Africa Channel

Darrell Smith was named vice president of community development and marketing at Africa Channel. He comes from the Pan African Children's Fund, where he was executive director.

ATSC

Glenn Reitmeier was elected 2007 chairman of the board of directors for the Advanced Television Systems Committee. He is vice president of technology policy, standards and strategy at NBC Universal.

Also elected to the board: Jay Adrick, VP, broadcast technology architecture, broadcast communications division, Harris; John Godfrey, VP, government and public affairs, Samsung Electronics America; and Craig Todd, senior VP and chief technology officer, Dolby Laboratories.

BBC Worldwide

Clara Fon-Sing was named vice president, America East Coast and Latin America, Motion Gallery, BBC Worldwide. She was head of international development for Institut National de l'Audiovisuel.

C-SPAN

Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain were promoted to co-presidents of C-SPAN. Kennedy and Swain, who have worked together as executive vice presidents and co-chief operating officers since 1995, will retain their titles.

Cisco

Dan Scheinman was named senior vice president and general manager, Media Solutions Group, Cisco Systems. He was senior VP, corporate development.

Ned Hooper was named senior vice president of corporate development. He was VP, corporate business development.

Comedy Central

Catherine Moran was named vice president, consumer and trade marketing at Comedy Central. She was VP, marketing. Lifetime Entertainment Services.

Court TV

Diane Best was named executive producer, current programming and specials. She has produced shows for TLC and PBS.

Hallmark

Allie Carsia was named director of marketing, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. She was West Coast regional sales manager at Reed Television Group.

The Media Group

Art Cohen was promoted to executive vice president of the ad group at The Media Group. He will continue leading efforts in interactive-TV advertising, ad targeting and transactional media initiatives.

Also, Tim Miller was named senior vice president of sales. He comes from NBC Universal, where he was VP, ad sales.

Mike Kerans was also named senior vice president of sales. He was global senior VP and general manager of pay-per-call for search platform Miva.

Mike Driscoll was promoted to director of national sales. He had led long form ad sales in Denver.

John Wettersten was named vice president of Midwest sales for the ad group. He was VP, advertiser sales, MGM TV.

And Brian Byrne was named director, long form ad sales. He has held top positions at Telepictures Corp., Orbis Communications and Planet Television.

OpVista

Dale Lindly was named senior vice president and chief financial officer, OpVista. He was senior VP and chief accounting officer MagnaChip Semiconductor.

Rainbow Media

Mary-Liz McDonald was named vice president of programming and production, Mag Rack and Sportskool. She was VP of original programming, Showtime Networks.

Also, Danielle Montalbano was promoted to director of development and acquisitions, Mag Rack. She was supervising producer at Mag Rack.

SonicPool

Jason Yanuzzi was named online editor at post-production facility SonicPool. He was a video editor at CNBC.

Turner

Kelly Ryan has joined Turner Network Sales as vice president, affiliate ad sales. She comes from MTV Networks/BET Networks, where she was Southeast director.

WE

Elizabeth Dorée was promoted to vice president, acquisitions and promotional strategy, WE. She was VP, program planning.

Also, Gary Pipa was promoted to vice president of program planning and scheduling. He was director of scheduling.