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Discovery Channel
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Discovery development VP joins A&E
Long-time Discovery Communications development exec Amy Savitsky is joining rival A&E Network. Savitsky (pictured) will…
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Discovery development VP joins A&E
Long-time Discovery Communications development exec Amy Savitsky is joining rival A&E Network. Savitsky (pictured) will…
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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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EE TV adds 25 channels from TVPlayer
EE has added British Eurosport, Discovery Channel and 23 other pay channels to its TV…
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Discovery’s Mythbusters given a final season
Discovery Channel’s longest-running series, Mythbusters, will come to an end after a final, fourteenth, season….
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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 Channel plots 200+ territory doc launch
Discovery Channel has commissioned a documentary about Mount Everest’s Sherpa community that will rollout in…
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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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Ex-Discovery, Nat Geo chief to run prodco body
Former Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel boss John Ford is to run an American…
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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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TVPlayer to launch UK subs offering
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer will launch a subscription service this summer offering live streams of…
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Zaslav: Discovery preps ‘cost effective’ dramas
The president and CEO of Discovery Communications has described plans to push Discovery Channel more…
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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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ID moves into scripted with Serial Thriller
Investigation Discovery’s recent moves into part-scripted programming have culminated in the commission of a three-part drama…
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Channel 4 buys into another UK indie
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought into another emerging indie producer as part of its…
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Runner to cross Britain for Discovery
An endurance runner with traverse the length of Britain in a 1x60mins doc for Discovery…
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Discovery Channel plans on Racing Extinction
Discovery Channel has acquired domestic and international rights to Louie Psihoyos’ documentary Racing Extinction. Following…
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Syfy magnifies Close Up Kings
US cable channel Syfy has bought UK-Canadian magic series Close Up Kings. The deal with…
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Discovery Channel create NY production unit
Rich Ross’s latest major move since becoming Discovery Channel president is to set up a…
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Discovery sets global launch for Holocaust doc
Discovery Communications is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration…
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Buyers briefing: Angela Recio Sondon, Discovery
Name: Angela Recio Sondon Title: VP, programming and acquisitions, Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic Ahead…
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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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Ross plots new path for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is taking a new direction in its programming strategy, moving away from sensationalised…
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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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Rich Ross exits Shine, lands at Discovery
Rich Ross has left Shine amid a restructure at the enlarged production and distribution group…
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Endemol-Shine-Core US leaders named
The joint venture behind the Endemol-Shine Group-Core Media tie-up has named its senior US management….
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Discovery goes Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Discovery Networks International has bought Running Wild with Bear Grylls for a number of its…
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Discovery sets Wallenda tightrope walk date
Nik Wallenda’s follow-up to the record-breaking live-broadcast of Skywire Live will go out on Discovery…
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Sunny (Chinese) Side of the Doc
The screening and copro documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc remains a very French…