Tony Shepherd to chair ASTRA

Business leader Tony Shepherd has been appointed chairman of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association replacing chairman of five years Steve Bracks.

ASTRA today announced that business leader Tony Shepherd will replace Steve Bracks as chair of the subscription television peak body in November.

Mr Shepherd is President of the Business Council of Australia, chairman of Transfield Services and the Greater Western Sydney Giants, a non-executive director of other organisations and well known supporter of sports and arts organisations.

“I have long admired the subscription television sector because of its role in promoting competition, expanding consumer choice, adding to diversity of media voices and advancing Australian culture,” Mr Shepherd said today. “By advancing the interests of the subscription television sector and its seven million viewers, ASTRA plays a vital role in an industry that invests $667 million annually in local production, adds nearly $1.6 billion annually to GDP, and employs 6400 Australians,” Mr Shepherd said.