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Eurosport
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Discovery bolsters sports team in Norway
Discovery Networks Norway has reinforced its team with the promotion of Jan-Erik Aalbu to sporting…
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Discovery assembles its Olympics squad
Discovery Communications has made a series of appointments to support its delivery of coverage of…
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EE TV adds 25 channels from TVPlayer
EE has added British Eurosport, Discovery Channel and 23 other pay channels to its TV…
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‘Supercharged’ Eurosport gets full makoever
Eurosport has undergone a wholesale rebrand, marking the biggest change to its look and feel…
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Discovery says intn’l D2C could generate US$100m
Discovery Communications is evaluating a direct-to-consumer move in the US, in light of its DPlay and…
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Eurosport races to Portuguese F1 deal
Discovery Communications-owned Eurosport has snagged rights to Formula One racing in Portugal. The two-year deal…
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Discovery in Verizon OTT deal
Discovery Communications is to begin supplying content to an upcoming mobile TV-focused OTT service from…
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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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Turner poaches UKTV exec for commercial role
Turner Broadcasting has hired Dan Fahy as senior director, commercial development, for its operations in…
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Discovery wins US$1.45bn Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcasting rights across Europe to…
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Eurosport relaunching OTT, chasing exclusives
Eurosport is relaunching its Eurosport Player service as parent company Discovery embarks on a drive…
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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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Discovery tightens grip on Eurosport
Discovery Communications has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eurosport France, further consolidating…
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Premier League auction hits record £5.1bn
Sky has retained the bulk of live Premier League football for upcoming seasons, but upped…
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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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Alterna’TV hires CEO in Euro channels push
Eutelsat Americas has appointed Aymeric Genty as CEO of its TV networks distribution subsidiary, Alterna’TV, as…
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Discovery brings Eurosport sales team into fold
Pay TV giant Discovery Communications is merging some of regional distribution teams with those from…
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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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Intn’l to overtake US at Discovery as Eurosport deal cleared
The European Commission has cleared Discovery Communications’ acquisition of sports broadcaster Eurosport in a deal…
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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, BSkyB could make joint Channel 5 bid
US-based Discovery Communications and British satcaster BSkyB may table a joint bid for for-sale UK…
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Zaslav: Eurosport will be ‘ESPN of Europe’
Discovery Communications’ president and CEO David Zaslav says Eurosport will be “the ESPN of Europe”…
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Discovery takes majority stake in Eurosport
Discovery Communications has acquired a controlling stake in Eurosport, a year ahead of the schedule…
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Eurosport scores more Bundesliga rights
Eurosport has agreed a new deal for Bundesliga German soccer rights. The sports channel operator…
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Microsoft announces Xbox One launch partners
Microsoft has announced the “first wave” of launch partners for its new Xbox One games…
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Report: Viacom to remain top European channel operator
Revenues for Europe’s top pay TV channels are expected to grow by 31% to US$5.52…
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Eurosport to launch in US on Discovery cable channel
Discovery Communications-owned network Eurosport is to launch in the US for the first time through…
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Discovery cited as the biggest TV channel in Europe
The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new…
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Sky Deutschland sports strong results
Sky Deutschland reported strong growth in its second quarter, with viewer numbers boosted by the…
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Eurosport signs Italian distribution deal with Mediaset
Eurosport Group has signed a deal with Mediaset that will see the Eurosport and Eurosport…