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David Docherty is a British writer, journalist, academic, television executive and producer and former CEO of the
National Centre for Universities and Business
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) develops, promotes and supports collaboration between universities and business in the United Kingdom. NCUB is a trading name of the Council for Industry and Higher Education, a registered ...
. He writes both fiction and non-fiction, the former falling into the
thrillers
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Suc ...
genre and the latter being academic books relating to the media. He has also produced two plays for children.
Career
Educated at the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...
and the
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
, Docherty has had a lengthy career in the British media. During his career in television his credits have included serving as
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Deputy Director of Television and Director of New Media with the corporation, as well as being a member of the BBC's Board of Management and a director of the
Royal Television Society. In addition he has also been managing director of Broadband at
Telewest
Telewest (previously Telewest Broadband and Telewest Communications) was a cable internet, broadband internet, telephone supplier and cable television provider in the United Kingdom. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was also onc ...
, chief executive of the interactive television company YooPublic and chairman of the board of Governors at the
University of Luton
The University of Bedfordshire is a public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The University has roots from 1882, however, it gained university status in 1993 as the University of Luton. The Univers ...
. More recently, he was CEO of
CSC Media Group
CSC Media Group, formerly known as Chart Show Channels (CSC), was a British cable television broadcasting company. It was a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Television. The company dissolved on 27 November 2019.
Background
CSC Media Group was named ...
and Chairman of Internet-TV company, IPVision.
In June 2009 Docherty took over as chief executive of the
CIHE,. He led the organisation's rebranding as The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) in 2013. David is the current CEO of the NCUB which develops, promotes and supports world-class collaboration between universities and business across the UK.
He is also currently Chairman of the
Digital TV Group
The DTG (Digital TV Group) is the association for British digital television broadcasters and annually publish and maintain the technical specifications for digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the United Kingdom, which is known as the D-Boo ...
.
As an author he has written several works of fiction and non-fiction. His non-fiction books are usually concerned with the media and include ''Running the Show: 21 years of London Weekend Television'', published in 1990 and Violence in Television Fiction (published in 1991). His novels include The Spirit Death (2000) and The Killing Jar (2002). The Spirit Death was optioned for
ITV. As a journalist he has written articles for
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
,
The Listener and
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...
.
Bibliography
Fiction
* The Spirit Death (2000)
* The Killing Jar (2002)
* The Fifth Season (2003)
Non-fiction
* The Last Picture Show? Britain's Changing Film Audience (1987)
* Keeping Faith? Channel 4 and Its Audience (1988)
* Running The Show: 21 Years of London Weekend Television (1990)
* Violence in Television Fiction
* Growing Value: Business-University Collaboration for the 21st Century (2014)
External links
NCUB
David's profile on NCUBAgent's biographyDavid Docherty profile at Fantastic FictionDigital TV Group
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British thriller writers
British male journalists
British television executives
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Alumni of the London School of Economics
British male novelists
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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