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Eurosport
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Discovery “continuously monitoring” Coronavirus in Japan amid Olympics fears
Discovery has told TBI sister title Digital TV Europe that it is “continuously monitoring” the…
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Discovery’s Eurosport heads to Singapore
Discovery and Singaporean broadcaster Mediacorp are to launch Eurosport and Setanta Sports via on-demand platform…
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TBI Weekly: Brand power could hold key for the future of TV
This week, it’s become clear that simply having quality content is no longer enough to…
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Ampere: Premier League rights to pass £10bn mark
The value of Premier League football rights is set to break the £10 billion barrier…
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Hall: BBC must future-proof against US threats
BBC director general Tony Hall has said getting the “strategic relationship” between the UK pubcaster’s…
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Discovery unveils mobile Olympics plans
Discovery Communications has revealed plans to make Olympic Games coverage to mobile operators. The US…
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Discovery buys into Global Cycling Network
Discovery has bought into Play Sports Group, the digital media business that runs the popular…
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Discovery preps channel, focuses on UK, German growth
Discovery Communications will launch a new free-to-air channel in the UK alongside other new services…
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Discovery-Sky in crunch talks with hours to deadline
Discovery Communications and Sky remain locked in talks about a new carriage deal, with hours…
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Discovery, Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms
Discovery and Sky have both upped the ante in the bitter carriage dispute that will…
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Sky-Discovery battle extends to Germany
Sky and Discovery are locked in carriage talks over the latter’s channels in Germany, with…
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Discovery and Sky go to war over channels
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
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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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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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Amazon ‘exploring’ live sports offering
Amazon is weighing up plans to break into the world of live sports streaming, according…
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‘Sports viewing on the decline among millennials’
Interest in sport among young millennials is “on the decline” with many viewers lured away…
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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’s international business suffers declines
Revenues and profit have taken a hit at Discovery Communications’ international business, with the US-listed…
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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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Increased costs hit TF1
French broadcaster TF1’s performance for the first nine months of the year has been hit…
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Eurosport gets into drone racing
Discovery-owned sports net Eurosport has struck a deal to cover drone racing, making it the…
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All3 agrees major drama output deal with Liberty
All3Media will produce four original drama series for cable platforms owned by its co-parent, Liberty…
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Discovery sub-licenses Olympics to ORF
Discovery has inked a deal with ORF that sees the Austrian pubcaster sub-license Olympics TV…
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Eurosport moves for premium football rights
Eurosport has made a significant move for premium football rights, securing a tranche of games from…
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Eurosport launches VR app for French Open
Eurosport has launched a virtual reality (VR) app to coincide with this year’s French Open…
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Discovery Sweden CEO resigns, interim installed
Discovery Networks Sweden CEO Jonas Sjogren has resigned from his post after a decade of…
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Eurosport seals Euro Athletics deal
Eurosport has snagged pan-European rights to top-level athletics in Europe. The Discovery Communications-owned sports channel…
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Discovery financial chief, south Asia boss exiting
Discovery Communications’ chief financial officer (CFO), Andrew Warren, will leave the company at the end…
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Discovery ‘will hit 1m, $100m OTT target’ by 2017
Discovery Communications says it will hit its one-million direct-to-consumer OTT subs by 2017, bringing it…
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Eurosport offers online NBA bundle
Eurosport has struck a deal to offer bundled online access to Eurosport content and live…