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Discovery
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Deal round-up: Discovery buys Lebron James series
Discovery Networks has bought Latin American distribution rights for the new LeBron James series Cleveland…
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Green invests in UK-based Indie Prodco
Richard Green has signed an investment deal with UK-based factual indie prodco Midnight Oil Pictures….
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TBI Factual: Year in Review
If scripted TV dominates the headlines at the moment, 2016 served up a few factual…
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Discovery hires Euro Olympics chief
Discovery Communications has recruited Bernard Ross to join Eurosport and run its Olympics coverage across…
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TLC opening Big Brides Boutique
The UK TLC net has ordered Big Brides Boutique, a new reality show that gives…
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ITV buys into Discovery-backed New Form
ITV has invested in digital studio New Form. The digital studio was set up in 2014…
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Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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Asian ambitions: All3Media International
All3Media International has opened up in Asia ahead of ATF and now has a local…
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Dating Game Killer Discovery ID’s first original movie
ITV-owned prodco ThinkFactory is making Dating Game Killer, the first original movie for the US…
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Discovery channels yanked from Russian platform
Discovery’s channels have been pulled from Russian pay TV platform Tricolor in argument over pricing….
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German pubcasters miss Discovery Olympics deal
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have failed to secure a deal with Discovery to…
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Ex-Fox exec to head Discovery VR
Discovery Communications has brought in Rebecca Howard to head up its virtual reality content efforts….
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Discovery orders Celebrity Fat Fighters
TLC has greenlit a new reality series in following celebrities in an extreme weight-loss boot…
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Bond exits Discovery’s Raw for Endemol Shine prodco
UK prodco Dragonfly has hired Richard Bond as creative director. He joins the Endemol Shine…
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Raft of Secret Life of 4 Year Olds deals
The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds format has been picked up by broadcasters across…
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Discovery building the ‘Netflix of sports’
With Olympics and other rights in hand, Eurosport can become the ‘Netflix of sports’, according…
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Discovery teams with Major League Baseball’s BAMTech
Discovery has teamed up with Major League Baseball-backed media and technology unit BAMTech to create…
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C-SPAN’s Swain joins Discovery board
Discovery Communications has appointed the co-CEO of C-SPAN, Susan Swain, to its board, effective December…
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Discovery sinks $100m into digital publisher
Discovery Communications has agreed to invest US$100 million in Group Nine Media – a new…
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Dan Korn joins A+E
Dan Korn has taken a new role at A+E and will oversee programming at its…
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Discovery poaches finance chief from ProSieben
Discovery has hired Gunnar Wiedenfels as CFO, poaching the finance chief from German broadcast giant…
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Discovery launches online VR offering
Discovery has launched Seeker VR, an OTT 360-video and virtual reality offering. The YouTube channel…
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Gibbons lands new role at Discovery
Discovery has appointed James Gibbons to a new role overseeing its commercial and creative efforts…
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Mythbusters team prep Netflix show
The producer and several of the team from the popular popular science series Mythbusters are…
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MTV Finland adds Discovery, Viasat execs in shake-up
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
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Welling gets new role at Discovery
Discovery Communications’ central and eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa channels boss, Paul Welling, has…
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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
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Discovery, National Enquirer prep cold case series
Discovery has greenlit a true crime series looking at the infamous cold case of JonBenét…
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Dahill leaves ABC for KEO
The Australian arm of indie prodco KEO Films has hired Brendan Dahill as its new…
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Discovery preps VR drama series
Discovery has greenlit The Satchel, a virtual reality drama miniseries. The channel operator has launched…