added: \u201cChannel 4 has had a huge impact on sports production in the U.K. and I\u2019m thrilled to be joining a broadcaster that\u2019s renowned for its innovation and ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Andrews, a Royal Television Society Award winner, has been appointed Channel 4\u2019s new head of sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":8992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,1866],"class_list":["post-8991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-pete-andrews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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