{{short description|Media executive and sports journalist}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Hutton | image = Peter Hutton.jpg | alt = A portrait photo of Peter Hutton in front of some screens. | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | other_names = Peter Matthew Hutton | occupation = Media executive | years_active = 35 | known_for = Sports Media CEO roles in Europe and Asia, Sports commentator from age of 16 }}
'''Peter Matthew Hutton''' (born 1966) is a multiple board member working in the sports industry. Among his current roles are board responsibilities at Wembley stadium, the Saudi Professional (soccer) league, the Professional Triathlon Organisation, HYPE and the Rugby League as well as consultancy agreements with Greenfly, YBVR and other sport related organisations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/cook-and-hutton-appointed-to-reshaped-saudi-pro-league-board |title=Cook named Saudi Pro League chief executive |date=23 January 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://endurance.biz/2022/industry-news/peter-hutton-director-of-sport-at-meta-joins-pto-board-of-directors/|title= Peter Hutton, Director of Sport at Meta, joins PTO Board of Directors|date= 4 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/who-we-are/wembley-stadium-advisory-board|title= Wembley stadium advisory board| date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
He was earlier the Head of Sports at Meta overseeing the company’s relationship with the sports industry for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Portal and Oculus, as well as having responsibility for partnerships with the media industry across the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://protriathletes.org/meta-director-of-sport-peter-hutton-joins-professional-triathletes-organisations-board-of-directors|title=Meta Director Of Sport Peter Hutton Joins Professional Triathletes Organisation's Board Of Directors|work=Pro Triathletes|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
He was previously CEO of pan European broadcaster Eurosport, having rejoined the company in 2015 following the acquisition of Eurosport by Discovery Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/global/facebook-hires-eurosport-peter-hutton-global-sports-deals-1202671505/|title=Facebook Recruits Eurosport Chief Peter Hutton to Lead Global Sports-Rights Deals|work=Variety|date=21 January 2018 |accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
==20th century== Hutton originally worked for Eurosport as a commentator in 1990 during his time as a sports reporter and TV presenter with Sky Sports, BSB, Anglia TV and BBC Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Conferences-Events/2018/SMT/Speaker-Faculty/Peter-Hutton.aspx|title=Peter Hutton|work=Sports Business Journal|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> His media career had begun as a 16-year-old schoolboy working for BBC Radio Leeds under then sports editor Harry Gration.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.soccerex.com/insight/articles/2017/insight-article-peter-hutton-ceo-of-eurosport |title=Insight Article: Peter Hutton, CEO Of Eurosport|work=Soccerex|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> At 21, on graduation from Cambridge University, he became sports editor of Radio Aire in Leeds before joining BBC TV a year later, where he reported from the Hillsborough Football Disaster in a year as a Leeds-based journalist. He moved to London to join the start-up 'the Sports Channel' which became Sky Sports
In 1993 Hutton left Sky Sports to start a new world football television programme 'Futbol Mundial', reporting on football stories from around the world on a programme distributed worldwide.
In 1994, he moved to India as the first employee of the International Management Group (IMG) in the country, setting up its television arm TWI, which produced cricket, football and Bollywood music events as it became the biggest independent production company in the country.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Nalin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ep2iOKyNuBMC&q=peter+hutton+twi&pg=PA142 |title=Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change |date=3 June 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134062133 |access-date=10 January 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Hutton went on to become head of Production for IMG Asia as well as the co-managing director of IMG South Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sriexecutive.com/convergence-trailblazers/peter-hutton/|title=Peter Hutton|work=SRI|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
==21st century== In 2002, he became one of the launch team of Ten Sports, a sports channel aimed at the Indian sub-continent but based in Dubai, UAE. He was CEO when the company was eventually sold to Zee Television in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/23596_Chris-McDonald-steps-down-Peter-Hutton-to-take-charge-of-Ten-Sports |title=Chris McDonald steps down, Peter Hutton to take charge of Ten Sports |website=Afaqs.com |date=19 March 2009 |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2011 he joined Fox International Channels, running international sports activities and was involved in the acquisition of Setanta Sports Africa and ESPN/Star Sports in Asia.
He was the managing director of the Asian channel when it was rebranded as Fox Sports in Asia and Star Sports in India in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/eleven-adds-peter-hutton-as-non-exec-director/5168031.article|title=Eleven adds Peter Hutton as non-exec director|work=Broadcast Now|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
In 2014 Hutton became CEO of the Mp and Silva sports agency in London<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globesoccer.com/speakers/peter-hutton/|title=Peter Hutton|work=Globe Soccer|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> before joining Eurosport in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mpsilva.com/peter-hutton-to-join-mp-silva/ |title=Newsroom | MP & Silva |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823034953/http://www.mpsilva.com/peter-hutton-to-join-mp-silva/ |archive-date=23 August 2014 |access-date=2017-05-06 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In 2015, he was named sports executive of the year, won deal of the year for the acquisition of European territory Olympic rights and Eurosport was named sports channel of the year at the TV Sports Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.playforchange.org/latest/2016/1/28/winners-announced-for-inaugural-tv-sports-awards |title=Winners announced for inaugural TV Sports Awards — Play for Change |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622082927/https://www.playforchange.org/latest/2016/1/28/winners-announced-for-inaugural-tv-sports-awards |archive-date=22 June 2017 |access-date=2017-05-06 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> They held onto the award for 2016, when they also won deal of the year for the acquisition of Bundesliga football rights in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/03/13/how-eurosport-plans-make-the-olympic-rings-its-own-and-become-the-new-home-the-games |title=How Eurosport plans to make the Olympic rings its own and become the new home of the Games |website=Thedrum.com |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2017, he was named in the Cablefax 100 as one of the top 100 executives worldwide in the TV industry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cablefax.com/programming/cablefax-the-magazine-the-100-issue |title=Cablefax: The Magazine The 100 Issue |date=24 April 2017 |website=Cablefax.com |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2017, he was again nominated for sports executive of the year, with Eurosport nominated for four separate awards at the TV Sports Awards, the most nominations for any firm worldwide,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tvsportsawards.org/vote |title=Vote – Tv Sports Awards |website=Tvsportsawards.org |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> winning two out of four including deal of the year for the third consecutive year.
He was also named in Sports Business's list of sports executives of the year<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/sportbusiness-international/sportbusiness-executives-year-numbers-20-11 |title=The SportBusiness Executives of the Year – Numbers 20–11 |date=30 November 2017 |website=Sportbusiness.com |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
He was profiled in the industry magazine Sportcal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportcal.com/Insight/Interviews/113393 |title=The Callum Murray Interview – Peter Hutton |website=Sportcal.com |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
In December 2021, Hutton joined the board of directors of the Professional Triathletes Organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportico.com/personalities/executives/2021/meta-executive-peter-hutton-pto-bard-1234650967/|title=Meta, Facebook Sports Exec Joins Pro Triathlete Group's Board|work=Sportico|date=21 December 2021 |accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
In February 2022, Hutton joined Eleven Sports as a non-executive director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/eleven-adds-peter-hutton-as-non-exec-director/5168031.article|title=Eleven adds Peter Hutton as non-exec director|work=Broadcast Now|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> The company was sold to DAZN in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/soccer/completion-of-eleven-acquisition-estblishes-dazn-as-the-worlds-ultimate-destination-for-sports-fans/e35a41pvh1tj1l4hpraijd0nq |title=Dazn acquires eleven|work=dazn.com|accessdate=27 April 2023}}</ref>
Hutton was one of the 4 man committee that successfully recommended changing the format of modern pentathlon to ensure olympic survival, replacing equestrianism with an obstacle course based on the TV show ‘Ninja Warrior’.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uipmworld.org/news/uipm-announces-5th-discipline-working-group-full|title=UIPM announces 5th discipline |work=UIPM |date=22 December 2021 |accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, he chaired the cricket World cup t20 organising committee as the event came to the US for the first time <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/cricket-world-cup-u-takes-170146356.html |title=Cricket world cup |website=yahoo.com |accessdate=1 April 2024 }}</ref>
He lives in Paris, London and Palo Alto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Conferences-Events/2018/SMT/Speaker-Faculty/Peter-Hutton.aspx|title=Peter Hutton|work=Sports Business Journal|accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref>
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