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Discovery Communications
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Discovery and Sky still talking as deadline looms
Discovery Communications and Sky remain locked in talks about a new carriage deal, with hours…
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Discovery and Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms
Discovery and Sky have both upped the ante in the bitter carriage dispute that will…
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Discovery hires Europe Olympics chief
Discovery Communications has recruited Bernard Ross to join Eurosport and run its Olympics coverage across…
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Altice takes on Canal+ with exclusive NBCU, Discovery deals and new premium channel
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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Discovery channels yanked from Russian platform
Discovery’s channels have been pulled from Russian pay TV platform Tricolor TV in argument over…
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German pubcasters fail to secure Olympics deal with Discovery
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have failed to secure a deal with Discovery to…
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Discovery extends Lang’s role to Nordic region chief
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…
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Piksel appoints Discovery CTO to board
Online video platform provider Piksel has appointed Discovery Communicatoins chief technology officer John Honeycutt to…
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Discovery financials hit by currency fluctuations and Eurosport costs
Revenues and profit have taken a hit at Discovery Communications’ international business, with the US-listed…
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Discovery appoints C-SPAN co-CEO to the board
Discovery Communications has appointed the co-CEO of C-SPAN, Susan Swain, to its board, effective December…
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Discovery invests US$100m in Group Nine Media
Discovery Communications has agreed to invest US$100 million in Group Nine Media – a new…
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Kaplan exiting, Discovery rejigs international programming
Marjorie Kaplan is leaving Discovery in a rejig that sees UK chief Susanna Dinnage take…
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Discovery hires finance chief from ProSiebenSat.1
Discovery has hired Gunnar Wiedenfels as CFO, poaching the finance chief from German broadcast giant…
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Liberty Global agrees major original drama deal with All3Media
Liberty Global has agreed a major, cross-territory content deal with All3Media, the production company it…
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Brexit hits Discovery international business
Discovery Communications has revealed that the Brexit vote has slowed down its international business, but…
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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
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Cable Congress: eSports fastest growing phenomenon in sports
The rise of eSports has been the fastest-growing phenomenon ever in sports broadcasting but traditional…
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Discovery hedges against Brexit impact
US-listed Discovery Communications has said its programme of currency hedging will insulate it from the…
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Discovery strikes Olympic deal with Czech Television
Discovery Communications has signed a deal with Czech public broadcaster Ceska Televize to make coverage…
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Discovery staff cuts to cost the firm up to US$60m
Discovery Communications plans to make staff cuts that will cost the cable giant up to…
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Discovery licenses Olympic rights in Netherlands
Discovery Communications has licensed the Dutch rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games to…
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Discovery strikes deals with beIN and OSN
Discovery has announced a raft of carriage deals for its channels in the MENA region,…
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Discovery and Imax strike programming deal
Large-screen cinema company Imax has cut its first TV distribution deal for its original programming…
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Ex-E! chief emerges at Discovery
Former E! Entertainment Network president Suzanne Kolb has joined cable giant Discovery Communications to oversee…
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Discovery launches TVE service Discovery Go in the US
Discovery has launched its first US TV everywhere streaming service, Discovery Go, with a content…
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Eurosport unveils its biggest rebrand since the ‘90s
Eurosport has undergone a wholesale rebrand, marking the biggest change to its look and feel…
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Discovery, Liberty Global to take Lionsgate stakes
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will both take shareholdings in Lionsgate Entertainment. This comes after…
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Discovery says international OTT could generate US$100m
Discovery Communications is evaluating a direct-to-consumer move in the US, in light of its DPlay and…
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Discovery launches TLC in Turkey via Doğuş partnership
Discovery Communications is to launch its female-focused TLC channel in Turkey following its acquisition of…
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Discovery targets 3 billion subscribers
Discovery Communications boss David Zaslav has pledged the channel operator will hit three billion subscribers…