White House Tech Advisor Joins Neustar

Scott Deutchman, who has been White House deputy chief
technology officer for telecom, has joined media analyst Neustar
as VP of legal and external affairs.

At the White House, he had worked on spectrum, public
safety and broadband issues, including advising the Chief Technology Officer
Aneesh Chopra.

Before joining the White House, Deutchman had been a
legal advisor for broadband to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.

Deutchman joins Neustar July 5.

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.