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What is your role at IMG and how long have you been at the company?  

I have been an employee at IMG for just over 7 years now, and my current job title is a Junior Director at European Tour Productions.  

What does your role entail?  

My main job role as a Junior Director is to direct a great looking programme for the viewer at home, from all over the world from our golf OBs. This means ensuring all cameras are positioned correctly, directing over 15 live cameras at a time, and covering as much golf as possible.   

What drew you to work at IMG and specifically within production?  

I had always heard great things about working for IMG, and had a keen interest in the company after reading “What they don’t teach you at Harvard business school”. I always knew I would love to work in broadcast in some capacity, and after completing my NCTJ in journalism, it was clear to me that broadcast journalism was the way I wanted my career to go.  

Share a bit about your journey from starting as a European Tour Productions commercial executive at 19 to becoming the first female director of the European Tour Productions World Feed at 26?   

I’ve always been a fan of all kinds of sports. Growing up, we were a really sporty family, watching mainly Liverpool FC play or the major golf tournaments with my dad. I’ve always known I’d love to work in TV in some capacity, but never really knew which career path to take until I started working as an Intern with ETP’s executive team at IMG. For two months, I experienced all the different parts of ETP, from non-live production, to the commercial team, live production and even tried a screen test audition for Season Pass (safe to say my career in presenting did not take off!).  

As much as I enjoyed learning the role of a commercial exec, after experiencing some elements of live production, I knew that was a role I was more suited to and excited to be a part of. One week after my internship finished, a job in the live production team became available, which I was successful in, and I was then the newest AP to join the team.   

For the last 7 years, I have worked my way up the live production ladder, from Stats, to PA’ing, Graphics Producing, VT producing and sub mix directing. Learning and absorbing all elements on site from week to week has been extremely key in my progression, and in the last couple of months I was offered the opportunity to become the first female director of the world feed at the ISPS Handa.  

What motivated you along the way?  

We have a great team of people around us at Tour Productions, as we are away from home working for many weeks of the year, we all help each other from week to week to achieve our best. Knowing that no female had ever directed the feed was a big motivation for me – it was one of my main career goals for the last couple of years, working in such a male dominated sport. When I first joined, I never imagined I would be the first, but after years of hard work and commitment to the job, I’m so pleased that I can say that I was.  

Stepping into the role of the first female director in the European Tour Productions World Feed, how do you approach this opportunity, and what positive influence do you hope to leave for the women who come after you in your field?  

This was an opportunity I was ready to grab with both hands and put all the years of work into practice. Being in a male dominated industry, it has been a privilege to be the first female directors voice that our camera operators at ETP have heard. Live sport can be very tough and intense at times, but I would pride myself on having the ability to keep calm in situations that come my way, which on talkback is key to those on the ground and will in turn lead to a better programme. I have always been a big believer in if you work hard, you will get rewarded, and I’m very proud of what I have achieved so far at ETP and hope this encourages any woman after me to achieve their best in any production role.  

Looking ahead, you are set to direct two more DP Tour events in 2023, which is a remarkable achievement. Could you tell us about the significance of these events and what they mean to you professionally?  

For me, directing two of the biggest golfing events in South Africa is a personal milestone of achievement for me. Firstly, because they are the start of the 2024 season, in which I am extremely happy to set the tone for the rest of the year going forward, and secondly, these events in SA were some of my very first when I joined ETP, so it is a personal achievement to look at where I started and how far I have come in those 7 years.  

The media and production industry are constantly evolving, are there any trends or advancements in your field that you find particularly exciting or impactful?  

Over the last couple of years, there have been so many advancements in golf that have been great. One of my personal favourites being that we have mixed gender live golf events in the DP World Tour schedule, which I love to watch or be a part of the live production. Another trend that I think is great is the collaboration between a couple of different sports, such as golf and formula one. I think it’s great to see sportsmen who are the best in their fields try their hand at other sports and provide a new, exciting way of encouraging fans to engage in other sports they wouldn’t necessarily watch.  

What is your biggest achievement at IMG?

There have been many personal achievements for me at IMG, but becoming the first female director of the world feed definitely tops that list!  

What advice would you give to someone trying to enter the production industry?  

I was extremely green to TV and sports broadcasting when I started at ETP, so you don’t necessarily need lots of experience – just have an open mind, and an eagerness to learn and absorb as much as you can!  

Quickfire Questions…

What song do you have on repeat? Charlie Brown – Coldplay

What’s your favourite sporting event in the calendar? Golf aside – It has to be the Grand National- we go every year! 

Favourite Movie? Pretty Woman – Can’t beat a classic!  

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Who Is Kate Parry? Matthew Jordan Wife Or Girlfriend

This article was last updated by Sijan on July 19, 2023

English golfer, Matthew Jordan has Instagram posts filled with his golf journey and adorable relationship display. He is yet to get married, but fans already tag his girlfriend, Kate Parry, as his future wife.

Jordan went Instagram official about his relationship with Kate after two years of turning a pro golfer. Both he & his lover are passionate about golf.

While the Wirral Peninsula, England-born, pursues golf professionally, Parry works behind the scenes to bring the European Tour to television.

Matthew Jordan, the 28-year-old golfer, competes in the European Tour. He turned professional in 2018 after the Eisenhower Trophy.

As of this writing, he has played in over 100 tournaments, recording career earnings of €1.811 million ($2.03 million).

Jordan won his first-ever career title in the 2019 Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil,  defeating Lorenzo Scalise.

He competed in the 2022 Open Championship but didn’t make the cut. The eventual champ was Cameron Smith , who left behind competitors like Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood .

Matthew Jordan Wife Or Girlfriend: Who Is Kate Parry?

Matthew Jordan is not married yet- but he enjoys a blissful relationship with his girlfriend of 3 years, Kate Parry.

Her LinkedIn profile shows she is an assistant producer for European Tour Productions (September 2016- now).

Earlier, Parry used to work as a community reporter for Liverpool Echo (Sept 2015- 16) & a news writer for Golficity (October 2015- August 2016).

She completed her A Levels in Geography from Cronton College (2013-15). Then, in 2016., she obtained her diploma in journalism from the City of Liverpool College.

Parry, a native of Liverpool, England, was born on February 11, 1997, to her parents, mother Jane and father Mike.

She grew up with an elder sister named Rebecca Parry, born on September 14, 1994.

Relationship Timeline Of Matthew And Kate

As reported, the two have been dating since August 17, 2020, but nothing about their courtship is out.

Fans believe that their relationship began due to their common golf interest- Kate works as an assistant producer for the European Tour while Jordan competes in the European Tour.

They went Instagram official about their romance in November 2020.

On August 17, 2021, the couple celebrated their first anniversary & wrote, “One year on, and I’m still his only trophy…” .

On their second anniversary in 2022 , Matthew took to Instagram & wrote, “2 years on, and all she does is go on about trying to fix me”, followed by a heart emoji.

Matthew and Kate are frequent Instagram mentions of each other. There is no denying all those chemistry & affection led fans to visualize them as future husband-wife.

Best wishes!

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Development Producer

Chris bridgman.

Chris is currently part-time Project Manager for Upland, the visual art and craft development organisation based in Dumfries & Galloway

He is also a freelance project manager, theatre maker and dramaturg.

Until recently, he was Artistic Director of Kirkgate Arts & Heritage, programming the Kirkgate Arts & Community Centre in Cockermouth; and managing Arts Out West, the rural touring scheme for West Cumbria.

Chris sits on the Board of the National Rural Touring Forum, and has taken a leading role in the Cumbria Family Arts Network.

Previous work includes Creative Producer for Lancaster LitFest; Director of North West Playwrights (script-writer development agency) for many years; and leading the creation of the Northern Actors’ Centre. He has also worked as an actor, director and radio journalist/producer.

Content Producer

Tom speight.

Tom Speight organises the weekly Friday morning conversations for the Network which have been running since February 2020. He also produces and presents our monthly podcast, Behind the Scenery. He’s Chair of the National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) which is the umbrella organisation for all 25 rural touring schemes across the UK (in Cumbria there’s Highlights and Arts Out West). He is also Chair of the Advisory Board for the Fellfoot Forward project in the Eden Valley, a heritage, landscape and history project. He’s run a village hall for 15 years, putting on almost 50 shows in the process, and organised the Music on the Marr folk festival for 10 years. Tom lives in Cockermouth, plays a little on the ukulele and has worked for the BBC for 25 years as a journalist, trainer and coach.

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Amy works on a freelance basis in creative, digital and admin support. She has a background in all things digital and has a BA Hons in Media Production.

She works with organisations of many shapes and sizes including; charities, arts organisations and local businesses, on varied projects such as; animation, illustration, design, video editing, websites, and digital admin support.

Alongside her freelance projects Amy has a multi-disciplinary art practice which she began developing in 2017 after taking part in Signal Film & Media’s Digital Art Mentoring Programme.

Her practice incorporates; digital, mixed media and installation. She’s interested in exploring conscious/subconscious experience and sensory perception through her work.

CACN is managed by a steering group of volunteers from across the Cumbrian arts & culture sector.

Kate Parry MBE

Kate has been knocking around the culture scene in Cumbria for over 20 years now. Based in Cockermouth, Kate worked initially for the National Trust at Wordsworth House before becoming Chief Executive of Kirkgate Arts. Her day job is now Manager of Cumbria Museum Consortium (CMC), working with Tullie House Museum, Wordsworth Grasmere and Lakeland Arts.  CMC is part of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio.  Kate’s role is to manage the museum partnership and communication with Arts Council.  It also involves supporting the culture sector in Cumbria, which is one reason Kate is happy to be Chair of the Network.  The other reason is that Kate loves arts and culture in all its forms, as a way of bringing meaning and happiness to people’s lives.

In her spare time, Kate plays the bassoon in a wind quintet (available for weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs) and piano in her living room.

Stefan Escreet

Stefan is a director, actor and radio producer. As Associate Director at Theatre by the Lake he directed over 40 productions and led on New Writing. In 2015 he established Ragged Edge Productions in Cumbria.  Their first production was The Chef Show by Nick Ahad, which won  NRTF Rural Touring Award for Live Performance 2018 and the Cumbria Life Culture Award for Live Performance of the Year 2019. See raggededgeproductions.wordpress.com    Stefan has directed for The Dukes Lancaster, Leeds Playhouse, The Gap in Manchester, Mikron Theatre, M6 Theatre Co., New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Watford Palace, Quondam Theatre Co, Brewery Arts in Kendal, Chester Gateway and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Manchester School of Theatre.  As a producer he has worked on many productions for BBC Radio 4.  He is visiting tutor in Radio Acting for Manchester School of Theatre and he runs Radio Acting Days workshops (Facebook @RadioActingDays).

Andrew Deakin

Musician, born 1958 in Lancashire. Played the French Horn from 1973 – 1995 and began using computers for both composition and performance in 1988. From 1993-2003 he helped develop and led the BA and MA Sonic Arts courses at Middlesex University and undertook research in various aspects of sound, performance and technology at the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts. For over 30 years he has worked with choreographers and dancers. He also produces music/sound for installations, film and animation.

He has held positions on the Boards of a number of organisations concerned with sound and New Media including Sonic Arts Network, UK and Ireland Soundscape Community and folly. Since 2005 he has lived in Dalton in Furness and became a founding director of Octopus Collective (now FON) in 2009. He has also worked as a civil servant, plumber and park keeper. He hasn’t given up yet.

Liz Stevenson

Liz is the Artistic Director of Theatre by the Lake in Keswick. Prior to taking on this role she was a freelance theatre director based in Manchester, and worked at theatres including the Royal Exchange Theatre, Sherman Theatre, the Young Vic and the National Theatre. Liz was the co-founder and Artistic Director of Junction 8 Theatre, a theatre company making work with, for and about the local community in her hometown of Chorley, Lancashire. She has also worked extensively as a drama practitioner working with young people in schools and youth theatres across the country.

Daniel Whitehouse

Dan has over 15 years of creative producing, project management and lecturing experience. He has produced and managed a range of contemporary work, creative learning projects, and skills development initiatives for young/emerging artists, new companies/collectives and performance/contemporary art/digital practitioners.

Dan is a creative polymath who has always embraced the wider cultural offer. He has experience of working across a range of art forms and engaging with a wide variety of audiences from different creative and cultural backgrounds. Dan has worked with a variety of professional artists, managers, curators, producers, promoters, and organisations including: IdeasTap, BFI, BBC, Sky Arts, Rural Media, Fierce Festival, Beatfreeks, Koestler Trust, Ace Dance & Music, 20 Stories High, ARTIST ROOMS and Birmingham City University.

His previous work includes six years as the Next Generation Producer at mac birmingham, where he successfully developed a nationally recognised programme for young people and emerging artists. Prior to that he has taught in Further Education, programmed the EXPO festival (festival of emerging Live Art) in Nottingham between 2014 and 2016, and manged a number of community projects and initiatives across the UK. Recently Dan has worked as a relationship manager at arts Council for 18 months, worked as a consultant shaping a new arts strategy for the new Midlands Met hospital in Sandwell and was lead Creative producer of the Producing Hubs programme in Derby. Dan is currently the Creative Director at Rosehill Arts Trust where he is leading on a new cultural strategy which will see a major shift in their community work across the local area.

Richard Foster

Richard trained as an art historian and curator and has worked in heritage venues across the north west, including Lyme Park in Cheshire, the Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford and established the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness-on-Windermere. Cultural venues include the Old Laundry Theatre in Bowness-on-Windermere and latterly CEO of the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. Richard is a freelance consultant, project manager and printmaker. He is on the steering committee of Printfest, the artist-led festival of printmaking based in Ulverston and a Board member of Full of Noises based in Barrow-in-Furness.

Maddi Nicholson

Maddi Nicholson is an artist and artistic director of Art Gene in Barrow-in-Furness, an independent international research facility and agency, engaging associate artists and architects in collaborative design led regeneration. Art Gene’s research remit extends across a program of projects, residencies, exhibitions, and symposiums focusing on the role and engagement of artists and architects in the regeneration of the social, natural and built environment.

As an Artist Maddi produces challenging work for varied and diverse situations nationwide, video, cast iron and stitched works to huge paintings and inflated and plastic sculptures.

Her Art Gene art works include the Roker Pods for Sunderland City Council, The Peoples Museum on Piel Island, Seldom Seen Maps and Mobile Apps walking tours for coastal areas, Razzle Dazzle bird hides as education resources with interior artwork interpretation for Cumbria Wildlife Trust, and a mobile app walking tour and non civic war memorial gate and sculpture for Natural England’s North Walney Island national nature reserve.

Loren Slater

Loren Slater co-founded and co-directs the award-winning film and digital arts charity Signal Film and Media, alongside co-running the Cooke’s Studios multi arts venue, both based in Barrow-in-Furness. Loren was a Lecturer on BA and MA Tapestry and Intermedia Arts at Edinburgh College of Art for 7 years before leaving to concentrate on her work at Signal Film and Media. She has overseen the growth of the charity since 2001, leading the delivery of 1000s of innovative arts, film and digital media projects to 10,000s of people, producing and curating a string of successful local, national and international digital art and film technology works for exhibition and a wide range of innovative participatory digital media projects. Signal’s last 2 digital arts programmes led by Loren opened up a world of digital art to new audiences, engaging 1000+ participants, 40,000+ audience and 8 new digital exhibitions. 2 of the commissions went on to be exhibited nationally and Felicity Hammond’s piece won The Lumen Prize’s Rapoport Award for Women in Digital Art. Loren holds an MA in Fine Art after graduating with a First Class BA Hons from Edinburgh College of Art and she is still an active and passionate filmmaker and photographer, having made her own TV, short film and exhibited work whilst balancing her executive role at Signal

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Katy Perry announces UK and European tour dates

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Katy Perry has announced the details of the UK and European legs of her ‘Witness’ tour.

The 32-year-old pop star is poised to release her much-anticipated fifth studio album on June 9 and Katy has revealed, via her Instagram and Twitter pages, that she is to extend ‘Witness: The Tour’ to include gigs in a host of European countries, starting in Cologne, Germany, on May 23.

Subsequently, the ‘Chained To The Rhythm’ hitmaker will perform in Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Scotland, before she closes her tour on June 25 with a show at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena.

Alongside a promotional video for her tour, Katy wrote on Twitter: “HELLO, HALLO, CIAO, BONJOUR! I can’t wait to [see] you, UK/Europe! Tickets on sale Friday 9 June (sic)”

In total, Katy will play six gigs in England across six different cities, between June 14, when she will perform at London’s O2 Arena, and the end of her tour.

Before then, Katy is to perform at Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester concert on Sunday (06.04.17), which is being staged in aid of the victims of the recent terrorist attack at Manchester Arena.

The star-studded event at Emirates Old Trafford will also feature performances from the likes of Take That, Niall Horan, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, with Ariana poised to take a central role on her return to the city.

Katy Perry’s UK tour dates:

June 14 - London, The O2 Arena

June 18 - Birmingham, The Barclaycard Arena

June 19 - Sheffield, the Sheffield Arena

June 21 - Liverpool, Echo Arena

June 22 - Manchester, Manchester Arena Arena

June 24 - Glasgow, The SSE Hydro

June 25 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena

2023 BMW PGA Championship to be the first ever sports TV production powered entirely by green hydrogen 

The 2023 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour will be the first ever sporting event to have its television production powered entirely by green hydrogen – producing zero emissions – when it takes place at Wentworth Club, Surrey, from 14-17 September.

• In a world first for a sporting event, the European Tour Productions and IMG led production will be powered 100% by green hydrogen, producing zero emissions  
• UK-based clean energy company, GeoPura, to supply two hydrogen power units to fuel the production  
• The golf buggies used at the tournament will also be recharged using electricity generated from hydrogen for the first time

European Tour Productions, the DP World Tour’s in-house production company, and its exclusive production and distribution partner, IMG, are working with UK-based clean energy company, GeoPura, to supply two hydrogen powered generators (HPUs) that will be positioned on the fairway of the 6th hole at Wentworth Club. It is estimated that relying on HPUs will save a total of 16.4 Tonnes of CO2 compared to the 2022 tournament. Used in place of high polluting diesel generators, these units produce zero CO2 or particulate emissions, with water the only by-product.

The GeoPura HPU works by utilising green hydrogen, produced through renewable energy sources, to generate emission free electricity which is being used to power the broadcast compound.

The golf buggies used at the tournament to transfer people and equipment across the site will also be recharged using electricity generated via hydrogen for the first time.

These innovative developments form another part of the DP World Tour’s Green Drive initiative, which has seen the Tour become the first professional golf Tour to commit to being fully net zero carbon by 2040. This is one pillar of the Tour’s wider Golf for Good programme, which focuses on leaving a positive long-term impact on the courses, countries and the communities visited each season.

In conjunction with IMG, European Tour Productions produces the live coverage for DP World Tour events around the world, working alongside Sky Sports in the UK and NBC Golf Channel as producer of the US coverage. Other recent, sustainability focused broadcast innovations include trialling remote productions for the first time this season. So far, five tournaments on the 2023 DP World Tour schedule have been produced remotely from the European Tour Productions HQ at IMG Studios in Stockley Park, UK. By significantly reducing the number of staff travelling to these tournaments, each remote production has saved approximately 87 tonnes of CO2.

Commenting on this new development Richard Bunn, Managing Director of European Tour Productions, said: “We are always on the look out for new technologies that will us get to net zero carbon by 2040. Hydrogen is the future of power distribution and has the added benefit of being more resilient than diesel units because they have fewer moving parts. Taking this leap, a first for our industry, at such a high-profile Rolex Series tournament is a big statement. This is just the start, and the plan is to roll-out hydrogen power across multiple tournaments in 2024. We also want to share what we have learnt with our industry peers, as tackling the climate emergency must be a collective effort.”

Mary-Claire Gill, Head of Production for European Tour Productions, at IMG, added: “This is another example of how we’re continually looking to improve the sustainability of our live event production, in addition to introducing remote production for the DP World Tour this year. Not only is this a world-first for sport, but it shows how the media industry can innovate to bring change and both European Tour Productions and the DP World Tour have been fantastic partners with us on this journey.”

The European Tour Group partnered with IMG in 1992, to produce and distribute its live world feed. In 2023, IMG is producing the live world feed for 24 DP World Tour events globally including The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, The Scottish Open and DP World Tour Championship. IMG’s agile content team also creates innovative and engaging highlights, features, and digital for every DP World Tour event, produced from IMG’s world-class studio facilities at Stockley Park that are powered by 100% renewable energy and home to the latest remote production technologies.

Andrew Cunningham, CEO of GeoPura, added: "We’re incredibly proud to partner with the DP World Tour and IMG to power the TV production of the 2023 BMW PGA Championship with green hydrogen. The tour is to be congratulated for investing in the replacement of polluting diesel generators with our hydrogen power units. This forward thinking not only means saving tonnes of carbon emissions but also improves local air and water quality, creating a better experience for players, spectators, staff and neighbours - all without compromising on the production quality. Our HPUs deliver consistent, quiet, and emissions-free energy that can be relied on, even for live, high profile outside broadcasts such as this.

“This groundbreaking milestone demonstrates how hydrogen power will revolutionise sports events and contribute to a more sustainable, enjoyable future. It’s great to see the unit at Wentworth and we look forward to continuing our partnership and expanding the use of hydrogen across future tournaments, helping meet the Tour's net zero carbon goals and inspiring others in the industry to embrace cleaner energy solutions."

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