Former CBS and Cablevision executive Nicholas Radziul joins the television station owner to lead expansion of distribution and puts him in charge of network affiliations and retransmission consent transactions.
Hearst TV Taps Radziul As Distribution VP
Nicholas Radziul is joining Hearst Television in the newly created position of vice president of distribution.
The appointment, effective July 18, will give Radziul responsibility for Hearst Television’s distribution rights agreements, including network affiliations and retransmission consent transactions, with all programming and distribution partners including national program networks, and television and digital syndication partners.
“In today’s digital economy, distribution of local news and information is evolving and expanding at an unprecedented speed,” said Jordan Wertlieb, Hearst Television’s President. “Nick brings a strong background and skill set to our team to help us realize exciting growth opportunities.”
Radziul joins Hearst Television from CBS Corp., where he has worked since 2013 as VP, strategic transactions. While there, he advised on retransmission consent negotiations, affiliation agreements, video-on-demand and over-the-top distribution. He was also part of the team implementing CBS’s strategy for digital distribution, including OTT, TV Everywhere and direct-to-consumer solutions.
Before CBS, Radziul was senior counsel, programming, for Cablevision, where he drafted and negotiated cable affiliation, VOD, retransmission-consent and TVE agreements. He also advised on matters related to programming regulations, copyrights, and franchising, among others.
Prior to Cablevision he was an associate at Davis & Gilbert focused on media, advertising, corporate and entertainment clients and, before that, he was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
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He holds a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies and political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
Between undergraduate and graduate studies, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force, concluding his military service at the Pentagon as an intelligence officer.
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