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A&E Networks

Sal Petruzzi
was named director, public affairs.

He had been a vice president at Dan Klores Associates, Inc.

BBC America

Scott Langerman
joined BBC America as VP of new business. He had been senior counsel for Turner Entertainment Group.

Columbia Tristar

Columbia TriStar International Television named
Marie Jacobson
sr. VP, programming. She had been CEO for TV1 in Sydney Australia, the Foxtel-Austar pay-TV partnership of Sony, Universal and Paramount television.

Comedy Central

Comedy Central has named
Richard De Croce
VP, international. He had been VP of international sales for Winstar Worldwide (formerly Fox Lorber Associates, Inc.). The network has also hired
John Sanborn
as VP, chief creative officer of new media, enterprises and new media. Most recently he had written, directed and produced Comedy Central's
Frank Leaves for the Orient
and the MGM/Microsoft online rock and roll murder mystery
Paul is Dead.

Court TV

Betsy Vorce
was elevated to executive VP,

corporate affairs. She had been sr. VP.

COX

Cox Communications appointed
Doreen Studley
vice president of marketing. She had been director of marketing for a Verizon affiliated, e-commerce start-up.

CTAM

The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing promoted
Dana Beales
to SR. VP of finance and administration. She had been VP of finance and administration.

Discovery

Ian Parmiter
was named VP, advertising sales marketing and partnerships for Discovery Networks U.S. He had been vice president of marketing for 7-Up brands at Cadbury Schweppes.

Fox Cable

John Honeycutt
was promoted to Sr.VP, broadcast operations, Fox Cable Networks Group. He had been VP.

HGTV

Home & Garden Television named
Lori Tarricone
VP of ad sales marketing. She had been director, promotion marketing at ABC TV Network.

History

Margaret Kim
was named director of historical programming. She had been a producer for MSNBC's one-hour biography series,
Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer.

MTV

MTV2 promoted
Andrew Hunter
VP of network development. He had been a coordinator in affiliate sales and marketing.

National Geographic

Margailia "Martie" Kretchmar
was named VP operations, National Geographic Channel, for the Los Angeles-based Fox Cable Networks Group. She had been director of International Network Operations for Discovery Communcations. The company also named five additional hires to prepare for the networks January launch.
Deborah L. Acklin
was named senior news producer. She had been executive producer at Pittsburgh's PBS affiliate WQED;
John S. Bowman
was named executive producer, production. He had been director of post production for National Geographic Television;
Jason K. Eustace
was named finance director. He had been a senior financial analyst in the International Division for Discovery Communications; Ben Kretchmar was named director of technical operations. He had been assistant chief engineer at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C.;
Amy Outman
was named director of scheduling and evaluation. She had been a senior manager in programming and scheduling at Discovery Communications.

Pearson

Pearson Television North America announced several corporate appointments for its U.S. management team.
William Lincoln
was named CEO. He had been executive VP, production management and finance;
Matt Loze
was named president, production, drama and longform. He will continue to oversee the company's current productions including
First Wave
on Sci Fi Channel and the "Nero Wolfe" movie series on A & E;
Sara Rutenberg
was named president, business development and strategy. Most recently she had served as the company's senior VP, business and legal affairs.

Scripps Networks

John W. Baird
was named sr. VP, affiliate sales. He had been VP, affiliate sales at High Speed Access Corp. in Atlanta.

Universal

Universal International Television named
Steven Jarmus
and
Philip Schuman co-presidents. Jarmus had been executive VP.

Schuman previously had also been executive VP. The two will be responsible for the distribution of Universal's feature films in all forms of television, inluding: pay TV, VOD, basic cable and satellite to home.