PEOPLE

AMC

Marc Krok has joined AMC as senior vice president,
AMC TV ad sales, overseeing sales efforts in the New
York region. He comes from Dish Network, where he was
New York-based VP, ad sales.

A&E NETWORK

Elaine Frontain Bryant was elevated to senior vice president,
nonfiction and alternative programming at A&E
Network. She had been VP, nonfi ction and alternative
programming.

BLACKARROW

Laurel Gilbert has joined advanced-advertising firm
BlackArrow as vice president, service provider solutions.
She most recently was a consulting director of business
development for Sigma Systems of Canada’s advancedadvertising
solutions.

BIRD

Bird, a strategic branding agency based in Los Angeles, has
added Darrin Isono as head of its motion graphics department.
Isono had been a senior designer at Zoic Studios.

BUSTER

Los Angeles-based broadcast-design studio Buster Design
has elevated Hema Mulchandani to vice president,
design. She had been a producer.

CHYRON

Chyron has tapped Brian Spiers as senior national account
executive, North American sales team. He had
been VP, sales North America, at Digital Broadcast.

ESPN

Cindy Freed was named vice president, sales marketing
in ESPN’s Customer Marketing and Sales group.
She comes from Yahoo, where she was a leader in the
ad-sales marketing group.

MSG

Madison Square Garden has elevated Casey Coffman to
corporate senior vice president, corporate strategy and
development, a new post. She had served as divisional
executive vice president, MSG Sports, responsible for its pro franchises and the Sports Properties division.

TIDALTV

Video advertising, optimization and yield-management
solutions provider TidalTV has named Christa
Rimonneau as senior sales director, East coast. She
comes from Adconicon Media Group, where she was
sales director.

Also, Caren Wachtenheim was named sales account
excutive. She comes from Totallyher, where she was a senior
account executive.

And Brett Tabano was tapped as director of sales
strategy. He has held account management positions
at Demand Media, Priceline and Tribal DDB.

UNIVISION

Rick Alessandri has joined Univision Communications
as vice president, business development. He comes from
ESPN, where he was senior VP, managing director of the
X Games franchise.

Also, Chris Fager has joined Univision as senior vice
president, distribution, national sales. He comes from
TuTV, where he was president.

And Sarah Madigan was named vice president,
business affairs, distribution sales and marketing.
She was as VP of distribution, business and legal affairs
for BBC Worldwide America.

VIAMEDIA

Allan Kass was named vice president, general manager
in Viamedia’s Los Angeles market. The 30-year
veteran has worked for Time Warner Cable in Los
Angeles, KHSC-TV, Turner Sports and KTLA.

VTEL

Sharon Combes-Farr has joined Vermont Telephone Co.
as director of marketing. She comes from Qwest Communications
International.

WEATHER

Annie House has joined The Weather Channel Cos.
as senior director, strategic marketing. She comes
from Discovery Communications, where she was director
of marketing and promotions for domestic distribution.

DID YOU KNOW? Hema Mulchandani led the
development of HGTV’s pro-social campaign
“Change the World” in New Orleans.

DID YOU KNOW? Rick Alessandri directed the
day-to-day operations of real-time sports news
serivce SportsTicker as senior VP and GM.