DIRECTV Names Dan York Chief Content Officer; Derek Chang to Leave DIRECTV at Year End

DIRECTV DTV announced today that after more than six years of successfully leading its programming acquisition, original content, regional sports networks and ad sales groups, Derek Chang will leave his position as executive vice president of Content Strategy and Development at the end of the year. Succeeding him will be Dan York, former president of Content and Advertising Sales for AT&T, who will join DIRECTV in early July as executive vice president of Programming, and Chief Content Officer.