Lobbyist registrations: SoftBank, Carmen Group, effective Oct. 22 … LightSquared, Hogan Lovells, effective Oct. 3. … CBS promotes Tom Canedo to vice president-general manager, CBS Television Station group’s Detroit stations WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV.
ABI Research hires Joe Hoffman, ex-Nokia Siemens Networks, as principal analyst-mobile networks.
Kyle McSlarrow moves from leading Comcast’s Washington office to regional vice president-mountain region, Comcast Cable Communications’ West Division, to work full-time on the cable operator’s business operations … NBCUniversal hires Juliette Morris, ex-Viacom, executive vice president-partner marketing & communications, content distribution … Seven Networks smartphone signaling and data traffic management company hires Mark Harris, ex-Nimsoft, as chief financial officer … Discovery Communications moves Deena Edwards to Discovery Networks International senior vice president-global branded solutions … Unwired Planet adds Mark Jensen, ex-Deloitte, to board.
Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin will leave post and board Feb. 1 after contract ends … TV One President and CEO Wonya Lucas to step down Oct. 31, replaced by Alfred Liggins, CEO and president of parent company Radio One, adding oversight of all daily network operations for TV One … Time Warner Cable hires Todd Baxter, ex-Texas Cable Association, as regional vice president-government relations in Texas, effective Nov. 5, replacing Ron McMillan, retiring … Jonathan Chaplin, ex-Credit Suisse, hired by New Street Research to head U.S. telecom research.
NBCUniversal hires Mac Budill, ex-Cablevision, as president-TV networks distribution … Cable Europe names Matthias Kurth, ex-German Federal Network Agency, as executive chairman; Manuel Kohnstamm, recently named Liberty Global chief policy officer, continues as president … Mellanox Technologies hires Dale D'Alessio, ex-YottaStor, as CEO-Mellanox Federal Systems, new subsidiary targeting government … SMC Networks hires Gary Brust, ex-ADC Telecommunications, as general manager-Latin America.
MSG Networks hires Ocean MacAdams, ex-Warner Music Group’s Warner Sound, as senior vice president-programming and acquisitions … Among those newly elected to CEA board of industry leaders: Peter Fannon, Panasonic; Jim Hamilton, Motorola Mobility; Benjamin Hartman, Amazon; Dan Novak, Qualcomm; Eric Reed, Verizon; David Rodarte, NuVo Technologies; Ken Wirt, Cisco; to CEA Foundation board of trustees: Julie Kearney, CEA … News Corp. signs new, four-year contract with Roger Ailes, Fox News chairman/CEO and Fox Television Stations chairman … SoundBite Communications elects Bill Geary, North Bridge Venture Partners, to board, succeeding Jamie Goldstein, resigned.
FCC hires Justin Cole, ex-Tata Communications, as press secretary to Chairman Julius Genachowski, replacing Neil Grace, named senior communications adviser to the agency … NBCUniversal promotes Cameron Blanchard to senior vice president-corporate communications, effective Oct. 22, succeeding Kathy Kelly-Brown, recently moved to oversee communications for NBCUniversal News Group … registrations: FiberTower Corp., Cormac Group, effective Aug. 1 … Motorola Solutions, Dunkel Government Relations, effective July 2.
U.S. Council for International Business hires Barbara Wanner, ex-Coalition of Services Industries, as vice president-information, communications and technology … TechAmerica hires: Pam Walker, ex-National Association of State Chief Information Officers, as senior director-homeland security; and Erica McCann, ex-Compusearch, as procurement policy manager … uSell.com names Chairman Sergio Zyman as CEO, replacing Daniel Brauser who remains president; and co-Chairman Michael Brauser becomes regular director … Harry Fox Agency promotes Michael Simon to president and CEO, succeeding Gary Churgin … Application Developers Alliance elects Joel Spolsky, Fog Creek Software, chairman … New to Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board: Ralph Brown, CableLabs; Pat Crull, Time Warner Cable; Roger Hughes, Armstrong Cable; Martha Soehren, Comcast; Nick Segura, Charter Communications; David Haigh, Midcontinent Communications … Charter Communications hires Jim Blackley, ex-Cablevision, as executive vice president-engineering and information technology, new position … World Teleport Association board adds: Mark Rathert, SES; Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat; Francis Rolland, GlobeCast UK; and Jose Sanchez Ruiz, Eutelsat … LIN Media promotes: Jay Howell to vice president-regional TV; and, named president-general manager, Patrick Wholey for WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV both Providence, R.I.; and Joseph Abouzeid for Dayton, Ohio’s WDTN-TV and WBDT-TV … Belo Corp. names Brad Ramsey, ex-Gray Television, president-general manager WVEC-TV Hampton/Norfolk, Va., effective Nov. 5 … Peter Stern, Time Warner Cable executive vice president-chief strategy officer, adds title of chief people officer and corporate development leader …Lobbyist registrations: Cisco, Fierce, Isakowitz, effective Sept. 1 … Connected Nation Development Corp., Bates Capitol Group, effective Sept. 1.
CBS hires Mark Lund, ex-NBC Owned Television Stations, as president-general manager, CBS Television Station group’s Boston stations WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV, succeeding Ed Piette, retiring … LIN Media hires Ronald Allen, ex-Otis Elevator Co., as counsel-labor and employment … Daniel Abraham, ex-Columbia Technology Ventures, named MPEG LA vice president-science and business strategy … F5 Networks adds Michael Dreyer, Visa Inc., to board … CBS extends contract with CEO Les Moonves from 2015 to June 30, 2017.
Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group Executive Director Dale Hatfield stepping down; will be an advisor, replaced by Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado, also named Technical Working Group chairman … Cincinnati Bell’s CyrusOne hires Tesh Durvasula, ex-QTS, as chief commercial officer … Newly elected to Direct Marketing Association board for 2013-2014: Julie Bernard, Macy’s; Kristen O'Hara, Time Warner; Jay Schwedelson, Worldata; Jackie Wilgar, Live Nation … Astrium swaps CEOs: Evert Dudok becomes Astrium Services CEO; Eric Béranger becomes Astrium Satellites CEO … Lars Thrane, Thrane & Thrane founder, leaving at end of November now that it’s been bought by Cobham Plc … Crown Media Family Networks hires Todd McNulty, ex-TV Guide Network, as senior vice president-creative services.