President Barack Obama plans to nominate Matthew Armstrong, strategist on...

President Barack Obama plans to nominate Matthew Armstrong, strategist on public diplomacy, to become a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing promotes Mark Snow to senior vice president and general manager-consumer marketing and insights, and Deepa Venkataraman to senior director-integrated marketing … PCN Technology, maker of Internet Protocol products for copper infrastructure, hires Dave Karpenske, ex-JDS Uniphase, as chief operating officer … Covington & Burling hires Gina Vetere, ex-U.S. Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center, as special counsel-international trade, public policy and government affairs practices … Univision Communications hires Gustavo Ordóñez, ex-A&E Ole Networks Latin America, as senior vice president-programming research … Lobbying registrations: Both IBM and Wildcat Communications, Burton Kamins Advocacy, effective March 1 … For Discovery Communications, Disney and Viacom, Ernst & Young, effective March 1.