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MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional has closed deals in a number of territories for its programming to broadcast on IPTV, mobile, VOD and DVD, among other platforms. In Spain, Telemundo inked agreements with Orange and ONO for Beautiful, but Unlucky for subscribers of …

MONTREAL: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) has presented seven Awards of Excellence for the best Canadian French-language children’s and youth programming, with the grand prize going to Le printemps de Mélie. Le printemps de Mélie aired on Radio-Canada …

SAN DIEGO: Suzy’s Zoo Studios has wrapped up a non-exclusive publishing deal with Dalmation Press for the brands Suzy’s Zoo, Little Suzy’s Zoo and Wags and Whiskers. Countries covered under the new agreement are the U.S. and its territories and …

LOS ANGELES: Moonscoop has secured a licensing deal with Mattel for the new action-oriented Wild Grinders, created by Rob Dyrdek. Mattel plans to develop, create and market a new line of action figures surrounding the property for a fall 2010 …

NEW YORK: Syfy has greenlit three new series, Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen, Paranormal Witness and Face Off, which build upon the channel’s expansion of reality programming. Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen (working title) features molecular gastronomist Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef). In each episode, …

LOS ANGELES: The season finale of American Idol on Wednesday night brought in 24.2 million total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen figures, representing the lowest-rated closing for the series since its first run. The night’s average of 24.2 million viewers …

NEW YORK: Simon Fuller is leading a consortium of investors that has made a bid for CKx, the company that owns 19 Entertainment, which was founded by the American Idol creator. In addition to 19—which it acquired from Fuller in …

NEW YORK: The newly created post of COO at Viacom has been filled by Thomas Dooley, formerly the senior executive VP, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Dooley will continue to report to Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of …

TORONTO: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has struck a deal to provide Rogers Communications with programming for its cable, online, mobile and on-demand services. The agreement includes extended linear channel availability and cross-platform content from CBC’s specialty channels bold and …

BUENOS AIRES: Shanghai Media Group has signed on to co-produce with Telefe International and Spain’s DOT a Chinese version of the telenovela Heartbeat. Production begins in July on a 40-episode first season. Announcing the format deal, Alejandro Parra, director of Telefe International, …