Sam holds a dual role as Chief Commercial Officer at UKTV and Director of Content Sales, BBC Studios UK and Ireland, reporting to CEO Marcus Arthur. He is responsible for the UK region's commercial activities that include ad sales and pay TV partnerships, content sales, content funding, UKTV's VOD service (UKTV Play), and UKTV Ventures.
Prior to BBC Studios, Sam held roles in channels, pay TV platforms and consulting. He has worked in content acquisition at Virgin Media and before that at Viacom International Media Networks in strategy, affiliate and digital sales and business development. He began his career in strategy consulting with Arthur Andersen, followed by the industry Regulator, before moving to a commercial role at BSkyB. Sam holds a chemistry degree from Oxford University and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
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UKTV is a British multi-channel broadcaster, wholly owned by BBC Studios. UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 25 years, entertaining the nation with programmes they love. Its leading brands - Dave, Gold, W, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday - span comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and drama, and are delivered to audiences through UKTV Play, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat and Amazon Fire. The broadcaster is a significant investor in British creativity and is committed to working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers. UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UK's most-awarded production company, a world-class distributor with international branded services, and a commercial subsidiary of the world's leading public service broadcaster, the BBC.
