LONDON: Sky has put $2 million into Caavo, an American consumer-electronics start-up venture.

SYDNEY: SLR Productions is producing two new holiday specials for the hit animated preschool series Guess How Much I Love You—The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare.

ISTANBUL: ITV Inter Medya has signed a distribution pact to represent a number of titles from Spain's Secuoya Group.

CANNES: A follow-up to Charlie & the Numbers, Charlie & the Alphabet—one of BabyTV’s MIPCOM highlights—looks on as the titular character introduces each letter of the alphabet through stories and songs.

LOS ANGELES: Brendan Countee has joined Showtime Networks in the role of VP of original programming.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America last month, SuperMax on Brazil's TV Globo generated the most buzz on social media, according to The WIT.

BURBANK: Mickie Steinmann has been promoted to senior VP and managing director for Canada at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.

CANNES: A fast-paced comedy for 6- to 11-year-olds, 3 Amigonauts, on offer from 9 Story Media Group, centers on a trio of friends attending a prestigious space academy.

TORONTO/MONTREAL: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada have partnered with the Shaw Rocket Fund to present three innovative Canadian productions that cross the boundaries between print and digital during a session at MIPJunior.

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of the daytime reality-quiz hybrid The Question Jury from Monkey.