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Animal Planet
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Warner Bros. Discovery doubles down on linear in Japan with J:COM pact
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is expanding its linear networks in Japan after expanding a partnership…
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TBI In Conversation: Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel on character-driven factual, Netflix & Shark Week
Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel looks back on five years of factual production, reveals his hunt for…
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Show of the week: Mega Zoo
This animal-focused show highlights not just the ever-present interest in animals among viewers but also…
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News round-up: Netflix to end ‘Ozark’; Fred sells ‘Mega Zoo’; HBO returns to ‘Curb’
Netflix to end trip to Ozark Netflix is bringing the curtain down on Jason Bateman-led…
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AMPLE launches true crime division, hires All3Media & 44 Blue Productions alum to run it
AMPLE Entertainment, the US prodco behind Facebook’s 9 Months With Courteney Cox, has launched a…
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Susanna Dinnage exits Discovery
Animal Planet boss and former Discovery UK and Ireland chief Susanna Dinnage is to leave…
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Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet for ‘Dark Waters’
Beloved biologist and River Monsters star Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet after two years…
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Premier League resumes CEO search following Dinnage’s shock exit
The Premier League is scrambling to appoint a successor to outgoing CEO Richard Scudamore after…
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Discovery’s Susanna Dinnage to lead Premier League
Susanna Dinnage, the global president at Discovery’s Animal Planet, has been named as the Premier…
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Rich Ross exiting post-Scripps deal Discovery
Discovery Communications has named the new management team that will lead the enlarged company after…
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Discovery restructures EMEA team
Discovery Communications is changing the structure of its EMEA business, after naming Susanna Dinnage as…
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Leading US nets join SVOD streamer
A+E Networks, Discovery, AMC Networks and Viacom are among the major US broadcast groups confirming…
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Discovery names global Animal Planet chief
Discovery Communications has named Susanna Dinnage as global president for pay TV channel Animal Planet,…
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Discovery to create slate of Facebook originals
Discovery Communications has entered into a deal with Facebook to create a slate of original…
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Animal Planet adapts Plimsoll’s rescue dog format
Discovery Communications-owned Animal Planet counts an adaptation of British-created format Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs…
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Discovery buys Spurlock’s Rats
US cable net Discovery Channel has acquired rights to Morgan Spurlock’s new film, Rats. Discovery…
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Animal Planet taps ex-ITV Studios exec for GM
US cable channel Animal Planet has hired ITV Studios America’s east coast COO as its…
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Raft of MENA launches for Discovery
Discovery Communications has announced a raft of carriage deals for its channels in the MENA…
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Discovery launches US streaming service
Discovery Communications has launched its first US TV everywhere streaming service, Discovery Go, with a…
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Discovery Go launches in Canada
Discovery has launched a TV Everywhere service, Discovery Go, in Canada. The digital service will…
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Kaplan’s international vision: creator-led content
Days into her new job as Discovery’s international content supremo, Marjorie Kaplan tells Stewart Clarke…
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Scripps hires ex-Discovery Asia chief for UK
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific boss Kevin Dickie as senior…
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Discovery restructures US nets
Discovery Communications has placed Rich Ross into a networks group president role as it realigns…
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Discovery names Kaplan int’l content president
Discovery Communications veteran Marjorie Kaplan has been named president of content Discovery Networks International. The…
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David Zaslav on cutting beards and growing 4K and international
New Discovery Channel boss Rich Ross was lauded early this year for calling time on…
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River Monsters gets YouTube channel
The producers of the popular Animal Planet series River Monsters are launching a dedicated YouTube…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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ITV to sell Discovery’s Animal Black Ops
ITV Studios has taken international rights to Animal Black Ops, the spin-off of the successful…
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Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…
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Discovery inks Hulu deal, talking to Netflix
Hulu has picked up a raft of Discovery Communications titles including exclusive SVOD rights to…
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