NCTA's Dietz Gets Stripe

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Brian Dietz, senior director of communications for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, has been named vice president, communications.

Dietz is the principal spokesman for the association, which he joined in 2003, reporting to SVP, communications and Public Affairs Rob Stoddard.

The move is both a recognition of past performance and a vote of confidence going forward. Dietz will get a new big boss within the next several weeks, when NCTA is expected to announce a successor to President and CEO Robert Sachs. Sachs praised Dietz as a "thoughtful and knowledgeable spokesman for the industry," pointing to his contributions to NCTA's public policy efforts.

John Eggerton
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.