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TBI In Conversation: Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel on character-driven factual, Netflix & Shark Week
Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel looks back on five years of factual production, reveals his hunt for…
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News round-up: Sky Studios invests in Longboat Pictures; Travel Channel orders eerie doc series from Karga Seven; Love Nature lands on Xumo in US and more…
Sky Studios invests in UK prodco Longboat Pictures Comcast-owned Sky Studios has acquired a minority…
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Travel Channel, UK’s Channel 5 go digging into Egypt’s past
The Travel Channel in the US and ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the UK have commissioned…
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Matthew Butler takes over at Travel Channel
Discovery has promoted Matthew Butler to general manager of Travel Channel. Most recently VP of…
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Discovery expands UK portfiolio with DMax launch
Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMax will launch…
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Travel Channel reboots Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
Discovery-owned Travel Channel is reviving the iconic Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! brand for a…
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Discovery vet upped to Travel Channel GM
Discovery has appointed veteran TV exec Jane Latman (pictured) as general manager for Travel Channel….
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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 ‘still has bullets’ for deals post-Scripps
Discovery Communications is “not out of bullets” to use for company acquisitions despite its US$14.6…
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Scripps expands lifestyle unit as Nat Geo exec joins
Scripps Lifestyle Studios (SLS), the new digital division of Scripps Networks Interactive, is expanding efforts…
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Viacom out of running for Scripps
Viacom’s plan to buy US cable channels group Scripps Networks Interactive appears to be over….
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ProSieben, Scripps agree huge lifestyle deal
ProSiebenSat.1 and Scripps Networks Interactive have agreed a 1,200-hour programming deal that will see a…
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Travel Channel hires ex-Discovery exec
US cable network Travel Channel has hired former Discovery Communications exec Anna Geddes as its…
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Scripps poaches A+E distribution exec
Scripps Networks Interactive has poached A+E Networks UK’s Kasia Jablonska to become VP, affiliate sales…
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Lifestyle launches Scripps in Isreal
Scripps is launching three lifestyle channels on Cellcom’s pay TV offering in Israel. Scripps Networks…
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Scripps ups Asia boss to head int’l lifestyle
Derek Chang has been upped at Scripps Networks Interactive and will take the newly created…
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Scripps opens digital lifestyle studio
Scripps Networks Interactive has created a digital production studio focusing on lifestyle content for multiple…
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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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Seven, Scripps, Shaw join Windfall series
Australia’s Seven Network, Scripps Networks UK & EMEA and Food Network in Canada are all…
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Travel Channel brings Slow TV to US
Cable channel Travel Channel plans to combat the frenetic madness of Black Friday by bringing…
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Cost of Scripps’ TVN deal could hit US$2bn
Financial analysts have said the cost of Scripps Networks International’s deal for TVN could rise…
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Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
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Scripps poaches Luff from Discovery to run EMEA
Lifestyle channels operator Scripps Networks Interactive has brought in Discovery executive Phillip Luff to run…
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Scripps agrees European deal with Liberty Global
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has agreed a multi-territory distribution deal with Liberty Global for…
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Scripps signs up Channel 4 shows
Scripps Networks International has acquired a package of British-themed programmes to its global Food Network…
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Travel Channel replaces Singer with Babbit
US cable network Travel Channel has put Ross Babbit in control of its programming –…
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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…
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Travel Channel order Border Rico from Arrow Media
US cable net Travel Channel has ordered Border Rico, an original series from UK indie…
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Lifestyle channels boost Scripps’ results
Channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive reported strong third quarter results, which chairman, president and CEO…
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Ex-Shine TV MD producing Travel Channel series
A production company launched by Karen Smith, the ex-managing director of Shine TV, is producing…
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