Bruce Paisner Re-Elected by International Academy

NEW YORK: The board of directors of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has re-elected Bruce Paisner as president and CEO for another two-year term.

Paisner has been at the head of the International Academy since January 2004. His new term begins January 1, 2014.

Additionally, Paisner announced he will re-appoint the current officers: chairman Fred Cohen, secretary Simon Sutton (the president of HBO International & Content Distribution) and treasurer Blair Westlake (the corporate VP for the media and entertainment group at Microsoft Corporation). He will also re-appoint the heads of the standing committees: Larry Gershman, vice-chairman and chairman of the Emmy committee (CEO of World International Network); Rainer Siek, nominating committee chairman (the president of M.T.NY); Kevin Beggs, co-chairman of the special awards committee (the chairman of Lionsgate Television Group); Jim Rosenfield, co-chairman of the special awards committee; and the following other members of the executive committee: Ralph Baruch, Adriana Cisneros (CEO of Cisneros) and Camille Bidermann Roizen, the executive director of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

“I am extremely proud of the great strides this organization has made over the last ten years, thanks to its dedicated staff and high powered executive committee,” said Paisner. “I am honored to be asked by my colleagues to serve again. The International Academy has become a significant player on the global media stage, and I look forward to many new initiatives and activities.”