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SILVER SPRING: U.S. president Barack Obama will be featured in the December 8 episode of the popular Discovery Channel series Mythbusters. During the episode, entitled "Archimedes Solar Ray," Obama will challenge hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to explore an …

STOCKHOLM: Svetlana Vassileva takes on the role of CEO for Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Bulgarian channels under the Nova Televizia Group. Vassileva will lead a group that includes Nova Televizia, the Diema channel family and Nova Sport as well as …

BURBANK: Following on the success of Dancing with the Stars, ABC has slated a new celebrity competition series from BBC Worldwide Productions, Skating with the Stars. The show will watch as celebrities are paired up with world-class ice skaters. The couples …

SILVER SPRING: Programming about action sports, travel and "toys for big boys" are on the slate for Discovery HD in 2011. ON THE RECORD: BOB SCANLON, VP, PRODUCTION How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday …

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has landed agreements for Nickelodeon preschool programming in Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, including the launch of the first ever Nick Jr. branded block worldwide. Starting in November, Nickelodeon animated preschool programming will be localized for broadcast …

BURBANK: The science-fiction series V is returning to ABC for a second season on January 4 at 9 p.m. The series about the world’s first alien encounter was television’s number one new drama during the ’09-10 season in the adult …

LONDON: A continuing recovery in the global ad market has prompted ZenithOptimedia to upgrade its growth forecast for this year to 4.8 percent from 3.5 percent, and for 2011 to 4.6 percent from 4.5 percent, while a 5.4-percent increase is …

LONDON: A new deal with the Indonesian digital pay-TV operator PT Cipta Skynindo will see KidsCo available to Indonesian and East Timorese viewers in English as well as Bahasa Indonesian. As of November 1, the channel will be added to …

BETHPAGE: The more than 3 million New York-area households that subscribe to Cablevision lost access to Fox 5 and My9 this weekend after the platform was unable to clinch a new carriage deal with News Corporation. Talks reportedly resumed today …

LOS ANGELES: The soon-to-launch 3D joint-venture channel from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX has commissioned a range of original and exclusive series and firmed up several partner program acquisitions. Original series include Abandoned Planet, a one-hour series that sheds …