[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Eric Shanks, former executive vice president of entertainment of DirecTV, has been appointed president of Fox Sports, the Fox Sports Media Group confirmed May 26.
   Shanks played a key role in DirecTV’s 3-D TV strategy and will become the third president of Fox Sports since its inception in Dec. 1993.
   “Our goal will be to build upon our big event strategy and closely examine new programming opportunities and new production and delivery technologies so Fox Sports remains an industry leader well into the future,” Shanks said in a statement.