Karen Brown
AP
Mike Palmer to director of broadcast digital distribution systems and strategy, from director of technology and development for the broadcast division.
CEDAR POINT COMMUNICATIONS
Steve Libbey to regional VP-sales, from VP-sales with ADC Broadband.
CNBC
Melissa Francis to general assignment reporter, from correspondent for CNET.
COMCAST
Spero Canton to regional PR director, from Florida spokesman for BellSouth.
DISNEY
Laurie Younger to president, Buena Vista Worldwide Television Distribution, from EVP-television distribution, ABC Inc. Blake Bryant to VP-creative services at Buena Vista Television, from Granite Broadcasting Corp.-owned NBC affiliate KNTV-TV in San Jose, Calif.
EMPRESAS CABLEVISION
Jean Paul Broc Haro to CEO, from GM of Televisa's pay television division.
FCC
John Rogovin to general counsel, from deputy general counsel. Jane Mago to head the agency's newly formed Office of Strategic Planning and Policy, from general counsel.
THE INSPIRATION NETWORKS
Ron Shuping to SVP-programming, from VP-programming. Bart Palmer to director of engineering, from director of engineering for Fox Sports Net.
LIBERTY MEDIA
John A. Orr to VP, from director of business development.
MSNBC.COM
Mary Paris to director of cross-media sales, from director of business development at NBC. Thomas Bosco, founder of the personal finance site Compare Credit Cards Online, to regional sales director for the East and Midwest.
MTV
Jeff Jacobs to senior director, production planning and business operations, from running production and planning operations at NBC Sports. Michael Dagnery to VP-production for MTV and Nickelodeon across Latin America, from director and field producer.
OPTINEL SYSTEMS
Tim Brophy to VP-optical engineering, from director of optics engineering and advanced photonic technology at Motorola's Broadband Communication Sector.
OPTIVISTA
Gary Trimm to CEO, from president and CEO of Compression Labs Inc.
ROGERS CABLE
Edward Rogers to president and co-CEO, from president and COO. Dean MacDonald to EVP and COO, from SVP-government relations and interim SVP-sales and marketing.
WEATHER CHANNEL
Deirdre O'Grady to VP-pricing and operations for the Weather Channel and weather.com, from VP-pricing, sales planning and traffic for Court TV.
PINNADE HOLDINGS
David Grain to president, from SVP for the New England region of AT&T Broadband.
STARZ ENCORE
Dan Kendall to division VP, DIRECTV, from VP-network distribution for iBlast Inc. Jeff Evans to director, facilities services, from director, facilities and administration. Brett Marottoli to director, multicultural acquisitions, from manager, program acquisitions. Shawn Reed to director, production and talent services, from senior manager, production and talent services. Jim Urick to director, strategic development, from manager, program and acquisitions finance.
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