{"id":9309,"date":"2019-05-16T11:12:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:14:29","slug":"richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Davidson-Houston Exiting Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Davidson-Houston, Channel 4\u2019s head of All 4, is set to step down from the role this summer following a 12-year career at the broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure as the head of All 4, Davidson-Houston launched the VOD service in 2015 and oversaw a period of record growth in digital viewing and digital revenues. All 4, which initially served as a catch-up service for Channel 4 programs, evolved into a mix of live TV, catch-up, box sets, archive and content from such partners as Adult Swim, Vice and Walter Presents under his leadership. The on-demand service is now available on more than 20 platforms in the U.K. and has more than 20 million registered users.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Channel 4, Davidson-Houston had served as the U.K. business manager for Messenger, Hotmail and MSN at Microsoft. Previously, he was an internet business consultant and founder.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson-Houston said: \u201cIt\u2019s time to get stuck into something new. Channel 4 has been part of my life for a long time. I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m leaving All 4 in good shape and wish my colleagues all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ian Katz, director of programs at Channel 4, added: \u201cRichard has played the pivotal role in building All 4 into a hugely successful on-demand service that punches well above its weight. He has been a key figure in shaping the channel\u2019s response to the digital challenge and will be much missed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Davidson-Houston, Channel 4\u2019s head of All 4, is set to step down from the role this summer following a 12-year career at the broadcaster. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":9310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,2005],"class_list":["post-9309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-richard-davidson-houston"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Richard Davidson-Houston Exiting Channel 4 - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Richard Davidson-Houston Exiting Channel 4 - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Richard Davidson-Houston, Channel 4\u2019s head of All 4, is set to step down from the role this summer following a 12-year career at the broadcaster.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-16T15:12:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-16T15:14:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Richard-Davidson-Houston-channel4-519.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/\",\"name\":\"Richard Davidson-Houston Exiting Channel 4 - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-16T15:12:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-16T15:14:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/05\/16\/richard-davidson-houston-exiting-channel-4\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Richard Davidson-Houston Exiting Channel 4\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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