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15-16 May 2024
Olympia London

MPTS
03 Oct 2022

DPP goes independent

Max Miller
BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 revert to normal membership

The DPP has become fully independent, with the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 relinquishing their board positions and reverting to normal membership.

To support this strategy, two new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board. The first is Sadie Groom, founder and CEO of PR, marketing, and events agency Bubble and the founder of gender diversity group Rise, and the second is Danny Meaney, founder and CEO of UP Ventures Group.

The pair join other DPP board members: non-executive director Emma Springham, CMO of TSB Bank; DPP CEO Mark Harrison; DPP CTO Rowan de Pomerai; and DPP COO Kelvin Jones. The board will continue to be chaired by Helen Stevens, operations officer for content & delivery at ITV through the transition before a new chair is confirmed later this year.

The decision to become independent comes after the DPP fulfilled its original purpose of helping to accelerate the transition of the media industry to file-based digital working. It is now an international membership organisation aiming to provide strategic insight and hold events, as well as facilitating technical collaboration.

Stevens said: “The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are proud of the contribution they have made to the media and entertainment industry by helping to found and guide the DPP.

“Now is the moment for the DPP to fully explore its potential as a global membership organisation that can deliver value to any company that works with audio visual content.”

Harrison added: “We feel privileged that each day we get to work with an incredible range of companies from across the whole media supply chain, and from around the world.

“It is their input that enables us to keep evolving and refining our work so that we meet our aim of being a valued, independent, and expert resource in a constantly changing market.”

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