People
By Staff -- Multichannel News, 7/31/2005 8:00:00 PM
Bravo Group
Hispanic integrated communications agency The Bravo Group has hired Delia deLisser as group account director. She was VP, client services at Reynardus & Moya.
Also,Tracy Decker was elevated to vice president, media director, from associate media director; and Yvonne Montanino was upped to associate director, strategic planning and research, from senior planner.
Comcast
Comcast Corp. has named Sue Rynn vice president, advanced platform sales, Comcast Network Sales. She comes from Time Warner Cable, where she was VP, advertising-sales development.
Also,Jeff Gibson was upped to senior director, Comcast University for the Midwest division. He was Midwest division director of technical learning and development programs.
CSTV
College Sports Television Networks has named Joe Gangone executive vice president for ad sales. He was CEO of sports media and management company GangOne Consulting.
Disney Channel
Sean Cocchia was elevated to vice president, business development at Disney Channel Worldwide. He was executive director, business management at Disney Channel U.S.
Fox Cable
Fox Cable Networks Group has elevatedJonathan Sarrow to vice president, affiliate business affairs. He was director.
Also,Scott Brown was upped to vice president, business and legal affairs. He was director.
And David Wisnia was elevated to vice president, business and legal affairs. He was an attorney with Fox Sports International.
Inspiration
Justine Bentley was elevated to marketing manager, Western region at the Inspiration Networks. She comes from Over&Over, an electromechanical manufacturer's representative, where she was inside sales manager.
Music Choice
Damon Williams was named vice president, programming and production at Music Choice. He was manager of the Music Choice programming group.
Also, Jessica Siracusa was elevated to senior manager, promotions.
News 12
Brad Hirst has joined News 12 The Bronx/News 12 Brooklyn as sports team leader. He comes from ESPN, where he was senior producer for ESPN2's Cold Pizza.
MusicBox
Music production company MusicBox has named Danielle Lindy director, client services. She was a freelance music consultant and producer with Finger Music, Los Angeles.
NBC Universal
Frances Manfredi has been named senior vice president, general sales manager, cable and nontheatrical sales at NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. She had been senior VP of cable sales.
NFL Network
NFL Network has added Karen Marriot as West Coast account manager. She comes from MTV Networks, where she handled national advertising sales for Spike TV.
Scripps
Scripps Networks has added Jerilyn Schultz Bliss as vice president of corporate communications. She had been senior publicist for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Communications.
Starz
Starz Entertainment Group has elevated Jerry English to vice president, marketing communications. He had been senior director, brand strategy.
Tennis
The Tennis Channel has elevated Mike Kim to account director, Los Angeles, from account manager and John Sorrells to account director, Atlanta, from account manager.
Terayon
Matthew J. Aden has joined Terayon Communication Systems Inc. as senior vice president of worldwide sales and customer service. Aden had been senior VP, sales and customer operations at Motorola Inc.'s Connected Home Solutions business.
Time Warner
Time Warner Cable has elevated Gregg DiPaolo to regional senior vice president, marketing and sales management, Midwestern division, responsible for the Ohio and Wisconsin systems. He was senior VP, high-speed data.
Also, Christopher C. Loy was named vice president, finance in Time Warner Cable's Southwest division. He comes from Integrated Electrical Services in San Antonio, Texas, where he was area controller.
Xtend
Al Johnson has joined Xtend Networks as vice president, technology and advanced architectures. Johnson had been senior VP at Ipitek Inc.
Zuffa
Ultimate Fighting Championship producer Zufa LLC has named Don Gold executive vice president of entertainment. He was president and founder of StudioWorks Entertainment.
Also, Craig Borsari joined Zuffa as vice president, operations. He was director, acquisitions at FSN Los Angeles.

























