AmericanLife

Renee Narrol was named vice president, central region, AmericanLife TV Network. Narrol has worked for NBC Universal, Bravo, Discovery Communications Inc. and MTV Networks.

Also, Shera Higgs-Thompson was named marketing coordinator, affiliate-sales relations. She has worked for the 2005 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Mercy Hospital Foundation and the Professional Golfers Association.

Arnold & Porter

Thomas McLain was named partner in the Los Angeles office of law firm Arnold & Porter. He has worked extensively in Asia, negotiating the rights to build Tokyo Disneyland and establishing the joint venture to build and operate Osaka Universal Studios, among other projects.

BBC

Kevin Bishop was named senior producer, BBC News, New York. The former Moscow bureau chief has helped transform BBC science and environment coverage in the last two years, as well as run global coverage of this summer’s World Cup soccer.

Cablevision

Patricia Armstrong was named senior vice president of investor relations for Cablevision Systems Corp. She comes from Time Warner Cable, where she was senior VP of new product management.

Comcast

Comcast Corp. named Jim Halloran Southern Division director of recruitment, based in Atlanta. He was consultant and talent acquisition organization manager for Russell Athletic Corp.

Also, Dave Buhl was named senior vice president of the Michigan region. He was Midwest division vice president of customer operations.

EuroNews

Will Nicholson was named United Kingdom sales director for EuroNews. He was managing director of global sales for The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times in London.

Fox News Channel

Alexis Glick was named director of business news at Fox News Channel. She was a news correspondent for NBC News and co-host of the third hour of NBC’s Today.

MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. promoted Jim Packer to president, Worldwide Television Distribution Group.

NCC

Timothy Kay was named director of political strategy for National Cable Communications, New York. He was principal media director for Buying Time LLC in Washington, D.C.

Also, NCC named Nina Veruete director of political communications, based in Washington. She was a political consultant at Navigant Consulting Inc.

Rentrak

Rentrak Corp. named Carol Hinnant vice president of business development for OnDemand Essentials. She was VP, sales and marketing at Q Television Network.

Spike

David Schwarz was promoted to vice president of communications for Spike TV. He had been senior director of communications.

Sports Capital

Chris Bevilacqua was named partner at Sports Capital Partners. He was president of CSTV, which he co-founded.

Sundance

Christian Vesper was promoted to senior vice president of acquisitions, program planning and scheduling. He was VP, and has worked on acquiring series, feature films, specials and documentaries, including Peabody Award-winning documentary The Staircase, Australian series Kath & Kim, and programming for the 2007 launch of Sundance Channel Green.

TWC

Joan Gillman was promoted to corporate senior vice president and president of media sales, Time Warner Cable. She was VP of interactive TV and advanced advertising.

Venable

William Nordwind was named partner, legislative and government affairs group, Venable LLP. He has served as counsel and policy coordinator for the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

WE

Kenetta Bailey was named senior vice president of marketing at WETV. She was group marketing director for Telemundo.

Also, Susan Smith was promoted to vice president of trade marketing. She was director. And Jennifer Robertson was promoted to vice president of consumer marketing from marketing director.