Paul Dale

Paul Dale (born 1970, Workington, Cumberland (now Cumbria)) was announced in July 2010 as the first^[1] CTO to be appointed to the management board^[2] at ITV plc, biggest commercial television network in the UK.^[3] Dale regards his family home to be Rowrah^[4]

Early life and education

Dale grew up and went to school in Workington.^[5] He attended Stainburn School and Science College^{[citation needed]} and went on to Sellafield to complete and apprenticeship as an instrument mechanic.^[6]

He studied at Lancaster University.^[7]

Career

Nuclear industry

Dale completed an apprenticeship as an instrument mechanic with BNFL at their Sellafield site.^[8]

Media industry

Dale started his media career 1991^[9]

He was founder and director of Bailrigg FM^[10] in 1994.

In 1995 he joined NDS at their Southampton Site^[11] as a Project Manager^[12] delivering CA and MPEG digital head ends

In 2002 he was appointed as Technology Director at BSkyB in their Networked Media division.^[13]

In 2006 he joined the BBC as Controller of Future Media and Technology for BBC Vision.^[14]

In 2008 Dale was appointed CTO of Astro, Malaysia's DTH Satellite Pay TV Operator, based in Kuala Lumpur.^[15] It was under Paul's tenure as CTO that Astro B.yond was launched and introduced a Digital video recorder (The Astro B.yond PVR) on 1 June 2010, and later Video on Demand (VOD) and IPTV connectivity over his 24 months in Malaysia. Paul Dale joined ITV in January 2011 as their first CTO^[16] and is part of the ITV Management Board and reports directly in to Adam Crozier.^[17]

Other roles (current)

• Board Director, YouView, a joint venture among BBC, ITV plc, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, Talk Talk, Arqiva and chaired by Lord Sugar
• Board Director, Freesat, a joint venture between BBC and ITV plc
• DTG Council Member^[18]

Personal life

Paul is married to Tracy and has two sons, Joseph and Alexander.^[19]

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