Discovery Networks International


Discovery launching mystery and suspense channel

Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) is set to launch a new female-skewing mystery and suspense channel in the second quarter of 2014. Discovery ID Xtra is due to roll out in as many as 105 markets across CEEMEA in 2014, according to Discovery Networks CEEMEA’s senior VP, head of […]

Red hot channels in Asia

Asian pay TV is growing at a fast clip with subscriber numbers on the rise and revenues from linear and new digital services growing. The numbers are not lost on the international media giants operating channels and services from the likes of A+E, BBC Worldwide, Discovery, Fox, Sony and Turner are all well established in […]

Discovery orders Filipino Typhoon Haiyan doc

Discovery Networks International has ordered Megastorm: World’s Biggest Typhoon, a one-off documentary about weather phenomenon, which wrought havoc in the Philippines earlier this month. Discovery commissioned the doc from UK news and current affairs specialist ITN Productions. It will have never before seen footage from ITN’s crews on the ground insight from scientists in the […]

The War Report

With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014, Jesse Whittock identifies the projects and producers that will shape World War I in the minds of a new generation of TV viewers. War programming has the unique power to shock, appall and intrigue in equal measures, hence its enduring […]

Discovery Intn’l orders second season of Breaking Magic

Discovery Networks International has ordered a second season of Breaking Magic. The magic show is produced by All3Media-backed UK producer Objective and follows a group of new-school conjurers and street magic specialists as they reveal the science behind their tricks. The first season aired across Discovery’s international network of channels. The new show will be […]

Discovery cited as the biggest TV channel in Europe

The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new research. The Digital TV Research report surveyed 270 channels across 212 operators throughout the EMEA region. It found that Discovery is carried on 171 operators ahead of National Geographic, Eurosport and MTV, which were on 169, 164 and 160 channels […]

Discovery prepares for Doomsday

Discovery Networks International EMEA is among pre-buyers of a major Franco-German coproduction that looks at how World War I shaped figures such as Adolf Hitler and Allied Field Marshal Montgomery. The 3x50mins Doomsday – World War I is a coproduction between ZDF’s department of contemporary history and France Televisions and is shopped on the international […]

Channel 5 orders Too Fat to Fly as part of Supersize season

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a one-off doc, Too Fat to Fly. The 1x60mins show will be made by UK indie Zig Zag Productions and chart the holiday horror stories experienced by obese holidaymakers, including people who have had to be cut out of theme park rides and winched out of waterslides while […]

Eurosport ups Gurshuran Seth

Eurosport has promoted Gursharan (Gushi) Sethi to senior VP, affiliate sales and marketing, at its Asia-Pacific division. Sethi was previously director of affiliate sales & business development at the TF1 and Discovery-backed sports broadcaster. In her new role she will take on the affiliate sales and marketing responsibilities previously handled by Arjan Hoekstra who moved […]

Discovery Networks names Keaveny replacement

Discovery Networks International has named Eurosport exec Arjan Hoekstra as its new Asia-Pacific chief as former boss Tom Keaveny moves to London for a new global role. Hoekstra (above) will be become president and managing director, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific on September 1. He’ll based in Singapore at DNI’s local hub and report into Mark Hollinger, […]