A&E

Brad Westerman
was promoted to senior vice president of national advertising sales for A&E Television Networks. Westerman will oversee the Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles offices, as well as national and integrated sales.

AMC

AMC Networks named Noreen O'Loughlin
executive vice president and general manager. O'Loughlin, an 18-year AMC veteran, is rejoining the company after a two-year break.

CommScope

June Travis
was elected to the board of directors for CommScope Inc. Travis is a former executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.

Court TV

Court TV named Mary Silverman
senior vice president of programming. Silverman will be responsible for program acquisition, planning and scheduling.

Cox

Cox Business Services appointed Lindsey Burroughs
vice president and general manager of its San Diego operations. Burroughs will be responsible for sales, support, service delivery and customer satisfaction.

ESPN

Sean Hanrahan
was promoted to vice president of strategic partnership and sponsorship management for ESPN. Hanrahan's previous position was vice president of management and promotions.

ETWN

ETWN Global Catholic Network announced the following promotions: Gary Gagnon
to director of studio operations; Peter Gagnon
to director of on-air promotions; John Elson
to manager of Spanish acquisitions; and Gina Rodioto
manager of program scheduling.

GSN

Game Show Network added 13 new executives to its advertising sales team. In New York, the new hires include, Frank Ciancio, vice president of Eastern ad sales; account executives Laura Diefenbach, Adam Brander, Nicole Treiber Murphy
and Teddy Pritikin; Melissa Zimmerman, director of ad sales marketing; Amy Liefer, director of direct response and paid programming; and Tom Kralik, director of research. Sam Moser
joined the Dallas office as vice president of Western and Southwestern ad sales. And in Chicago, the new team members include director Kimberly Theiss
and account executives Adam Rubin
and Willliam Rouse.

Hallmark

Shira Kalish
joined Hallmark Channel U.S. as vice president of advertising sales and alliance marketing. Also, Andy Karofsky
was named vice president of Marketing for Crown Media U.S.

Hearst

Kenneth Bronfin
was named president of Hearst Interactive Media. Bronfin previously served as the division's deputy group head.

In Demand

In Demand L.L.C. announced the following personnel moves: Sergei Kuharsky
was appointed senior vice president of marketing; Jennifer Boudreaux
was named vice president of financial planning and analysis; Richard Wellerstein
was tapped as vice president of theatrical programming and acquisitions; and Sean Henry
was appointed vice president of program planning and scheduling.

mOcean

Kevin Aratari
was named managing director for mOcean. Aratari will run all business operations for the company.

NCC

National Cable Communications promoted Nick Garramone
to vice president of e-business. Garramone will oversee the electronic billing and e-business departments.

NDS

Lachlan Murdoch
joined NDS Group plc's board of directors. Murdoch is the chairman and CEO of News Limited and deputy chief operating officer of News Corp.

Terayon

Sarah Hackforth
was named vice president and general manager of Terayon Communications Systems Inc.'s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations. Hackforth will develop and implement the company's business strategies for its digital cable solutions products in those areas.

TVN

TVN Entertainment Corp. appointed Richard Cohen
president of programming and distribution. The company also named JoAnn Levey
senior vice president and general manager of TVN Direct.

TWC

Time Warner Cable appointed T. Ray Purser
vice president of public affairs. Purser will oversee the company's positioning, media relations and government affairs. Mark Mersky
was tapped as vice president of operations of TWC Advertising Sales.

VH1

Melissa Cobb
was named vice president of motion pictures for television. The network also tapped Kim Rozenfield
as vice president of West Coast programming and Robert Weiss
as vice president of East Coast programming and development.

Wavexpress

Brian Hickey
was promoted to president of Wavexpress Inc. Hickey, a former AT&T Broadband executive, previously held the position of general manager for Wavexpress.

Weather Central

Anne VanDerGeest
was named director of new business development for Weather Central Inc. She will be responsible for identifying international opportunities and expanding the company's business into Canada and South America.

WGN

Bill Shaw
was named vice president and general manager of WGN Superstation. Shaw was vice president of sales for WGN's parent Tribune Cable.

WICT

The New York chapter of Women in Cable and Telecommunications announced its officers and board members for 2002. Officers include: Sue Panzer, chapter president; Jeannine Sommer
and Cheryl Marks, co-vice presidents; Mary Svet, treasurer; Lisa Lyons, secretary; Ilise Benun
and Melani Griffith, membership co-chairs. Board members include: Gretchen Beidl, Nick Febrizio, Lori Greenwood, Lorraine Hack, Vincent McDonald, Amy Moshovos, Mary Oldak, Colleen Quinn, Ellen Schned, Cindy Swensen, Patricia Wilber
and Mark Zelenz. Ann Hart
and Susan Miller
were chosen as directors at large.

WSNet

Kim Johnson
was named senior vice president of operations and engineering. Johnson will oversee all technical programming delivery issues. David Gluck
was appointed vice president of business and legal affairs for the company. Gluck will oversee legal issues relating to WSNet's programming delivery.