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New
head of BBC archives
The
BBC has today announced the appointment of former Globecast executive
Sarah Hayes as Head of Media Asset Management, with
responsibility for management of the BBC's Information & Archives
department.
Sarah
Hayes is taking on responsibility for the largest broadcasting and
entertainment archive in the world, consisting of thousands of hours
of radio and television output stretching back over 75 years of
the BBC's history.
She
has a broader role than previous heads of the archive, taking on
responsibility for increasing the accessibility of the archive to
both the BBC and the wider broadcasting industry.
As
part of that she will be leading a drive to extend the use of new
technology in the Information & Archive department's work, based
on digital production.
Sarah
Hayes said: "It's a very exciting challenge to be taking probably
the world's greatest television and radio archive into the 21st
century, using the latest technology to both preserve it and make
it more accessible to our many customers."
Sarah
Hayes joins the BBC from GlobeCast Northern Europe, where she was
Chief Executive.
Globecast
is a global communications provider for local, regional and worldwide
customers, broadcasting via satellite.
The
company specialises in the uplink, distribution and management of
audio, video and data signals to the broadcast and corporate market.
She
has also previously worked as UK and Eire Area Manager for European
Television Networks.
In
her new role, Sarah Hayes reports to the BBC's Director of Rights
and Business, Sara Geater.
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