Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall

Current

• Senior Vice President --- MTV Networks UK & Ireland, Australia & NZ at MTV Networks / Logo
• non-exec Director at Flix Ltd

Past

• Board Director at TwoFour Group
• MD EMEA at Nokia Ventures/Oplayo
• GM Digital Media Division at Chyron Corp

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Connections

289 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

Websites

• Debrett's People of Power

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall’s Summary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bourchier_O'Ferrall


Senior Vice President, MTV Networks UK & Ireland / Australia & NZ. MTV1, MTV2, MTVBase, MTVHits, MTVDance, VH1, Flux, Paramount Comedy, Nickelodeon.



Previously, Exec Director of Twofour Television, Philip headed the division which understands the convergent market place, building communities around content and the production of content specifically for this market. He brings together traditional broadcasting with the emerging technologies and is forging strong relationships with all the key businesses.

Philip had a focus on exploiting media assets and the commissioning of convergent productions and brand funded programming

Previously, Vice President at Player One a Fleming Media Company.
Responsible for the distribution of mobile media assets from many leading brands including young James Bond, Mike Tyson, Manchester United, Davis Cup etc.

Previously MD of Nokia Ventures Oplayo - one of the leading mobile video companies where Philip took Oplayo to 'top 5' in mobile video. Philip also launched the 'worlds first' mobile video portal 'mobile media club' and launched the 'worlds first' mobile music video in partnership with Sony/BMG.

Prior to joining Oplayo, Philip served as GM of Chyron Digital Media Services one of the leading Enhanced TV and Rich Media agencies based in London and New York.

Philip is a broadcast industry veteran. Previously, he has headed a sales team closing multi-million dollar contracts including the likes of BBC, NBC, CNN, Pearson, BskyB, Tvi, Channel4, Channel5, Disney, Discovery and William Hill.

Philip is an active member of BAFTA, RTS & IOD

Philip is an advisory board member of Flix Ltd a mobile video entertainment provider to mobile networks.

Also, Snax Ltd a mobile content rights and IP business.

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall’s Experience

• Senior Vice President --- MTV Networks UK & Ireland, Australia & NZ

  MTV Networks / Logo

  (Public Company; Entertainment industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  TV Exec

• non-exec Director

  Flix Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)

  Board member of UK's leading mobile video aggregator. Flix provides a direct to consumer mobile video service and also a B2B aggregation solution to major networks including O2, T-Mobile and Turkcell.

• Board Director

  TwoFour Group

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Board Director
  Set up Convergent TV business

• MD EMEA

  Nokia Ventures/Oplayo

  (Media Production industry)

  February 2001 — June 2005 (4 years 5 months)

  -Strategic growth
  -Sales
  -Marketing

• GM Digital Media Division

  Chyron Corp

  (Public Company; Media Production industry)

  January 1990 — January 2000 (10 years 1 month)

Additional Information

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall’s Websites:

• Debrett's People of Power

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall’s Honors:

Debrett's People of Power 2010
Evening Standard 1000 most influential in London