Broadband analytics firm Trendium hires Ihab Mahna, ex-Awasi, as vice president-customer solutions and alliances … Alpheus Communications names Matt Milliron, ex-Airband Communications, senior vice president-enterprise and channel sales … Outdoor Channel Holdings said Bridget Baker, NBCUniversal, and Jonathan Adelstein, ex-FCC and now PCIA, are joining its board … New World Teleport Association board members: Roger Franklin, Crystal Solutions; Richard Hadsall, MTN Government Services; Scott Sprague, Asia Broadcast Satellite; and James Trevelyan, Arqiva Broadcast & Media.

Charter Communications names Charles Fisher, ex-Guggenheim Securities, senior vice president-corporate finance, and Stefan Anninger, ex-Credit Suisse, vice president-investor relations … Joanna Dodd Massey, ex-UPN, named senior vice president-corporate communications & publicity for The Hub Television Network … Univision Communications promotes Trisha Pray to executive vice president-network sales … Data center company Mellanox Technologies promotes Amir Prescher to senior vice president-business development … VeriFone Systems names Marc Rothman, ex-Motorola Mobility, executive vice president-chief financial officer, and promotes Jay Parsons to senior vice president-digital media and taxi operations … Lobbyist registrations: federal IT reseller Carahsoft, Iron Mountain, and VMware, Efrus Federal Advisors, effective Jan 1 … Vormetric, Efrus Federal Advisors, effective Jan 24 … trans-Pacific fiber cable owner PC Landing, K&L Gates, effective Dec. 12.

Cincinnati Bell promotes Ted Torbeck to CEO and board member, succeeding Jack Cassidy, elected vice chairman … Qualcomm Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bill Keitel retiring, being replaced by George Davis, Applied Materials, effective March 11 … Cisco adds Greg Brown, Motorola Solutions, to board.

FCC appoints commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel, replacing Commissioner Mignon Clyburn as federal chair, to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations … FCC International Bureau promotions: Robert Nelson to chief engineer; and Deputy Satellite Division Chief Fern Jarmulnek to acting division chief … WWE hires Monty Sarhan, ex-Viacom Media Networks, as general counsel and senior vice president, replacing Michael Luisi, who’s been promoted to president-WWE Studios … Kaazing HTML5 company hires Sheila Dahlgren, ex-Adobe, as chief marketing officer … Revel Touch mobile e-commerce firm hires Joe Davis, ex-Coremetrics, as CEO … Lobbyist registrations: Internet poker provider Rational Entertainment Services, Greenberg Traurig, effective Jan. 1 … Cleartalk, Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, effective Jan. 1 … Covia Labs, Winn Strategies, effective Dec. 3.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer of Justice Department’s Criminal Division to leave DOJ March 1 … Aerohive Networks Wi-Fi and cloud networking company hires: Gordon Brooks, ex-Blue Coat Systems, as chief financial officer; Steve Debenham, ex-Silicor Materials, as vice president-legal and general counsel; Paul Milbury, ex-Cisco, joins board … Fullscreen independent network on YouTube hires: Jonah Minton, ex-Ustream, as senior vice president-sales; and Justin Danko, ex-Viacom Media Networks, as vice president-sales and brand strategy, East Coast … Digi International machine-to-machine wireless product company hires Kevin Riley, ex-Infor, as senior vice president-sales, and moves Lawrence Kraft, who held that position for sales and marketing, to senior vice president-marketing.

Tribune hires Edward Lazarus, ex-chief of staff to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, as executive vice president and general counsel, succeeding David Eldersveld, remaining with company as a special adviser … Senate confirms Commerce Committee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state by 94-3 vote … Lobbyist registrations: Amazon.com, Patton Boggs, effective Nov. 15 … Ericsson, Alpine Group, effective Jan 1 … LG Electronics, Podesta Group, effective Dec. 3.

Kevin Tsujihara, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group president, to be promoted to CEO, effective March 1, replacing Barry Meyer, who will remain chairman through 2013 … Shenandoah Telecommunications hires Raymond Ostroski, ex-One Communications Corp. and RCN, as general counsel and vice president-legal … Radio One hires Samuel Rogers, ex-Cumulus Radio, as vice president-national sales … SeaChange director Peter Feld resigns from board, vacancy won’t be filled … Mozido mobile payment firm adds Shaukat Aziz, ex-prime minister of Pakistan, to board.

Advanced Television Systems Committee board elects Glenn Reitmeier, NBCUniversal, chairman for 2013, and as new directors Kevin Gage, NAB; Ira Goldstone, Univision; Richard Friedel, Fox; and Sam Matheny, Capitol Broadcasting … Facebook Public Policy Manager Corey Owens leaves for ride-sharing app company Uber.

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.

Time Warner Cable changes: Executive vice presidents for residential services are Bill Goetz, who also now is chief operating officer, Jeff Hirsch as chief marketing and sales officer and John Keib as chief care and technical operations officer. Business Services Executive Vice President Gerry Campbell to retire in June … TeleTech hires Brian Shepherd, ex-Amdocs, as executive vice president-TeleTech, and president-customer strategy and technology services, new position … National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications 2013 chapter officers include as presidents: Lynnette Smith, Weather Co., for Atlanta; Garth David, Time Warner Cable, Carolinas; Angelynne Amores, Comcast, Chicago; Nikia Farria-Green, Comcast, Houston; Joelle Patience, BET Networks, mid-Atlantic; Rydne Williams, Comcast, Minnesota; Anthony Gallegos, Viacom, New York; Yasmine Ndassa, Comcast, Philadelphia; Ken Maxey, Comcast, San Francisco; Mitchell Christopher, Time Warner Cable, southern California; Chandni Thakrar-Ochoa, Suddenlink, St. Louis; Rennie Leon, Scripps Networks Interactive, Tennessee; Dietrich Delaney, Comcast, western Pennsylvania … Lobbyist registrations: Telrite Corp., Joseph Group, effective Nov. 1.