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Discovery
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Discovery, Foxtel get new arrival with Spun Gold series
Discovery in Europe and Latin America and Foxtel in Australia have picked up pregnancy and…
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Discovery names Animal Planet boss
Discovery has upped Rick Holzman general manager of its Animal Planet channel. Holzman is being…
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Discovery rebrands net, gives Life to new channel
Discovery is rebranding its US channel Discovery Fit & Health to Discovery Life Channel (DLC)….
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The factual landscape: ducks, docs and digital
The business of selling factual programming is changing – with free-to-air slots for classic factual…
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Viacom poaches Worldwide exec as Asia boss
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited Mark Whitehead as executive VP and managing director of…
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Discovery’s Betty gets BBC Animal Movers commission
Discovery-owned UK prodco Betty has won a commission from the BBC for The Animal Movers….
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Leading UK digital channels’ content spend hits £2.6bn
A group of leading UK digital and pay TV channels spent a combined £2.6 billion…
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Discovery, Liberty will ‘build on’ All3Media acquisition
Discovery and Liberty Global are expected to buy additional content companies and assets to build…
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Discovery completes US$1.2 billion Eurosport takeover
Discovery has completed its deal to acquire a majority stake in international sport broadcaster Eurosport…
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Silberwasser named Telemundo president
Former Discovery Network International content boss Luis Silberwasser has re-emerged as the new president of…
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Viacom poaches Fox, Discovery execs for Europe
Viacom has added a pair of executives to its southern Europe team, one from Discovery…
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Discovery, Liberty secure All3Media takeover
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global have confirmed the £550 million (US$930 million) acquisition of the…
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ITV recruits Julian Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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Discovery weighs sharing premium sports rights for Eurosport
Discovery boss David Zaslav has told TBI that it is weighing partnering with other media…
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Discovery orders doc on missing Malaysian Airlines plane
Discovery has ordered a one-off doc about missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 for its international…
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HBO On Demand launches on Indian pay TV
Tata Sky subscribers with access to HBO premium channels in India can now access catch-up…
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Doug Baker takes on wider Discovery role
Discovery has added the COO position to Doug Baker’s current CFO role at its international…
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Viewpoint, Gary Lico: Guess what? Everyone was right
Sorry for the old school rant here, but everything industry pundits said would happen a…
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Discovery buys Gold Rush prodco Raw
Discovery Communications has acquired Raw, the UK production firm that makes Discovery’s hit series Gold…
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ITV shops magic and wedding series
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has agreed deals for its factual titles with broadcasters around the…
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News brief: Picture Box helps DMax Get Stuffed
Italian channel DMax has acquired Get Stuffed, a 13x30mins food-themed extreme competition reality series, from…
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MTV poaches BBC Worldwide exec Hakami
MTV has recruited Elli Hakami as executive VP of current series and programming. She joins…
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News brief: Discovery takes Shine’s package
Discovery Latin America has acquired a 290-hour package of new and returning programming from UK-based…
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PGS notches Lat Am deals
Kids distributor PGS Entertainment has sealed a raft of programming deals with broadcasters across Latin…
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Canal+ makes competition complaint against TF1
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has filed a complaint against commercial broadcaster TF1 with the French competition authority,…
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Discovery Channel gets 3.4 million for Klondike
The Discovery Channel’s first scripted miniseries, Klondike, has delivered solid debut ratings of 3.4 million…
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Latin American broadcasters acquire Rive Gauche programming
Turner Latin America has acquired new seasons of Operation Repo and Happily Never After from…
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Amazon partners with studios, programmers in 4K push
Amazon has revealed that it is working with major Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including…
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International broadcasters mark the death of Nelson Mandela
International broadcasters have moved swiftly to unveil special programming to mark the death of Nelson…
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Discovery channels find Irish carriage
Irish pay TV operator UPC has added three more Discovery Networks-owned channels to its TV…