Jetix UK Names Programming Director

LONDON, July 17: Cartoon Network U.K. executive Dominic
Gardiner has been named as director of programming at Jetix UK.

Gardiner will join Jetix in September. His mandate includes
programming, acquisitions, scheduling and on-air promotions at Jetix UK, with a
strong focus on improving the channel’s ratings. He reports to Boel Ferguson,
the newly installed managing director.

Gardiner joins Jetix UK from Turner Entertainment Europe
where he was channel manager of Cartoon Network, with responsibility for all
programming, acquisitions and development strategies. Prior to this he was VP
of programming and creative services at Cartoon Network Japan. Gardiner
originally joined Turner Entertainment Europe as director of programming in
1997 from Flextech where he was a program planner.