Dominic Gardiner joined Jetix UK as Director of Programming in September 2006. In this capacity he is responsible for all aspects of Jetix UK’s channel content, encompassing programming, acquisitions, scheduling and on air promotions - with a strong focus on improving channel ratings and share performance. Mr Gardiner reports to Boel Ferguson, Managing Director of Jetix UK and Nordic. He works closely with both Jetix UK’s Marketing Director, Allan Stenhouse and the Pan-European programming team to deliver an overall programming strategy and fine tune the UK channel editorial line. Gardiner joined Jetix UK from Turner Entertainment Europe where he was Channel Manager of Cartoon Network, with responsibility for all programming, acquisitions and development strategies for the UK channel for 2 years. Prior to this he was Vice President 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 Programme Planner.

Dominic is participating in the 2007 WIFT International Summit as a panelist for:

Session #2 Worldwide Trends in Children’s Television
Monday, July 16, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Hazelton
Commissioning Editors from around the world discuss the stories and subjects of current interest to their organizations, and share insights into building successful, long-term relationships with broadcasters.

Session #6 Worldwide Trends in Children’s Television (panel repeat)
Monday, July 16, 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Hazelton
(see above for panel discription)