ACA

The American Cable Association named Patrick Knorr of Sunflower Broadband chairman of its board of directors, for a two-year term.

Also, Dave Keefe of Atlantic Broadband was named vice-chair, board of directors for a two-year term.

And, six new board members were elected for three-year terms: Bruce Beard of Millennium Digital Media, Allan Block of Buckeye Cablevision, Doug Fuller of NPG Cable, Jim Gleason of New Wave Communications, Dan Ryan of RPM Group, and Steve Simmons of Patriot Media.

AMC

Tom Hallen was promoted to senior vice president, programming and scheduling, AMC. He was VP, programming and scheduling.

Charter

Charter Communications Inc. has named Keith Hayes vice president, network operations and engineering services. He comes from Adelphia Communications Corp, where he served as a VP.

Matt Bell was named vice president of IP engineering and development. He also comes from Adelphia, where he led design implementation and conversion.

Kelly Ross was named vice president of network planning and capital management. He was responsible for capital management at Adelphia.

Doug Ike, former leader of corporate engineering and development of video at Adelphia, was named vice president of advanced video and applications engineering for Charter.

James Pierce joins Charter as senior director of hybrid fiber coaxial engineering and GIS. He has held engineering and design positions with Times Mirror Cable, Continental Cablevision Inc. and MediaOne Group Inc.

John Roy, former corporate director of advanced video engineering and development for Adelphia, was named senior director of advanced video implementation, Charter.

And Bob Blackburn was named senior director of digital video engineering. He was director of advanced video engineering at Adelphia.

CNN

Sam Feist was named political director of Cable News Network. He will also continue in his role as senior executive producer of political programming for CNN/U.S.

Court TV

Sean Murtagh was named vice president of finance and accounting at Court TV. He comes from CNN News Group, where he was vice president of finance and administration.

Goodman

Leda Ceccarelli was named senior account executive, Goodman Media International. She comes from Miami-based Emusica Entertainment Group, where she was marketing manager.

Insight

Lanae Juffer was named vice president, southwest Indiana district, Insight Communications Co.. She was vice president and general manager for Comcast Corp. in Pittsburgh.

Also, Greg Cameron was promoted to vice president of telecom legal affairs. He was director, telecom legal affairs.

NBC Universal

George Kliavkoff was hired as chief digital officer, NBC Universal. He comes from Major League Baseball, where he ran the interactive media unit.

Playboy

Edward S. Lang was named senior vice president and general manager of mobile and wireless business, Playboy Enterprises Inc. He was vice president of mobile initiatives for Sony Corp.

Scripps

Mark Hale was elevated from vice president, technology operations to senior vice president, technology operations.

Also, Earl Cokley was named vice president of interactive systems development. He comes from TheStreet.com, where he was VP of technology and chief technology officer.

Speed

Erik Arneson was promoted to vice president of media relations for the automotive lifestyle network. He was director, public relations.

Starz

Chelsye Burrows was promoted to vice president of programming publicity for Starz Entertainment Group. She was executive director, corporate communications.

TNS

Turner Network Sales named Gary Brockman vice president of network marketing and operations. He was director of marketing at CNN Networks.

TV Guide

Mary Ramsey was named director of circulation planning and finance. She was planning director at American Media, where she managed the circulation contribution, budget and forecast process for several magazine titles.

Viamedia

John Moran was hired to lead the Boston sales market of Viamedia. He was a co-founder and senior partner at Country Club Communications.

WCSN

Bo LaMotte was named senior vice president of affiliate relations for World Championship Sports Network. He comes from Superstation WGN, where he was VP, affiliate sales and marketing.