Ross Biggam is director general of the Brussels, Belgium-based Association of
Commercial Television and a recent speaker at the World Association of
Newspaper's 'Newspaper Advertising Conference & Expo.' After studying law at
Exeter and Saarbrücken, he worked as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords EU
Select Committee before joining ITV, the leading television channel in the
United Kingdom, where he ended up as Head of European Affairs. In April 2000,
he moved to Brussels to become Director General of the Association of
Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) which represents 20 media companies
providing over a hundred television channels in the European Union, including
free to air and subscription services and covering 13 EU member states.
rb@acte.be