Kaufman Re-Elected IFTA Chairman

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Net Neutrality fan Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment, has been elected to a second term as chairman of  the Independent Film & Television Alliance  (IFTA), which lobbies for independent issues including more access to cable, broadcast and online real estate.

"I will continue to fight alongside my colleagues to protect and serve independent art on film, television, DVD, and the Internet, aggressively tackling media consolidation, net neutrality, piracy and other key issues facing our industry," he said in a statement.

IFTA's executive director and president is Jean Prewitt.

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.