Ashley House is a former school teacher of Economics, Business Studies & Italian at

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Hugget ...

, who quit his job to pursue a career in sports journalism & broadcasting. Since then he has pursued his broadcasting career on many levels, presenting shows on the BBC, Sky Sports, ITN, Channel 5, Televisión Española, and others. House is the moderator host of Accenture PLC's 'Sustainability 24', a 12-hour live worldwide debate bringing together sustainable business leaders from around the world to discuss innovation, transformation and scaling-up in sustainability. He is currently the anchor for Eurosport International's cycling coverage, the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, and other programming

Broadcasting career

Ashley House was a contestant on the first season of

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in 2002. He was the first contestant to be eliminated from the competition. He was the launch presenter on new channel

Setanta Sports News Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007.

in November 2007, having been sports correspondent for Five news. House presented rugby on

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, tennis on

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and football on Five. He also presented on

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for two years. In January 2008 he presented the launch of

Arsenal TV Arsenal TV was a sports television channel devoted to coverage of the English football club Arsenal F.C. It was a part of the Setanta Sports package and was similar to other Setanta's other channels Celtic TV, Rangers TV and LFC TV. Arsenal ...

. House has also previously worked for Sit-Up TV on their channels.Profile at Setanta Sports
In October 2009 House began presenting the sports news on

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, BBC World & BBC Breakfast. Then in July 2010 House was fronting the TV advertising campaign for Warranty Direct. He was also the face of campaigns for Loctite Super Glue, D&G perfumes House has also featured in one episode of the BBC children's spy drama 'MI: High'. House was the presenter of 'Together to London', a television show with interviews and features about London, sports, and English culture during the 2012 Olympics. House presented pre- and post-game/race chat and analysis shows for

during the Football World Cup 2014 in Brazil, the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Tour de France 2015 and the 2015 Vuelta a Espana.

Personal life

He was married to the British actress Lynsey Pow (born 1979) until her death in 2013. This was his second marriage.

References

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