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ATLANTIC BROADBAND
Kristell Janusz was elevated to vice president of engineering at Quincy, Mass.-based Atlantic Broadband, responsible for the provider’s data, video and telephony and engineering and operations across residential and business services.
COMEDY CENTRAL
Comedy Central has combined its talent and development departments, naming Sarah Babineau as executive vice president, talent and development, East Coast, based in New York; and Jonas Larsen as executive vice president, talent and development, West Coast, based in Los Angeles.
DISNEY CHANNELS
Nancy Kanter was promoted to the expanded post of executive vice president, content and creative strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide. She had been executive VP, original programming and general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide since 2013.
ITV AMERICA
David George was elevated to president of ITV America. He had been CEO of Leftfield Entertainment, which was recently acquired by ITV, since December 2015.
LIFETIME
Meghan Hooper White was named senior vice president, original co-productions and acquisitions for Lifetime and LMN. She had been VP, responsible for overseeing all program acqusitions for Lifetime and LMN.
TBS
David Wolkis was elevated to senior vice president of production for Turner Originals. The Turner veteran had been a member of the originals production team since 2006.
TRULY ORIGINAL
Bryan Hale was elevated to executive vice president, development, at Truly Original in New York. He was senior VP, West Coast development at True Entertainment.
SEACHANGE
Jonathan Rider was promoted to senior vice president and chief operating officer at Acton, Mass.- based SeaChange International. He had been chief information officer at the company.
Z LIVING
Jay Schnitzer has joined the Z Living East Coast sales team as vice president, brand partnerships. He comes from AMC Networks, where he was an account executive handling ad sales for AMC and WE tv.
Also, Giannina Miranda was named director, ad sales and partnerships, at Z Living. She had been a sales planner at Scripps Networks Interactive.
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