Bob H. Bedford, Rick Abbot

By VARIETY STAFF

Hubbard Media Group has tapped Bob H. Bedford to the post of senior VP, customer service, and Rick Abbot to veep of programming, both at Hubbard's Moviewatch.

Abbot will oversee new program development and will act as liaison between the company's creative and technical staffs.

Both execs were previously at USSB -- Bedford as VP of operations & customer service and Abbott as director of on-air programming. Prior to that, Bedford was manager of customer service operations at Fingerhut and Abbott was an associate producer for ABC Sports, where he earned an Emmy.