Flannery Joins Fox Cable

Will Flannery joined Fox Cable Networks as vice president of advanced services.

Flannery had been director of business development at DirecTV.

In his new role, he will oversee day-to-day distribution activities for advanced television services including HD, interactivity and video-on-demand, working closely with sister units such as Fox Networks Engineering & Operations, Fox Digital Entertainment, Fox Interactive Media and Fox Mobile Entertainment on new product offerings, copyright protection, inventory sales and technical solutions.

He will report to executive VP of affiliate sales Mike Hopkins.