Promoted to senior vice presidents, NBC Sales: Doug Hochstadt, planning and proposals; David Mayber, Central Division, succeeding retiring Michael Rubin; Tom Watson, team leader; Marco Forte, advances to vice president, Primetime Sales … Berry Jasin, ex-CBS, named vice president of national sales of Spanish Broadcasting System’s (SBS) Consolidated Operations; Eric Osuna, ex-Univision Radio, joins as vice president of sales, SBS Los Angeles.
Bob Stohrer, ex-Sprint, named chief marketing officer, Clear Channel Digital … David Evans, ex-Gerson Lehman Group, appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president, content and experience, at the Direct Marketing Association … Raul Rodriguez, ex-Journal Communications, joins Univision San Francisco as vice president and general manager … Bart Palmer, ex-Discovery Communications, named chief technology officer, GlobeCast Americas … Arris adds Andrew Heller, Turner Broadcasting System, to board… Jeffrey H. Blum, DISH Network, becomes chairman of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association board; new SBCA members: Allen McCabe, Hughes Network Systems: Dan Turak, WildBlue Communications; Robert Byrd, Galaxy 1 Marketing; and Zach McGuire, MasTec Advanced Technologies … Lobbyist Registrations: Amazon, Covington & Burling, effective Oct. 24.
Susan Shipsky, ex-MaxMedia, becomes Turner Broadcasting vice president-production.
Bravo Media names Jamie Cutburth, ex-History Channel, vice president-ad sales marketing … Zell Miller retires from Gray Television board … New board members at mobile ad firm Tapjoy: Steve Wadsworth, ex-Disney Interactive Media, and Robert Call, General Atlantic.
Comcast promotes Neil Smit to CEO, Comcast Cable … Karis Hastings, ex-Hogan Lovells, forms SatCom Law … Radio Television Digital News Association names Mike Cavender, ex-CBS, executive director … New at Discovery: Elizabeth Newel, ex-GE, to lead global mergers and acquisitions, and Savalle Sims, ex-Arent Fox, to oversee litigation and trademark teams … Retired Adm. Eric Olson joins Iridium board … Mobile Marketing Association changes: Cameron Clayton, Weather Channel, becomes chairman; Jack Philbin, Vibes, replaces him as secretary; Jack Haber, Colgate-Palmolive, and Bob Liodice, Association of National Advertisers, join board.
Nexstar Broadcasting promotes Rick Rogala to senior vice president-sales … IFC promotes Andrew Siegal to new post of vice president-production.
CBS Sports Network names Dan Weinberg, ex-Major League Baseball, senior vice president-programming … CBS Radio names Neil Salvage, ex-CityGrid Media, head of digital sales … New Public Knowledge board members: Maura Corbett, Glen Echo Group; Andrew McLaughlin, Tumblr; Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania … Knology promotes Royce Ard to vice president-sales and marketing … David Brewer promoted to Bravo Media vice president-program strategy & acquisitions … Brightpoint names Thomas Gancarz, ex-FBI, director of global security.
Changes at Disney: Vicki Dummer promoted to executive vice president of new Times Square Studios; Brian Frons to leave in January as head president-daytime, Disney/ABC TV Group; Abra Potkin, ex-CBS News, becomes senior vice president-East Coast programming & development; Ann Lewis Roberts promoted to senior vice president-West Coast programming and development.
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to add title of chairman Jan. 1, following retirement of Ivan Seidenbeg; Melanie Healey, Procter & Gamble, joins board … Meredith Baker, NBCUniversal, and John Orlando, CBS, join Media Institute board … Wowza Media Systems hires Chris Knowlton, ex-Microsoft, as vice president of product management.
Moves at SeaChange: Founder Bill Styslinger to retire as CEO and chairman; board member Raghu Rau named interim CEO; Director Thomas Olson named chairman … Dean Manson, Hughes Networks, becomes EchoStar executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, remains general counsel of subsidiary Hughes Communications … Chris Thomes, ex-Saban Brands, named Disney/ABC TV Group vice president, digital media studios … Bernard Gershon, ex-Disney, joins Earth911 advisory board … New Telecom Industry Association board members: Bryan Glutting, ACS Solutions; Vish Nandlall, Ericsson; Stratton Nicolaides, Numerex; Geoff Roman, Motorola Mobility; Steve Sifferman, Tarana Wireless … New at American Intellectual Property Law Association: President William Barber, Pirkey Barber; President-elect Jeffrey Lewis, Patterson Belknap; First Vice President Wayne Sobon, Rambus; Second Vice President Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown; Immediate Past President David Hill, Finnegan, Henderson; Secretary Elizabeth Morgan, Morgan Law Firm; Treasurer Georgann Grunebach, Fox Legal Group; board members Barbara Fiacco of Foley Hoag, Kevin Tottis of Law Offices of Kevin Tottis, Chen Wang, DuPont, Michael Martinez de Andino of Hunton & Williams; Mark Whitaker of Baker Botts named general counsel … SES names Ferenc Szelenyi, ex-Dell, senior vice president-commercial, Europe, replacing Norbert Hotzle, leaving company … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Jackie Nosti-Cambo to vice president-business analytics … CommLaw Group promotes Michael Donahue to partner.