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Discovery Communications
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Discovery “would love” to be on Apple platform
Discovery Communications is increasingly open to all forms of distribution including direct-to-consumer and would be…
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Dickerson rises at Oprah’s OWN
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has promoted Jill Dickerson to senior VP, programming and development….
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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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Discovery in Verizon OTT deal
Discovery Communications is to begin supplying content to an upcoming mobile TV-focused OTT service from…
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Discovery poaches Nat Geo’s Sayer
Discovery Networks International has poached factual production veteran Ed Sayer to join Phil Craig’s new…
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Discovery buys Turkish net, agrees strategic deal
Discovery Communications has agreed a strategic relationship with Turkey’s Doğuş Media Group to increase its portfolio…
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Discovery, Comcast come to carriage agreement
Fraught carriage negotiations between Discovery Communications and Comcast Communications have ended with a new “long-term,…
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Objective names new CEO as Newman exits
All3Media-owned Objective Productions has named a new CEO after Andrew Newman became the latest top-level…
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Top YouTube MCNs now worth $10bn
The top 100 YouTube multichannel networks are worth nearly US$10 billion, with the YouTube channel…
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Discovery wins US$1.45bn Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcasting rights across Europe to…
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Discovery ‘driving hard’ on 4K
Discovery says it is ‘driving hard’ on 4K to ensure it is ready when pay…
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MCNs buy New Form Digital originals
A pair of originals from New Form Digital, the studio director Ron Howard and Discovery…
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Objective chiefs launch ITV Studios prodco
Objective Productions foursome Andrew O’Connor, Paul Sandler, Matt Crook and Adam Adler are leaving the…
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Discovery launches Mid East free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Arabiya, a new free-to-air male-skewed channel in the Middle East. The…
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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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Ex-FremantleMedia UK boss joins All3
Former FremantleMedia UK CEO Sara Geater is joining another UK-based production giant, All3Media, as COO….
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Foxtel nears Ten deal
Australian paycaster Foxtel is closing in on a 14.9% stake in commercial free-to-air rival Network…
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NBC Universo poaches Discovery exec
Latin-flavoured US cable channel NBC Universo has poached a Discovery Communications exec to become its…
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Discovery ‘exits Ten takeover talks’
Discovery Communications has pulled out of talks to buy Australian commercial channel Network Ten, according…
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Sony launches PlayStation Vue cloud TV service
Sony has launched its new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, in the US cities of…
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Betty founder leaving after 14 years
Liz Warner is leaving Discovery Communications-owned producer Betty 14 years after she founded the business….
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Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
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Geater slams BBC, Channel 4 over indie stance
UK indie trade body Pact has slammed pubcasters the BBC and Channel 4 over the…
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Caution urged over Ten future speculation
For sale Australian broadcaster Network Ten has urged caution after reports that a key shareholder…
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John Hendricks: still curious
John Hendricks tells Stewart Clarke about CuriosityStream and how it will harness the ‘third evolution…
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Core’s Graboff resurfaces at Discovery
Ex-Core Media Group president Marc Graboff has joined pay TV giant Discovery Communications. Graboff (pictured…
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Creative chief for revived Chrysalis
Chris Wright and Mick Pilsworth (pictured) have hired a creative director to over drama for…
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Turton secures All3Media CEO post
Jane Turton has been confirmed as the permanent CEO of UK-based production giant All3Media. She…
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Fox denies Discovery takeover report
Twenty First Century Fox has moved swiftly to deny reports that its executives have held…