Blonder Tongue Appoints Charles E. Dietz to Board of Directors
September 20 2011 - 7:56AM
Business Wire
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BDR) today
announced the appointment of Charles E. Dietz to its Board of
Directors, effective September 14, 2011. Mr. Dietz’s appointment
fills the Class III vacancy created by the death on April 1, 2011
of director Robert B. Mayer. Mr. Dietz will join the Board as an
independent director, as defined by the NYSE AMEX Company
Guide.
Mr. Dietz is a long time veteran of the cable industry. He is
presently an independent cable industry consultant, providing
clients advice with cable system evaluation, design, and digital
transition. He is a member of the Society of Cable
Telecommunications Engineers and the Cable TV Pioneers. From 1996
through 2008, Mr. Dietz served as Senior Vice President of
Engineering at Insight Communications, a multiple system operator.
Beginning in 2001 and until his retirement from Insight, Mr. Dietz
also served as Insight’s Chief Technical Officer, responsible for
all technical aspects of the company’s operations, including
technology development and implementation, system construction and
maintenance, purchasing and technical regulatory compliance. During
his tenure at Insight, Mr. Dietz participated in growing the
company from 165,000 subscribers to more than 1,400,000.
Prior to his position at Insight, Mr. Dietz spent 22 years with
Vision Cable Communications, a multiple system operator with 15
regional cable systems serving more than 525,000 subscribers. While
at Vision Cable, Mr. Dietz served in various positions, including
Vice President – Operations. Mr. Dietz transitioned with Vision
when it was acquired by Newhouse Broadcasting and oversaw Vision’s
entry into the telecommunications business, until its partnership
with Time Warner Cable in 1995.
James A. Luksch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said,
"Charlie’s insight and experience, developed through his long
history with the cable industry, from climbing poles to serving on
NCTA and CableLabs committees, will be invaluable to Blonder Tongue
and our strategic plan. He knows the MSO business. He has a stellar
reputation throughout our industry and can help guide us, as he
helped guide Vision and Insight. We are thrilled to have him as
part of our Board.”
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. provides system operators and
integrators serving the cable, broadcast, satellite, IPTV,
institutional and professional video markets with comprehensive
solutions for the provision of content contribution, distribution
and video delivery to homes and businesses. With over 60 years of
experience, the company designs, manufactures, sells and supports
an equipment portfolio of standard and high definition digital
video solutions, as well as core analog video and high speed data
solutions for distribution over coax, fiber and IP networks.
Additional information on Blonder Tongue and its products can be
found at www.blondertongue.com.
“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: The information set forth above includes
“forward-looking” statements and accordingly, the cautionary
statements contained in Blonder Tongue’s Annual Report and Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (See Item 1: Business,
Item 1A: Risk Factors and Item 7: Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), and
other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated herein by reference. The words “believe”, “expect”,
“anticipate”, “indications”, “should”, “project”, and similar
expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date
hereof. Blonder Tongue undertakes no obligation to publicly revise
these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
that arise after the date hereof. Blonder Tongue’s actual results
may differ from the anticipated results or other expectations
expressed in Blonder Tongue’s “forward-looking” statements.
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