

On a day to day basis Helen steers the legal and compliance work around STV news and broadcast output.

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Helen’s past experience on programme production delivered the legal work on pivotal STV programme-making such as the drama series, Taggart and Rebus, and observational factual series Club Reps. With key experience of IP rights and IT technology deals, and in-depth knowledge of UK media regulation, Helen has successfully supported and underpinned STV's growth from its core broadcasting activity to multi platform content and ad delivery. She is the legal and regulatory lead in any new business initiatives of STV, whether that be platform expansion for STV Player, or the creation of the STV Children's Appeal. Helen is head of the team that delivers the legal work across STV including its Broadcast, Digital and Studios businesses. He is Vice Chair of the Royal Television Society and a trustee of the STV Children’s Appeal and of pre-school literary charity Oscar’s Book Prize. Simon was on the board of international news provider ITN for 8 years and prior to ITV, worked in the European Parliament. Over a 17-year career there, Simon held a range of senior roles and, as Director of Strategy, was one of the main architects of the company’s strategic transformation under Archie Norman and Adam Crozier and also oversaw strong growth in ITV’s digital businesses. Previously, Simon was a member of the executive board of ITV plc, holding the position of Managing Director, Online, Pay TV, Interactive & Technology.
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STV’s television channel remains the most popular peaktime channel in Scotland, STV Player is a fast-growing streaming service with over 4m registered users, and STV Studios is Scotland’s largest TV production company. After a period of consistent growth, STV posted record financial results in 2021, emerging strongly from the pandemic. Simon was appointed to the Board of STV in January 2018 and in May of that year set out a growth strategy to transform STV into a fully diversified media company led by digital streaming and ownership of globally valuable content.
