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AETN

A&E Television Networks has
named Dean Possenniskie as
managing director, Europe. He
comes from BBC Worldwide,
where he was senior VP and GM,
channels, EMEA.

BRAVO

Bravo Media has elevated Eli
Leherer to vice president, development,
based in New York. He
had been VP, development and
production, East Coast.

DISCOVERY

Discovery Education has upped
Scott Kinney senior vice president,
global professional development,
policy and outreach.
He had been VP, global outreach
and learning initiatives.

FRONT PORCH DIGITAL

Louisville, Colo.-based Front
Porch Digital has added Phil
Jackson as chief marketing officer. Jackson has held senior
posts in Europe with such companies
as BT, Level 3 Communications
and AT&T.

HALLMARK

Whitney Holland was named Los
Angeles-based vice president, acquisitions
at Hallmark Channels.
She comes from Bravo, where
she was VP, program planning,
schedules and acquisitions.

INSIGHT

Insight Communications’ cn2
network has added Matt Jones
as host of a new program on
Kentucky Sports. Jones operates
the Web site www.Kentucky-SportsRadio.com.

KANTAR VIDEO

Kantar Video has added Keir Walton
as senior vice president, video
development. He comes from
fellow WPP unit IEG, where he
was executive vice president.

Also, Anne Drake has joined
Kantar as senior vice president,
analytics and research. She was
senior VP, product management
at Kantar Media.

Kantar Video also added Andrew
Chang as a member of the
business-development teamj. He
was a digital media strategist and
entrepreneur.

Andrew Cheng has also joined
Kantar Video as platform manager.
He was director, advanced analytics,
at Kantar Media.

And Trevor Wolfe was named
Kantar Video’s marketing manager.
He was digital project manager
at Kantar Media.

NY1 NEWS

Time Warner Cable-owned New
York 1 News has added John
Mancini as transit reporter. He
comes from Newsday, where
he was executive vice president
and editor.

OUTDOOR CHANNEL

Tom Allen was named executive
vice president and chief financial
officer at Outdoor Channel
Holdings. He had been executive
VP and CFO of ACME Communications.

RENTRAK

Nancy Beall has joined Rentrak’s
newly formed Chicago offi ce as
director, local sales, Midwest
region. She comes from Frank
N. Magid Associates, where she
was executive director, business
development.

SUNDANCE

Sundance Channel has tapped
Michael Klein as senior vice
president, original programming
and development. He
comes from Travel Channel,
where he had served as senior
VP, content.

SYNACOR

Peter Lee has joined Buffalo,
N.Y.-based Synacor as vice
president, information technology.
He comes from Netflix,
where he had served as director,
IT operations.

VIAMEDIA

Cable rep firm Viamedia has
elevated Huey Carter to manager,
advanced advertising and
business development, Indiana/
Southern Ohio/Kentucky/Tennessee
regions.