| MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide director
joint venture and new channel development Olga Edridge will exit the
corporation by the end of May. A seasoned journalist, Edridge oversaw
the corporations' international joint-venture channels like Animal
Planet and People + Arts.
According to media reports, it was Edridge who forged the joint-venture
channels with Alliance Atlantis in Canada, launching BBC Canada
and BBC Kids, the BBC’s first international children’s
channel. She also executed the JV deals with Japan's Jupiter Communications
and CTV Canada for expanding the DCI joint-ventures into those markets.
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