Helena joined Inview TV from Ofcom in 2006 having transferred into Ofcom from the ITC in 2003 when the new regulator was created. Whilst working for Ofcom/ITC her area of expertise was in the television broadcast licensing. She was seconded to the community radio team at Ofcom and assisted with the infrasture, implementation and first funding round of the Community Radio Media Fund. Her current role is to provide clients with advice and assistance regarding matter of broadcasting regulation, compliance with the rules and regulations and matters arising with broadcast licence applications. She is currently working with clients on the Freeband IPTV portal which provides an additional outlet for their channels.

Inview TV provides to clients consultancy services. The main areas which clients require assistance include understanding of the broadcasting regulations, dealing with compliance issues, creating in house compliance guidance and structures, completing and filing information required by the regulator and with broadcast licence applications and queries in the UK and Europe.

Helena Brewer

Inview TV

Charlotte was made a partner in the Media & Communications Group in 2004.

She has been involved in a broad range of media work. Her experience includes negotiating agreements for the carriage of content on various digital television platforms (satellite, cable and ADSL), advising on media ownership restrictions, advising on broadcasting regulation and providing specialist media advice relating to corporate transactions including acquisitions, disposals and IPOs.

Charlotte is recognised by Chambers & Partners UK directory as an ‘up-andcoming leading individual’ with a speciality in broadcasting.
 
Charlotte is a member of Women in Film and Television, the Royal Television Society and the International Institute of Communications.

Charlotte McMillan

SJ Berwin

John has had over seven years experience in the IPTV services market working mainly for Video Networks Ltd, an acknowledged pioneer in this field. As Commercial Director, John led HomeChoice team responsible for exploiting the potential of video on demand and IPTV with third parties. He developed VNL’s proposition to the advertising market, positioning it as an innovative test bed for brands looking to explore the opportunities in a non-linear TV world and striking deals with major brands like Tesco, Honda, P&G and What Car? John also pioneered VNL’s interactive strategy, bringing immersive web content to the TV screen for applications like real-time information and games. Whilst at HomeChoice, John identified a growing interest amongst certain organisations to create their own IPTV platform focused on the specific requirements of particular markets. Having executed numeral deals of this nature, John decided to pursue this opportunity in a less restrictive network-independent environment and has spent the last six months working with Matt Vidmar on the commercial development of the Internet IPTV platform. Prior to joining VNL, John held senior sales roles in Procter and Gamble and Royal Mail.

John Mills

Vision IP

An entrepreneur and media professional, Graham Pitman serves as the Chairman of his own group of successful companies. These are Professional Pacific Ltd,, Inview Television Ltd., The European Television Guild Ltd., Rapid Broadcast Ltd., Freeband Ltd, New Start TV, Multichannel Management Ltd etc.

The companies actively cover a range of facilities, products and services for independent programmers including: business and market planning, channel launch planning and execution, production and studio facilities, regulatory licensing and compliance services, distribution negotiations and contracting for market expansion, marketing, research and PR planning and execution, content design, content sourcing, programme creative facilities, programme sourcing, facilitating interactive service and main service providers, sponsorship and sales, research, IPTV, sales, all tailored to meet the individual clients needs.

The businesses operate across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. Operating from the UK, the organisation has helped launch and develop over 59 television stations in the United Kingdom and greater Europe, six stations in North America, two in Africa and four Worldwide.

Graham Pitman

European TV Guild

Matt has over 23 years of experience in the television broadcast industry. He worked with CFC Ltd as part of the team that pioneered electronic film post-production. CFC won two Oscars for its technical work in this field. Matt founded Connexion in 1988 and ON-AIR Systems in 1997. Matt was the original inventor, introducing to the broadcast market “Integrated Playout” solution:–video servers with build in playout automation, interactive graphics, vision mixing and shared storage, enabling content transfers via the computer networks; technology simplified TV station workflow and drastically decreased running costs. His latest achievement is VisionIPTV™ -totally integrated Internet Broadcast Management and Delivery System, centralizing broadcast and VoD on-line PPV operation.

Matt Vidmar

Playout 247

David Yorath

Guerillascope

Prior to founding Guerillascope in April 2001, David worked at Leo Burnett, Media Planning and Carat where he planned, negotiated and implemented media campaigns for some of the largest and most demanding advertisers including Proctor & Gamble, McDonalds, Orange and Diageo.

In 2003 David launched Viewing Figures Limited www.viewingfigures.com an online service which provides TV Overnights and TV Advertising Reports to over 14,000 registered users. More recently in 2005 David launched creative agency www.guerillavision.com which was the fastest growing independent creative agency in 2006 with media billings of £5.2m