Daniel York

Title: Chief Content Officer, AT&T/DirecTV

Years in Cable: 25+

With AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV, York—who formerly led the telco’s content and ad sales strategy—finds himself back home again. With oversight for DirecTV’s investments, acquisitions, development and original content, York steered the satellite company to the success that primed it for the $48.5 billion acquisition, which created the world’s largest pay TV entity. And he’ll be a valuable asset to the merged companies’ future business plans, including the launch of a new streaming service. 

 

Favorite charity event you work with: Project Angel Food, AT&T Women’s Leadership Exchange and T Howard Foundation
Best way to spend a Saturday night: Movie and dinner with my wife and friends
I watch the majority of programming on this device: 4K TV with DIRECTV
Favorite vacation spot: Any place with my wife and kids
My typical breakfast is:  Very early, with my family

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