Americast names Girard new programming head.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1996--Americast, the telco programming venture of Ameritech, BellSouth, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, SNET n. 1. The fat of a deer. v. t. 1. The clear of mucus; to blow. and The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co., Thursday announced the appointment of Judy Girard as senior vice president for programming. Girard, most recently senior vice president of programming and production at Lifetime Television, has spent her entire career as a programmer in the cable and broadcast industries. Girard had previously been senior vice president, O&O programming at WNBC-TV in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and before that held programming positions at a number of major market network affiliates. Stephen A. Weiswasser, Americast chief executive officer, said, "We are delighted to have Judy aboard. Her extensive experience in both cable programming and local station programming makes her ideally suited to head our ongoing programming activities, to work with our programming colleagues at The Walt Disney Company, which is responsible for important elements of the programming package, and to help Americast bring consumers the next generation in home entertainment." Girard said, "I was very pleased with my work at Lifetime and had no intention of leaving, but Americast represents a chance for me to be on the ground floor of a venture building the next paradigm in television. It was simply an opportunity too good to pass up." Americast is the consortium of Ameritech Corp., BellSouth Corp., GTE Corp., SBC Communications, Southern New England Telecommunications Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation started operations in 1986 as the holding company for The Southern New England Telephone Company. Prior to 1986, The Southern New England Telephone Company had been a minority holding of AT&T until February 1986, when AT&T and The Walt Disney Co. created to develop and market the next generation in home entertainment. The americast service is currently being introduced into select markets across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In addition to providing traditional entertainment services, Americast will offer innovative programming and develop such features as video-on-demand, home shopping and a variety of interactive services. CONTACT: Americast Robert Rene, 310/234-1412 or Hill and Knowlton Petro Kacur/Tim Scerba, 213/966-5753/5726 |
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