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Discovery Channel
eOne adds veteran Bocaccio to scripted team
Entertainment One Television has named veteran production executive Gerard Bocaccio, who worked on Discovery’s first…
Discovery founder John Hendricks retiring
Pay TV pioneer John Hendricks is to retire from Discovery Communications almost three decades years…
BT TV adds Discovery channels
BT has added HD channels Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport…
BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
Discovery to air live Everest leap
Discovery is going to transmit daredevil Joby Ogwyn’s wing suit leap from the summit of…
Discovery Channel heads West with Redford
Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions is creating a new factual series for US cable net Discovery…
News brief: Discovery orders JFK lost tapes doc
UK indie producer Arrow Media is making a one-off special for Discovery Channel, JFK: The…
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…
Discovery cited as the biggest TV channel in Europe
The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new…
TLC gets new boss after Winter departure
Discovery Communications’ female-skewed TLC has named Discovery Channel production exec Nancy Daniels as its new…
Nat Geo Television poaches BBC Worldwide Productions exec
National Geographic Television has reeled in BBC Worldwide Productions’s VP, factual production and programming, to…
Peace Point, Muse enter distribution pact
Peace Point Rights will represent programmes from Canadian compatriot Muse Distribution International’s catalogue in Latin…
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…
Discovery orders second factual drama mini
Discovery Channel is developing a miniseries based on the Scottish legend of William Wallace –…
Discovery goes Turbo in Turkey
Pay TV operator Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery…
Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
Pact: Channel 5 attitude toward indies ‘worrying’
UK producer body Pact has labelled the terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s relationship with local indies…
Mythbusters turns ten
Beyond’s Mythbusters has achieved what very few factual programmes have and become a long-running franchise….
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…
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…
Discovery will televise Oprah’s Lance Armstrong interview
Discovery will simulcast Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming interview with Lance Armstrong on its networks around the…
Management shake-up at Discovery
Discovery Networks has rejigged several senior management positions with Phillip Luff taking a new position,…
Sky Deutschland launches budget package
German cable operator Sky Deutschland is launching a new budget package of channels. ‘Sky Starter’…