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LOS ANGELES: The latest season in the Power Rangers franchise has secured slots on Nickelodeon and TELETOON in Canada ahead of its U.S. debut next week. MarVista Entertainment has licensed Power Rangers Samurai to Corus Entertainment and TELETOON Canada. The Saban Brands …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Children’s Museum has aligned with Sesame Workshop to integrate Sesame Street and its characters throughout several interactive exhibits, educational video segments and books in the museum’s Early Learners gallery. In helping to extend Sesame Workshop’s educational …

OSLO: Fox International Channels (FIC) has promoted Theis Heitmann to country manager for Denmark, with oversight for daily operations and responsibility for further development of the Danish activities. Heitmann continues to be based in Copenhagen. He assumes new responsibilities as …

PARIS: AB Groupe has signed an eight-year deal to represent 175 movies from the Paramount Pictures library in French-speaking markets in Europe. The pact covers features such as Mission: Impossible, Forrest Gump, Beverly Hills Cop, The Godfather and Breakfast at …

BEIRUT: The pan-Arab network LBC SAT has picked up the formats Top Chef and A Star’s Life in Lyrics to launch Arabic-language versions later this year. The reality competition Top Chef watches chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. …

NEW YORK: Sophie Lloyd is the new head of development for Peacock Productions UK, responsible for overseeing the development of original programs in the factual-entertainment genre. Her remit covers reality, lifestyle, crime, documentary and docusoap. Prior to joining Peacock Productions, …

ENCINO: Solid Entertainment has sold a raft of programming to Australia’s Foxtel for History Channel. Included in the deal are the one-hour historical docs Against All Odds, Inside the Britannic and Empires of Steam. There’s also 52 episodes of the …

LONDON: Just 1.2 million pay-TV consumers canceled their subscriptions in favor of over-the-top video alternatives in 2010, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms Media, reflecting just 0.18 percent of the global pay-TV market. The number of cord-cutters globally …

NEW YORK: The Syfy original movie Mega Python vs Gatoroid, which stars ’90s pop icons Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, garnered 2.35 million total viewers with its Saturday night debut. Part of the Syfy Saturday Original Movie franchise, Mega Python vs …

NEW YORK: Tim Duffy has been elevated to senior VP of original programming at Spike TV, having served in the VP role since 2005. Since his appointment as VP of original programming for Spike in April 2005, Duffy has spearheaded …