a&e television networks

Michael Castro to VP-production services, from director, production services.

amc netwoks

Robert A. Voltaggio to VP-pricing and planning, from VP-sales planning for the ABC Family Network.

america online

Shawn Hardin to SVP-product and programming, AOL Broadband, from EVP and chief product officer for NBC Internet.

blue pumpkin

Brian Anderson to VP-business and corporate development, from senior director of global alliances.

cable center

Susan Greene to SVP and director of the Programming Institute at the Cable Center. She will also hold the Jonathan M. Levin Chair for Cable Programming, a joint appointment with the Center and the University of Denver. She was previously president of E-Media Group, a consulting company specializing in business development, strategic sales and marketing and the creation and launch of new broadband cable applications.

charter communications

Derek Hanson to Los Angeles-based VP-advertising sales, Western division, from Long Beach, Calif.-based VP-advertising sales, Western region.

cnn

Daljit Dhaliwal to anchor for CNN International, from anchor for ITN's World News for Public Television, which was aired in the United States on PBS.

comcast

Lelia True to VP and general manager of the Alexandria and Arlington County, Va., systems.

comedy central

Lee Freund to account executive, West Coast ad sales, from national account manager for DoubleClick Media.

cox communications

Jeff Brown to executive director of business development. Lacey Lewis to VP-investor relations, from VP and CFO for Cox Interactive Media. John Dalrymple to VP and general manager for CableRep Las Vegas. Dick Santillo to regional VP of field operations, Eastern region. Charles Kirkman to director of carrier billing and assurance. Amy Erwin to VP-national accounts.

discovery networks

Anne Murphy to VP-strategic marketing for affiliate sales and marketing.

ewtn

Dennis Dempsey to director of engineering, from chief engineer.

gemstar-tv guide

Michael Claffey to director, Midwest media sales, TV Guide Media Sales, from Midwest VP for the Excite Network.

itv alliance

Art Cohen, SVP for ACTV, to chairman of the Interactive Television Alliance. ACTV and other companies formed the Alliance to promote the deployment of interactive and digital technologies.

namic

The Denver chapter of NAMIC (formerly the National Association of Minorities in Communications) has announced its new officers for 2002. The new officers are: Nancy Levenson, VP-affiliate marketing, Wisdom Television (president); D'anthony Tillery, manager, human resource development/facilities, Time Warner Cable (VP); Chelsye J. Burrows, director of multicultural communications, Starz Encore Group (secretary); and Melissa T. Garcia, director, employee services, human resources, AT&T Broadband (treasurer).

natas

Dennis Swanson to national chairman of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is president and general manager at WNBC-TV, New York.

on command

Debi Srdoc to VP and controller. Wiley Reed to VP-operations, from senior director of operations.

ovation

Edward Mathias to chairman. He is partner and managing director of the Carlyle Group. He replaces J. Carter Brown, the performing arts channel's co-founder, who resigned from the chairman's role, citing health reasons.

oxygen media

Stefanie Ziev to director of development, from producer for the Stefphanies, an independent production company for theater and film.

rainbow media holdings

Hank Ratner to vice chairman, from COO. Ratner will act as the key strategist and transactional officer for the company, while maintaining his management responsibilities. Daniel Ronayne to SVP-marketing and communications, Rainbow Sports Networks, from VP-marketing and communications.

rcn corp.

Scott Hoyt to SVP-strategic marketing, from SVP-marketing for Software AG.

scte

Jim Kuhns, David Pangrac and Nick Hamilton-Piercy were inducted into SCTE's Hall of Fame. Kuhns is director of field support for Terayon Communication Systems and is a 26-year industry veteran. Pangrac, president of Pangrac & Associates, spearheaded the development of hybrid fiber cable architecture and analog fiber at Time Warner Cable. Hamilton-Piercy is VP and chief technology officer for Rogers Cable.

toll brothers

Joel H. Rassman to EVP; he will retain his titles of CFO and treasurer. Toll Brothers builds luxury single-family and attached-home communities and operates its own cable TV and broadband Internet delivery subsidiaries.

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