Cox [COX] alum Barry Elson was appointed acting CEO of Brit cable Telewest following the resignation of man dir Charles Burdick. Elson also becomes acting CEO of new holding company Telewest Global Inc. — Fuse tapped VH1 east coast dev head Robert Weiss as its programming head. — Ken Miller was named Time Warner Cable Natl Div controller. — Body-mind-spirit net Oasis TV tapped Victoria Overton as pres, replacing Robert Schnitzer, who will remain chmn/CEO. — Viacom [VIA] named Henry T.A. Moniz to the newly created post of vp, associate gen counsel, compliance. — BET named MSNBC’s Heather Vincent exec prod, "BET Nightly News."

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FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington is speaking up about the ongoing blackout of Disney content on DirecTV . In a statement, he said this moment is a time to recognize a number of truths about the changing video

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