He writes virtually every show himself and has kept it interesting, maintaining his status as the top-rated cableanchor for more than a decade, he said.
That team joins Stu Lantz and Bill Macdonald who will call all Lakers games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Andy Adler, who joined the network in May, will serve as a studio anchor.
Business secretary Vince Cable, who chairs an aerospace business leaders' group, said the seven-year commitment would "anchor the sector in the UK for a long time to come".