DISH Network Appoints Steven Swain to Lead its Programming Group

Englewood, Colo., April 29, 2014--DISH Network announced that it has appointed Steven Swain to lead its Programming Group. Swain, formerly a vice president of DISH’s Corporate Finance Group, is being promoted to senior vice president.In his new role, Swain will be responsible for the acquisition and renewal of programming content, including national network and cable channels, Latino content, local broadcast stations and premium services such as HBO, Showtime and Starz.

Prior to joining DISH in 2011 as vice president of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis,  Swain spent 10 years at CenturyLink (formerly Qwest Communications) where he served in multiple leadership roles in that organization’s Finance and Network Engineering organizations.

Swain earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

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