Movers and Shakers

Cable World, March 20, 2006

JEAN BEAKEY to VP-sponsorship sales, Central region, for The Golf Channel, from director.

MAGGIE BELLVILLE was named to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's board of directors. A partner at executive search firm Carter- Baldwin (and a CableWorld contributor), she was formerly COO of Charter.

FRANKLIN R. BOWERS will add lobbying responsibilities in his role as president of Cox Virginia Telcom; he will continue his duties as region VP and GM for Cox in Hampton Roads, Va. Bowers plans to retire at the end of the year.

BERNICE CHU to VP-business development, National Geographic Ventures, from VP-business and legal affairs for the Playboy Entertainment Group.

PAUL CONDOLORA to SVP and GM for Cartoon Network New Media, from VP and GM.

JAMES DiSALLE to VP-finance for Time Warner Cable's National division, from VP-finance for the Minneapolis division.

PATRICK DONOVAN to VP-product management for Gotuit Media; previously he directed Motorola's Whole-Home Media Solution products.

CRAIG E. ENGLER to SVP, scifi.com and Sci Fi Magazine, from GM, scifi.com and Sci Fi Magazine.

STEPHANIE GIBBONS to EVP-marketing and promotion for FX; she recently oversaw the marketing launch of season five of The Shield.

VIRL Z. HILL to GM, partner services, for RealNetworks, from senior director, business development, consumer video services.

DERMOT McCORMACK to SVP-interactive advertising and development for Cablevision; previously he was responsible for building and maintaining the company's websites.

ARTHUR MINSON to SVP-finance for Time Warner Cable, reporting to CFO John K. Martin, from SVP-corporate finance and development, for AOL.

STEVE NOLFI to SVP-sales operations for RCH Outsourcing Services, from VP-client relations.

DAN O'CONNOR to VP-engineering for Gotuit Media, from SVP-partner integration and operations for TV Guide On Screen.

GENE SHATLOCK to SVP for Comcast's Atlanta region; he has been with Comcast's Southern division for more than 15 years.

RON SHUPING to EVP-programming for The Inspiration Networks, from SVP- programming.

STEVE SIDEL to president of Discovery Education, from EVP.

DAVID WEIER to VP-music and talent relations for fuse; previously he worked in VH1's music talent department where he helped develop programming including Storytellers, Behind the Music and Save the Music.

DAVID WILLIAMS to VP-marketing for Comcast's Atlanta region, from senior director.

Honors:

HALL OF FAME

The Cable Center inducts seven notables into its Hall of Fame, Oct. 11, in Denver: Decker Anstrom, Viacom founder Ralph Baruch, Chambers Comm.'s Carolyn Chambers, Judy McGrath, Jim Robbins, Brian Roberts and HBO's Robert Zitter.

VANGUARDS

Topping NCTA's Vanguard winners list is MTVN CEO Judy McGrath and Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt. Also picking up honors: Cox No. Virginia public affairs VP Kathryn Falk, Court TV CEO Henry Schleiff, NCTA's Paul Glist, Time Warner Cable CTO Mike LaJoie, Charter Western SVP Eric Brown, Cox Enterprises public policy SVP Alex Netchvolodoff and Comcast operations EVP Dave Watson.

COX BATON ROUGE AND VH1, GOOD SPORTS

CTPAA named Cox Baton Rouge as the recipient of this year's ESPN Good Sports Award, given to a project that generates outstanding community involvement through education and athletics. Cox's "Football, Food and Families" campaign collected more than 32,000 pounds of nonperishable food items to help feed the hungry in hurricane-ravaged south Louisiana. Also on CTPAA's honor roll is VH1, winner of this year's Joel A. Berger Award for "VH1 and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis-A Partnership." The award honors a public affairs campaign that promotes AIDS awareness.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

CTPAA tapped AETN's Dr. Libby O'Connell, Lifetime's Meredith Wagner, Adelphia's Paul Jacobson and Bright House Networks' Al Aldridge for its third annual Public Affairs Achievement Awards.

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