David McCall (businessman)

Scottish businessman

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David Slesser McCall CBE (born 3 December 1934)[1] is a Scottish businessman and former broadcasting executive. He was Chief Executive of Anglia Television in Norwich throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s.

## Career

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From 1959-61 he did his National Service.

### Anglia Television

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He joined Anglia Television Limited in Norwich in 1968, becoming Chief Executive in 1976. From 1986-94 he was also Chief Executive of Anglia Television Group, and Chairman from 1994-98. He retired as Chairman of Anglia Television in May 2001.[2]

He became a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 1988. He is a former president of the (CTBF). [citation needed]

### Channel 4

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In the early 1980s he helped to establish Channel 4. [citation needed]

Anglia House, home of Anglia TV

## Personal life

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In the 1988 New Year Honours, he was appointed a CBE. He married Lois Elder in 1968. [citation needed] He lives in Redenhall in South Norfolk, on the Suffolk boundary (River Waveney), off the A143.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Companies House
2. ^ Retirement

## External links

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* East Anglian Film Archive biography (Arts and Humanities Research Council)

Media offices

Preceded by

|  President of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund
1998 - 2001  | Succeeded by

Preceded by

|  Chairman of Anglia Television Ltd
1994 - May 2001  | Succeeded by

Preceded by

|  Chief Executive of Anglia Television Ltd
1976 - 1994  | Succeeded by

Preceded by

|  Chairman of Oxford Scientific Films
1982 - 1989  | Succeeded by

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| ITV (network)|

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* STV
* UTV

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ITV Digital Channels|

* ITV2
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* ITV4
* ITVBe

ITV Studios|

* ITV Choice

Former|

* CITV
* ITV Box Office
* ITV Encore
* ITV News Channel
* ITV Play
* ITV Select
* ITV Sport Channel
* Merit
* S2
* STV2
* The Store
* UTV2
* UTV Ireland

Companies|

| Current|

* ITV plc
* STV Group plc

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Former|

* Alpha Television
* Carlton Communications plc
* Granada plc
* ITC Entertainment
* Video Collection International
* Pickwick Video Group
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* Twofour
* World Productions

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* BritBox
* STV Player
* STV Studios

Former|

* Friends Reunited
* ITV Day
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* TV-am (1983–1992)
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* Cymru Wales
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STV Group|

* STV Central
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Former
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| "Big 4 / 5"|

* ABC
* ATV
* Central
* Granada
* LWT
* Rediffusion
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Other|

* Carlton
* HTV
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* CPV-TV
* Kemsley-Winnick Television
* North West Television

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* ITV Thames Valley
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* UTV
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* Yorkshire

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