AETN UK Bolsters Programming Team

A joint venture between A+E Networks and BSkyB, has appointed Stephen Roberts in the newly created role of Head of Programme Scheduling.
Roberts comes to AETN UK with a wealth of experience in scheduling both domestically and internationally having worked at Discovery Communications Europe, The Africa Channel, Hallmark and National Geographic Channel among others. He is responsible for managing a team of ten programme schedulers across all channels in the UK & Ireland, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Benelux, Scandinavia and Central & Eastern Europe.
Reporting directly into Roberts are Lucy Chard, Programme Schedule Manager for History UK, Emily Wilde, Programme Schedule Manager for Crime & Investigation Network UK, Poonam Patel, Programme Schedule Manager for Bio UK and Richard Pearson, Programme Scheduler for Military History UK.
Roberts reports to Adam MacDonald, Vice President of Programming who is responsible for setting the programming vision and strategies for AETN UK's portfolio of factual channels including History, Crime & Investigation Network, Bio and Military History across all markets.
AETN UK’s Vice President of Programming, Adam MacDonald said: "This is an incredibly exciting time for AETN UK. As a company, we are keen to build on our talented programming team bringing new expertise into the business as well as promoting our in-house programming executives across Commissioning, Acquisitions, Editorial & Compliance and Research."
Roberts commented: "I am delighted to be part of this new team and I am looking forward to helping build AETN UK’s high quality programme brands and channels across all its markets."
(BMcN/GK)