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Discovery
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Discovery feuds with Sky over UK carriage fees
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
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Discovery expands Nordic distribution
Discovery is expanding its Nordic footprint after agreeing new deals with TDC-owned cable operators YouSee…
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Discovery buys into digital studio Batanga
Discovery has bought a stake in digital studio Batanga Media. Latin America and US Hispanic-focused…
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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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Dating Game Killer Discovery ID’s first original movie
ITV-owned production company ThinkFactory is making Dating Game Killer, the first original movie for the…
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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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Fox hires Nordic boss from Discovery
Fox has hired Hans van Rijn from Discovery to run its operations in the Nordic…
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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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Amazon ‘exploring’ live sports offering
Amazon is weighing up plans to break into the world of live sports streaming, according…
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Howard to head Discovery VR
Discovery has brought in Rebecca Howard to head up its virtual reality content efforts. Howard…
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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 chief outlines ‘Netflix of sport’ ambition
With Olympics and other rights in hand, Eurosport can become the ‘Netflix of sports’, according…
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Discovery creates new European media JV with BAMTech
Discovery has teamed up with Major League Baseball-backed media and technology unit BAMTech to create…
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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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Discovery launches Seeker virtual reality on YouTube
Discovery has launched Seeker VR, an OTT 360°-video and virtual reality offering. The YouTube channel…
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UPC Czech and Slovak units add Discovery HD channels
Liberty Global-owned service providers UPC Czech Republic and UPC Slovakia, which operate as a combined…
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BBC’s Ralph Rivera takes Eurosport digital role
Discovery Communications has appointed the director of BBC Digital, Ralph Rivera, to the newly created…
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Discovery names commercial VP for CEEMEA
Discovery has appointed James Gibbons to a new role overseeing its commercial and creative efforts…
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Discovery targets Iranian market with Home & Health Farsi
Discovery has teamed up with Dubai-based media management and playout specialist BHS Media to launch…
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Discovery appoints NRK exec to digital, development role
Discovery Networks Norway has hired the head of new media at public broadcaster NRK to…
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UPC Poland adds channels to line-up
Liberty Global-owned Polish cable operator UPC Poland has added Discovery Turbo Xtra and Discovery Science…
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Finland’s MTV hires Discovery and Viasat execs in management restructure
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
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Welling gets new role at Discovery
Discovery’s CEE, Middle East and Africa channels boss Paul Welling has taken on a new…
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Liberty Global to make ‘smart’ investments in content
Liberty Global plans to make “smart, opportunistic investments” in content following its recent announcement that…
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Lionsgate can ‘dramatically scale’ drama with Starz
Lionsgate chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer has said the US$4.4 billion (€3.9 billion) acquisition of premium…
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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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Discovery preps VR drama series
Discovery has greenlit The Satchel, a virtual reality drama miniseries. The channel operator has launched…
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Discovery makes Olympic appointments in Italy
Discovery Italia has named Luigi Filippo Ecuba as senior director-sport, and has hired Luca Corsolini…