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ATAS

Terri L. Clark was named executive director of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. She was executive director of the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angels.

Comcast

Comcast Cable Communications Inc. has elevated Ken DeLeon to director, creative services, Eastern division. He had been an art director.

CSN

Comcast SportsNet has added Marius Payton as anchor/reporter. He comes from KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was a reporter.

CTAM

The Cable & Telecommunications Association for marketing added three new directors for 2005: Robert Clasen, CEO, Starz Entertainment Group; Thomas Cullen, executive vice president, Charter Communications Inc.; and Steven Miron, president, Advance/Newhouse Communications.

Also, selected to serve for a second year as directors: Len Fogge, Showtime Networks; David Watson, Comcast Cable Communications Inc.; Douglas V. Holloway, NBC Universal; Joe Rooney, Cox Communications Inc.; and Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable, immediate past chair.

Discovery

Discovery Networks U.S. has named Douglas Craig vice president, programming for Discovery On Demand. He was VP, programming and scheduling at Animal Planet.

Fox News

Suzanne Scott was named network executive producer at Fox News Channel and executive producer of On the Record With Greta Van Susteren. She had been senior producer of On the Record.

Great!

Atlanta-based promotion and public relations firm Great! has promoted Doug Krebs to senior marketing manager to project manager and Danny Shaklan to marketing manager from marketing coordinator.

Also, Julia Shapiro was added as marketing assistant.

GSN

GSN has tapped Tracey Zaradich Lentz as director for development. She comes from Showtime Networks Inc.

Media Distributors

Media Distributors has added Tom Evans as senior vice president, managing partner, Eastern operations. He had been VP, small and midsize business marketing at SAP Global Marketing.

NCTA

Brian Dietz was was upped to vice president of communications at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. He was senior director, communications.

NY1

New York 1 News has elevated Joe Truncale to vice president, operations and engineering from director.

Also, Bernadine Han was elevated to vice president, news. She was news director.

Quadrangle

Media and communications industry investment-fund managers Quadrangle Group LLC has elevated Jeffrey S. Nordhaus and Josiah Rosenberg to partner. Both were vice president.

Also, Andrew Frey was promoted to vice president from associate.

Radiant

Radiant Communications has elevated Jeff Spittle to international sales manager. He had been president of Sigma Electronics Inc.

And business-development manager Tony Finocchiaro’s responsibilities have been expanded to include the role of product manager for the RM1100 remote-monitoring system.

RCH

Joel Schofield has joined RCH Cable Services as director of client relations, New England region. He was a VP with National Satellite Publishing.

SCG

Alan Blaustein has named Sucherman Consulting Group as a senior consultant. He was CEO of Flexplay Technologies Inc.

TLC

TLC has named Sean Gallagher vice president, development. He comes from sister network Discovery Channel, where he had served as VP of program development.

Turner

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. upped Christopher Grakal to vice president, Image Management Group.