Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein

British businessman and media executive (1899–1993)

Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (30 January 1899 – 5 February 1993) was a British businessman and media executive who was the founding chairman of the London-based Granada Group and the founder of the Manchester-based Granada Television in 1954. Granada was one of the original four ITA franchises.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 30, 1899, died Feb 5, 1993.1

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He believed the North's media industry had potential to be cultivated.

Although born in Essex, Bernstein became an adopted northerner, building Granada Television, which created a proud heritage of television broadcasting in Manchester; a legacy which continues. He is described by the British Film Institute (BFI) as the "dominant influence on the growth and development of commercial television in Britain".

Bernstein was awarded a life peerage by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1969 Birthday Honours List for his services to television, and in 1984 he was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to British television culture.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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