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Cable World,  April 4, 2005  

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AmericanLife TV

Richard Freedman to SVP-affiliate sales and relations. Linda Moffat to VP, affiliate sales, Northeast region. John Baghdassarian to VP, affiliate sales, Western region. Carla Lewis-Long to VP, affiliate sales, Southeast region. Tracey Austin to marketing manager.

CMT

Brian Philips to EVP and general manager, from SVP and GM.

CN8

Seth Magalaner to senior producer, Out of Bounds With Lou Tilley; previously he produced documentaries, features and specials for clients including Fox Sports Net and College Sports TV.

Comcast

Marge Jackson to senior director of marketing, Northern New Jersey, from area director of marketing, Eatontown, N.J. Gary Waterfield to VP-operations and customer care, Southern division, from area VP, Salt Lake City. Maureen C. Quilter to director of communications, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, from communications manager. Greg Dudkin to SVP, Michigan region, from VP-technical operations, greater Chicago region. Rick Attanasio to VP-telephony and commercial service operations, New Jersey region, from SVP-network operations, Comcast commercial services.

Cox

Thomas "Duffy" Leone to region VP and general manager, Orange County, Calif., from VP-operations, San Diego system. Sandy Mencher to executive director of financial planning and analysis, from VP-business operations, Gulf Coast system. Marcie Anderson to VP-network development, Northern Virginia, from VP-new business development.

Cox Media

Cathy Ferguson to account coordinator, Roanoke, Va., from marketing coordinator and corporate event planner for Shenandoah Life Insurance.

Discovery

Andrew Snyder to VP, iMedia advertising sales, from director, Midwest advertising sales, ESPN.com.

DIY Network

Robyn Ulrich to SVP-marketing and public relations, from VP-marketing.

DMX Music

Stacey Sampo to VP-affiliate sales and marketing, from VP, U.S. Broadband.

E! Networks

Scott Hathcock to executive director, Western region, affiliate relations. Gail Hastings to associate director, Northwest region, affiliate relations. Dave Mathewson to associate director, Central region, affiliate relations. Michele Sinisi to associate director, Southeast region, affiliate relations. Kara Hughs to associate director, Northeast/Central region, affiliate relations.

Fine Living

Susie Romano to VP-marketing, from director of marketing. Nicole Radford to director of creative services, from manager, postproduction and creative services.

Hallmark Channel

Nancy Carr to VP-corporate communications, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, from VP-communications, CBS Television Network.

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Maria Caulfield-Dwyer to VP-affiliate marketing, from VP-affiliate marketing for TV Land and TNN. Bob Dillon to VP-brand marketing, from director of affiliate marketing for A&E Television Networks. Carol Hinnant to VP- affiliate sales, from regional VP-affiliate sales, Eastern division, Great American Country.

HGTV

Annette Lindstrom to VP-marketing, from director of marketing.

Insight

Scott Cooley to SVP-operations, West region, from SVP-employee relations and development.

Mag Rack

Cyndy Cecil to VP-programming, from creative director and executive producer, Showtime Networks.

Minnesota Cable Communications Association

MCCA presented its special achievement award to Rocco Commisso, chairman and CEO of Mediacom.

Music Choice

John Hendricks to director of country music programming, from programmer for CD Country.

National Cable Television Cooperative

Alan Tschirner to VP-hardware, from director of engineering.

NBC Universal Cable

Corinne Bellville to director of affiliate field sales, from regional sales manager. Heather McCallion to director of affiliate field sales, from regional sales manager. Jennifer Toole to director of affiliate field sales, from regional sales manager. Ron Lamprecht to VP-new media, from director. Megumi Ikeda to VP-strategic initiatives and new media, from director.

Nickelodeon

Brown Johnson to executive creative director of preschool television, Nickelodeon Television, from EVP, Nick Jr.

Rainbow Media

Matthew Frankel to VP-corporate communications, from VP-public relations, IFC Companies.

RCH Cable

Mike Spano to VP-client relations, mid-Atlantic region, from director. Joel Schofield to VP-client relations, New England region, from director.

Samsung

Peter Weedfald to SVP-sales and marketing, consumer electronics division; he joined the company in 2001.

Time Warner Cable

Mark A. Harrad to SVP-corporate communications, from VP. Fred Fouse to VP and GM of digital phone, national division, from SVP for Qwest. Rose M. Bailey to VP-human resources, Minnesota division, from VP-human resources for Nash Finch Co. Ryan Ballmer to IT director, Minnesota division, from business technology manager, MIS.

VH1

Sandy Alouete to VP-music and talent relations, from senior director.

Walt Disney Co.

Robert A. Iger to CEO, effective Sept. 30. Current CEO Michael D. Eisner steps down the