Mumbai: The Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the US has elected Bruce Rosenblum as its new chairman and CEO. Rosenblum is elected for a two-year term beginning in January 2012.

Rosenblum currently serves as Warner Bros. Television Group President and oversees the worldwide distribution of all Warner Bros. Television Group programming to all current and emerging platforms. His mandate also includes developing new business models for the evolving television landscape.

Additionally, Rosenblum was an architect of the CBS joint venture forming The CW, which he continues to oversee on behalf of Warner Bros.

Additional officers elected include:

Vice chair: outgoing Treasurer and senior supervising producer of ‘The Talk‘ Kevin Hamburger

Second Vice Chair: Frank Scherma, current Governor Commercials Peer Group, current Creative Arts Awards Show Committee vice chair, president.