PEOPLE

ARRIS

Don Toft has joined Arris as vice president,
sales, responsible for the Comcast account.
He comes from Cisco Systems, where he was
senior sales manager on the Global Video
Sales Team.

ELEMENTAL

Portland, Ore.-based video processing
solutions firm Elemental Technologies
has named Lyman Potts chief operating
officer. He comes from Fios Inc., where
he was chief operating officer and chief
financial officer.

HISTORY

History promoted a trio of executives to vice
president, development and programming:
Michael Stiller, executive producer of Ax
Men and the upcoming Only in America
With Larry the Cable Guy; Mary Donahue,
executive producer of Pawn Stars; and executive
producer Julian Hobbs, whose credits
include America: The Story of Us.

MSLO

Sarah Gormley has joined Martha Stewart
Lving Omnimedia as senior vice president,
communications and marketing. She comes
from IMAX, where she was VP, corporate
communications.

RETIREMENT LIVING TV

Paul FitzPatrick has joined Retirement Living
TV as president and chief operating officer. He comes from RHI Entertainmnent,
where he was executive VP.

REVSHARE

TV advertising network REVShare has
promoted Michael Montgomery to vice
president, ad sales based in Temecula,
Calif.

SPT

Sony Pictures Television has expanded the
duties of executive vice president, planning
and research David Mumford to include
oversight of global program, sales and corporate
research for the television division.

TELEMUNDO

Michael Rodriguez was named executive
vice president, multimedia development
and distribution at Telemundo. He had
been senior VP, sales, at the network.

Also, Telemundo has advanced Lee
Flaster to senior vice president, planning,
strategy and business operations
for Telemundo Ad Sales; and upped Joe
Navarro to senior vice president, human
resources.

TURNER SPORTS

Will Blair has been named senior vice
president, sponsorships and sales at Turner
Sports. He had been VP, brand activation
and media partnerships at Cartoon Network
and Adult Swim.

Also, Ken Shapiro and Larry Gelfand were
both named senior vice president of Turner/ SI Digital Ad Sales.