Laurie Patton (Australian executive)

Laurie Patton is an Australian media, IT and events industry executive.

Career

Patton began his career as a journalist — producing and reporting for each of the three Australian commercial television networks. He later held a range of senior executive positions at the Seven Network.[1]

He was a founding director of the subscription television industry association now called ASTRA, and the creator of pay TV channel World Movies — part of the Foxtel platform. He was Deputy-Chair of the NSW Film and Television Office (now Screen NSW) where he led the first delegation of filmmakers and production companies to the Shanghai International Film Festival.[2]

Patton is currently active in the nonprofit sector, having been the founding CEO of community station Television Sydney,[3] executive director of Internet Australia[4] and CEO of the Australian Smart Communities Association.[4]

As the inaugural chief executive of free-to-air community station TVS (Television Sydney)[5][6] Patton co-founded the Australian Community Television Alliance.[7] He was subsequently appointed a member of a review of the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector for the Australian Government.[8]

While chief executive officer of Internet Australia, a chapter of the global nonprofit Internet Society, his views on Internet and media policy issues were quoted in Australian media.[9][10][11][12][13] During his tenure, Internet Australia — which represents Internet users in the business, education, governmental and private sectors — advised government and industry on matters such as data retention[14][15], Internet security, and national broadband policy.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "In brief: ISOC-AU appoints CEO". Computerworld.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "FTO Annual Report 2001/2002" (PDF). New South Wales Film and Television Office. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Turning pro - TV & Radio - Entertainment". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Roll of Honour - Directors and Staff - Internet Australia - A Chapter of the Internet Society". Internet.org.au. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Browne, Rachel (20 November 2005). "Getting with the program". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Jinman, Richard (21 November 2005). "Turning pro". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Ari Sharp, 5 November 2009, The Age, Channel 31 to go digital, Retrieved 27 June 2015, "...The Melbourne station... granted new spectrum space ...Laurie Patton, secretary of the Australian Community Television Alliance..."
  8. ↑ Archived 7 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Staff (16 November 2006). "Seven-Ten look local". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Jackson, Sally (12 July 2010). "Former senior bureaucrat to head review of indigenous media". The Australian / Australian Business Review. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Hinds, Richard (8 December 2006). "Foxtel refuses to play ball in rights impasse". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Jackson, Sally (9 November 2009). "$2.6m boost may put end to NITV's experiment". The Australian. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Brandis, George (20 February 2015). "Coalition pledges $18m to combat extremist websites and social media". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Andrew Masterson, 25 February 2015, Sydney Morning Herald, Lawyers, laymen, experts stumped by metadata proposals, Retrieved 27 June 2015
  15. ↑ Biggs, Tim (12 May 2015). "Internet prices likely to rise as government subsidy for metadata retention scheme revealed". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Subscribe to The Australian - Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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