Miller named SVP, digital media, NBCU Sports & Olympics

Perkins Miller has been named senior vice president, digital media, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics, it was announced today. Miller will be responsible for overseeing all digital media initiatives for NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, including NBCSports.com and NBCOlympics.com.

“Perkins brings deep digital media roots and fresh ideas to a critical component of our business,” said Gary Zenkel, president, NBC Olympics and executive vice president, strategic partnerships, NBC Sports.

Miller was the director and general manager for Internet operations for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, during which time he brought together Olympics.com and NBCOlympics.com for the first time. In addition to working with NBC Olympics on the Games-time site, he oversaw online businesses with 13 other partners, including ticket sales and volunteer recruitment. Miller previously ran several other divisions for the 2002 Games, including publications, video production, translation services, and archives.

Most recently, Miller was senior vice president, business group, for Intrawest Colorado. Prior to joining Intrawest, he was vice president and managing director, Mountain Sports Media, a division of Time Warner, where he oversaw business affairs for the world’s largest winter-sport media company, including magazines, feature film, TV production, and new media.