Neustar Names Harris Executive VP

Neustar has named Scott Blake Harris as executive VP legal
and external affairs, reporting to company president Lisa Hook

The appointment is effective March 14. Harris has been
general counsel at the Department of Energy as well as co-chair of the
broadband subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council.

"One industry after another - from telecom to filmed entertainment
to broadcast TV - is recognizing they need Neustar to help them realize their
digital ambitions," said Harris in a statement.

The Open Mobile Video Coalition just tapped Neustar to
handle digital rights management for mobile DTV.

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.