TORONTO – Malcolm Wall, Virgin Media’s CEO of Content, will deliver the keynote at nextMEDIA and the Banff World Television Festival on Sunday, June 8, 2008 – the last day of the new media conference and the first of the television festival.
Wall joined Virgin Media in 2006, and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the company’s content business.
Prior to that, he was the chief operating officer at United Business Media, where he managed the company’s business publishing, news distribution and market research businesses as well as being on the board of Channel Five. He has also held the position of CEO of United Broadcasting and Entertainment Ltd, the division of United Business Media responsible for the management of television and consumer Internet businesses.
Before joining United Broadcasting and Entertainment Ltd, he held a variety of senior management positions at broadcasters, including Granada Television, Anglia Television, and Southern Television.
