Industry Moves: Disney Appoints New VP Of Mobile Distribution

Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ESPN Media Networks have appointed Tim Connolly to the new position of VP-mobile distribution. Prior to this, he was VP of sales and business development at Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), where he was working with T-Mobile and AT&T.

In this new position he will be responsible for creating “strategic relationships across the wireless industry on behalf of ABC Mobile, ABC News, Disney Channel and ESPN, with a primary focus on growing the distribution of linear mobile video, mobile VOD and mobile web services with wireless service providers, handset manufacturers and others.”

Staci adds: A little more on this because it speaks to changes in the way mobile content is being handled. Connolly is in the Affiliate Sales and Marketing Group — the group that handles linear channels sales to cable and satellite. It’s a start to bringing the video distribution strategy together instead of arbitrary divisions by platform.

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