George Entwistle to head BBC Vision

Entwistle has been acting director since the end of January and will be paid £270,000 George Entwistle has been appointed to one of the most senior jobs at the BBC, director of BBC Vision, the person responsible for the BBC’s television channels. Entwistle has been acting director since the end of January, following the departure of Jana Bennett to the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide. He will be paid £270,000 and becomes one of the key internal contenders to eventually succeed Mark Thompson as director general. The job of director of BBC Vision is one of the biggest in the corporation and includes overseeing more than 20,000 hours of programmes. Entwistle who was the BBC’s controller of knowledge commissioning and controller of editorial standards for BBC Vision told the Guardian in February that he was applying for the job on a permanent basis. His previous roles include editing Newsnight, launching The Culture Show on BBC2 and acting controller of BBC4. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly “for publication”. • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook . BBC Television industry Mark Thompson Jana Bennett Tara Conlan guardian.co.uk

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