TORONTO—The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has announced the appointment of Eduardo Ruiz Sanchez, deputy director, broadcast operations at Televisa, to its Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to welcome Eduardo Ruiz to the NABA Board,” said Rebecca Hanson, director general of NABA. “Televisa has been a consistent voice within NABA, providing an important voice for Mexico in the context of the North American broadcasting landscape. Eduardo will contribute to our shared efforts to promote innovation in television technology, including the areas of protecting C-band spectrum and advancing television standards.”

Eduardo Ruiz brings nearly 30 years of experience at Televisa, where he currently oversees terrestrial broadcast, channel distribution to cable and satellite platforms, and global news and sports contributions. He has led the design and operation of Televisa’s satellite and fiber infrastructure, managed broadcast operations for the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cups, and delivered major efficiency gains—including a 266% increase in transmission capacity and a 92% reduction in power consumption—through teleport redesign.

Televisa is a longstanding member of NABA and plays a critical role in shaping the evolving media ecosystem for Spanish-speaking audiences across the continent.

NABA is an alliance of broadcasters from Canada, the United States and Mexico. Its mission is to provide a platform for dialogue, advocacy, and cooperative action on a wide range of technical, regulatory, and policy matters affecting the broadcast and media sector.

TORONTO—The North American Broadcasters Association is heading to sunny California for its Annual General meeting, specifically the Los Angeles area. Here is a look at the schedule for the three-day meeting, with events spread out across Los Angeles.

On Wednesday, March 7, the first of the in-person committee meetings will take place with the Resilience & Risk Committee Roundtable at Fox Networks Group on Pick Blvd; the meeting will take place from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. PT. On Thursday, March 8, meetings will take place between the Technical Committee, the Legal Committee and the Board of Directors.

The General Meeting will open on Friday, March 9, at Disney | ABC in Burbank, Calif. Check-in and breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. before a brief welcome and an opening keynote by Mike Napodano, CTO Disney | ABC. The day will feature multiple presentations and panels, including “Broadcasters Current and Future Cloud Use Cases,” “Best Practice Considerations for Cloud Services,” Cyber Security Requirements for Media Vendor’s Systems, Software and Services,” “Common Metadata Specifications in BXF/IMF: The Operational and Business Case for Adoption,” “State of Broadcast Journalism in the Fake News Age,” “State of the Industry Roundtable: Three Things to Watch Out for This Year” and “Business of the AGM.”

RSVPs are required to attend all the events. For more information, click here.

The NABA 40th AGM will take place from March 7-9.