Acacia

Acacia Technologies has named Robert Berman chief operating officer. He was executive VP, business development and general counsel.

Also, Dooyong Lee was tapped as executive vice president, business development. He was COO of Global Patent Holdings.

Arbitron

Vaughan Scott Henry was named executive vice president, chief information officer at Arbitron Inc. He had been with Verizon Communications Inc.

Also, Arbitron named Scott Musgrave senior vice president, marketing, U.S. media client software. He was senior VP, GM, Arbitron Radio.

Finally, Arbitron named Carol Hanley senior vice president, sales, U.S. media service. She was senior VP, sales and marketing, agency/advertiser services.

Automat

Production company Automat Pictures Inc. has named Sonja Nelson head of production. She was a coordinating producer at Seesaw Studios, Los Angeles.

Comedy

Comedy Central promoted two marketing executives as part of a restructuring: Richard Loomis to senior vice president, brand strategy and Mitchel Fried to senior vice president, promotion marketing.

Court TV

Heather Curatolo has been elevated to vice president, direct response and paid programming advertising sales at Court TV. She was director.

Also, Julie Simon joined the network as director, scheduling and acquisitions. She comes from the program planning and scheduling department at HBO and Cinemax.

CTAM

Lisa A. Kerr was named vice president, advanced products at the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing. She was VP, affiliate sales and marketing at C-SPAN.

Ellacoya

Bandwidth-management solutions provider Ellacoya Networks Inc. has added Jim Miller as vice president, sales, and Phil Bedard as vice president, manufacturing operations. Miller held an executive sales post at Trapeze Networks; Bedard was director, supply chain management and operations at Alcatel Communications.

Here!

Gay and lesbian premium network Here! has elevated Steven Macias to vice president, publicity. He had been entertainment media director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Huey/Paprocki

Scot Crooker was elevated to associate creative director at Huey/Paprocki Advertising. He was an art director, working on such accounts as Do It Yourself Network.

ICTV

Jaci Hale was named director, international marketing and relationship management at ICTV Inc. She was director, marketing operations at DST Innovis Inc.

Kilpatrick

Atlanta law firm Kilpatrick Stockton has added Donna K. Lewis to its corporate practice group. He was senior vice president, chief legal officer at Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

Mediacom

Brian M. Walsh was elevated to senior vice president, corporate controller at Mediacom Communications Corp. He was acting senior VP, financial operations.

Nat Geo

Heather Moran has joined National Geographic Channel as vice president, programming and development. She comes from Style, where she was VP, programming.

NBC Weather Plus

Digital weather network NBC Weather Plus has named Michael Steib andJordan Hoffner vice presidents and Jeffrey Thein as executive producer.

NY1

New York 1 News has promoted Michael Chan to director, operations from operations manager.

Oxygen

Oxygen Media has named Kristen Dean vice president of national accounts, affiliate sales. She had been director.

Pryor

Kristien Brata-Thompson was named vice president, publicity at Pryor & Associates LLC. She was public relations manager at Tokyopop.

Also,Theo Dumont was promoted to account manager. He was account associate.

Rainbow

Todd Green was promoted to senior vice president, affiliate marketing at Rainbow Network Sales. He was VP, national accounts and affiliate marketing.

Also, Judi Lopez was elevated to senior vice president, Eastern region. She was VP, Eastern and Western regions.

Staco

Dave McElvein has been elevated to eastern regional sales manager at Staco Energy Products Co.

VH1

VH1 has added Brenda Freeman as vice president, consumer marketing. She had been VP, affiliate marketing, entertainment group for MTV Networks.