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Jane Logan, former CEO and president of the Specialty and Premium Television Association (SPTV) which merged with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, is teaching courses on strategy formation and implementation that are part of the University of Ottawa’s MBA program. She has also been consulting associations on strategic planning. Gary Toth has been named president and CEO of the $200-million Canadian Television Fund. Previously, he was executive director of the $100-million licence fee component of the CTF. Louise Baillargeon, who has been named VP of the Licence Fee Program, takes over Toth’s previous duties. Jean Perras has left his position as executive director of Cable in the Classroom. He was hired last September to lead the development of television- and Internet-based education materials for the program, a national non-profit education initiative by cable companies in partnership with Canadian and international television networks. Denis Cooper has been promoted to the new position of VP of business and legal affairs at ChumCity International. As well, Lidia Andich has been appointed sales executive, responsible for program sales in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. She will be involved in the company’s format licensing activities. Helene Kaut has also been named to the newly created position of manager of contracts, administration and Canadian sales. Before joining ChumCity, Kaut worked at the Canadian offices of Warner Bros International Television for 11 years. Ron Hay has joined the entertainment law firm Stohn Abramovitch, LLP (formerly Stohn Henderson LLP) as an associate. Prior to returning to private practice, Hay was VP of business and legal affairs at Balmur Entertainment Ltd, and held a similar position at the former Alliance Communications Corp. Fabrice Brasier has been appointed general manager of news, public affairs and sports at the Television Quatre Saisons. He was a producer and public affairs director at Réseau TVA. Daniel Proulx has been named VP of finance at Montreal-based Productions La Fete. Previously, he was VP of finance and executive VP at Motion International and CFO at Telescene Film Group. Charles White, a senior partner with White, Ottenheimer & Baker, has been appointed chair of the board of directors of Aliant Inc. As well, Gary Davis, Margot Northey and Catherine Tait were elected new directors of the board. Bruce Hack takes over as executive VP of strategic planning and business development at Vivendi Universal. Agnes Audier , who occupied the post, was promoted to the new position of co-COO of Viviendi Universal Net. She is in charge of the company’s entertainment portals. Hack was previously vice chair of Universal Music Group. Jon Feltheimer has signed a new, undisclosed, multi-year contract with Lions Gate Entertainment as CEO of the company. He has served in the position since March 2000, overseeing new financing and the acquisition of Trimark Holdings Inc. Before joining Lions Gate, Feltheimer spent nine years at Sony Pictures Entertainment where he engineered the creation of TriStar Television. Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley received the public leadership award at the 6th annual CANARIE IWAY Awards on April 23 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. Manley was tipped for "his unparalleled leadership in championing and promoting the development of Canadian advanced Internet technology." Other award winners were the Media Awareness Network and John Demco of the department of computer science at the University of British Columbia, both of which won the community service award; Randall Gibson and Farhad Shafai of SiberCore Technologies, who received the new technology development award; and Robert Proulx, VP of IMS Experts-Conseils Inc, who was recognized in the application of technology category. The awards recognize "frontier" technology and celebrate the achievements of visionaries in advanced broadband innovation.

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Broadcast | April 26, 2001

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