DirecTV Elevates Reinsdorf To SVP Government Affairs

DirecTV has promoted Andrew Reinsdorf to senior vice presidnent of government affairs in Washington.

Reinsdorf, who has been with DirecTV for the past five years after posts with the National Association of Broadcasters and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, oversees all federal and state lobbying and DirecTV's PAC.

He reports to senior vice president of government affairs Susan Eid.

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.