Furst Named Univision CIO

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Univision has named Christopher Furst to the newly created
post of executive VP and chief information officer, based in New York. Furst
had been executive VP and CIO at NBCUniversal.

Furst is a former partner with Navint Consulting, heading up
its media and entertainment practice.

"Chris is an energetic leader with a passion for
technology-driven business results and organizational development," said John
Eck, executive VP, technology, operations and engineering at Univision, to whom
Furst reports. "He has demonstrated the ability to effectively lead and drive
change in a global organization and will be able to apply those talents in his
new role at Univision."

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.