Shanks Joins Fox Sports As President

By Andrew Gauthier 

MediaPost

Eric Shanks, who brought a drama about football to DirecTV and oversaw the real thing, is joining Fox Sports as president.

The 38-year-old takes over for Ed Goren at the division that carries NASCAR, the NFL and Major League Baseball.

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He had been executive vice president of entertainment at DirecTV since 2006, where he helped engineer a deal to bring original episodes of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” to the satellite operator. Shanks also worked to bolster what was arguably DirecTV’s most critical brand differentiator: “NFL Sunday Ticket.” More…

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