D’Ablemont to Sprout Ad Sales

Chris D’Ablemont has joined PBS Kids Sprout as director of ad sales.

D’Ablemont had been an account manager with Nickelodeon and Noggin.

In his new post, he will oversee communication with agencies, buying groups and clients and work with departments within the network, including traffic, marketing and programming.

PBS Kids Sprout -- a partnership between Comcast Corp., PBS, HIT Entertainment Ltd. and Sesame Workshop -- is a 24-hour on-air, on-demand and online service devoted to preschoolers and their parents and caregivers.