Corus Entertainment Inc. has undergone a number of organizational changes in its corporate and television divisions, including the elimination of 53 jobs. The comprehensive organization review was intended to ensure the company is structured efficiently and appropriately aligned to "achieve the goals of providing quality programming for its audiences and enhancing the service level to its clients," according to a press release. The changes announced yesterday include: combining the television division's interactive team with Nelvana Studios; streamlining the reporting structure for Movie Central and Corus Kids by combining the responsibility for acquisitions and original productions in their respective programming departments; transferring responsibility for cable and satellite client marketing to the consumer marketing team; restructuring the broadcast operations and post-production departments to eliminate duplication; reorganizing the IT department; and a number of changes to the advertising sales group.

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