Canadian producer Sphere Media is consolidating its multiple kids scripted, animation and factual teams into one division and tapping the company’s unscripted and documentary president to lead it.

Marlo Miazga (pictured) will be taking over responsibility for kids content, as current president of Sphere Animation, Jacques Bilodeau, prepares to retire later this year. Bilodeau founded the business as Oasis Animation in 2003, and remained with the company through Sphere’s 2019 acquisition and rebranding.

To help with the scope of her new remit, Miazga has promoted Sphere’s director of content, Andrea Griffith, into a new VP role to oversee kids content and development. Sphere Animation’s VP of operations, Judith Beauchemin, will move to the new unit as its VP of production and post.

The shift also affects Sphere Media-owned animation studio Sardine Productions, which it acquired in January 2022. As part of the rejig, Sardine founder Ghislain Cyr has been named creative director of the new kids and family unit.

The company says the reorg streamlines its operations and supports its plan to increase its spending on kids and family content. Recent greenlights for the company include animated series Riley Rocket for TVOkids and Saving Me for BYUtv.