ABC

ABC Inc. announced the following promotions: Henry Hoberman
and T. Scott Fain
were both elevated to the position of senior vice president, counsel, and Jeffrey Ruthizer
was promoted to senior vice president of labor relations.

Concurrent

Kirk Somers
joined Concurrent Computer Corp. as general counsel. Somers previously served as assistant general counsel, corporate secretary and senior director of Intellectual Property for eshare communications Inc.

Discovery

Discovery Networks, U.S. named Mark Irwin
vice president of operations for Discovery.com. Irwin, who held the same post at Discoveryhealth.com, will oversee various aspects of Discovery.com's operations.

Fox

Bill Lyons
was appointed regional vice president of affiliate sales and marketing for Fox Cable Networks Group, New York. He will oversee affiliate sales, marketing, and distribution of the company's portfolio of networks and complementary services.

Hallmark

Hallmark Channel U.S. named Laura Masse
senior vice president of U.S. Marketing for Crown Media U.S. Masse will be based in Hallmark Channel's Los Angeles office and will oversee the U.S. marketing department.

HSN

HSN announced the following appointments: Anita Iodice
was named vice president of home fashions, and Carlos Timiraos
was tapped as vice president of health, beauty and wellness.

MSNBC

Ona Karasa
was named executive vice president and general manager of MSNBC.com. She will oversee daily operations and will be responsible for new market development and strategic planning. Also, Uli Haller
was promoted to vice president of business operations for MSNBC.com. Haller's added responsibilities will include overseeing finance and business development.

NCC

National Cable Communications appointed five account executives: Scott Ellich
in Minneapolis, Sabrina Hazzard
in Atlanta, Jennifer Kashiwa
in New York, Joe McMahon
in Kansas City and Linda Weaver
in Dallas.

NCTI

Steve Naclerio
joined NCTI as director of sales for telecom market. Naclerio will help lead NCTI's expansion into the telecommunications training market.

NJCTA

The New Jersey Telecommunications Association elected Robert Smith
chairman of the board of directors. Smith is vice president of public affairs for Comcast Cable Communications Inc.'s Northeast Region. NJCTA also named the following officers: Amy Mansue
as vice chair; William Kettleson
as treasurer; Roger Wells
as secretary; and David Breidinger, Peter Odell
and Cherie LoPresti
were named directors.

Pioneer

Neil Jones
was appointed senior vice president of operations for Pioneer Digital Technologies Inc. Jones had served as vice president of new business development for Pace Micro Technology plc.

Rainbow

Rainbow Media Holdings Inc. appointed Michael Connor
senior vice president of programming and production for Mag Rack. Connor will oversee all aspects of original and acquired programming for Mag Rack. Rainbow Media also named Beth Sanford
vice president of marketing for Mag Rack. Sanford will be responsible for the branding of Mag Rack and trade and consumer marketing strategy.

Sirius

Joseph Clayton
was named president and CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio. Clayton previously served as CEO for Frontier Corp.

Techtv

Techtv appointed Lynn Gutstadt
to vice president of research. Gutstadt will oversee all programming, consumer and industry research strategies for the network.

TBS

Vicky Miller
was named executive vice president and chief financial officer for Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Miller succeeds Wayne Pace, who has moved on to become chief financial officer for TBS's parent AOL Time Warner Inc.

Varsity Entertainment

Varsity Entertainment, formerly Emerald City Media Services, appointed two new executives. Matt Morchower
was named CEO and Dave Kaufman
was tapped as chief operations officer.

Vivendi Universal

Laura Martin
was appointed executive vice president of investor relations and financial strategy for Vivendi Universal S.A. Martin previously served as managing director and senior equity research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston.