MIAMI: As Miramax looks to expand its global reach, the company is representing its first Asian series, Crow’s Blood.

LOS ANGELES: Following on their successful collaboration with The Night Manager, AMC and the BBC are partnering with The Ink Factory for a TV adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

LONDON: The upcoming six-part drama Press will premiere in the U.S. on PBS Masterpiece, which has come on board as a co-producer through a deal signed by BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point.

EL SEGUNDO: Margaret "Margo" H. Georgiadis has been appointed as the new CEO of Mattel, effective February 8.

LOS ANGELES: Objective Media Group (OMG) America has named Jilly Pearce as its executive VP.

MIAMI: Following the success of the first season on the network, Ovation TV has acquired the U.S. premiere rights for the second season of Versailles from Banijay Rights.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand broadcaster Prime has licensed a package of factual and documentary titles from BBC Worldwide, including Planet Earth II.

MIAMI: Paramount Channel has acquired the hit series House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, which will broadcast for the first time on pay TV in Latin America as an exclusive for the network.

MIAMI: Keshet International (KI) has licensed its music talent show Master Class to Teledoce (La Tele), Uruguay’s leading free-to-air channel.

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has taken an equity stake in Genius Brands International (GBI) and will become the company's global distributor.