Stephen Stewart

A television and radio professional with over 40 years in the industry, Stephen has enjoyed roles as varied as commercial producer, gallery director for tv programmes ranging from Formula 1 to UK Parliament, and various broadcast operations leadership roles.

As well as TV production, Stephen is experienced in TV playout and media services having worked for the BBC (Public Service and Studios), Channel 4, Red Bee Media and Deluxe.

The early lure of AI and machine learning saw Stephen move into the advertising technology space with Mirriad Advertising before becoming COO at Take 1 Script Services where he was responsible for the Operations, Product and Media Technology teams, delivering thousands of hours of transcription, dubbing and access services to some of the world’s largest production companies and networks.

Stephen joined Levira’s UK operation as COO early in 2025 and is looking forward to leveraging Levira’s innovative thinking and scale to launch a brand-new playout and media distribution offer for the UK, from the UK. Levira’s new Playout Centre has just opened in Leeds on 1st September.

Stephen is well connected across this industry and is an advisor to Media organisations, the Motion Picture Association’s TPN Ambassador for the UK & EMEA, a member of the IET Media Technical Committee and an active contributor to the Rise Academy, as well having served a term of three years as Vice Chair of the Royal Television Society’s Technology Centre.