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SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has renewed its partnership with Eurosport Group for the ICC World Twenty20 and also to launch the What is Cricket? educational campaign. The campaign will feature five-minute promotional clips that introduce key elements of the sport. The …

MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK: A 13th season, consisting of 65 half-hour episodes, of the Latin American version of Sesame Street, Plaza Sésamo, is in the works from co-producers Sesame Workshop and Televisa. The new season will spotlight conflict resolution and emphasize …

BUENOS AIRES: Telenovelas such as Secrets of Love and the teen-skewing The Resistance lead off the portfolio that Telefe International will be presenting to buyers at the L.A. Screenings. Also in the catalogue is WAGs, Love for the Game, set …

TORONTO: The Disney Channel comedy series Good Luck Charlie is set to air in Canada on Family Channel, with a debut on May 14 in a 7 p.m. time slot. The show will premiere with two back-to-back episodes. In the …

SINGAPORE: To celebrate the milestone of reaching 200,000 customers, mio TV is offering a range of bonuses for subscribers. mio TV subscribers will be the first in Singapore to have James Cameron’s box-office smash hit Avatar available in their homes. …

SINGAPORE: Multi Channel Asia (MCA) has awarded Asahi Investment Corporation (AIC) the exclusive multi-year distribution rights to Outdoor Channel in Korea. Asahi takes on the master rights to distribute Outdoor Channel in Korea as well as the option to create …

NEW YORK: The Sharper Image, Live Nation and Saban are among the first-time exhibitors that are slated to attend the 2010 Licensing International Expo, taking place June 8 to 10 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. There are more …

LOS ANGELES/OAKBROOK TERRACE: Ending a legal spat, DVD kiosk operator redbox has agreed to a 28-day window on titles from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The new deal will see redbox receive improved economic terms and …

BEIJING: FIFA and state broadcaster CCTV have jointly granted the Chinese video site Youku.com the online broadcast rights to all FIFA 2010 matches. A new World Cup Channel on Youku.com will be dedicated to the broadcast of all matches as …

OTTAWA/GATINEAU: According to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian specialty, pay and on-demand services spent 36.7-percent more on imported content in the year ended August 31, 2009, as compared with the prior-year period. For specialty, pay- and pay-per-view …