SBS Discovery Media


Post-Discovery, Henrik Ravn returns to ProSieben

Henrik Ravn has been appointed COO and chief commercial officer of the German-speaking broadcast operations of ProSiebenSat.1. He joins the German broadcast group having left Discovery late last year amid a restructure at the factual channels giant that saw his responsibilities fall to Dee Forbes, who became Discovery Networks Northern Europe president and managing director. […]

Discovery, Foxtel chart Rise of the Nazi Party

Discovery Networks Western Europe and Australian pay platform Foxtel are among buyers of a new history-themed series about the emergence of the Nazi Party in Germany. DNI sister company SBS Discovery Media and Planete have also acquired the 10x50mins series for Scandinavia and France respectively. The Rise of the Nazi Party comes from UK indie […]

SBS Discovery nets exclusive soccer deal

SBS Discovery Media, the unit created by Discovery following its acquisition of SBS Broadcasting, has secured the exclusive Scandinavian rights to European qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournaments. SBS Discovery Media struck a deal with UEFA for rights across TV, online and mobile platforms in Denmark, Sweden […]

Discovery buying another Scandi channel

SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group. The sale of the channel follows an internal review of its operations by TV4. Financial details were not disclosed, but CEO Casten Almqvist said it said it will use the proceeds from the sale to increase investment in in-house production […]