FCC details Assistant International Bureau Chief David Strickland to House Communications Subcommittee through April 8, 2013, to advise Democrats on communications and technology issues … Turner Broadcasting System hires Raghunadh Polavarapu, ex-consultant to the cable programmer, as vice president of digital operations for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies, new position.
DuJuan McCoy, Bayou City Broadcasting, appointed to NAB TV board, effective in June, replacing Madelyn Bonnot Griffin, National Communications, remaining co-chairman of small market TV advisory committee … CommScope appointments as part of reorganization: Kevin St. Cyr, ex-Berk-Tek, hired as senior vice president of enterprise solutions; Morgan Kurk changes positions to senior vice president of wireless; Ric Johnsen remains senior vice president of broadband.
RealNetworks Chief Legal Officer Tracy Daw resigns, plans unknown … Integra Telecom hires Ken Smith, ex-Serviam, as executive vice president of sales, new position … Gannett hires Jeremy Gaines, ex-MSNBC, as vice president of communications, effective May 21 … Lobbyist Registrations: Apple, Bernstein Strategy Group, effective April 13 … Netflix, Greenberg Traurig, effective Feb. 13 … National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., Greenberg Traurig, effective March 9 … Huawei, Strategic Federal Affairs, effective April 20 … Hughes, Spangler Strategic Advisors, effective Dec. 3 … Alliance for Main Street Fairness, Barbour Griffith, effective March 15 … Dish Network, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Jan. 17.
Dish Network hires Hadass Kogan, ex-House Commerce Committee, as associate corporate counsel … Univision promotes Antonio Roman to senior vice president of national sales for the TV station group, effective May 11 … Land Mobile Communications Council board elections: Douglas Aiken, IMSA, president; Donald Vasek, Utilities Telecom Council, vice president; and Mark Crosby, secretary-treasurer; newly formed T-Band Working Group is chaired by Ralph Haller, FCAA.
Viacom names digital ad sales executives for music and entertainment brands of cable channels: Melanie DiMemmo and Sarah Iooss to lead it, with Sharon Silverstein running West Coast business, and all three named senior vice president; Tim Carroll continues in Midwest region as vice president … CBS Interactive hires Rosabel Tao as senior vice president of communications … FTTH Council Europe elects Karin Ahl, Rala Infratech, president; Matthias Nass, ECI, treasurer; and directors including Eric Festraets, Alcatel-Lucent; Pastora Valero, Cisco; and Pär Cedergren, Ericsson … HSN hires Anne Martin-Vachon, ex-Nordstrom, as chief merchandising officer, effective May 14 … Lobbyist registrations: Verizon, Brownstein Hyatt, effective March 1.
Jason Oxman departs CEA as senior vice president-industry affairs, becoming CEO of Electronic Transactions Association, global trade group of the payment processing industry, effective May 7 … Edward An leaves Time Warner Cable, where he was a vice president of legislative affairs, effective June 30 … Lobbyist Registrations: Qualcomm, Lugar Hellmann Group, effective March 6 … CEA, Lugar Hellmann Group, effective March 6 … Bill Schrier retires as Seattle chief technology officer effective May 2, to be replaced on acting basis by Deputy Director Erin Devoto of Department of Information Technology.
Discovery Channel hires Jason Hyde, ex-Scripps Networks Interactive, as vice president of research … Euridice Ventura rejoins Spanish Broadcasting System, named vice president of affiliate marketing for consolidated operations … Tellabs names Andrew Szafran, ex-APAC Customer Services, chief financial officer and executive vice president.
Turner Broadcasting promotions to senior vice president: Andrea Ching for CNN and Turner digital ad sales marketing and promotions, new position; Jeff Collins for CNN ad sales; and Michael Strober for Turner Entertainment ad sales … Meredith Corp. hires Jon Werther, ex-Simulmedia, as chief strategy officer … Frontier Communications Chief Operating Officer Daniel McCarthy adds title of president … Dial Global names Michael Schreck senior vice president and director of corporate sports.
Librarian of Congress names Suzanne Barnett, judge in King County, Wash., as chief copyright royalty judge and Copyright Royalty Board head, effective May 20 and succeeding James Sledge … Richard Loomis promoted to senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Disney channels worldwide, new position … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, Purple Advocacy, effective March 14 … Application Developers Alliance, Brownstein Hyatt, effective March 19 … Rackspace Hosting, JTM Consulting, effective March 1.
Nokia Siemens Networks hires Ken Wirth, ex-Alcatel Lucent, as head of customer operations for North and Latin America, effective April 23 … Neustar hires Jonathan Coombes, ex-Rackspace Hosting, as chief information security officer … Payfone, payment processing service whose backers include Verizon and Rogers Communications, hires Paul Tocatlian, ex-Minerva Networks, as vice president of engineering … Arbitron Chief Financial Officer Richard Surratt to leave job for personal reasons May 11, be replaced on interim basis by Chief Operating Officer Sean Creamer … Eutelsat names Jean-Louis Robin, ex-TDF, human resources director, replacing Izy Béhar, retiring.