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Geoff Hill Named Editor-in-Chief of Setanta Sports News
Published: October 17, 2007
LONDON, October 17: Setanta and Virgin Media have appointedGeoff Hill as editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Setanta Sports Newschannel, produced by ITN.
Hill, who has served as a senior program editor at ITN, willset the daily sports news agenda for the 24-hour news channel and head a newteam of nearly 60 people.
Since 2006, Hill has been the program editor for ITV1'sflagship News at Ten Thirty, whichdelivers an audience of 3 million viewers.
He was also in charge of ITN'scoverage of the World Cup in Germany in 2006, as well as coverage of the 2004U.S. Presidential elections, the Israel-Lebanon conflict in 2006 and the 7-7London bombings.
On his appointment, Hill commented: "Editing the SetantaSports News channel is an incredibly exciting opportunity and I am thrilled tobe in at the beginning and look forward to building a fantastic channel withun-missable, must-see sports coverage.