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BBC Appoints Kate Phillips as Chief Content Officer

Confirmed by Director-General Tim Davie after a competitive recruitment process, Phillips will oversee the BBC’s television, radio and digital services during a period of deepening budget cuts.

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Overview

  • Kate Phillips will succeed Charlotte Moore as Chief Content Officer, taking over full responsibility for the BBC’s output.
  • Director-General Tim Davie announced Phillips’s permanent appointment following a competitive recruitment process.
  • In her expanded role, Phillips will manage all BBC TV channels, BBC iPlayer, ten national radio networks and BBC Sounds, including children’s and education content.
  • Phillips has spent over three years as director of unscripted programming and commissioned hits such as The Traitors, Strictly Come Dancing and Gladiators.
  • The broadcaster is confronting falling license fee revenues, scaled-back US co-productions and rising production costs.