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Science Channel
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Pernel Media takes Attila the Hun special to Science Channel in US, France 5
Science Channel in the US has commissioned a two-hour special about Attila the Hun, which…
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Science Channel, More4 open up Passion and Pioneer’s ‘Superfactories’
Discovery’s US network Science Channel and More4 in the UK have picked up a docuseries…
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Exclusive: Channel 4, Discovery partner on Ice Age doc
Warner Bros-owned producer Renegade is making a 90-minute doc on an expansive discovery of Ice…
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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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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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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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Nat Geo hires Discovery hire for UK post
National Geographic’s UK base is adding Discovery Communications exec Bernadette McDaid to its ranks. McDaid…
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Celebs help Discovery rebuild Cash Cab
US cable net Discovery Channel is rebooting its long-running quiz Cash Cab. The new version…
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Discovery travels to Dark Side of the Sun
Discovery Channel has ordered a science special about the sun. The Dark Side Of The…
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Discovery buys Spurlock’s Rats
US cable net Discovery Channel has acquired rights to Morgan Spurlock’s new film, Rats. Discovery…
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Blink hires Discovery exec for US expansion
UK-based Blink Films has hired Science Channel exec Brad Kohlenstein as senior VP, development to…
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Discovery launches US streaming service
Discovery Communications has launched its first US TV everywhere streaming service, Discovery Go, with a…
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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 restructures US nets
Discovery Communications has placed Rich Ross into a networks group president role as it realigns…
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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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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 takes on Impossible Engineering
Discovery Networks has acquired UKTV factual series Impossible Engineering for various international channel feeds. UK-based…
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O’Neill gets global Discovery role, All3 board seat
Eileen O’Neill has been promoted to global group president of Discovery Studios, and is set…
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Discovery replaces Science Channel’s Myers
Discovery Communications has upped veteran programmer Rita Mullin to replace Debbie Adler Myers at US…
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Discovery orders Filipino Typhoon Haiyan doc
Discovery Networks International has ordered Megastorm: World’s Biggest Typhoon, a one-off documentary about weather phenomenon,…
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News brief: US cable channel order Pioneer shows
US cable networks HGTV, The Weather Channel and Science Channel have ordered new shows from…
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Discovery appoints Foley original content boss
Factual channel operator Discovery has appointed Charlie Foley executive VP of its freshly-minted Original Content…
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Discovery US orders Memory Games special
Discovery’s Science Channel in the US has ordered a special about the USA Memory Championship….
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Discovery ups Deena Edwards
Discovery Networks International has appointed Deena Edwards as senior VP of global branded solutions. Working…
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BBC and Discovery making Nasa disaster drama
The BBC and Discovery’s Science Channel are coproducing a one-off factual drama with William Hurt,…