TORONTO – The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has named Leonardo Ramos Mateos, Director of High Technology with Grupo Televisa Mexico, as its new president. He succeeds Ray Carnovale, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for CBC/Radio-Canada, who’s served as NABA President since 2006.
Ramos comes to the NABA Presidency at a time of great change for the broadcasting industry, the Association said in a statement. As a longstanding member of the NABA Board of Directors and Executive, Ramos has developed a great appreciation for the rapid pace of change and innovation at work in the NABA, and “brings a vision for change and cutting-edge expertise in the design, inspection and operation of satellite, radio and television networks and systems”.
“The Broadcasting industry is turning an important corner as it embraces new service opportunities that several years or months ago were not considered as part of a broadcaster activity, but today must be seen as a challenge and opportunity for all of us,” Ramos said at NABA’s recent annual meeting.
“Through NABA, broadcasters in North America provide leadership in this new convergence ensuring that we are able to offer our content and services to everyone, everywhere and in the format that our audiences or users want. Ensuring that television and radio broadcast spectrum and services are protected and well positioned as new products and business models emerge, continues to be of highest priority for NABA,” he said.
In his current position at Grupo Televisa, Ramos is responsible for the service evaluation, development and implementation of state of the art systems and technology for the transmission and distribution networks. Prior to joining Grupo Televisa Mexico, he worked for Ericsson and NEC where he developed systems for cellular communication, satellite services, microwaves, digital video and fibre optics links.
Michael Starling, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director of National Public Radio Labs in the United States, was re-affirmed for another term as Vice President, and Terry Snazel, Vice President Technology, Bell ExpressVu, in Canada was also appointed as Vice President.
The NABA Board of Directors confirmed the new executive at the annual meeting in Atlanta on February 25th.
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