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Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
New Asian launch for Scripps’ HGTV
Scripps Networks Interactive’s home improvement-themed cable net HGTV has secured two new carriage deals in…
Scripps Networks appoints digital boss
Scripps Networks Interactive has upped former NBC Universal exec and existing staffer Sameer Deen to…
Scripps leads $25m YouTube food network funding round
Scripps Networks Interactive has led a US$25 million round of Series C funding in US…
First int’nl Scripps original set for US
Cooking Channel will become the first Scripps Networks Interactive cable channel in the US to…
Scripps hires BBC Worldwide exec for EMEA role
Scripps Networks International has hired BBC Worldwide content exec Gareth Williams as VP, commissioning for…
Travel Channel replaces Singer with Babbit
US cable network Travel Channel has put Ross Babbit in control of its programming –…
NCIS: LA for Channel 5 as Desmond steps down
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has acquired season one of CBS procedural NCIS: Los Angeles as…
Time Warner Cable shareholder sue over Comcast deal
A Time Warner Cable shareholder is suing to block Comcast Communications’ US$45.2 billion cable TV…
Scripps profits slip in Travel Channel write-down
Channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive saw profits drop year-on-year in Q4 after writing down the…
Scripps promotes Franklin to digital chief role
Knoxville-based Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted Tamara Franklin to become its executive VP, digital. Franklin…
UKTV’s Watch moves into original drama with Red Planet series
UKTV-owned pay channel Watch is getting its first original scripted drama, with scriptwriter Tony Jordan’s…
Scripps veteran to replace retiring Lansing
Scripps Networks Interactive’s operating division president John Lansing is retiring after nine years in the…
Scripps targets int’l growth as revenue jumps
Channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive is targeting more international growth following new launches in Europe,…
Scripps dishes up Turkish Food Network
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Food Network has launched in Turkey. The SD and HD service has…
Susan Elkington leaves Chellomedia
Susan Elkington has left Chellomedia after more than a decade at the company, TBI can…
Scripps linked to Chellomedia bid
Scripps Networks Interactive is reportedly among the interested suitors looking at Liberty Global’s for-sale content…
Beyond cuts US programming deals
Beyond Distribution has sealed a programming deal with Scripps Networks Interactive for content on two…
Scripps’ Food Network and Travel Channel launch on Virgin Media
Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for its Food Network and Travel Channel services on…
UKTV gets a new look
UKTV is introducing a new on-air look and feel. The UK channel operating group, which…
Food Network launches in Poland
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Food Network channel has launched on Polish pay TV platform Cyfrowy Polsat….