Alice Webb
Alice Webb is a British television executive. She is CEO of Mercury Studios, an arm of the Universal Music Group, established on her appointment in 2020.[1] The newly formed company is the parent of Eagle Rock Entertainment.
BBC Children's
[edit | edit source]Prior to this role, she was Director of BBC Children's, leading the BBC's services for UK children. She had been appointed to this role in March 2015,[2] when Webb was chief operating officer, BBC North where she had been responsible for moving BBC Children's, 5 Live, and the BBC Learning and BBC Sport divisions out of London to a new campus based at Salford Quays.
In September 2015, Webb set out a digital plan for BBC Children's which included i-play,[3] finally launched as BBC i-player kids on 12 April 2016. In November 2016, she appeared before the House of Lord's Communications Select Committee who questioned her about a CBBC programme entitled Just A Girl which explored transgender issues.[4]
Webb is a trustee of the BBC's charity, Children In Need,[5] a member of The Royal Foundation's Cyberbullying Taskforce[6] and an executive board member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety.[7]
In December 2017, Webb chaired the 5th Children's Global Media Summit in Manchester, England[8] in which she launched Own It on BBC, "a single, universal tool for children to report (cyber) bullying when they see it or experience it," [9] on a shared platform with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- BBC Press Office official biography at bbc.co.uk
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- https://www.bbc.com/ownit
