The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) was a British

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

. 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 A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...

around the world", its activities included the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its

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and

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

operations, SSVC Cinemas, the

British Defence Film Library The British Defence Film Library (BDFL) is part of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation and is responsible for maintaining the library and distribution of military training and recruitment film, CD-ROMs and training packs. It was founded in A ...

, and its live events arm, Combined Services Entertainment (a successor to ENSA).

History

A new ten-year contract began on 1 April 2013 awarded by the

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

. 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 Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...

). 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. The official name of the entity was changed to BFBS on 23 July 2020.

Former managing directors/chief executives

# 1982–1988: John Grist (1924–2017;

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

) # 1988–1993: Alan Protheroe (1934–2013; BBC) # 1993–2005: David Crwys-Williams (1940–;

Air vice-marshal Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometime ...

) # 2005–2009: Alastair Duncan (1952–2016; Major-general) # 2009–2015: Nick Pollard (1950–;

)

References

External links

* Military of the United Kingdom Charities based in the United Kingdom 1982 establishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-charity-stub

History

Former managing directors/chief executives

See also

References

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