Paul Robertson heads the combined operations of Nelvana and Corus Entertainment Inc.’s television division. Prior to the creation of Corus Entertainment and his appointment as president of the television division, Robertson was president of YTV. Other appointments to the Nelvana executive team include Peter Moss as executive VP of development, who adds to his responsibilities as head of programming at Corus Television. As well, Emmanuèle Petry has been promoted to senior VP of international, with responsibility for program sales, licensing and co-productions in western and eastern Europe, Latin and South America, the U.K. and Africa. Scott Dyer continues as executive VP responsible for Nelvana production. The personnel changes follow the announcement that Nelvana Ltd. founder Michael Hirsh was stepping down as CEO of the animation house (CCR, Oct. 24/02).

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