Michael Grade joins Digitaloctopus as director

- Interactive content provider Digitaloctopus has announced the appointment of Michael Grade as a non-executive director.

Grade, currently chairman of Pinewood Studios and the Octopus Publishing Group, has had a long and distinguished career in the media, spanning director of programmes at London Weekend Television, controller of BBC1 and chief executive at Channel 4.

He was awarded a CBE in the1998 New Year's Honours list.

Grade commented: "The future looks particularly exciting for Digitaloctopus, at a time when most e-ventures need to add distinctive content. The range of existing copyright controlled by digitaloctopus is ideal to be re-formatted as programming for this market."

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