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By Staff -- Multichannel News, 7/29/2007 8:00:00 PM
Aethera
Benoit Fleury was named vice president, project management at Aethera Networks, a Montreal-based provider of fourth-generation multi-service access and metro networking solutions. He comes from digital signal-processing solutions company Lyrtech.
Altitude
Steve Thomas was named senior vice president, production at Denver-based regional sports network Altitude Sports & Entertainment. He had been president of Remote Broadcasts Inc.
Aurora
Santa Clara, Calif.-based advanced optical transport systems vendor Aurora Networks has named Kenton D. Chow chief financial officer.
Cenergy
East Aurora, N.Y.-based marketing firm Cenergy has hired Jan Dahleiden as finance and operations manager. She comes from Orchard Park, N.Y.-based mortgage broker Anderson Funding, where she was executive assistant and office administrator.
CNBC
Allen Wastler has joined CNBC as managing editor at CNBC.com. He comes from CNNMoney.com, where he also served as managing editor.
CSN Mid-Atlantic
Mark Lapidus has joined Baltimore/Washington, D.C.- based regional sports network Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic as director of marketing. He comes from Clear Channel Worldwide, where he was marketing director and director, Internet operations for the Washington/Baltimore trading area.
Also, Lisa Hilary has joined the network as an anchor and reporter. She had been a reporter at Canadian sports cable networks TSN and The Score.
Discovery
Jennifer Dangar was promoted to senior vice president, domestic distribution at Discovery Communications. She had been VP, new-media distribution.
ESPN
Raphael Poplock was named vice president, games at ESPN, responsible for the company’s relationship with video-game licensee EA Sports and the ESPN Fantasy Games business.
Fox News Digital
Jeff Misenti was named general manager, vice president of Fox News Digital. He comes from Dow Jones, where he was senior director, product development and marketing.
Refet Kaplan was also named managing director, Foxnews.com. He was Northeast bureau chief.
Fox Sports
John Burnett was promoted to vice president and general sales manager at regional sports network FSN Southwest, based in Dallas. He was VP, business development for Fox Sports National Cable Sales.
Also, Fox Sports en Español named Pamela Reyes as advertising sales executive, Southeastern U.S. She comes from Omnicom’s OMD Latino, where she was associate director, strategy.
Nat Geo
National Geographic Ventures has been named Stavros Hilaris as consumer technology officer. He had been senior VO, technology at Ascent Media.
NBC Universal
NBC Universal International Television Distribution has elevated Haydn Arndt to senior vice president, sales liaison. He was VP, sales liaison, overseeing Australia and New Zealand.
QVC
QVC has promoted Martin Bispels to vice president of of the TV Sales Home unit, a new post. He had been director of TV sales.
TV Land
Melissa Bear was appointed vice president, business and legal affairs at TV Land. She comes from sister network VH1, where she served as VP, business and legal affairs.
TV One
TV One has named Orlena Blanchard as the network’s vice president, strategic marketing. She had been its director of affiliate marketing.
Also, George Lima was promoted to vice president, affiliate marketing and local ad sales. He was director, field marketing.
Turner
Cheryl E. Ingram has joined Turner Broadcasting System as senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer. She comes from Time Warner Inc., where she was assistant controller of financial reporting and accounting policy.
Also, Turner Network Sales has hired Kevin McMahon as director, affiliate ad sales. He comes from Turner Sports, where he was senior marketing manager.
Viamedia
Independent cable ad-rep firm Viamedia has named Telese Gray as director, sales in its Dallas-Fort Worth market. The former Time Warner Cable executive had served as national client service manager and director of sales.
Weather
Nathan Jones was named manager, affiliate ad sales at The Weather Channel. He comes from the Arby’s Restaurant Group, Atlanta, where he was senior marketing communications coordinator.
USA Network
Jason Holzman was hired as vice president, brand creative at USA Network. He had been a creative director at advertising agency Euro RSCG.
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