MUMBAI: Comcast Corporation has announced that Ted Harbert will become E! Networks president and CEO from 12 July.

He will succeed Mindy Herman who had announced her decision to leave her post earlier this year.

Comcast Cable president Steve Burke added, "Ted is an excellent choice to head E! Networks as it begins the next chapter of its growth. Ted has been in the television business for his entire professional life, and he is uniquely suited to reach out to the Hollywood community and make E! even more of a must-have network for people who love entertainment.

An entertainment-industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience Harbert most recently served as a producer at 20th Century Fox Television. There he developed more than a dozen comedies and dramas for networks over the last year.

He previously was NBC Studios president. He was responsible for the development and production of all NBC-owned programming for all dayparts, and was a television producer for DreamWorks SKG. He has also held key executive positions at ABC, including serving as ABC Entertainment chairman.