Scott Smith, ex-DigitalGlobe, becomes executive vice president, Iridium NEXT, replacing Lee Demitry, resigning … Spacenet names David Kagan, ex-Maritime Telecommunications Network, senior vice president, business development …

Media debt: Cablevision is selling $1.25 billion of senior notes, with $750 million at 7.75 percent due 2018 and the rest at 8 percent maturing two years later, the cable operator said late Monday. Earlier in the day, it said it planned to issue $1 billion in debt … CBS’s offer to buy back $500 million of some debt was oversubscribed, with holders of $618.4 million opting to participate, the broadcaster said Tuesday. The tender offer expires April 26.

Debbie Richman, ex-Lifetime Networks, becomes ABC TV Network senior vice president, prime-time sales … Craig Easley, Metro Ethernet Forum, becomes Sunrise Telecom vice president, marketing … Trevor Greene, ex-Ernst & Young, becomes Norsat International chief financial officer, replacing Eugene Syho, leaving for other opportunities after the transition …

Qualcomm promotes Xiang Wang to president of Qualcomm Greater China.

Ex parte filings: NCTA and Time Warner Cable executives discussed the National Broadband Plan’s recommendations on video devices, including items to be voted on at the April 21 FCC meeting (CD April 6 p2). The Tuesday meeting with aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski included NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow.

Johnny Montoya named interim New Mexico Public Regulation Commission staff chief, replacing Daniel Mayfield, who resigned to run for office … Discovery Communications promotes John Honeycutt to executive vice president, head of international business operations … Telemundo promotes Alonso Galvez and Christian Riehl to vice presidents of production … Shawneen Thompson, ex-CBS Radio, hired by Radio One as manager of its St. Louis radio stations … Added to Association of Cable Communicators advisory board: George Bodenheimer, ESPN and ABC Sports; Mark Cuban, HDNet; Bonnie Hammer, NBC Cable; and Abbe Raven, A&E … Timo Peltola elected vice chairman of TeliaSonera … Doug Bertelmann, ex-David Systems, hired by WideOrbit as a regional sales director …

Tricia Iboshi, ex-the Platform, becomes KickApps executive vice president-sales … Douglas Parrish, Ascent Media, and Charlotte Burke, BDC Venture Capital, join SeaWell Networks board … Gannett Chief Digital Officer Christopher Saridakis plans to leave the company at end of April to pursue other interests … Bob Sullivan, ex-Sullivan and Associates, hired by E.W. Scripps as vice president of content for TV division … MSG Media promotes Jeff Filippi to senior vice president-executive producer.

Julie Brill, ex-North Carolina Department of Justice, sworn in as FTC commissioner … Frank Lloyd retired last Wednesday as partner at Mintz Levin, where he worked on cable and other issues … Miranda Curtis resigns as president of Liberty Global Japan after it sold its stake in Jupiter Telecommunications; she’s nominated to board of Liberty Global … Kevin Bennett promoted by Discovery Channel to senior vice president of programming … James DeLong, Convergence Law Institute, joins Digital Society as visiting fellow working on intellectual property and regulatory policy …

Former Los Angeles attorney Edith Ramirez sworn in as an FTC commissioner …

VoIP company Aptela promotes Douglas Strahan to president and CEO, succeeding Larry Barker, named chairman … Eileen Nelson, ex-3Com, hired by Openwave as senior vice president of human resources …