MPAA hires Paul Brigner, ex-Verizon, as senior vice president...

MPAA hires Paul Brigner, ex-Verizon, as senior vice president and chief technology policy officer, new position … Greater Media promotes Jennifer Williams to director of interactive marketing … Association of Public Television Stations promotes Lonna Thompson to executive vice president and chief operating officer … GlobeNet hires Antonio Belli, ex-Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, as director of sales and marketing … Gene Musselman retires as president of Liberty Global’s UPC Broadband Division … Women in Cable Telecommunications’ new board: Kathy Payne, Cox Communications, succeeds Ellen East, Time Warner Cable, as chairman. New at-large directors: Jocelyn Cooley, BET Networks; Samantha Cooper, MTV Networks; Aimee Doane, Suddenlink; Gail MacKinnon, Time Warner Cable; Paula Wagner, Turner Studios.