The Guardian reports that Richard Hooper (ex BBC, BT, Radio Authority and Ofcom) will chair the panel selecting from the various consortia that have bid to run pilot regional tv services on ITV for Wales, Scotland, and the North East of England. Alongside will be Val Atkinson, former deputy head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland; Fru Hazlitt, former chief executive of GCap, and Virgin Media and Yahoo executive; Glyn Mathias, former ITN political editor and member of Ofcom's advisory committee for Wales; William Perrin, of the community website talkaboutlocal and a former adviser to Tony Blair; and Marc Reeves, former editor of the Birmingham Post.
On hand with advice: Stewart Purvis, the Ofcom partner for content and standards, former ITN chief executive, and architect of the regional news consortiums plan.
This process looks old fashioned. It cries out for an X-Factor treatment. Sion Simon as Simon Cowell, etc - and a public vote, please.
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