PEOPLE

By MCN Staff -- Multichannel News, 2/6/2012 12:01:00 AM

BRAVO

Dierdre Bianchi was promoted to vice presidnet, program planning and acquisitions at Bravo Media. She had been senior director, strategic program planning.

BROADWAY SYSTEMS

Broadway Systems, a Grand Rapids, Mich.- based provider of ad-management software for cable networks, has named John Howard as project manager. He had been directo, scheduling operations, at Sirius XM Radio.

CNN

Rick DiBella advanced to executive producer of CNN’s State of the Union With Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources. He had been senior broadcast producer of the network’s Sunday-show lineup.

INSP

The Inspiration Networks has named Tony DeMauro as vice president, pricing and planning. He comes from BET Networks.

OUTSIDE

Dennis Gillespie has been named senior vice president, distribution, at Outside Television. He comes from GSN, where he was senior VP.

SOLID STATE LOGIC

Bella McAvoy has joined Solid State Logic as marketing communciations manager. She comes from U.K. public-relations firm Seven Hills.

SUNDANCE

Monica Bloom was named senior vice president, marketing at Sundance Channel. She comes from anti-AIDS nonprofit (RED), where she was head of brand strategy and development.

TRAVEL

Travel Channel has added Amelie Tseng as vice president, communications, based in New York. Most recently a consultant, she is the former VP, public relations at Bravo.

Also, Travel has hired Rick Gomes as director, communications, He was a VP at Sayles & Winnikoff .

TRUTV

Angel Annussek has been promoted to vice president, original programming at truTV. She was editorial director at the network.

USA NETWORK

Frank DeRose was upped to senior vice president, program scheduling and strategic planning about USA Network, Cloo and Universal HD.

WEATHER

Betsy Rella was named New York-based vice president, ad sales research at The Weather Channel Cos. She comes from Ipsos, where she was senior VP of Ipsos OTX MediaCT.