APTN name new Managing Director

Associated Press Television News (APTN) has appointed Nigel Baker as its new Managing Director.
Baker was previously Director of Content for APTN. In his new role, he will report to Ian Ritchie, Vice-President of global business for AP International - a new division managing the Associated Press' businesses in video, text and photographs outside the United States.
Baker will have full responsibility for all aspects of running APTN and will be a key member of the AP International senior management team. He takes up his new position immediately.
Baker said: "We have taken APTN from start-up to the world's leading television news agency in a remarkably short time. The company is now entering a new era where we shall be the world leader in providing real-time coverage and defining video news images to online and wireless providers as well as traditional TV broadcasters."
APTN has won a raft of awards from Britain's Royal Television Society in the last four years and in 2003 was nominated for an Emmy for its coverage of the Iraq war. The company now serves over 500 broadcasters, major portals and websites with video news and broadcast facilities.
Baker was recruited by the Associated Press in 1994 to help plan its launch into the TV news agency business. He became head of news in 1995 and director of content in 2001. He previously held senior editorial positions at British broadcasters Sky News and ITN and at Reuters. Earlier, he worked for Britain's national news agency, the Press Association. He holds a master's degree in multimedia computing for eCommerce from London's Brunel University.
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