ABC shuffles top team
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has announced a reshuffle of its executive team.
The changes take effect on 1 January
Director of television, Richard Finlayson said that the role of controller, originally based on the model operated by the BBC, will be phased out.
“From January 1 the existing Controller model will be replaced with a structure that reallocates responsibilities within the existing team and will help meet our objective to cement ABC TV and iview as the home of the best quality, most impactful and entertaining Australian content,” Finlayson said.
From January 1, ABC1 and ABC2 will come under the one role – Head of Programming ABC1 and ABC2. Brendan Dahill will assume this role, assisted by two Channel Managers.
“ABC TV has an outstanding and close-knit creative executive team, and I believe this realignment is the one that will best achieve the priorities we’ve set over the next few years,” Finlayson said.
ABC2 controller, Stuart Menzies will move into the newly created role of head of TV content and creative development.