Charter

Deborah Donovan
was named retail development sales manager for Charter Advertising St. Louis. Donovan will identify non-traditional revenue opportunities for the company and develop new retail-oriented business.

CMT

CMT: Country Music Television appointed Jacqueline Majers
vice president of marketing. Majers previously served as director of marketing for American Movie Classics.

Comcast

David Cohen
joined Comcast Corp. as executive vice president. Cohen will serve as senior counselor to Comcast president Brian Roberts. Comcast Cable Communications Inc. promoted Tina Waters
to vice president of customer sciences. The company also named Donna Rattley
vice president and general manager for its District of Columbia system.

DirecTV

DirecTV Inc. promoted Jeffrey Torkelson
to senior vice president of communications. Torkelson will be responsible for public relations, employee and sales communications, corporate events and trade shows and philanthropy. The company also elevated James Rebman
to senior vice president of administration, human resources, procurement and site management. Rebman will manage DirecTV's internal administrative operations.

DLA

Digital Latin America promoted Roberto Salermo
to managing director of sales for Latin America.

Hallmark

Hallmark Channel U.S. hired four advertising executives: Cindy Kelly
was named vice president of New York sales and new media; Michelle Castle
joins the company as director of Detroit advertising sales; Jennifer Conrick
was appointed account executive for Midwest advertising sales; and Cathy Hicklin
was named account executive for New York advertising sales.

Henninger Media

Henninger Media Services named Christina Bavetta
producer at Henninger Productions. The company also appointed David Glaser
audio designer and mixer at Henninger Capitol.

HSN

John Watson
was appointed chief operating officer for HSN. Watson is the former president and CEO of Sunglass Hut International.

Nat Geo

Tracy Beckett
was named vice president of programming for National Geographic Channels International. Beckett will manage the buyers who source, select and negotiate programming agreements.

SCTE

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced the results of its board of directors election: Keith Grunberg
as region three director; Bill Prestridge
as region four director; Vicki Marts
as region five director; Joe Jarrell
as region seven director; Steven Christopher
as region eight director; Wesley Burton
as region 10 director; Bob Foote
as region 12 director; Walt Ciciora
, formerly of Time Warner Cable, as director-at-large; and Karl Poirier
as director-at-large-Canada.

Turner

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. named Stephen Swad
executive vice president of finance and administration for Turner Entertainment Group. Swad will oversee the financial management and administrative operations of Turner's domestic entertainment networks.

UTD

Rosemary Churns
was appointed vice president of worldwide pay-per-view and video-on-demand sales for Universal Studios Television Distribution. Churns is responsible for the sales and licensing of Universal Studios filmed entertainment product to PPV and VOD outlets.

ViewPoint Studios

ViewPoint Studios added Mark Guzman
as a writer, producer and director. Guzman previously served as senior writer and producer of on-air promotions for FX Networks.

WGN

WGN-TV named Caryn Brooks
executive producer of the WGN morning news. Brooks previously worked at WFLD News Chicago.