On the heels of Corus Entertainment announcing changes to its management team that aligned leadership around the company’s business units and saw Doug Murphy appointed exec VP and COO, Corus Kids has also announced that Colin Bohm, its VP of TV, and head of Corus Kids, is now responsible for overseeing the company’s kids-targeted specialty TV services as well as Nelvana Studio and Nelvana Enterprises.
As part of the redesign, Nelvana Enterprises has created co-heads for distribution and licensing, who will jointly manage the global portfolio and will report to Colin: Antoine Erligmann has been appointed co-Head, Nelvana Enterprises – Antoine will manage the global distribution and licensing of the Nelvana portfolio of brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Andrew Kerr is appointed co-head, Nelvana Enterprises – Andrew will manage the global distribution and licensing of the Nelvana portfolio of brands in the Americas and Australasia.
Jerry Diaz will continue in his role as VP of, worldwide sales & distribution, responsible for placing Nelvana’s new and library brands with global broadcasters and digital partners. Jerry will report to Antoine and Andrew.
On the production side, working with the Nelvana Enterprises team, Irene Weibel will continue in her role as VP, head of Nelvana Studio, with ongoing responsibility for developing and producing new content for Corus’ Kids television assets, global licensing and broadcast partners.
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