Dish Network promotes Steven Swain to lead programming group and...

Dish Network promotes Steven Swain to lead programming group and to senior vice president, as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer David Shull will begin six-month leave of absence May 31 to help care for a relative … Sworn in Monday as International Trade Commission member is Rhonda Schmidtlein, ex-World Bank … 21st Century Fox promotes Scott Gregg to executive vice president-sales operations, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution … Discovery Communications promotes Victoria Lowell to executive vice president-marketing, TLC and Animal Planet … Univision Communications hires Friday Abernethy, ex-TV Guide Network, as senior vice president-content, new position.

Hearst Television Vice President-Sales Kathleen Keefe retiring at year’s end … CSC, information technology firm, hires Rob Carey, ex-Department of Defense, as vice president and general manager, CSC Cybersecurity … Newly named to NAB radio board are Gary Exline, filling a vacancy; John Wharff, Jawco, to serve until June 2015; and joining for two-year terms starting this June are Ginny Morris, Hubbard Radio, and Tony Richards, Federated Media … Lobbyist registration: TV One, Podesta Group, effective Jan. 31.