ARTISTdirect

Lee Masters
joined the board of directors for ARTISTdirect Inc. Masters is a former president and CEO of both E! Entertainment Television and Liberty Digital Inc.

Cartoon

Cartoon Network promoted Phyllis Ehrlich
to senior vice president of promotions marketing for its sales and marketing division. Ehrlich's duties will include collaborating with Cartoon's sister Kids WB! on joint promotional efforts.

Charter

William Sievers
was named vice president of customer care for Charter Communications Inc.'s eastern division. Sievers joined Charter in 1998 as a regional call center manager.

Comcast

Comcast Cable Communications Inc. promoted Jennifer Tryon
to vice president of programming. Comcast Corp. also named Bruce Abbott
director of business operations for its Chesapeake Bay Group System.

Cox

Anthony Surratt
was promoted to executive director of public relations for Cox Communications Inc. Surratt will assume a larger strategic role in identifying and managing a wide variety of communication issues within the company and industry.

GSN

Ken Warun
was promoted to vice president of on-air promotion and short form programming for Game Show Network. In his new role, he will develop short-form programs, such as interstitial minute-long game shows. GSN also named Nate Whitman
to the newly-created position of director of business development and strategy.

Harmonic

Lewis Solomon
rejoined Harmonic Inc.'s board of directors. Solomon, who served on the board from 1990 to 1994, replaced Barry Lemieux.

MTV

MTV Networks named Peter Baron
vice president of label relations for MTV and MTV2. Baron will serve as a liaison between the channels and record labels.

NCC

Aaron Ashe
was appointed political sales manager for National Cable Communications. NCC also promoted Bob Ware
to sales manager of the Washington office.

NCUBE

Steven West
was named chief operating officer for nCUBE. West is a 20-year veteran of the technology industry.

Pioneer

Pioneer Electronics Corp. appointed David Wright
to southeast sales manager for company's cable and communications division. Wright has spent more than 24 years in sales, his most recent post was with Canal Plus U.S. Technologies.

QVC

QVC announced the following promotions: Dan O'Connell
was elevated to the position of senior vice president and controller; Raymond Bilinski
assumed the position of vice president of finance for international operations; and Alan Kujawa
was promoted to vice president of inventory accounting and disbursements.

Shop At Home

Robert Montano
was promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel for Shop At Home Inc. The home-shopping company also hired Kurt Staiger
as vice president of merchandising.

Starz Encore

Starz Encore Group LLC named David Charmatz
senior vice president of research, analysis and strategy. In the newly created position, Charmatz will oversee strategic planning and competitive market analysis.

TBN

Janelle Slipp
was appointed director of affiliate sales of the southwest region for Trinity Broadcasting Network. Slipp will be responsible for the promotion and distribution of TBN, The Church Channel and Enlace Network in California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Techtv

Techtv named Rasa Urmonas
head of sales and marketing in Asia for Techtv International. Urmonas, based in Hong Kong, will manage the network's sales for Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable announced the following personnel changes: Eric Brown
was appointed division president for the company's Minnesota operations; Gerry Campbell
was named senior vice president of voice; Mark Aronson
was appointed vice president of program development; Lynne Costantini
assumed the position of vice president of programming; Bonnie Hathaway
was promoted to vice president of public affairs; and Jeff Zimmerman
was named vice president and general counsel.

Turner

Alyssa Hochheiser
was named vice president of direct response advertising for Turner Broadcasting System Inc.'s entertainment networks. Lyn McCool
was promoted to senior vice president of program acquisitions finance and program planning for Turner Entertainment Group. Kellie Appel
was appointed senior vice president and general manager for Turner Trade Group.

Universal

Universal Studios Television Distribution promoted Jay McNamara
to vice president of business development. McNamara's responsibilities will include coordinating long-term television licensing transactions.

Univision

Univision Communications Inc. tapped Evan Messinger
for the position of senior vice president of sales development and marketing. He previously served as senior vice president of development for Reciprocal.com.

USA

Marla Newborn
was promoted to vice president of program operations for USA Network. Newborn has been with the company for 13 years and helped launch the Sci Fi Channel.

Videolocity

Videolocity International Inc. elected Dan Driscoll
to its board of directors. Driscoll is senior vice president of business development of the wireless division of CommScope Inc.

Vivendi

Andrew Kaslow
was named senior executive vice president of human resources for Vivendi Universal S.A. The company also appointed Hubert Joly
to executive vice president and corporate chief information officer.

WICT

Women in Cable & Telecommunications named Rori Peters
national chair. Peters is vice president of affiliate relations for Comedy Central.

Oddcast

Oddcast Inc. appointed Sandy Smallens
president and chief operating officer. Smallens previously served as executive vice president of programming and content for GetMusic/RollingStone.com, part of Vivendi Universal Net USA.

Encoda

Encoda Systems Inc. appointed David Johnson
chief financial officer. Johnson previously served in the same role with Evolving Systems Inc. The company also named Paul Stewart Senior vice president of sales. Stewart will preside over Encoda's worldwide sales unit, a combination of its Business Management and Automation Solutions group.