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BRAVO

Dierdre Bianchi was promoted to vice
presidnet, program planning and acquisitions
at Bravo Media. She had been senior
director, strategic program planning.

BROADWAY SYSTEMS

Broadway Systems, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-
based provider of ad-management software
for cable networks, has named John
Howard as project manager. He had been
directo, scheduling operations, at Sirius
XM Radio.

CNN

Rick DiBella advanced to executive producer
of CNN’s State of the Union With
Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources. He
had been senior broadcast producer of the
network’s Sunday-show lineup.

INSP

The Inspiration Networks has named Tony
DeMauro as vice president, pricing and
planning. He comes from BET Networks.

OUTSIDE

Dennis Gillespie has been named senior
vice president, distribution, at Outside
Television. He comes from GSN, where he
was senior VP.

SOLID STATE LOGIC

Bella McAvoy has joined Solid State Logic
as marketing communciations manager.
She comes from U.K. public-relations firm
Seven Hills.

SUNDANCE

Monica Bloom was named senior vice
president, marketing at Sundance Channel.
She comes from anti-AIDS nonprofit
(RED), where she was head of brand strategy
and development.

TRAVEL

Travel Channel has added Amelie Tseng as
vice president, communications, based in
New York. Most recently a consultant, she
is the former VP, public relations at Bravo.

Also, Travel has hired Rick Gomes as
director, communications, He was a VP at
Sayles & Winnikoff .

TRUTV

Angel Annussek has been promoted to
vice president, original programming at
truTV. She was editorial director at the
network.

USA NETWORK

Frank DeRose was upped to senior vice
president, program scheduling and strategic
planning about USA Network, Cloo and
Universal HD.

WEATHER

Betsy Rella was named New York-based
vice president, ad sales research at The
Weather Channel Cos. She comes from
Ipsos, where she was senior VP of Ipsos OTX MediaCT.