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Animal Planet
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Discovery to relaunch HD Showcase channel
Discovery Communications is set to relaunch its Discovery HD Showcase channel in Europe, the Middle…
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O’Neill gets global Discovery role, All3 board seat
Eileen O’Neill has been promoted to global group president of Discovery Studios, and is set…
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Discovery names Animal Planet boss
Discovery has upped Rick Holzman general manager of its Animal Planet channel. Holzman is being…
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Discovery takes dip with Bahama Blue
Discovery Networks International has pre-bought six-part aquatic wildlife series Bahama Blue. The deal with distributor…
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Scripps buys Oz vet series
Scripps has taken EMEA rights to Travels with the Bondi Vet, an Australian series that…
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Schechter launches New York prodco
Paranormal State producer Betsy Schechter has launched her own production company with a slate of…
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BT TV adds Discovery channels
BT has added HD channels Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport…
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Animal Planet profiles Preposterous Pets in 200 territories
Discovery Networks International has commissioned Preposterous Pets, a warm factual series about owners about people…
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Animal Planet joins Nile walk doc
US cable channel Animal Planet has come onboard a Channel 4 special following trekker Levison…
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BSkyB adds 14 channels to mobile service
BSkyB has added 14 entertainment channels to its Sky Go mobile TV service. New channels…
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News brief: Animal Planet orders Alaskan Gold Diggers
Discovery’s Animal Planet has ordered Alaskan Gold Diggers, a six-part about a California mum and…
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Discovery appoints Foley original content boss
Factual channel operator Discovery has appointed Charlie Foley executive VP of its freshly-minted Original Content…
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BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
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Power inks multi-regional wildlife deal with Animal Planet
Power has shopped a pair of its wildlife documentaries to Discovery. The UK-based producer and…
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Discovery 2013 Upfront report
Discovery unveiled a new scripted show and a raft of reality and doc series at…
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Latin Media Leaders: Enrique R. Martinez, Discovery Latin America
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ENRIQUE R. MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, DISCOVERY NETWORKS LATIN AMERICA/US HISPANIC…
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Discovery buys Dominic Monaghan’s Wild Things
ITV Studios General Entertainment has shopped Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan to Discovery, which has…
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Management shake-up at Discovery
Discovery Networks has rejigged several senior management positions with Phillip Luff taking a new position,…
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US Cable Upfront Report
TBI has teamed with independent research specialist CableU to get under the skin of this…