Cable Connections
ACCESSIBLE MEDIA INDUSTRY COALITION
The new trade coalition has hired as its chairman Jeff Hutchins, who has worked with three different captioning agencies, most recently as a founder and co-owner of VITAC Corp.
AURORA NETWORKS
Howard “Scotty” Flink to VP-international sales; he has held a number of executive positions with cable companies, including Gulf Coast Teleception, Coral Electronics and Gilbert Engineering.
BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL
Peter Tarshis to director of programming, from director of programming and production, international, A&E Television Networks.
CN8
Peggy Giordano to director of programming, from news director. John Mussoni to news director, CN8 News, from executive producer.
ESPN
Michael Rooney to SVP-advertising sales and marketing, ESPN Branded Media, from SVP and general manager of ESPN Outdoors. Douglas G. Adkins to VP-human resources, from manager, employee relations.
LIBERTY MEDIA
Michael P. Zeisser to SVP, from partner in the media and private equity practice at McKinsey & Company.
MOSAIC MARKETING
Marisa A. Villalobos to marketing director, from director of marketing and communications for Women in Cable & Telecommunications.
NASCAR
Brian France to chairman of the board and CEO. Paul Brooks to SVP, from VP-broadcasting. Richard Glover to VP-broadcasting and new media, from EVP and managing director, Olympics, for ABC/ESPN and the Walt Disney Co.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
Andrew Carl Wilk to EVP-production, from EVP-programming, production and news.
STARNET
Dennis Wilkinson to CEO; he is the former SVP-consumer marketing at HBO and CEO of Princeton Video Image.
TELEMUNDO
Ramon Escobar to EVP-programming and production, from SVP-local news, creative services and local programming, station group.
TIME WARNER CABLE
Brian Benschoter to VP/general manager for News 8 Austin, from general manager.
TURNER BROADCASTING
Salvatore T. Petruzzi to VP-public relations, from director of public affairs and communications for A&E Network.
TURNER NETWORK SALES
Jennifer Fletcher to VP-strategic marketing, from VP-regional entertainment advertising sales and off-channel commerce for Turner Entertainment Networks in Hong Kong.
TV ONE
Anthony Flack to regional director of affiliate sales, from community mortgage banker for Atlantic States Bank in Atlanta.
VH1
Jim Ackerman to VP-development production and programming. Jeff Olde to executive consultant. Matt Hanna to director, development.
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