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Discovery
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Exclusive sports deals ‘not sustainable’ if prices go on rising
TV platform operators – at least in smaller markets – are increasingly like to step…
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Discovery sub-licenses Olympics to ORF
Discovery has inked a deal with ORF that sees the Austrian pubcaster sub-license Olympics TV…
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Eurosport looking to air Wimbledon highlights
Eurosport could air part of the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the first time if a…
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Discovery’s Shark Week goes VR
Discovery will embark on its annual Shark Week in late June and will add a…
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Discovery takes stake in India’s FoodFood
Discovery has taken a majority stake in FoodFood, the Indian culinary net. The deal sees…
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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 invests in OTT sports service
Discovery Communications is to acquire a minority stake in a premium OTT sports service, as…
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Discovery hires Huffington Post video chief
Discovery Digital Networks has hired the senior VP and general manager of video at online…
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HBO and Discovery invest in ‘holographic content’ firm
HBO and Discovery have taken an equity stake in OTOY, a company focused on making…
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Quest begins live streaming
Discovery’s Quest channel has started live streaming, the first time the channel operator has taken…
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Dee Forbes leaving Discovery to run RTÉ
Discovery’s Northern Europe chief, Dee Forbes, is leaving the company to become the first female…
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Discovery appoints technology execs ahead of 2018 Olympics
Discovery has made two senior appointments to its technology team in a bid to make…
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Discovery preps new online Seeker platform
Discovery will launch Seeker, a new online platform that it will programme with 250 new…
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Discovery appoints new Iberia chief
Discovery Networks has handed Latin American distribution chief Vera Buzanello control of the Iberian region….
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TLC adds original digital content to TLCme
Discovery’s female-skewing cable net TLC is beefing up its online service TLCme with a range…
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Discovery hires former Miramax CEO
Discovery Networks International has drafted in Mike Lang, the former CEO of US studio Miramax,…
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Discovery CFO to step down
Discovery Communications’ chief financial officer (CFO), Andrew Warren, will leave the company at the end…
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Discovery ‘will hit 1m, $100m OTT subs’ by 2017
Discovery says it will hit its one-million direct-to-consumer OTT subs by 2017, bringing it US$100…
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BBC and Discovery strike Olympics deal
UK public broadcaster the BBC and US-listed channel operator Discovery have inked a sports rights…
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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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Eurosport offers online NBA bundle
Eurosport has struck a deal to offer bundled online access to Eurosport content and live…
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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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ID Xtra expands distribution in Russia
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has added homegrown dance music channel Dange TV to its…
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Discovery names Olympics team
Discovery Communications has made a series of appointments to support its delivery of coverage of…
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CuriosityStream launches on Amazon Fire TV
CuriosityStream, the factual video-on-demand service from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has launched on Amazon Fire…
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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 hit by currency effects in third quarter
Discovery was hit by currency effects in the third quarter, turning in revenues of US$1.557…
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Discovery, BT linked to moves for Channel 4
Discovery Communications and BT are weighing moves for Channel 4 if the government decides to…