Niall Sloane named ITV controller of sport 12/03/2009 |
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The BBC's outgoing head of football and formula one, Niall Sloane, was today appointed ITV controller of sport.
Sloane – who last month announced he was stepping down from the BBC just days after Barbara Slater was appointed BBC director of sport – will report to Michael Jermey, ITV director of news, current affairs and sport.
As soon as news of Sloane's departure from the BBC broke, he was tipped as the leading candidate for the vacant ITV Sport job.
Sloane, a former footballer for Sheffield Wednesday, joined BBC sport in 1982, spending six years as an assistant producer.
After a further six years as assistant editor for Sportsnight and Match of The Day, he became editor of Match of The Day in 1995 before moving in 2000 to become head of football and formula one.
Sloane announced his departure from the BBC just as it regains the live TV rights to formula one after winning them back from ITV last year.
He is expected to stay on at the BBC for the first two races of the 2009 formula one season before leaving in mid-April.
In his new role, Sloane will oversee ITV Sport's coverage of events including the FA Cup, England internationals, the World Cup, the Champions League, the Uefa Cup, the Tour de France, British Touring Cars, boxing, darts and rugby.
Jermey said: "Niall has a superb track record in the production of major sports events and is respected across the sports industry. I have no doubt that he is the right person to lead ITV Sport's fantastic portfolio of live football."
Sloane, who is expected to join ITV in late April, said: "ITV is one of the main pillars of sports broadcasting in the UK and has a great role to play in uniting mass audiences behind major sports events. I'm delighted to be joining the network to lead coverage of such an unrivalled portfolio of live football."
(Source: guardian.co.uk)
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