DIRECTV Announces Organizational Changes.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif. -- DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, announced that John Suranyi, president of Sales and Service, has resigned from the company effective today. Michael Palkovic, formerly the company's chief financial officer, has been appointed executive vice president of Operations and will now oversee the company's home service and installation network, call center operations, supply chain and other related activities. Patrick Doyle, the company's chief accounting officer, has been appointed chief financial officer. Palkovic and Doyle along with Paul Guyardo, executive vice president of Sales & Marketing and chief marketing officer, will all report to Chase Carey Chase Carey has served as a Director and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of DirecTV since December 22, 2003. Career History Chase Carey was a Harvard MBA and a college rugby player. , the company's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Suranyi joined DIRECTV in early 2004 and was appointed president of Sales and Service in 2005. "I want to thank John for all his efforts and contributions to the company, and all of us at DIRECTV wish him well in his new endeavors," said Carey. "He has solidified so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. our position as the leader in customer satisfaction in the pay television business, and we're looking forward to building on that base going forward." "I've enjoyed my time at DIRECTV and I'm very proud of what we have accomplished over the past several years," said Suranyi. "While it has been rewarding to be part of this company during a period of rapid change, I'm now looking forward to new opportunities and leave the organization in good hands." Palkovic has been with the company for more than ten years and was appointed chief financial officer for DIRECTV in 2001, and then for The DIRECTV Group, Inc., in 2005. "With his unique understanding of our business, Mike will hit the ground running in his new role, and I'm confident we'll continue to improve our customer experience under his leadership," said Carey. Doyle has also been at the company for more than ten years and has been chief accounting officer of the DIRECTV Group since 2003. "Pat has been a key executive at DIRECTV and has contributed to our growth and success. He is ideally positioned to provide financial expertise critical to our future," said Carey. About DIRECTV DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, presents the finest television experience available to more than 16.3 million customers in 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. , through exclusive content, industry-leading customer satisfaction (which has surpassed cable for seven years running) and superior technologies. Each day, DIRECTV subscribers enjoy access to over 250 channels of 100% digital picture and sound, exclusive programming and the most comprehensive collection of sports programming available anywhere, including NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga SUNDAY TICKET[TM] and MLB EXTRA INNINGS MLB Extra Innings is an Out-of-Market Sports Package distributed by most cable and satellite providers in North America. The package allows its subscribers to see up to 60 out-of-market Major League Baseball games a week using local and national television networks. [R]. DIRECTV (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. ) also leads the digital television technology revolution with exclusives such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET SuperFan[TM], US Open Interactive and YES Network Interactive and will soon have the capacity to offer over 150 channels in HD. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please visit directv.com. |
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