Tennis Channel has hired PETER STECKELMAN as Senior VP/Business & Legal Affairs, effective immediately. Steckelman will report to COO & CFO BILL SIMON and will work at the net's L.A. HQs. Steckelman spent the past three years at Konami Digital Entertainment after stints with Walt Disney Co., Fox Family Worldwide, Mattel and Warner Bros. (Tennis Channel)....Fuel TV named MELISSA FORMAN Senior VP/Programming, Development & Current (Fox Sports Media Group).
EXECS: IMG has hired MLB Corporate Sales & Marketing exec SIVAN ZAITCHIK to work in its Consulting & Corporate Sales division, effective Sept. 6 (THE DAILY)....Double Eagle Holdings has hired former Champs Sports President & CEO RUBIN HANAN as a consultant to lead the company's acquisition and licensing efforts (Double Eagle Holdings)....Roger Williams Univ. named DAVE KEMMY AD, two years after his appointment as acting AD (RWU)....San Jose State Univ. promoted MARIE TUITE to Deputy AD and COO of the athletic department (SJSU)....Univ. of California-Riverside has hired former Baylor Associate AD KEVIN PRICE as Senior Associate AD for Compliance & Student Services (UC Riverside)....Syracuse Univ. named RACHEL NEWSTED Compliance Coordinator (SU).
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