Zee TV, Veria Name General Counsel

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Former Sundance Channel General Counsel Jerry
Blake has joined Zee TV and Veria as general counsel.

The South Asian targeted and health and wellness
channels, respectively, are owned by Asia TV USA.

Blake exited Sundance after helping sell the
channel to Cablevision in 2009. In the interim, according to Asia TV USA, he
has worked for an AIDS charity in Tanzania, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and is
training to run in a marathon.

His resume also includes senior counsel at Rainbow Media.

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.