Services Sound and Vision Corporation

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Set up in 1982 from the merger of the Services Kinema Corporation (SKC) and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to "entertain and inform Britain's Armed Forces around the world",[2] its activities included the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its radio[3] and television[4] operations, SSVC Cinemas,[5] the British Defence Film Library,[6] and its live events arm, Combined Services Entertainment[7] (a successor to ENSA).

History

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Old SSVC facility at the former British barracks in Osnabrück, Germany

A new ten-year contract began on 1 April 2013 awarded by the Ministry of Defence. SSVC/BFBS will continue to provide services to the British armed forces in the UK and where deployed abroad. Its current Chief Executive Officer is Simon Bucks (born 1952; from Sky News).[8]

The operations of SSVC were changed on 2 March 2020 when it and most of the properties under its management were rebranded under the new BFBS and Forces brandings.[9] The official name of the entity was changed to BFBS on 23 July 2020.[10]

Former managing directors/chief executives

  1. 1982–1988: John Grist (1924–2017; BBC)
  2. 1988–1993: Alan Protheroe (1934–2013; BBC)
  3. 1993–2005: David Crwys-Williams (1940–; Air vice-marshal)
  4. 2005–2009: Alastair Duncan (1952–2016; Major-general)
  5. 2009–2015: Nick Pollard (1950–; Sky News)

See also

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