Nextar Creates New Media Post

Parviz Marzban, chief technology officer at Innovix Inc., has joined Nexstar Broadcasting Group as director of information services and technology.

In the newly created post, Marzban will oversee the broadcasters IT department and help develop new media strategy.

Nexstar owns 49 television stations in 29 markets.

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.