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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO/LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Sally Caplan as the managing director of the company’s international film division. Caplan will be based in eOne’s London office, continuing to expand the company’s international film division through new partnerships with producers, …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has picked up a 50-percent interest in the Toronto-based toy brand The Monster Factory. The Monster Factory has more than 100 monster characters in its catalogue, with developed backgrounds, story lines and product designs. The plush …

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) Family has secured a deal for Peppa Pig with Chellomedia’s Central European cartoon channel Minimax. Minimax will launch Peppa Pig seasons one and two in December to be broadcast in the local languages of Hungarian, Romanian, …

MADRID/SEGOVIA/BARCELONA: In the second part of our report from TV Latina and World Screen’s visit to Spain, organized by the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX), the activities of production companies such as CINTV, Vodka and TV3 are highlighted. Wednesday, …

TORONTO: BBC Worldwide Canada has licensed the U2 documentary From the Sky Down to Super Channel in Canada. From the Sky Down became the first documentary to ever open the Toronto International Film Festival. The doc marks the 20th anniversary …

NEW YORK: A new live-TV add-on to the Boxee Box will deliver channels such as ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC in HD at no additional cost. The Live TV dongle, available for $49, plugs directly into back of the Boxee. …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold the U.S. Showtime series The Borgias, featuring Jeremy Irons, to the Swiss free-TV channel 3+. The Borgias, from Academy Award-winner Neil Jordan, is set in 15th-century Italy at the height of the Renaissance. It chronicles …

CUPERTINO: Robert Iger, the president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, has been appointed to the board of directors at Apple, serving on the audit committee. Apple also named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman of the board. He …

MIAMI: James Keller has been appointed to the role of director of the English-language team at The Kitchen, the Emmy Award-winning language translation, dubbing and subtitling services facility. Keller has been with The Kitchen since 2001 as its first English-language …

MADRID: Daniel Écija, Globomedia’s CEO, announced that the company and Antena 3 will co-produce Luna, el misterio de Calenda, which began shooting this week and will air on the Spanish broadcaster in prime time. The series about werewolves is set …