Warner’s Sanders Remains DEG President; Disney’s Chapek Steps Down

July 13, 2010 · Posted in M&E Daily, Today's M&E Connections · Comment 

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) named its new board of directors for the coming fiscal year (Aug. 1 – July 31), while announcing that its chairman, Bob Chapek, was stepping down.

Chapek, who was the group’s president before being elected as its chairman in 2007, advanced at Disney late last year to become the studio’s distribution president. Lori MacPherson, EVP and GM of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, joins the DEG as Disney’s board representative.

TWICE notes that four of the DEG’s five-member executive committee were re-elected, with David Bishop of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment joining the committee as VP. Remaining on the executive committee are: Ron Sanders of Warner Home Video, president; Craig Kornblau of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, VP; Mike Dunn of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, secretary; and Eisuke Tsuyuzaki of Panasonic, CFO.

Companies joining the trade group include A&E Television Networks, Amazon.com, IMAX Corp., RealD, Samsung Electronics, SRS Labs, Testronics, and Verance.

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