Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

Anthony William "Tony" Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead , CBE (born March 3, 1951 in Birkenhead , Merseyside ) is a British media and culture manager and since 2010 a life peer member of the House of Lords . From 2001 to 2012 he was director of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden . On November 22, 2012, Lord Hall was appointed as the new Director General of the BBC , on April 2, 2013 he took up the position. He is the successor of the resigned George Entwistle .

Life

Hall attended Birkenhead School , a co-educational private school in the county of Merseyside in northwest Britain , and Keble College of the University of Oxford , where he became an interdisciplinary study in the fields of philosophy , political science and economics ( Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduated, PPE).

After graduating, he joined the BBC as a trainee in 1973 . In 1984 he became Senior Producer of Six O'Clock News , 1985 Editor of 9 O'Clock News . From 1987 to 1990 he was an editor in the News and Current Affairs department, then from 1990 to 1996 Director of News and Current Affairs. In 1993 he became Management Director on the BBC Board of Management for News. He held this position until 1996. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive Director for News and Current Affairs at the BBC.

His successes included the introduction of the programs BBC Parliament (1992) and BBC Radio 5 Live (1994). In 1999 he ran for the position of Director General of the BBC.

In April 2001, Hall became director of the Royal Opera House . He created the ROH2 department, which was specifically dedicated to promoting young artists and attracting new audiences. Since then, he has launched several initiatives to attract a broader audience, for example by broadcasting opera performances on outside screens , by introducing the Paul Hamlyn matinées and by offering tickets at reduced prices. This included in particular the sale of unsold tickets at reduced prices to schoolchildren and students, tickets for families and special performances for visitor organizations.

In 2007 Hall bought the renowned DVD label Opus Arte for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden . With this purchase, Hall primarily wanted to open up new target groups and expand the digital opera offering as a whole. As part of the advertising strategy , Hall planned live broadcasts of opera performances, as well as DVD screenings in cinemas and video-on-demand facilities .

In April 2007, following an incident in the north of the Persian Gulf in which 15 members of the Royal Navy were arrested by members of the Armed Forces of Iran , Hall was tasked with investigating the UK Ministry of Defense's strategy for dealing with the media . Hall concluded in his report that the fact that members of the armed forces with knowledge of the UK Defense Department could sell their story to the media for money had snubbed the public and damaged the reputation of the British armed forces.

In July 2009, Hall was entrusted by the British Government and the Mayor of London with the creation and chairmanship of the body to lead the Cultural Olympiad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Hall's job was to get the cultural supporting program off the ground. He also became a member of the board of directors of the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games .

Hall is married and has two children.

Membership in the House of Lords

On February 5, 2010 it was officially announced that he would be named a Life Peer and sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher . Hall was officially inaugurated on March 22, 2010. He holds the title of Baron Hall of Birkenhead , of Birkenhead in the County of Cheshire.

Other offices and honors

In April 2004, Hall became Chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills, a council and network established under the auspices of British business to promote and develop professional skills in the cultural and artistic sectors.

He is also the chairman of the Music and Dance Scheme Advisory Board . In the dance department, he chaired an advisory committee for the Department for Education and Skills (DFES) , the result of which ultimately led to an additional £ 5 million in funding for dance education in the UK.

Hall is a member of the Management Committee of the Clore Leadership Program and a non-executive director of Channel 4 . He is also a member of the Culture and Creative Advisory Forum panel for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and has been Chairman of the Theater Royal Stratford East in Stratford since 2000 (as of February 2010).

Hall was a Visiting Fellow in the Journalism Department at City University London in 1999 . He was a member of the Regeneration Through Heritage Steering Group , board member of Race for Opportunity , board member of Learndirect and member of the board of directors of Brunel University . Until May 2000 he was chairman of the Royal Television Society .

Hall was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005.

Publications

• 1981: King Coal - A History of The Miners
• 1987: Nuclear Power

Individual evidence

1. ^ Spiegel online Kultur , accessed on November 23, 2012
2. ↑ Tony Hall, Esq, CBE Biography at Debretts (excerpts available online)
3. ↑ Tony Hall BBC News, May 14, 1999
4. ^ Profile Tony Hall Short profile in: The Guardian, accessed February 28, 2010
5. ↑ Tony Hall ... Creating creativity ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Brendan McCarthy in: Ballet Magazine 2/2002 
6. ↑ Just don't call me cool The Guardian of April 2, 2008
7. ↑ Digital leap into the cinema Die WELT from July 11, 2007
8. ^ Never say never The Guardian, July 2, 2007
9. ↑ 'Failings' over captured sailors article on BBC News from June 19, 2007
10. ↑ Tony Hall, Royal Opera House Article, September 24, 2003
11. ↑ Tony Hall CBE ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Creative Choices profile , accessed March 4, 2010 
12. ^ House of Lords Appointments Commission - new non-party-political peers homepage of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
13. ↑ Introduction: Lord Hall of Birkenhead Introduction to the House of Lords at theyworkforyou
14. ↑ Tony Hall to stand down as Chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills Article of November 9, 2009
15. ↑ Dance Review: A Report to Government on Dance Education and Youth Dance in England by Tony Hall ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. IFACCA website (documents available online) 
16. ↑ Theater Royal Stratford East Board of Directors ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Profile of Tony Hall at the Theater Royal