Riding the wave: public service television in the multi-platform era

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Howard Cutler, Executive Producer with WGBH Interactive, Author’s recorded interview, 13 September 2006, WGBH, Boston.

Kim Dalton , Head of Television, ABC, Author’s recorded telephone interview , 5 August 2007, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Adam Gee, Commissioner for New Media at Channel 4, Author’s recorded interview, 24 August 2006, Channel 4, London.

Paul Gerhardt, joint project director BBC Creative Archive, Author’s recorded interview, 29 August 2006, BBC, London.

Eric Kearley , TVNZ General Manager of Digital Services, Author’s interview, 28 September 2006, TVNZ, Auckland

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Georgie McClean , SBS Manager of Policy and Research, Author’s interview, 20 October 2006, SBS, Sydney .

Andrew Owen, Managing Editor, Interactive Programmes, at BBC Television, Author’s recorded interview, 17 August 2006, BBC Television Centre, White City.

Paul Vincent, then Manager of SBS Online, Author’s interview, by telephone, 23 November 2006, Melbourne.

Richard Winefield, then Vice-President for Interactive Educational Services at San Francisco’s KQED, Author’s recorded interview, 21 September 2006, KQED San Francisco.