BBC expected to name Matt Brittin as director general within days
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<p>Board meets this week to discuss appointment, with former Google executive the strong favourite to replace Tim Davie</p><p></p><p>Former Google executive Matt Brittin is expected to be named the BBC’s next director general within days, with the corporation’s board meeting this week for a final discussion about the appointment.</p><p>The decision will be discussed at a regular BBC board meeting on Thursday. Though the meeting will not formally approve
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BBC expected to name Matt Brittin as director general within days Board meets this week to discuss appointment, with former Google executive the strong favourite to replace Tim Davie Former Google executive Matt Brittin is expected to be named the BBC’s next director general within days, with the corporation’s board meeting this week for a final discussion about the appointment. The decision will be discussed at a regular BBC board meeting on Thursday. Though the meeting will not formally approve Brittin for the role, an announcement could be made as soon as next week. Brittin, who led Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a decade until stepping down last year, had already emerged as the strong favourite to replace the BBC’s outgoing leader, Tim Davie. Brittin’s potential appointment comes with the BBC battling to cope with huge changes in media consumption driven by digital platforms such as YouTube, which is owned by Google’s parent company. Brittin has told TV figures that he has long admired the British television industry. Picking up a Royal Television Society fellowship last December, he said it was an industry “I’ve been trying to get into for a very long time”. He said that during his time at Google, he had tried to tell the creative industry that big tech could be “partners not predators”. Brittin has said he believes what counts as television is now changing, stating it is now more accurately described as “storytelling in video”. The new director general will have to engage immediately in critical talks with the government about the renewal of the corporation’s royal charter and wider funding model. The BBC leadership has been battling to fend off the prospect of switching the BBC to a subscription or ad-funded service, which they say would fundamentally undermine its stated mission of providing content for everyone. In a sign of the political pressure that the BBC has been facing, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has already backed the idea ...
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