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IT RECALLS WITH GRATEFULNESS: TV 2 remembers Arne Anker-Jensen with gratitude on TV 2. He was the channel’s director in the 1990s. Photo: Berit Roald, NTB
The former head of TV 2 died after several years of illness.
It’s TV 2 reporting that Arne A. Jensen, who later changed his name to Arne Aker-Jensen, is dead.
The family has also reported his death on Facebook.
– Our beloved father, best friend, spouse, grandfather, counselor, favorite person and soul mate have been allowed to rest after several years of illness. Those of us who remain are filled with gratitude for having brought them into our lives, writes his youngest daughter Linn Anker-Sørensen in the Facebook post.
The family tells the channel that Anker-Jensen suffered from Alzheimer’s, which he contracted in his early 50s. He fell asleep peacefully with the family around him and turned 66.
– On TV 2, our thoughts today go to his family, who should know that we gratefully remember Arne Anker-Jensen and his contribution to what is TV 2 now, says the current head of TV 2, Olav Terjeson Sandnes, to VG.
Anker-Jensen became CEO and editor of TV 2 in 1993 and worked there in the establishment phase of the channel in the 1990s, until 1999. Jensen then became CEO of Braathens Airline and then Merkantildata, which later changed his name to Ementor.
It was central in the structure of TV 2
TV 2 manager Olav Terjeson Sandnes tells VG that Anker-Jensen was particularly central to the commercial development of TV 2.
– It was under his leadership that TV 2 went from around 300 million to 1,400 million crowns in turnover, says Sandnes. It was also at this time that several of the programs for which the channel is later known began, such as “Good morning Norway” and “Courage in the chest”
Sandnes never worked with Anker-Jensen himself, but says he also earned respect in publishing circles.
– There is a story that quite early on TV 2 he had a meeting with two of the most profiled journalists on protection of sources, and on what he would do if the prosecutor requested that we provide sources. Then he responded immediately: “Of course not. They must be protected.” He had great respect for the ethics of the press, says Sandnes.
