Name: Rick Hetherington

Name: Rick Hetherington.

Name: Rick Hetherington.

Married: June, a deputy school principal.

Age: 51.

Background: He spent more than 15 years working on the commercial side of television in Toronto before moving to CanWest 51/2 years ago. Eighteen months later he moved to Winnipeg as station manager. It was the first station that CanWest acquired.

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Why he is in the news: He has just arrived in Ireland to become managing director and chief executive officer of TV3.

Interests: Sailing and travel.