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  • Mayer, Yudkovitz to head Disney’s corporate strategy group

    MUMBAI: US media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company has tapped Kevin Mayer and former TiVo president Marty Yudkovitz for its new corporate strategy, business development and technology group.

    Mayer will head the division as its executive VP. He will report to Disney senior executive VP and CFO Tom Staggs.

    He was most recently partner and head of the Global Media and Entertainment practice at L.E.K. Consulting. Before that he was chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Interactive and president and CEO of Playboy.com. He is also a former Disney executive, having worked at the Walt Disney Internet Group.

    Yudkovitz joins the division as senior VP, reporting to Mayer. He will take a lead role in identifying and executing new business opportunities. He was most recently Tivo president. Earlier he was at NBC in a variety of senior management roles, including NBC Digital Media president.

    The group will target emerging businesses new to Disney’s existing portfolio, manage cross-divisional issues and opportunities, and evaluate new technology and business models. The group will also be responsible for aiding in the evaluation of potential acquisition transactions. Staggs said, “The corporate strategy, business development and technology group will play a pivotal role in detecting and analysing key trends impacting our markets. The group will also evaluate high potential new business opportunities that leverage and extend our competitive position”.

  • TiVo president Marty Yudkovitz quits

    TiVo president Marty Yudkovitz quits

    MUMBAI: Home entertainment solutions provider TiVo has announced the resignation of Marty Yudkovitz as president of the company.

    He will remain with TiVo in a consulting capacity on certain continuing matters for a period of time. Marty has been president of the company since May of 2003.

    “When I joined TiVo I planned to move my family to California, but as the demands of my role grew, the need to spend even more time on both coasts grew as well, requiring a heavy commute no matter where I lived,” Yudkovitz said in a company release. “I’ve chosen instead to find the most logical time to resign as president and re-acquaint myself with my wife and kids.”

    “Marty has achieved a tremendous amount in his time with the company, particularly with the television and advertising industries. Given how far we’ve come, we agreed that now seemed a good time if Marty wanted to transition out of his full-time role as president,” said TiVo CEO Mike Ramsay.

    Yudkovitz’s resignation was effective 31 January 2005.