Rich Fickle of NCTC announces new hires, position changes and transformations

The president and CEO of National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), Rich Fickle, has announced various new hires, position changes and transformations that the company has taken on in order to help the organization keep up with member priorities and industry trends. Judy Mekya has been named executive VP of Programming and will supervise all programming negotiations. Frank Hughes, sometimes referred by NCTC members as the “face of the Co-op”, is assuming the newly formed position as senior VP of Member Services. His job will be to lead a team that will work with companies to identify mutual strategic priorities, increase the participation level of members in NCTC contracts and help assist members with strategies to optimize their rights under existing programming agreements.The CFO for NCTC, Corey McCarthey, will also assume the role of senior VP of Business Development, and will to help focus NCTC’s collective purchasing abilities in the areas of hardware and software. The NCTC Hardware department has also been renamed to the Technology Solutions Team with the aim of encompass a variety of solutions related to TV Everywhere, IP VOD and High Speed Data opportunities. Joe Nourse, senior VP of Legal Affairs will be working more closely with the ACA to help influence existing regulations within the industry.