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• Jocelyn Hamilton is now VP of content for Corus Kids Television, overseeing content for Treehouse, Discovery Kids Canada, Nelvana Studios and YTV. Also at Corus, David Wiebe has been upped to director of content at YTV, while Jamie Piekarz steps into the same post at Treehouse and Discovery Kids Canada.

• Sandra Puglielli is stepping down as director of TV publicity at CanWest MediaWorks, and will go into business for herself with a project management company, starting next month.

• Betsy Chaly has taken over as interim director of communications at the Canadian Television Fund. She leaves her former post as director of corporate communications for CanWest MediaWorks, where she specialized in print, broadcast and online communications.

• Octapixx has enlisted Hugh Edwards and Aneta Edwards of Aspect Film to handle its sales reps in the U.K. and Ireland. They will be responsible for UKTV History, National Geographic Channel, Inflight Dublin and History Channel, while Steve Lazarus will focus on the BBC, Biography Channel, Jetix, MTV and Sky Sports.