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Rich Ross
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Rich Ross exiting post-Scripps deal Discovery
Discovery Communications has named the new management team that will lead the enlarged company after…
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Discovery names global Animal Planet chief
Discovery Communications has named Susanna Dinnage as global president for pay TV channel Animal Planet,…
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Discovery Channel fishes for Sacred Cod
Discovery Channel has acquired global rights to new documentary film Sacred Cod. The deal continues Discovery…
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Discovery goes on global Huntwatch
Discovery Channel has acquired US and international rights to theatrical documentary Huntwatch. The movie will…
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Animal Planet taps ex-ITV Studios exec for GM
US cable channel Animal Planet has hired ITV Studios America’s east coast COO as its…
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Discovery, Imax strike programming deal
Large-screen cinema company Imax has cut its first TV distribution deal for its original programming,…
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Discovery’s Mythbusters given a final season
Discovery Channel’s longest-running series, Mythbusters, will come to an end after a final, fourteenth, season….
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Discovery Channel plots 200+ territory doc launch
Discovery Channel has commissioned a documentary about Mount Everest’s Sherpa community that will rollout in…
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Discovery restructures US nets
Discovery Communications has placed Rich Ross into a networks group president role as it realigns…
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Discovery names Kaplan int’l content president
Discovery Communications veteran Marjorie Kaplan has been named president of content Discovery Networks International. The…
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David Zaslav on cutting beards and growing 4K and international
New Discovery Channel boss Rich Ross was lauded early this year for calling time on…
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Zaslav: Discovery preps ‘cost effective’ dramas
The president and CEO of Discovery Communications has described plans to push Discovery Channel more…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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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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ID moves into scripted with Serial Thriller
Investigation Discovery’s recent moves into part-scripted programming have culminated in the commission of a three-part drama…
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Discovery Channel plans on Racing Extinction
Discovery Channel has acquired domestic and international rights to Louie Psihoyos’ documentary Racing Extinction. Following…
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Discovery Channel create NY production unit
Rich Ross’s latest major move since becoming Discovery Channel president is to set up a…
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Ross plots new path for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is taking a new direction in its programming strategy, moving away from sensationalised…
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Rich Ross exits Shine, lands at Discovery
Rich Ross has left Shine amid a restructure at the enlarged production and distribution group…
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Endemol-Shine-Core US leaders named
The joint venture behind the Endemol-Shine Group-Core Media tie-up has named its senior US management….
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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Shine International confirms permanent CEO
Shine International’s interim CEO Nadine Nohr has been confirmed in the post on a permanent…
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Gary Carter joining Shine Group
FremantleMedia COO Gary Carter is joining Shine Group where he will take the new role…
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Shine recruits Palacio to run new Latin division
Shine has hired Cristina Palacio to run a new division that will make content for…