Broadcast Media Services (BMS)

Media Training profile and clients

Established in 1997, BMS works in the UK and Europe providing media skills, crisis media management, presentation training and media support for a wide variety of private, public and third sector organisations.

Clients in the UK include National Grid, Christian Aid, Boots, Network Rail, E.ON, Centrica, Lake District National Park, Center Parcs, Anglian Water, Severn Trent Water, Scotia Gas Networks, Northern Gas Networks, along with more than 30 NHS Trusts and local authorities.

BMS overseas clients include: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, E.on Renewables, TenneT and the International Water Management Institute.

BMS staff are highly experienced in the media and broadcast industry, and in corporate communications.

Our media training team includes:

Andy Hitchcock is Director of Media Training at BMS. He has 25 years experience in broadcasting and is a former bureau chief for BBC News. He worked on the main news on BBC 1 as well as BBC News online, the Today programme and BBC Breakfast. Prior to that, he was a News Editor at ITN in London and a programme editor for BBC Radio 5 Live in London, ITV Central News, the Century Radio Group and a number of local radio stations. He began his career in Independent Radio and was a BBC Radio ‘Breakfast Show’ presenter before moving to BBC TV. He has also been a reporter and producer at Westminster and worked extensively for BBC Training, both in the UK and overseas. Andy has an MA in Mass Communications.

Dan Baker brings a unique set of skills to his role as Head of Media at BMS, having worked as a media spokesperson for a major utility company and as a TV journalist. He spent more than a decade with ITV Central News, producing and presenting news and current affairs programmes. As Head of Media at Anglian Water, he won the Chartered Institute of Public Relations excellence award for crisis communications, as well as a prestigious Communicator in Business award. Dan’s handling of major media issues coupled with his extensive reporting background gives him an unparalleled insight into the challenges faced by media spokespeople today. Dan has a BA (Hons) in Communication Arts and English.