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A+E NETWORKS

Amanda Hill has been named chief creative officer, international, at A+E Networks. She had been chief brands officer at BBC Worldwide.

AL JAZEERA AMERICA

Mary Caraccioli was promoted to senior vice president, news output, at Al Jazeera America. She had been senior executive producer, primetime news.

ARRIS

Patrick Macken has joined Arris Group as senior vice president and general counsel, based in Suwanee, Ga. He was a partner in the corporate group at law firm Troutman Sanders LLP and had served as Arris’s outside counsel for 10 years.

BRAVO MEDIA

Jerry Leo was elevated to executive vice president, program strategy, lifestyle networks and production at Bravo Media. He had been executive VP, program strategy and acquisitions at Bravo and Oxygen Media.

COMCAST

Tonya Webster has been named vice president, customer experience in Comcast’s Southern Region, based in Norcross, Ga. She comes from Citigroup in Atlanta, where she was senior VP, customer experience.

ELEMENTAL

Todd Hinders has joined Elemental Technologies as vice president of sales, the Americas, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He comes from Cisco Systems, where he was senior director of video software and encoding product sales of the worldwide media and service provider market segment.

MEREDITH

Kim Martin has joined Des Moines, Iowa/New Yorkbased media and marketing company Meredith as chief strategy officer, effective April 13. She had been president and general manager of WE tv.

HAVAS

Havas Media Group has appointed Damien Marchi as global head of content. He comes from European news channel Euronews, where he headed innovation and products.

MOVIEPASS

Erantzeri Corona has joined New Yorkbased MoviePass as vice president, marketing, customer acquisition. He comes from Hulu, where he had been head of customer acquisition.

NBCUNIVERSAL

Reny Diaz was named vice president of insights and strategy at NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content group, based in New York. He had been research director at Fusion and Univisión Noticas, leading the research and insights team.

STARZ

Jason Wyrick advanced to vice president, digital platforms at Starz, based in Englewood, Colo. He had been senior director, digital platforms.

VIACOM

Viacom has tapped Tom Gorke as executive vice president, sales and business development, Viacom Media Network and BET Networks, a new post. He was senior VP, content distribution and marketing at Viacom Media Networks.