Comcast taps Faught, Silva

Robert K. Faught, CEO of Atlanta-based Universal Wireless, has joined Comcast Corp. in Philadelphia as senior vice president of retail and commercial online sales.

Steve Silva, chief technology officer of Charter Communications Inc. in St. Louis, joins Comcast in the newly created position of executive VP, business development. He joins the company Tuesday.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.