Courtney Gibson

Executive Head of Content Creation, ABC TV (Sydney)
 
Since 2007 Courtney Gibson has been Executive Head of Content Creation at ABC TV, the broadcast and online partner in Australia's first Serious Games Production Initiative.

Courtney joined the national broadcaster as Head of Entertainment in 2003, became Head of Arts and Entertainment the same year and was Head of Arts, Entertainment and Comedy from 2005-2007. During these years she commissioned programs such as Summer Heights High, The Chaser's War on Everything, We Can Be Heroes, Spicks and Specks and The New Inventors.
 
From 1998-2003 Courtney was at SBS; as an executive producer in SBS TV and Deputy Commissioning Editor of Documentary at SBS Independent.
 
From 1996-1998 she was a writer-producer in Australia's then-fledgling pay TV industry on series including Mouthing Off for the Comedy Channel and The Hub for Arena.
 
And from 1992-1996 she was a writer-producer in the UK, working for companies such as World of Wonder, Planet 24, Rapido and Kudos on a range of high-profile talks, factual and entertainment programs, including the start-up years of The Big Breakfast and The Girlie Show, both for Channel 4. This followed two years as a researcher then producer on a daily live talks show for Sky News.