ATAS

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has named Liz Korda director of the Los Angeles-area Emmy Awards. She had been manager.

Also, Adam Philbin was named director of marketing and Adonis Wilson was elevated to senior accountant.

CN8

CN8: The Comcast Network hired Jam Sarder as a general-assignment reporter on CN8 News. She comes from WOOD-TV, the NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Comcast

Comcast Corp. has named John Gibbs vice president, state government affairs, based in St. Paul, Minn. He was VP, government and regulatory affairs in the MSO’s Midwest division.

Court TV

Dara Cohen was named vice president, scripted programming at Court TV. She comes from Revolution Studios, where she was a senior development and production executive.

CSTV

CSTV Networks has named Chris Bevilacqua as president of its new CSTV Regional Networks unit. He is co-founder of company flagship College Sports Television.

Fox News

Jeremy Steinberg was named vice president, digital media for Fox News Channel. He had been director, digital media sales.

FSE

Fox Sports en Español has elevated Lisa Weinstein to Northeast regional sales manager. She had been account executive, Northeast.

GoTV

GoTV Networks has named Daniel Tibbets as president of GoTV Labs. He comes from Twentieth Television, where he ran its FOXLAB Inc. subsidiary and was credited with developing the “mobisode,” or mobile television episode.

HSN

Home-shopping channel HSN has named Kris Kulesa executive vice president of HSN.com. She was senior VP, online merchandising.

Also, Matthew Siegel was named vice president, e-tail strategy. He was VP, product management.

And Jon Kapplow was named vice president, multichannel marketing. He was director.

Inspiration

The Inspiration Networks has named Kathy Covington international sales account executive, responsible for indigenous Inspiration Network International sales in the pan-European region. She was senior accountant.

Lifetime

Collette Shelton was named vice president, reality programing at Lifetime Television. She had been director, reality programming.

Sennheiser

Sennheiser Electronic Corp., an Old Lyme, Conn.-based maker of professional audio products for the television industry, has named JoAnn Anderson marketing communications manager. She had served in a marketing-communications role at the Boston University Corporate Education Center.

Sony Pictures

Wayne Goldstein was elevated to vice president, new media research and sales planning at Sony Pictures Television. He was director, sales planning and ad-sales research.

Sportsman

The Sportsman Channel has added Dave Mathewson as director of affiliate sales, Northeast region. He comes from E! Networks, where he was regional affiliate director, Central region.

Also, Michael “Mick” Mantie was elevated to director, affiliate sales, Southeast region. He was a member of the Southern region affiliate-sales team.

Style

Style network has added Elaine Brooks as senior vice president, development. She comes from Twentieth Television, where she was senior VP, programming.

TV Guide

Leslie Furuta was named vice president, communications at TV Guide Channel. She was VP, global corporate communications at Vivendi Universal Games.

Wave7

Jack Bryant has joined Alpharetta, Ga.-based Wave7 Optics as vice president, worldwide sales. He had been CEO of Concurrent Computer Corp.