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Discovery Channel
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eOne adds veteran Bocaccio to scripted team
Entertainment One Television has named veteran production executive Gerard Bocaccio, who worked on Discovery’s first…
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Discovery founder John Hendricks retiring
Pay TV pioneer John Hendricks is to retire from Discovery Communications almost three decades years…
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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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BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
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Discovery to air live Everest leap
Discovery is going to transmit daredevil Joby Ogwyn’s wing suit leap from the summit of…
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Discovery Channel heads West with Redford
Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions is creating a new factual series for US cable net Discovery…
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News brief: Discovery orders JFK lost tapes doc
UK indie producer Arrow Media is making a one-off special for Discovery Channel, JFK: The…
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Simon Andreae lands Darnell’s Fox role, Sony project in doubt
Fox Broadcasting has handed Simon Andreae the coveted role at the top of its alternative…
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Discovery cited as the biggest TV channel in Europe
The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new…
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TLC gets new boss after Winter departure
Discovery Communications’ female-skewed TLC has named Discovery Channel production exec Nancy Daniels as its new…
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Nat Geo Television poaches BBC Worldwide Productions exec
National Geographic Television has reeled in BBC Worldwide Productions’s VP, factual production and programming, to…
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Peace Point, Muse enter distribution pact
Peace Point Rights will represent programmes from Canadian compatriot Muse Distribution International’s catalogue in Latin…
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DRG sells comic science factual series back to NRK
MTG Studios-owned UK distributor DRG has sold the Canadian remake of an NRK comic science-themed…
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Discovery orders second factual drama mini
Discovery Channel is developing a miniseries based on the Scottish legend of William Wallace –…
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Discovery goes Turbo in Turkey
Pay TV operator Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery…
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Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
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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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Pact: Channel 5 attitude toward indies ‘worrying’
UK producer body Pact has labelled the terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s relationship with local indies…
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Mythbusters turns ten
Beyond’s Mythbusters has achieved what very few factual programmes have and become a long-running franchise….
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New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
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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 will televise Oprah’s Lance Armstrong interview
Discovery will simulcast Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming interview with Lance Armstrong on its networks around the…
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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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Sky Deutschland launches budget package
German cable operator Sky Deutschland is launching a new budget package of channels. ‘Sky Starter’…