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De Villiers, a former president of Walt Disney Television International, joined the ATP as chairman and became executive chairman and president five months later.

With 13 facilities nationwide and more than 3,400 staff, Hyderabad, South India-based DQE's client base includes Walt Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Mattel and BBC, among others.

The 40 nominated programs were viewed and judged by a jury comprising of CBC Television's Kim Wilson, Italian author Giuseppe Lagana, Walt Disney Television Animation's Lisa Salamone Smith, Turner Broadcasting System Europe's Daniel Lennard and Sabine Weber of Austrian broadcaster ORE Other awards included the Lifetime Achievement Awards, which were given to the Walt Disney Company's Roy Disney, and Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto.

David Stainton has been promoted to president, Walt Disney Television Animation in Burbank.

David Hulbert, president of Walt Disney Television International, said: "These films have a unique resonance with kids and families.

Meanwhile, from the mind of Walt Disney television sprang each afternoon the singing calls of, "Hi, I'm Bobby"; "Hi, I'm Annette," as the dancing Mouseketeers became part of American youth culture.

Word of Hightower's retirement came as a shock to many, but others suspect Disney's need to restructure after last year's $19 billion megamerger with Capital Cities/ABC may have, helped the former president of Walt Disney Television and Telecommunication make his decision.

The Group includes the ABC Television Network, Disney Channel's worldwide portfolio of kids' channels, ABC Family and SOAPnet; as well as television production and syndication divisions Touchstone Television, Walt Disney Television Animation, Buena Vista Worldwide Television and Walt Disney Television International.