Founder Christopher Carmichael takes over as chairman and CEO of Ubiquity Broadcasting, replacing Chuck Levine, ex-Sprint PCS … Florida Public Service Commission nominees David Klement and Benjamin Stevens confirmed Wednesday by the state Senate … Robert Strickland, ex-T-Mobile USA, becomes Atigeo president and board member … Peter Norris, Virgin Group, joins Image Metrics board.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Thomas Fitzpatrick, ex-Centennial Communications, becomes Iridium chief financial officer; Eric Morrison moves to senior vice president, Iridium NEXT financing and planning …