Alopa Networks

Michael P. Foley
was appointed to the board of directors. He had been president of Excite@Home Canada.

C-COR.net

Douglas Engerman
was appointed vice president and general manager of the Broadband Management Services division. He had been senior VP, project implementation and customer support at Mobile Data Solutions Inc.

Charter

Charter Communications promoted Jim Holanda
to vice president, operations for the greater St. Louis area. He had been VP, finance and VP, operations for the western division.

CNN

Alisha Davis
was named culture and entertainment anchor. She had reported for the Society, Fashion and Arts sections of Newsweek
magazine. Kris Osborn
was named general assignment anchor. He had been a general assignment correspondent for Fox News in Atlanta.
Comcast Cable

Comcast Cable Communications Inc. named Chip Goodman
vice president, marketing for the eastern division. He had been director.

Conus Communications

Marti Johnson
was named full-time reporter at the Washington D.C. bureau. She had been a national correspondent for Hearst-Argyle Television. Erik Ravnholdt
was named an account executive for its production and satellite services division. He had been a network operations coordinator and project manager for Target Corp.

E! Networks

Leslee Perlstein, was appointed senior vice president, human resources. She headed her own HR management consulting firm, and previously had been senior VP, human resources at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

ESPN

ESPN ABC Sports Customer Marketing and Sales announced two promotions: Steve Fapka
to vice president, central region. He had been an account executive in the Chicago office. Eric Johnson
was named VP, western region. He had been an account executive in the Los Angeles office.

Fox

Tom Cosgrove
was named executive vice president, Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network. He had been senior VP, scheduling and marketing. Alice McNeil
and Robert Voltaggio
were promoted to VP, national sales planning for Fox Family Worldwide. Both had served as director, national sales planning.

Moviewatch

Pamela Haas
was named vice president, affiliate relations. She had been director for the One-to-One marketing team for Target Corp.

NCC

National Cable Communications promoted Rick Bremkamp
to sales manager, Cleveland office. He had been an account executive.

Pearson

Pearson Television International and Enterprises division announced three appointments: Simon Spalding
was promoted to senior executive vice president, worldwide licensing for the newly created PTIE. He had been senior VP, worldwide merchandising for Pearson Television Enterprises. Tony Stern
was promoted to commercial director of PTIE. He had been executive VP, legal and business affairs for PTE. Tara Buckwell
was named executive VP, legal and business affairs PTIE division. She had been senior executive VP, Pearson Television International.

QVC

Mark Stieber
was named vice president, corporate marketing and business development. He had been director of marketing administration and affiliate marketing.

Sigma Systems

Stephen Nicolle
was named president and chief executive officer. He had been president, of Nortel Network's eBusiness Solutions Group.

SoapNet

Deborah Blackwell
was named general manager. She had been senior vice president, media and entertainment for Guidance Inc.

Sullivan

Sullivan Direct Marketing Inc. named David Horn
associate creative director. He had been a brand consultant for Upright Communications.com.

Time Warner Cable

Edward N. Schor
was named director, multiple ISP development. He had been a partner in law firm Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen.

TNN: The National Network

Tina Potter
was appointed vice president, brand central creative group. She had served as a consultant to TNN on its re-branding efforts.

TViFusion

TviFusion announced four executive appointments: Abby Aronsohn
was named senior vice president, business affairs. She had been VP, programming for Primestar Inc. Fern Portnoy
was appointed senior VP, network relations. She had been managing director for financial services firm, Piper Jaffrey. Larry Hoffer
was named VP, marketing. He led the Encore brand re-launch effort for Starz Encore Group. Timothy Ryerson
was appointed VP, programming. He had been VP, program planning at Encore Media Corporation.

U.S. Online

USOL Holdings named Jim W. Livingston
interim chief executive officer. He had been vice president, operations for Home Interiors & Gifts Inc.

VNU

VNU Inc named Michael P.Connors
chairman and chief executive officer of VNU Media Measurement and Information. He will continue as vice chairman of ACNielsen.