London, February 16 2009: WRN, the international London-headquartered TV and Radio Transmission Company, is pleased to announce that it has appointed a new Managing Director to steer the company into 2009 and beyond.

Founding shareholder and Technical Director Tim Ashburner, who took over running WRN in October 2007, has stepped back from the role as of 1st February and David Treadway, who was already WRN's Business Manager, has taken over as MD.

Tim Ashburner says: "We are delighted to welcome David into his new role as Managing Director and are looking forward to him steering the company forward in the coming years. 2008 was a challenging year for WRN however our results show it was our most successful yet. David will use his experience to push WRN into new areas of business and spearhead the company's aggressive acquisition and expansion agenda".

David says: "Tim has bought us to the point where WRN is stronger and more commercially effective today than at any point in its recent history and I am looking forward to building on this success for the future".

David has built up a distinguished career in broadcasting. David first joined the BBC in a freelance capacity before being appointed to a staff position at BBC Radio Sheffield where he became the station's music producer. He moved to Glasgow in 1978 to produce programmes for Radio Scotland and manage and produce the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra for Radio 2. David headed up the Radio 1 & 2 Light Entertainment & Popular Music production department in Manchester and then went onto assistant Controller of BBC Radio 2 in 1983. Here, he was instrumental in bringing presenter Ken Bruce to a national radio audience as well as commissioning comedy and documentary programming.

David joined United Artists Communications in 1990 as Managing Director of the group's Avon and Cotswolds cable television and telephone businesses before joining the leading venture capital and private equity group, 3i plc to advise on broadcasting, media and related technology investments worldwide. He has been involved in several start-ups, the last of which was a retail focused television company providing in-store services to a number of leading high street convenience store chains. David has also acted as a mentor and adviser to a number of young media businesses and is a past member of the board of the Bristol Old Vic theatre and vice chairman of the Northavon Chamber of Commerce. He is married with 2 daughters and lives in London and the West Country.

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About WRN WRN is a leading international television and radio transmission company offering a comprehensive portfolio of broadcast services including satellite uplink and capacity services, TV ingest and playout, Web / IPTV services, station start-up consultancy and channel management, EPG brokerage, studio facilities, DRM Digital Radio and FM / AM / SW airtime brokerage. Headquartered in London, WRN's clients include international and national public broadcasters, commercial and community stations, satellite bouquet operators and cable companies.