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Charles Van Horn
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David Cuyler Named Director of Membership Development,
Content Delivery & Storage Association
PRINCETON, NJ - January 3, 2008 -David C. Cuyler has been named to the new position of Director of Membership Development, for the Content Delivery & Storage Association (CDSA). Cuyler will be responsible for representing CDSA’s membership of content service providers and suppliers before the Los Angeles-based home video, game and music content community.
For more than 20 years, Cuyler has played a pioneering role in the development and commercialization of new entertainment formats and distribution, having served as Executive Vice President for Paramount Home Entertainment, and President & CEO for Deluxe Video Services.
“As the association responsible for providing secure, responsible and innovative technology and business solutions for content holders, it is vital that CDSA establish close and synergistic relationships with our members’ customers. David’s experience on both sides of the business puts him in unique position to build relationships in Hollywood on behalf of our membership,” says CDSA president Charles Van Horn.
Based in Los Angeles, Cuyler will also be responsible for reaching out to a wider range of physical media and electronic content delivery and storage providers. CDSA, formerly the International Recording Media Association (IRMA), was relaunched in 2007 with a mission to provide association representation for its current membership of disc replicators, packagers, and content service, as well as for the new and emerging category of digital media services and distribution technology providers.
“CDSA is now focused on a path that will build upon its 38 years of service to the companies who serve the content community,” says Cuyler. “With so many challenges, from high-definition to online delivery, the studios, publishers and labels are growing increasingly dependent upon an open dialogue and business partnership with their suppliers and service providers. CDSA will continue to build bridges to drive the business forward and I am delighted to play a role in this development.”
In 1978, Cuyler was recruited by Bell & Howell to support the company’s introduction of duplication services to Hollywood studios and the cable television industry. A succession of promotions catapulted him into the position of Vice President Entertainment Sales, where he was responsible for pioneering the early home delivery of motion pictures through the VHS and Betamax formats.
In 1993, Cuyler was appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer of Rank Cintel Video Services of America, increasing its sales to nearly $1 billion annually and its earnings by nearly 300 percent. Over his five-year tenure, he provided consultation within the manufacturing, distribution and strategic service sectors for Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
In 1999, Cuyler left Rank Cintel (now called Deluxe Media) to join Paramount Pictures as Executive Vice President of their Home Entertainment Division, responsible for worldwide finance, strategic planning, acquisitions and operations.
Cuyler can be reached at: +1-310-880-4039 or via email at dcuyler@contentdeliveryandstorage.org
About CDSA
CDSA, the Content Delivery & Storage Association (formerly IRMA, the International Recording Media Association), is the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software and information content. Founded in 1970, this global trade association's membership includes companies involved in every facet along the digital and physical media supply chain. Beginning with the audiocassette, through the home video revolution, and into today’s digital delivery era, CDSA has always been the organization companies have turned to for news, networking, market research, information services, and leadership. CDSA also publishes the professional journal Mediaware that provides "Executive Strategies for the Advancement of Content Delivery & Storage."