BOB

Brief Original Broadcasts added two veterans of the cable and satellite industries to its senior management team. Former Tvi Fusion Inc. and PrimeStar Inc. executive Abby Aronsohn
joined as senior vice president of business development and Discovery Communications Inc. and Your Choice alum John McCoskey
was named senior vice president of technology.

CableRep

Cox Communications Inc. division CableRep Advertising named Annette Heaton
general manager of its Omaha, Neb., operation. Heaton had been general sales manager for CableRep Omaha.

Channell

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Channell Commercial Corp. added Guy Marge
to its board of directors.

Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic promoted Kathy McMahon
to vice president of marketing and affiliate relations. McMahon had been director of affiliate sales.

Convergys

Maureen Govern
was appointed chief technology officer for Convergys Corp. The company also named Larry Schwartz
executive vice president of North American operations for the Information Management Group.

Cox

Cox Communications Northern Virginia named Kathryn Falk
vice president of government affairs. Falk has been president of the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association since 1997.

Henninger

Henninger Media Services named a new management team for its Richmond, Va, operations. Scott Witthaus
was promoted to vice president of operations; Anthony Johnson
was appointed Richmond general manager; and Adam Kranitz
was named Richmond manager of business development.

In Demand

Jo Holz
was appointed vice president of research for In Demand LLC. Holz, a former assistant professor at Rutgers University, joined In Demand from Oxygen Media.

MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. promoted Eric Kops
to senior vice president of publicity for MGM Distribution Co. Kops replaces Jamie Geller Hawtof, who is leaving the company.

NBC

Patricia Kiel
assumed the position of executive vice president of corporate communications and media relations for NBC. Kiel will head the company's media relations department including CNBC, MSNBC and Telemundo.

Oxygen

Scott Lewers
was named director of programming, scheduling and planning for Oxygen Media. Lewers had been manager of programming for Lifetime Entertainment.

Telemundo

Diane Sousa
was appointed vice president of corporate communications for the Telemundo Network and mun2. Sousa will direct public relations, media relations, events and employee communications.

Thirdspace

Thirdspace Living Limited tapped Chad Gibbons
as sales director, Americas. Gibbons will focus on client solutions.

Vivendi

Vivendi Universal Entertainment named Lisa Smith
senior vice president of human resources for the Universal Television Group. Vivendi also promoted Virginia Tanawong
to vice president of compensation and benefits for Vivendi Universal Entertainment.

WOW

Colleen Abdoulah
was appointed president and chief operating officer for WideOpenWest LLC. Abdoulah formerly was an executive vice president for AT&T Broadband.