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TLC & Discovery+ enter ‘MILF Manor’ with Spun Gold TV
Discovery+ and sibling US cablenet TLC have ordered a new dating show from UK-based Spun…
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Discovery+ takes ‘Say Yes To The Dress’ to Dubai in first MENA spin-off
Discovery is launching Say Yes To The Dress: Dubai, the first Middle East-based spin-off of…
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Discovery overhauls ID as Henry Schleiff departs, Jason Sarlanis promoted
Investigation Discovery (ID) chief Henry Schleiff and head of programming Kevin Bennett are leaving the…
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AMPLE launches true crime division, hires All3Media & 44 Blue Productions alum to run it
AMPLE Entertainment, the US prodco behind Facebook’s 9 Months With Courteney Cox, has launched a…
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Top US cable entertainment channel rankings unveiled
USA Network, home of The Sinner and Banijay’s forthcoming Temptation Island reboot, was the most…
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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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Leading US nets join SVOD streamer
A+E Networks, Discovery, AMC Networks and Viacom are among the major US broadcast groups confirming…
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A+E content chief joins Nat Geo
A+E Networks’ Christian Drobnyk has joined National Geographic Global Networks as executive VP of programming…
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Discovery to create slate of Facebook originals
Discovery Communications has entered into a deal with Facebook to create a slate of original…
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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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TLC taps former ABC exec
US cable channel TLC has hired former ABC development executive Jason Sarlanis. He will work…
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TLC opening Big Brides Boutique
The UK TLC net has ordered Big Brides Boutique, a new reality show that gives…
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Discovery orders Celebrity Fat Fighters
TLC has greenlit a new reality series in following celebrities in an extreme weight-loss boot…
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Long Lost Family format finds new home
Finnish free-TV broadcaster Nelonen has ordered a local version of Long Lost Family, the Dutch-originated…
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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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Buyers briefing: Paul Edwards, Discovery
Name: Paul Edwards Title: VP, head of Nordic Discovery channels, Discovery Networks Northern Europe Paul…
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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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TLC adds first digital orginals to online service
Discovery Communications’ female-skewing cable net TLC is beefing up its online service TLCme with a…
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TLC gets Undressed with Zodiak Rights format
TLC has ordered local versions of social experiment format Undressed. The female-skewing Discovery-owned cable net…
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Long Lost Family turns up on TLC
TLC has ordered a local version of the Long Lost Family format. The US cable…
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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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More Katie Hopkins for TLC
UK pay TV channel TLC has commissioned another programming featuring controversial media personality Katie Hopkins….
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Kaplan’s international vision: creator-led content
Days into her new job as Discovery’s international content supremo, Marjorie Kaplan tells Stewart Clarke…
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Discovery launching free-to-air TLC in Turkey
Discovery is launching is female-skewing TLC channel in Turkey as a free-to-air service. The channel…
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Scripps hires ex-Discovery Asia chief for UK
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific boss Kevin Dickie as senior…
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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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TVPlayer to launch UK subs offering
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer will launch a subscription service this summer offering live streams of…
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Buyers line up for RuPaul’s Drag Race
Passion has sold US drag queen competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race to a host of…
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Dynamic makes content and sales hire
Dynamic Television has hired Holly Hines for a new role at the company, senior VP,…