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EchoStar Appoints New President, Vice Chair

EchoStar Communications has selected Michael A. Neuman as president and chief operating officer. Neuman, former president of Bell Canada Enterprises subsidiary Bell Mobility, said he is excited to join a company that has been "an innovator in the pay-TV industry." The satellite company also has appointed board

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Jun 23, 2005

EchoStar Communications has selected Michael A. Neuman as president and chief operating officer.

Neuman, former president of Bell Canada Enterprises subsidiary Bell Mobility, said he is excited to join a company that has been "an innovator in the pay-TV industry."

The satellite company also has appointed board member Carl Vogel as vice chairman. Vogel--who served as the company's president from 1994 to 1997--joined the board of directors in May. Prior to joining EchoStar, he was president and CEO of cable operator Charter Communications and has also held senior executive positions with company's affiliated with Liberty Media. Prior to that, Vogel served as the chairman/CEO of Primestar and CEO of Star Choice.

Harris has named Ricardo A. Navarro as vice president of corporate development. Prior to joining the company, Navarro served as senior vice president of business development and integration for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. His responsibilities include the identification, negotiations and integration of acquisi

EchoStar Communications Corp. said this week it has appointed Carl Vogel as president. The company has also appointed Bernard L. Han as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 28. Han succeeds David J. Rayner who assumes the new role of executive vice president in charge of the company's national installation and se

EchoStar Communications has named Gary Howard as its tenth board of director's member. Effective Nov. 8, Howard will also begin serving on the Nominating and Compensation Committee of the EchoStar board. Howard was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Liberty Media Corp. from July 1998 to

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Omneon has promoted Brian Kelly to vice president of sales for the Americas. Kelly a 20-year broadcast industry veteran, will be responsible for Omneon sales and strategic growth in Latin America, the United States and Canada. He previously served as director of sales at Omneon, responsible for the eastern United

Canon U.S.A. has selected Yoroku Adachi as its new president/CEO and managing director of the company's board of directors. Outgoing President/CEO Kinya Uchida will return to the company's Tokyo headquarters where he will serve as advisor. Uchida has been the president since 1999 and during his leadership the com

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Jack Smedile will join the National Association of Broadcasters as vice president of government relations.

Denmark-based DK-Technologies has appointed William Boxill as the vice president of its U.S. subsidiary. As vice president, Boxill will be responsible for improving the distribution of the company's product lines and focus on the company's recent corporate rebranding under the DK banner. Prior to coming onboard