Viacom promotes James Barge to chief financial officer—replacing

Viacom promotes James Barge to chief financial officer -- replacing Thomas Dooley, who remains chief operating officer -- and Katherine Gill-Charest to controller … Changes at Liberty Global: Diederik Karsten promoted to managing director of European broadband operations, a new position, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Gene Musselman, retiring … Karl Sun, ex-Google, joins MediaForge board … Daniel Hesse, Keith Cowan and Steven Elfman, all of Sprint Nextel, resign from Clearwire board … Terry Bleakley, ex-MeaSat, becomes Intelsat regional vice president-Asia Pacific sales, effective Nov. 15 … Association of Cable Communicators executive board members: President Jim Maiella, Cablevision; First Vice President-Membership Rosa Gatti, ESPN; Second Vice President-Programs Anthony Surratt, Time Warner; Secretary Sandy Colony, Insight; Treasurer Annie Howell, Howell Public Relations; at large, Misty Skedgell, Turner Broadcasting … Erin McIlvain, ex-Dish Network, hired by Hallmark Channels as vice president of national accounts.