MTVNI recently appointed Caroline Beaton to senior vice president of international program sales, where she will work across all the company's platforms, including MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

Beaton, who has been consulting for MTVNI since spring 2008, will also have a seat on the MTVNI Programming Council. She previously worked for MTVNI from 1996 to 2000, and then left to work at Carleton Television's Action Time as director of international and new business.

Beaton will be based in London and will report to Steve Grieder, executive vice president of Nickelodeon and program sales at MTVNI.