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SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel has hit a new milestone, having notched up distribution in 100.1 million U.S. homes. In passing the 100 million subscriber mark, Discovery Channel is now the second-most widely distributed cable network in the U.S. and the …

SAN FRANCISCO: The fourth season of Vanguard on Current TV, the channel co-founded by Al Gore, will include a special episode that features freed journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were imprisoned in North Korea in 2009. The investigative …

LOS ANGELES: After achieving the top spot as the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar has garnered a new achievement, becoming the best-selling Blu-ray title ever, after just four days in stores, with 2.7 million units sold in North …

LOS ANGELES: The Spanish-language version of the MGM HD channel is to launch in Latin America this month in Argentina and Mexico. The channel launches in Spanish in HD for subscribers across Cablevision Argentina, Cablevision Mexico and Sky Mexico this month. …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed the U.S. broadcast rights for the new animated series Dragon Ball Z Kai, which will debut in TheCW4Kids Saturday morning programming block in the 2010-11 season. Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written …

BURBANK: The music-based live-action comedy series I’m In the Band has been given a second-season order by Disney XD. The series is about a teenager who gets to live out his wildest dream when he joins his favorite "vintage" rock …

LONDON: Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe has hired Åse Ytreland as the new managing director for the Nordic and Baltic regions, where she will manage the company’s activities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Ytreland will …

LONDON: Endemol Worldwide Distribution has picked up three new factual series from Sirens Media, all of which were commissioned by Discovery’s ID network. Who the Bleep Did I Marry? is a 12×30-minute series about men and women who thought they were …

LONDON: A raft of feature films and TV movies from Eagle Pictures, covering genres such as horror and science fiction, are to begin airing from early May in Italy on Chello Zone’s Fantasy channel. The deal features 22 films, including …

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 …