MSTV lands ALTV's Donovan

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) officially named David
Donovan as its new president Wednesday.

Donovan comes from the Association of Local Television Stations (ALTV), where
he served as vice president of legal and legislative affairs.

'David Donovan is one of the most highly regarded trade-association
executives in the broadcast industry, and we're delighted to land him,' MSTV
chairman Gary Chapman said.

Prior to joining ALTV, Donovan was a legal assistant to Federal
Communications Commission member James Quello and legal advisor to the agency's
Mass Media Bureau chief.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.