A&E

A&E Television Networks named Thomas Heymann
senior vice president and general manager of The Biography Channel. Heymann will lead the newly formed Biography Channel brand group. John Hartinger
joined the group as vice president of marketing; Deirdre O'Hearn
assumed the position of director of programming; and Paulette McLeod
joined the group as vice president/general manager and editor-in-chief of Biography Magazine.

Cox

Cox Enterprises Inc. announced two management changes. Alexander Netchvolodoff
was promoted to senior vice president, and Alexandra Wilson
assumes the position of vice president.

Crossroads Television

Crossroads Television named Sarah Scully
project coordinator. In that role, Scully will help manage the company's advertising, promotion and television series projects.

FG/PG

Freddie Georges, a 20-year trade-show industry veteran, has launched her own firm Freddie Georges Production Group. FG/PG's clients include Rainbow Media Holdings Inc., Fox Interactive, Game Show Network and Intertainer Inc.

FSN

Fox Sports Net Florida tapped Larry Hoepfner
as vice president and general sales manager. Hoepfner will be cultivating new corporate partnerships for FSN. Also, Fox Sports Net Arizona hired Gaby Curras
as affiliate sales account executive. Her responsibilities will include the maintenance of affiliate relationships and distribution strategies.

Harmonic

David R. Van Valkenburg
was named to Harmonic Inc.s board of directors. Van Valkenburg is the chairman of Balfour Associates.

In Demand

In Demand L.L.C. named Peter Schamel
senior vice president and chief information officer. The company also promoted Michele Sinisi
to regional senior manager of affiliate marketing and appointed Lisa Shab
director affiliate relations operations for its new customer care center.

Mediacom

Mediacom Communications Corp. announced the following personnel changes as part of their acquisition of AT&T Broadband systems in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Georgia: Calvin Craib
was promoted to senior vice president of business development; Bill Lees
was appointed senior vice president and corporate controller; Brian Walsh
was named vice president of finance; and Christine Luther
was promoted to vice president of customer service. In the Southern division, Dale Ordoyne
was named division vice president; Don Zagorski
was promoted to region vice president for the Mid-Atlantic/Georgia region; and David Kane
was appointed region vice president for the Florida/Western region. In the Midwest division, Richard Hale
was promoted to division vice president; Joe Poffenberger
was named region vice president for the Indiana/Illinois region; Arnold Cool
was appointed region vice president for the Missouri/Kentucky region; Mark Morrison
was named region vice president for the Eastern Iowa/Northern Illinois region. In the North Central division, Charlie King
was tapped as division vice president; Mike Giampietro
was appointed region vice president for the Western Iowa region; Randy Brown
assumed the position of region vice president for the central Iowa region; and Bill Jensen
was named region manager for the Minnesota region. Sonja Farrand
was appointed vice president for the advertising sales division.

MMT

MMT Sales Inc. named Larry Strumwasser
president. Strumwasser had served as the company's vice president and director of sales for the PostNewsweek Station group since May 2000.

ShopNBC

Rick Ehrman
was appointed director of business development for ShopNBC. Ehrman will be responsible for pursuing investment and business development initiatives across the company.

Terayon

Terayon Communication Systems Inc. appointed Carol Lustenader
chief financial officer. Lustenader recently engineered the financial restructuring of Terayon's business into three units.

USA

David Karnes
was promoted to senior vice president and general counsel for USA Television Production Group. Karnes will oversee legal services related to the group's corporate operations.

Correction

Kelly Sparks
was appointed chief executive officer for World Theatre Inc. Sparks was given the incorrect title on the Oct. 22 People page.