Adam Singer

Adam Singer

First term of Appointment: 3 years (1 May 2003 to 30 June 2006). Reappointed Term: 4 years (1 July 2006 to 30 June 2010)

Adam Singer was appointed to the Content Board in May 2003. He has worked at the most senior levels in broadcasting and telecoms, in the UK, the U.S. and Japan. He launched the Discovery Channel in the UK and Europe and was its first MD. He helped create UKTV with the BBC and is a former Chairman and CEO of Flextech plc, whose portfolio included the Living, Bravo and Trouble channels. For two years he was CEO of Telewest plc, providing telephone, broadband and TV programming.

Adam began his media career in a variety of programming roles, with companies such as the BBC, Viacom and United Artists. In February 2005 Adam joined the MCPS-PRS Alliance as Group Chief Executive. In April 2006 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Content Board.