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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 …

MONTREAL: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has sold the U.S. distribution rights for Pink Ribbons, Inc. and Surviving Progress to First Run Features. First Run Features will release Pink Ribbons, Inc. and Surviving Progress in 2012. Pink Ribbons, …

BEVERLY HILLS/SANTA MONICA: Miramax is the latest studio to agree to provide Netflix with films for streaming on its soon-to-launch service in the U.K. and Ireland. Starting in early 2012, Miramax films will be available to watch instantly on Netflix …

LONDON/DELHI: The improvisational comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? is being adapted for India by Miditech, with plans for a local version of the series as well as live events. Hat Trick International scored the deal with Miditech, which …

TORONTO: The Victorian-set detective series Murdoch Mysteries from Shaftesbury has been revived by CBC after Citytv cancelled the show. Citytv announced this fall that it would end the series after its fifth season, which is now in production. Shaftesbury and …

LONDON: A second four-part installment of the inner-city drama Top Boy has been commissioned by Channel 4. The drama/thriller debuted last month, stripped across four consecutive nights (October 31, November 1 to 3). It averaged 1.9 million viewers and a …

LOS ANGELES: Chelsea Handler has signed a new deal with E! Entertainment that sees her continuing to host and executive produce the late night talk show Chelsea Lately through 2014, along with firming up an agreement with the network for …

LONDON: Optomen International has sold 50 hours of programming featuring Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Mary Portas to BBC Worldwide Channels in Asia, Central Europe and Africa. BBC Lifestyle Asia picked up retail specialist Mary Portas’ latest series, Secret Shopper, …