- Roly Keating
Roland "Roly" Keating (born
5 August 1961 ) is the current Director of Archive Content [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/07_july/22/archive.shtml BBC Press Office: Roly Keating appointed as Director of Archive Content] ] for theBBC .He read Classics at
Balliol College , Oxford.He joined the BBC in 1983. He was a producer and director for the Arts and Music department, making programmes for Omnibus, Bookmark (1992-7) and Arena. He was a producer and later became editor of The Late Show. In 1997, he became head of programming for
UKTV . In 1999, he became the BBC Controller of Digital Channels. In 2000, he also took on the responsibility of Controller of Arts Commissioning. He became the Controller ofdigital television stationBBC Four in December 2001, masterminding its launch on2 March 2002 . In 2003, he was also joint leader of the BBC's Charter Review project for six months. He became the channel controller forBBC Two in June 2004 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/14/keating.shtml BBC Press Office: Roly Keating named new Controller of BBC TWO] ] . He was appointed temporary controller ofBBC One followingPeter Fincham 's resignation [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/05/fincham.shtml BBC Press Office: Peter Fincham resigns as Controller, BBC One] ] on5 October 2007 .He wants to see BBC Two be the first mainstream TV channel to be available on broadband. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4466556.stm] .
His decision to screen the on
8 January 2005 forced him to remain in hiding and was given security protection. [http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article14242.ece]References
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/controllers/rolykeating.shtml BBC Biography for Roly Keating]
* [http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2670&Itemid=186 Changing BBC TWO's idents in February 2007]
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