ITN Appoints Managing Directors for ITN Source and ITN Consulting & New Ventures

Asha Oberoi has been appointed to the newly created role of MD, ITN Source. She is currently Content Director of ITN Source. The new business combines on-the-day footage (previously ITN International) with archive sales enabling ITN Source to reach a wider customer base all over the world through its network of offices, agents and its website, selling a comprehensive content package and building an unrivalled syndication business.
 
Adam Chadwick has been appointed MD, ITN Consulting & New Ventures. Adam is currently MD of ITN Consulting but will now have an expanded brief; as well as selling ITN know-how worldwide, the business will also be given additional responsibility for exploring new ventures and new business opportunities on behalf of the company.
 
Both positions report to John Hardie, ITN's Chief Executive Officer.
 
John Hardie, Chief Executive Officer of ITN said: “Under the leadership of Asha and Adam these divisions will create a stronger, more commercially focused ITN, better able to serve the needs of our customers.  This refocusing of our activities will enable the commercial units to perform better and compete more effectively.”
 
ITN is currently recruiting for an MD, Productions and will announce this post in due course.

Asha Oberoi
 
Asha Oberoi joined ITN Source in March 2007 and was responsible for building ITN Source’s interests in new media as well as overseeing existing and exploring new content representation deals. Since joining ITN Source she has successfully launched itnsource.com, a website which enables customers to search view, download and purchase broadcast quality content at the touch of a button. She has been instrumental in developing partnerships to create new digital businesses such as Education Clip Library, an online video portal offering content to educational publishers globally as well as Diagonal View, a quirky clips channel which attracts over 30 million views a month. Prior to working at ITN Source, Asha worked as a consultant on ITV.com and she previously held the position of Head of Multimedia at the Press Association as well as spending four years working on broadband and VOD services for the BBC. 
 

Adam Chadwick
 
Adam Chadwick has had a varied career working across ITN including both C4 News and ITV News since joining in December 1992, beginning life in various editorial roles including Political News Editor ITV News, Producer Channel 4 News and Head of Core News and ITN International.  From 1999 Adam was Head of Studios & Editing for ITN, managing all aspects of the operation of news studios, edit suites and technology.  Adam established ITN Consulting in 2004 and has steadily and successfully built this business providing production and advice internationally offering end to end consultancy.   The decision now to focus ITN Consulting building on the unit’s advisory consulting services, with additional responsibility for identifying new ventures and developing new business opportunities, is testament to the work Adam and his team has done since 2004.