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TORONTO, April 10: Peace Arch Entertainment has expanded its international distribution team, hiring CHUM executives Kevin Byles and Victor Rodriguez. Byles, formerly VP and general manager of CHUM International, has been named president of international distribution. He will oversee all …

LONDON, April 10: Chris Philip is set to join Power as president of worldwide sales upon the completion of his contract with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, where he is the VP of sales for Latin America. A former executive …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10: The U.S. government has lodged two complaints against China at the World Trade Organization, citing the rampant piracy of American intellectual property in the country. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab noted: “Piracy and counterfeiting levels in …

LONDON/PARIS, April 10: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has appointed Alexandre Moussard as VP of sales for French-speaking Europe, reporting to Jim Brehm, the company’s senior VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Moussard, who will be …

BETHPAGE, April 10: Cablevision Systems Corporation has announced that it is filing an appeal against a federal court ruling that blocked the rollout of its remote-storage digital video recorder. The planned device would allow any Cablevision subscriber with a digital …

NEW YORK, April 10: Sean Cohan has been promoted to senior VP of international at A&E Television Networks (AETN). In his new role, based in New York, Cohan is responsible for the management and expansion of AETN’s brands and services …

LONDON, April 10: Endemol International has expanded its finished-program slate ahead of MIPTV, taking over from BBC Worldwide the distribution of shows commissioned by the BBC from Endemol U.K. BBC programs that Endemol will now be bringing to the market …

MUNICH, April 10: SevenOne International will be offering over 50 new shows at MIPTV across a number of genres from action to family entertainment, including the disaster movie Raging Inferno, from Wiedemann and Berg, the Oscar-winning production duo behind The …

NEW YORK, April 10: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed its new CGI comedy adventure series Viva Piñata to Mediaset in Italy, TV 2 in Denmark, MTV 3 in Finland and Momo Kids TV in Taiwan. Twenty-six new half-hour episodes of the …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, April 10: Cookie Jar Entertainment is coming to MIPTV with four series that have already secured slots on key North American networks. Magi-Nation, based on the popular trading card game, follows the adventures of Tony Jones, an average …