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CABLEVISION

Todd Brecher was appointed senior
vice president, associate
general counsel at Bethpage,
N.Y.-based MSO Cablevision
Systems. He had been VP, assistant
chief counsel, corporate,
at Time Warner Cable in New
York.

COMCAST

Comcast has named Ted Girdner
as vice president, business
services in the Houston region.
He had been senior director,
sales operations for Comcast
Business Services in Philadelphia.

EYEWORKS

Dorothy Crompton has joined
Eyeworks Distribution as senior
vice president, international
sales. She comes from Rive
Gauche Television, where she
was head of the International
Sales & Administration department.

GOSPEL

Gospel Music Channel has
tapped Leslie Chesloff as executive
vice president, programming.
She had been executive
VP, programming at Ion Media
Networks.

HALOGEN

Halogen has tapped Kyle
Chowning as vice president,
marketing and communications.
He had consulted the
channel’s marketing efforts in
his former role with Motiveight
Marketing Group.

THE HUB

Childrens’ network The Hub has
added six senior executives in
advance of its late 2010 launch:
Joshua Meyer as senior vice
president, business and legal
aff airs; Jordan Beck as vice president
of creative services and
on-air promotions; Lou Fazio
as vice president of scheduling,
acquisitions and planning;
Greg Heanue as vice president
of marketing and promotions;
Fred Poston as vice president
of operations; and Michael Ross
as vice president of production
and post-production.

LIONSGATE

Priscilla Pesci has joined Lionsgate
as senior vice president,
television marketing. She had
been head of her own marketing
firm.

Also, Tori Crotts advanced to
executive director, television
marketing. She was director.

MSG MEDIA

MSG Media senior vice president
and general manager
Scott Richman has taken on
expanded responsibilities for
music network Fuse, including
Fuse.tv, video on demand
and mobile content.

PLUM TV

Nicholas Lehman has joined
Plum TV as executive vice
president, general manager.
He had been chief operating
officer, programming for IAC/
InterActive Corp.

QVC

QVC has upped Doug Rose to
senior vice president of multichannel
programming and marketing.
He was VP.

TELECAST FIBER

Mike Edelman was named sales
manager, South Central U.S. at
Worcester, Mass.-based Telecast
Fiber Systems. He had been
Midwest regional sales manager
for NVision.

WBTV

Susan Rovner was named executive
vice president, development,
at Warner Bros. Television. She
had been senior VP, drama development.

WGN AMERICA

WGN America has added Katy
Cross as vice president, sales,
Midwest Region. She was VP,
sales, Central Region at Lifetime
Entertainment Services.

Also, David Diederich was upped
to vice president, sales, Western
Region at WGN America.