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Discovery
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Lee Bartlett leaving Discovery
Discovery Studios boss Lee Bartlett is leaving the company. Bartlett has been at Discovery for…
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Discovery to buy rest of Eurosport
Discovery Communications has agreed to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in Eurosport…
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Discovery in Cuban doc first
Discovery Channel has commissioned Cuban Chrome, a doc series about car culture in Cuba that…
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Discovery makes Euro OTT play
Discovery Communications is launching its Dplay OTT service in three new markets in Europe. The…
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Reorganisation at Discovery’s Eurosport
Discovery-owned Eurosport has made a series of exec changes including a new global content chief…
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Pair of intn’l commissions for Discovery
Discovery has greenlit two new programmes for its international nets, an engineering blunders series and…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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Discovery moving into international drama
Discovery has ordered its first original scripted series for outside of the US and has…
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Fledgling Turkish pay platform adds Discovery channels
Fledgling Turkish pay TV operator Filbox has added a bouquet of Discovery channels to its…
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Discovery tightens grip on Eurosport
Discovery Communications has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eurosport France, further consolidating…
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Lifestyle sales for Peace Point
Canada-based distributor Peace Point Rights has shopped 120 hours of lifestyle and factual fare to…
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A+E hires Indian boss
The joint venture partners that run AETN18 have appointed Avinash Kaul as president of the…
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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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Post-Discovery, Henrik Ravn returns to ProSieben
Henrik Ravn has been appointed COO and chief commercial officer of the German-speaking broadcast operations…
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Fox denies Discovery takeover report
Twenty First Century Fox has moved swiftly to deny reports that its executives have held…
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Phil Craig and Tim Pastore to keynote at MIPDoc
Discovery’s incoming content chief, Phil Craig, will give a keynote address at MIPDoc in Cannes…
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Discovery seeks third-party Spanish content for distribution
Discovery Communications’s programme sales team is ramping up efforts to acquire Spanish-language content that it can…
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SBS Discovery strikes volume deal with truTV
SBS Discovery Norway has struck a two-year volume deal for content from the truTV cable…
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Discovery installs new Eurosport CEO
Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…
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Raft of presales for French WW2 doc
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought World War II feature doc Surrender. The 1x90mins…
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Discovery inks Hulu deal, talking to Netflix
Hulu has picked up a raft of Discovery Communications titles including exclusive SVOD rights to…
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Discovery opens X-Ray Mega Airport
Discovery Networks International has commissioned X-Ray Mega Airport, a forensic, behind-the-scenes look at Frankfurt Airport…
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Foxtel and Discovery linked to joint bid for Ten
Pay TV operator Foxtel and channel operator Discovery are being widely linked to a move…
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Discovery takes Nik Wallenda stunt to digital
Discovery is launching a dedicated interactive site to accompany the upcoming Nik Wallenda tightrope walk….
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Broadcasters want the Truth about Tutankhamun
Australian pubcaster SBS and Discovery Asia have both acquired factual special Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered….
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Global nets reach for Little Couple
Broadcasters around the world have acquired TLC’s high-rating ob-doc series The Little Couple. Now into…
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Discovery weighs SBS Netherlands move
Discovery is understood to be considering a move for the SBS free-to-air broadcast business in…
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Caleb Weinstein joins Fox International Channels
Former Amazon, Discovery and Viacom executive Caleb Weinstein has resurfaced at Fox International Channels. He…
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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Buyers Briefing: Dan Korn, Discovery Networks Western Europe
Name: Dan Korn Title: Senior VP and head of programming, Discovery Networks Western Europe Discovery’s…