DHX Media in Canada has appointed a VP of rights strategy and a commercial director at its UK-based online network and studio WildBrain.

US-based kids' producer and distributor Genius Brands International has appointed an executive from a drone-focused company as its VP of business development.

A host of bosses at UK animation companies have joined the campaign for a public vote on the final deal over the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union, known as the People's Vote.

Nickelodeon has hired a Disney Channels Worldwide executive as its exec VP of programming and content strategy.

Randy Lennox, president of Canadian broadcast group Bell Media, has been elected chair of the board of directors at The Banff World Media Festival.

Youth-skewing US cablenet Viceland is preparing a two-hour live primetime programme that will broadcast four nights a week from its Brooklyn headquarters.

Wheelhouse Entertainment, the talent and content company founded last year by former ITV America CEO Brent Montgomery, has set up its senior leadership team.

The fledgling kids and family division of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment is developing children's TV programming based on Life Magazine's archive of more than 10 million photos.

Former Disney and Sony executive Simon Pollock has joined consulting and executive search firm Sucherman Group after it acquired his own search firm.

Justice Network in the US and Discovery in Latin America are among broadcasters to have picked up programming from UK distributor Cineflix Rights ahead of Natpe Miami.