New Head Of Sport At Channel 4
Channel 4 has appointed Pete Andrews as its new Head of Sport.
Andrews will join the broadcaster from the BBC, tasked with leading on all of Channel 4’s sports coverage, which includes the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games and Formula 1 in 2019.
Andrews, who currently holds the role of Senior Producer at BBC Sport, is a Royal Television Society award winner with more than 20 years’ experience in sports production.
He has worked on six Olympic Games and nine international football tournaments as well as directing broadcasts of four Wimbledon finals.
In particular, he was the BBC’s lead producer of its FA Cup coverage from 2014 to 2018 and the lead director of its Winter Olympics broadcast from Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018.
In his new role, Andrews will report into Channel 4’s Head of Entertainment, Events and Live Ed Havard, who commented: “Pete has an extraordinary track record of producing world class coverage of some of the biggest global sporting events.
“He is also one of the most popular and respected figures in sports broadcasting and we’re hugely looking forward to him joining Channel 4.”
Andrews, who also set up the BBC’s sports studio in Salford, said: “Channel 4 has had a huge impact on sports production in the UK and I’m thrilled to be joining a broadcaster that’s renowned for its innovation and ambition.”
Andrews will take up his new position in March 2019 when he will inherit a growing Channel 4 sports portfolio.
As well as its Paralympics rights, and a content swap deal with Sky for F1 coverage, Channel 4 also holds the rights to show nine live games per season in the European Champions Cup rugby until 2022.
