Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has appointed three new staff members for its Rome Cartoon Network Italy office. Jaime Ondarza has been named marketing manager and will oversee the establishment of the Cartoon Network brand in Italy. Previous, Ondarza worked for international advertising agency Young & Rubicam. Andrea Castellari joins as sales director and will be in charge of the development of all commercial activities relating to Cartoon Network's channel and Website as well as work to strengthen the co-operation with Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Andrea joins Cartoon Network Italy from Hachette-Rusconi, one of the major publishing companies in Italy, where he oversaw ad sales for weekly magazines. Teresa Numerico, who has been with the channel since it launched, has been promoted to the new position of interactive manager. TBS broadcasts an Italian version of Cartoon Network with its own schedule and commercials for Italy and Italian speaking Switzerland. It is available in Italy via Stream and Tele+ and on Cablecom Ticino in Switzerland in over 1. 4 million homes.
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