Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 10, 2000
STEVE TIMMINS, aged 50, is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Einstein
Channel. Steve Timmins has over 25 years experience in broadcasting and
the media. He has been an executive producer for the BBC and a Head of
Regional Programming at the launch of Central Television. He was one of
the first independent producers to work for Channel 4 and in 1987 he co-
founded CST Productions which, by 1994 had become one of the largest
non-metropolitan independent production companies. In 1993, the company
won the contract to create, produce and manage the UK's first cable
channel, Wire TV. Wire TV was acquired in June 1995 by Mirror Group
Newspapers and was re-launched as Live TV. CST Productions took on the
task of creating programming, schedules, recruiting and training
technicians and production teams for the first three of Live TV's city
stations. Steve Timmins and his team then acted as launch consultants to
The Fantasy Channel which transmits on Sky's analogue and digital
bouquets. In January 1999, he closed CST Productions in order to
concentrate full time on the creation of The Einstein Channel. Profile
what it is, some history, and explain why it was created. Mr Timmins:
For ten years, late 80s to late 90s, I ran a
