Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav has wasted little time in implementing his new-look international executive team and shuttering CNN+, but with $3bn in savings to find, there are numerous moves left to make. Cost-cutting will be uppermost in the minds of the newly-installed senior C-suiters, but Discovery’s factual entertainment roots and Warner Media’s more […]
Discovery goes Wild with Talos Discovery has commissioned a new reality series, 100 Days Wild, from New York-based Talos Films, following a group of five people as they try to survive an Alaskan winter in a nomadic lifestyle. The group, all strangers, have 100 days to learn to work together to hunt, gather, and build […]
Discovery Asia and NHK in Japan are among broadcasters to have picked up programming from TVF International’s recently bolstered Asia-Pacific sales team. Discovery Asia acquired pan-Asia rights to Chef Exchange (10 x 30 minutes), Singapore on Film (2 x 60 minutes) and Beach House Pictures’ access-driven two-parter Raffles: Remaking an Icon (2 x 60 minutes). […]
Asian pan-regional OTT service Viu has linked with Discovery for a content collaboration around the format No Sleep No FOMO. The Viu-produced travelogue format, which was named a TBI MIPTV Hot Pick earlier this year, will air on Discovery Channel and Discovery Asia across 14 markets, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand […]
Discovery Networks has bought Latin American distribution rights for the new LeBron James series Cleveland Hustles. The show follows NBA superstar LeBron James and his business partner and friend Maverick Carter as they give local entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch business ideas and rejuvenate Cleveland neighbourhoods. In its latest deal with international producer and distributor […]
DQ Entertainment has concluded a raft of programme sales and is working on a slate of four new shows. The India-based, UK-listed kids producer and distributor has sold its animated Robin Hood animated series to Discovery Asia, two seasons of The Jungle Book (pictured) to Nickelodeon India, which has also picked up Suraj, The Rising […]
