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SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery has slated a second season of Stalked: Someone’s Watching, a series that profiles stalkers and their victims. Michelle Ward, the host and a criminal psychologist, explores the challenges in combating stalking and provides methods of protection …

LONDON: Endemol Sport is bringing the 2011 Power Snooker Masters, taking place this weekend in Manchester, to more than 190 territories. The 2011 Power Snooker Masters were sold to territories in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia and …

NEW YORK: A recent Nielsen survey shows that the Apple iPad is the most desired consumer electronic among kids 6 to 12 for the holiday season. The findings are consistent with U.S. kids’ 2010 wishlists, with the iPad even increasing …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has commissioned Figure 8 Films to produce Dominican Conjoined Twins (working title), an hour-long special featuring a pair of 19-month-old conjoined twins from the Dominican Republic. The special will air across Europe, the Middle …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would punish companies for posting pirated content online, has drawn opposition from Internet giants such as Yahoo, Google, Facebook and the Consumer Electronics Association, saying that it would give the government …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has picked up the television rights to The Annoying Orange, a web series watched by millions on YouTube. The new half-hour television series based on the web series will premiere in 2012 as part of Cartoon Network’s …

NEW YORK: CBS has ordered 25th and 26th editions of the hit reality competition Survivor for the 2012-13 broadcast season. Jeff Probst will return as host and executive producer for the new installments. He has been the host of Survivor …

BARCELONA: TV3 has signed with DreamWorks Television for the adaptation of the series The Red Band Society that will air on ABC in the U.S. The series’ first season, originally titled Polseres Vermelles, aired on TV3 in the 10:30 p.m. …

NEW DELHI: Discovery Turbo, the 24-hour male-skewing channel dedicated to speed, has expanded its reach in India with a launch on the DTH platform Reliance Digital TV. The service is already available in India on Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel Digital …

MADRID: Vértice 360’s El líder de la manada, hosted by César Millán, will launch at the end of the month on Cuatro in prime time. Nathalie García, the general director of content production and development at Vértice 360, said “the …