President Barack Obama nominates Jeffrey Shell, NBCUniversal, to be Broadcasting Board of...

President Barack Obama nominates Jeffrey Shell, NBCUniversal, to be Broadcasting Board of Governors chairman, for term expiring Aug. 13, 2015, as Obama had planned (CD Sept 14 p17) … House Homeland Security Committee Democrats this Congress include as ranking subcommittee members Yvette Clarke, New York, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Security Technologies; Donald Payne, New Jersey, Emergency Preparedness, Response & Communications; as new Republican members Jason Chaffetz, Utah; Steven Palazzo, Mississippi; Lou Barletta and Keith Rothfus, both of Pennsylvania; Chris Stewart, Utah; Richard Hudson, North Carolina; Steve Daines, Montana; Susan Brooks, Indiana; and Scott Perry, Pennsylvania; and as new Democratic members Donald Payne, New Jersey; Beto O'Rourke and Filemon Vela, both of Texas; Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii; Steven Horsford, Nevada; and Eric Swalwell, California … TechAmerica hires Scott Bousum, ex-House Armed Services Committee staff, as senior manager-national security policy.

ViaWest promotes Bob Newman to chief operating officer … Discovery Channel Executive Vice President Nancy Daniels adds job of general manager of Discovery Communications’ Discovery Fitness & Health channel; and Discovery Channel promotes Dolores Gavin to executive vice president-development and production, East … General Cable promotes Gregory Lampert to assume responsibility for all operations in the Americas … Ridgeline Technology mobile technology company hires Jan O'Hara, ex-General Dynamics Itronix, as senior vice president-sales … Optical transport system provider Optelian hires Brian Pratt, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, as vice president-product marketing … Trendium broadband data analysis firm hires Andy Belcher, ex-Tektronix Communications, as vice president-worldwide sales … Videotron promotes Alain Charlebois to vice president-human resources and service excellence, succeeding Normand Vachon, retiring … LIN TV hires Les Vann, ex-WKRC-TV Cincinnati, as president, general manager-WJCL Savannah, Ga., and WTGS Hardeeville, S.C. … Lobbyist registrations: Cablevision, Patton Boggs, effective Dec. 18. Cedel Entertainment Production, Podesta Group, effective Dec. 7.