Edinburgh TV Competition has unveiled Channel 4 technique boss Kiran Nataraja as its 2023 Advisory Chair.
Nataraja, who’s the broadcaster’s Director of Content material Technique and Planning, will oversee panel classes and keynotes for the annual pageant that has been prolonged to 4 days this yr. It’s going to run from August 22 to 25 and theme is The Ardour and The Energy of TV.
Nataraja joined the Gogglebox broadcaster in 2011 and has since labored her method as much as working the planning and scheduling groups whereas shaping commissioning technique throughout the Channel 4 portfolio, together with VoD participant All4.
“For so long as I can bear in mind, I’ve been obsessive about TV,” mentioned Nataraja.
“I used to be endlessly fascinated by totally different worlds and voices on display screen. I’m honored to tackle this position so we are able to discover the fervour and duty all of us share for creating highly effective exhibits that may carry constructive change to a viewer.”
Edinburgh Govt Chair Fatima Salaria referred to as her an “influential and hands-on determine.”
“Kiran, and other people like her, are the heartbeat of the trade,” she added. “What she doesn’t learn about our exhibits and the best way the audiences react to them isn’t price figuring out.”
Final yr’s version of the annual TV get collectively was chaired by broadcaster and journalist Afua Hirsch and was the primary to happen in particular person since 2019.
