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Comcast Digital Exec Karin Gilford Goes To ABC

in Media on January 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm PT

Disney, which has been shuffling its digital staff, lands an exec from Comcast, which is moving around lots of bodies itself: Karin Gilford, formerly a Santa Monica-based online SVP for the cable giant, will move to Burbank, where she’ll work head up digital for the ABC broadcast network, reporting to Albert Cheng. Gilford’s Comcast portfolio included Fancast, the would-be Hulu; prior to Comcast, she had run entertainment at Yahoo.

Disney’s Decision: Hulu, YouTube or Something Else?

in Media on March 30, 2009 at 3:01 am PT

TV and Web video executives have been trying to figure out why Disney’s Bob Iger is willing to consider an exclusive deal with Hulu. One possible answer: So he can hear what Google, Comcast and everyone else have to offer, too.
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