Entone hires: Bart Vanderostyne, ex-Cisco, director of sales and operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Björn von Haartman, ex-Tilgin and Amino, as director of sales and business development for the Nordic and Baltic regions.

IRTS Foundation elections: Chairman Pierre Bouvard, Arbitron; Vice Chairmen Steve Hasker, Nielsen; Kathleen Keefe, Hearst Television; Henry Schleiff, Investigation Discovery; Secretary Stuart Shorenstein, Cozen O'Connor; and Treasurer Jed Kapsos, CBS …

Pamela Harbour to resign as FTC commissioner, effective April 6 …

Rodney Smith, ex-AT&T Washington, named president of AT&T Connecticut …

Douglas Nazarian, Maryland, joins executive committee of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners … Bright House Networks promotes Michelle Stuart to vice president-marketing, Tampa, Fla. … Local Media promotes Peter Maroney, ex-WTVR Richmond, Va., to run Denver TV stations KDVR and KWGN. Stephen Hayes replaces him on interim basis.

Ex parte filings: NAB believes “input from broadcasters will be very important to understanding the full ramifications of any changes in spectrum policy,” the group said a March 1 submission at http://xrl.us/bgx4oo. At a meeting with Executive Director Blair Levin of the FCC’s national plan and other senior broadband staffers, association General Counsel Jane Mago asked how rulemakings will be done to carry out parts of the plan.

Cablevision promotes Lisa Rosenblum to executive vice president, government and public affairs … Rainbow Ad Sales promotes Kim Norris to executive vice president, advanced advertising strategies and operations … AT&T promotes Keith Bryan to director, retail sales … Ethan Lavan, ex-Inmarsat, becomes Eutelsat director, in-orbit resources; Lisa Sanders, ex-Wavecom, joins as director, investor relations … Ann Casey promoted by Tribune to director of broadcast metrics …