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Bravo Group

Michael Parker was elevated to vice president, director of business management at New York-based Hispanic marketing agency The Bravo Group.

Also, Tracy Decker was elevated to vice president, media director. And Ana Franco was named group account director on the Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca accounts; while Mark Rukman was named senior planner in Chicago.

Carat Media

Carat Media Group Americas has elevated Ronnie Beason to executive vice president, director of planning, Carat USA. She was senior VP, group client director.

Also, Mike Haggerty was promoted to executive vice president, New York managing director. He was senior VP, group client director.

Davie-Brown

Nancy Mammana was named vice president of entertainment-marketing consultancy Davie-Brown Entertainment’s New York office. She was director, marketing partnerships at the National Basketball Association.

Gemstar-TV Guide

Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has restructured its consumer electronics and licensing group, elevating Lydie Levy to chief operating officer. She was managing director, Gemstar-TV Guide Europe.

Also, Thomas Carson was named president of North American consumer-electronics operation TV Guide On Screen. He comes from Thomson Corp., where he was executive vice president of the Program Office.

Akitaka Namura was named president of Gemstar Multimedia Ltd., responsible for the Japan market. He was general manager of Panasonic’s Digital AV Networking Promotion Group.

And Simon Adams was elevated to senior vice president, marketing and sales, CE Worldwide from senior managing director of the CE business in Europe.

Also, Paul Greenberg joined Gemstar-TV Guide as general manager of TVGuide.com. Greenberg had been senior vice president, global business development and partner relations at MusicNet (www.musicnet.com).

Gotuit

Gotuit Media Corp. has named Dan O’Connor vice president, engineering. He comes from Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. subsidiary TV Guide On Screen, where he was senior VP, partner integration and operations.

Also, Patrick Donovan was named vice president, product management. He was director, Whole-Home Media Solutions Products at Motorola Inc.

HSN

Home-shopping channel HSN has named Rob Gruen executive vice president of merchandising. He was CEO of Parisian, the specialty department-store unit of Saks Inc.

ICTV

Don Gordon has joined ICTV Inc. as chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering. Gordon had been director of software architectures for Microsoft Corp.’s Microsoft TV.

Insight

Insight Communications Co. Inc. promoted three top executives: Dinni Jain has been elevated to president of the MSO, from executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Also, senior VP and chief financial officer John Abbot was promoted to executive VP, and he retains the CFO role. And Chris Slattery was promoted to executive VP of field operations from senior VP of field operations.

NFL Network

NFL Network has named Carlos Aguero creative director, responsible for the network’s on-air look and graphics packages. He was creative director for the Fox broadcast network, responsible for primetime promotional graphics.

Oxygen

Oxygen has elevated Jean Candiotte to senior vice president, editorial and creative director, on-air promotion.

Playboy TV

Playboy TV has elevated Sherijo Damico to regional vice president, sales and affiliate marketing, Western region, based in Los Angeles; and Shawn Gannon to regional vice president, sales and affiliate marketing, Western region, based in Chicago.

Also, Playboy elevated three executives to senior manager, sales and affiliate marketing: Julie Lee, Western region; Jim Albertone, Central region; and Lee Yi, Eastern region.

RCH

Christopher Norrell has joined RCH Outsourcing Services as director, installation services. He had been operations manager at MasTec Corp.

SeaChange

Kevin Bisson joined SeaChange International Inc. as senior vice president of finance and administration. Bisson had been senior VP and chief financial officer at American Superconductor Corp.

Waller

New York cable and telecommunications investment-banking firm Waller Capital Corp. has added Gregory Attorri as senior managing director and managing partner. He had been a managing director and head of media and communications investment banking at Wachovia Securities.