DEG Elects New Board of Directors Including Its Officers (1 Viewer)

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DEG ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS INCUDING ITS OFFICERS

20th Century Fox’s Mike Dunn Elected as Chair and

Comcast’s Matt Strauss as Vice Chair



Warner Bros.’ Ron Sanders Appointed Ex-Officio​

LOS ANGELES (August 17, 2016) – DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group celebrates its 20th year as the home entertainment industry’s leading trade association with the announcement of its incoming Board of Directors and Officers.

The DEG’s voting member companies elected a new Board of Directors to serve for the 2016-17 fiscal year (August 1 – July 31). New to the Board are Bill Sondheim of Cinedigm, Ron Geller of Dolby Laboratories, Jeffrey Lawrence of Intel and Jim Kiczek of Samsung Electronics.

The Officers of the DEG Board were elected to a two-year term and include former Vice Chair, Mike Dunn of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, who will now serve as Chair, Matt Strauss of Comcast Cable who will serve as Vice Chair, Sofia Chang of HBO who will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer, and Mike Fasulo of Sony Electronics who will continue as Secretary. In recognition of his tenure and significant contribution as former Chair, the Board of Directors has appointed Ron Sanders of Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution to serve as Ex-Officio. These Officers are responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the DEG’s agenda.

“We are delighted with the enthusiastic response we received from our diverse membership who were interested in Board participation,” said Amy Jo Smith, President, DEG. “The DEG Board of Directors is reflective of the evolving landscape of the home entertainment industry. We are extremely grateful for Ron Sanders’ tenure as Chair and, likewise, are pleased to welcome Mike Dunn as Chair and Matt Strauss as Vice Chair.”

Also announced by the DEG, was a change in leadership of its Communications Committee. For the coming fiscal year, the Committee will be Chaired by James Finn of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Walt Disney Studios’ Liz West will serve as Vice Chair.


DEG BOARD OF DIRECTORS



Officers of the Board (Fiscal Years 2016-18)

Chair

Mike Dunn

President

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment



Vice Chair

Matt Strauss

Executive Vice President & General Manager, Video Services

Comcast Cable


Chief Financial Officer

Sofia Chang

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Digital Distribution & Home Entertainment

HBO



Secretary

Mike Fasulo

President and Chief Operating Officer

Sony Electronics


Ex-Officio

Ron Sanders

President

Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution


Board Members (Fiscal Year 2016-17)

Bill Sondheim

President

Cinedigm



Ron Geller

Vice President, Worldwide Content Relations

Dolby Laboratories


Jonathan Zepp

Head of North American Content Partnerships, YouTube & Google Play Movies

Google


Jeffrey Lawrence

General Manager, Senior Executive Director, Global Content Policy, Standards and Content Protection Services

Intel


Tim Alessi

Director, New Product Development

LG Electronics USA


Ron Schwartz

President, Home Entertainment

Lionsgate


Martin Sacchi

General Manager, Business Development, Media & Entertainment Group

Microsoft


Bob Buchi

President, Worldwide

Paramount Home Media Distribution


Marty Gordon

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

Philips Electronics


Jim Kiczek

Vice President, Product Marketing for Digital Video and Audio Products

Samsung Electronics


Darren Stupak

Executive Vice President, U.S. Sales & Distribution

Sony Music Entertainment


Jim Belcher

Vice President, Technology & Production Global Digital Services

Universal Music Group


Eddie Cunningham

President, Universal Pictures Worldwide Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment


Dan Cohen

Executive Vice President, Pay Television and Digital

Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution


Howie Singer

Senior Vice President & Chief Strategic Technologist

Warner Music Group


The DEG advocates and promotes entertainment platforms, products and distribution channels which support the movie, television, music, consumer electronics and IT industries.


DEG membership is comprised of: Amazon, Anchor Bay Entertainment, BBC AMERICA, bitMAX, CenturyLink, Cinedigm Entertainment, Comcast Cable, comScore, DTS, Inc., Deloitte, Deluxe Digital, DirecTV, Dolby Laboratories, DreamWorks Animation, Giant Interactive, Giraffic Technologies, GfK Entertainment, Gibson Brands, Google Play, HBO Home Entertainment, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, IHS, IMAX, Intel, Irdeto, Kaleidescape, LG Electronics USA, Lionsgate, MAI, Mediamorph, MGM, Microsoft, Midnight Oil, MovieLabs, Music Watch Inc., My Eye Media, Neustar Media, Nielsen Entertainment, NPD Group, One+K, The Orchard, Outpost Media, Panasonic, Paramount Home Media Distribution, Parrot Analytics, PBS Distribution, Philips Electronics, Playster, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Random Media, Redbox, Rovi, Samsung Electronics, Screen Engine/ASI, ScreenPlay, SellThruCo, Sony DADC, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Technicolor , TiVo, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal Operations Group, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, V2Solutions, Verizon Digital Media Services, Vubiquity, W2O Group, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Western Digital.