Peter Schmitz, is Head of New Media at EuroNews. He has worked there for nearly 10 years as Journalist, Duty Editor and Magazine Producer. In 1999 he took over the then newly created New Media section and has since developed the multilingual EuroNews website including its video services, EuroNews' Interactive Television and Mobile services on more than 20 networks in Europe. Before coming to EuroNews he worked for the Deutsche Presse Agentur in Germany. He has studied in Düsseldorf and Brussels and holds a Master‚s degree in German and English language and literature. He is married and lives in Lyons, France.