Teitscheid Promoted to President at MAVTV

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Dan Teitscheid was promoted to president of MAVTV, the network announced.

Teitscheid, who had been senior VP of content distribution & strategic partnerships at MAVTV, succeeds Bob Patison, who retired at yearend.

MAVTV also said that it has hired John Duff as its head of content. Duff had been head of programming, strategy and acquisition at beIN Sports.

Before joining MAVTV as VP of content distribution on 2014, Teitscheid was senior VP at Mobilitie, Prior to that he was director, content distribution and affiliate marketing at Disney and ESPN Media Networks and VP at MTV Networks.

"With Dan's leadership, vast experience with The Walt Disney Company, ESPN, and MTV Networks, and desire to take MAVTV to the next level in this evolving television landscape, we are well-positioned for an exciting future," said Thomas Fredrickson, COO, Lucas Oil Products.

Before beIN Sports, Duff held senior level content roles at DirecTV, AOL and Sky.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.