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Discovery
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Discovery and fuboTV sign multi-year deal
Discovery and fuboTV have announced a new, multi-year carriage agreement that will bring 13 Discovery…
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Conze: Germany can resist Netflix, Joyn to be leading AVOD platform
The German video entertainment business is capable of defending its patch against the threat of…
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BBC and Discovery complete UKTV split
BBC Studios and Discovery have completed the deal to split up the channels in their…
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UKTV Play launches on Apple TV
UKTV has launched its on demand app on Apple TV. This will be available for…
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Ofcom greenlights BBC/Discovery deal for UKTV
British regulator Ofcom will not conduct a formal investigation into the BBC’s deal with Discovery…
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FloSports Scores $47 Million in Funding from Discovery, WWE
Niche streaming platform FloSports has received an injection of investment from two unlikely sources: Discovery…
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Discovery launches games studio
Discovery Inc has announced the launch of Discovery Game Studios, a licensing and distribution studio…
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Vodafone Deutschland adding HGTV to line-up
Vodafone Deutschland is to add Discovery’s Home and Gardens TV (HGTV) to its programming line-up….
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CBS reportedly prepping for Viacom merger talks
CBS’ board is getting set for possible merger talks with Viacom, according to a report…
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Discovery buys Golf Digest from Condé Nast
Sports journal Golf Digest has been purchased by Discovery. In a deal worth a reported…
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ProSiebenSat.1-Discovery streaming JV Joyn to launch in June
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery are to premiere their joint-venture streaming offering for the German market in…
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Discovery: ‘perfect moment’ for ‘definitive’ natural history SVOD platform
Discovery’s content deal with the BBC has set the stage for the factual giant to…
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Discovery appoints Travel Channel chief
Discovery has named Matthew Butler as general manager of Travel Channel, effective immediately. As general…
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Discovery sub-licences 2022/2024 Olympic rights to France Televisions
Discovery, via its Eurosport subsidiary, and France Télévisions have announced a partnership that will see the…
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YouTube boosts TV offering with Discovery, Epix and OWN, hikes up price
YouTube has boosted its US TV offering by adding eight new channels from Discovery to…
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Discovery launches latest direct-to-consumer offering In Italy
As the direct-to-consumer market around the world goes into overdrive, Discovery has announced that it…
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Discovery’s GOLFTV to stream US Masters in Norway, Poland and Russia
Iconic golf tournament the US Masters is to be streamed live from Augusta National in…
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Discovery’s Zaslav expands on ‘factual Marvel library’ SVOD plan
Discovery boss David Zaslav has likened the business’s whopping nine-figure deal for BBC content to…
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BBC and Discovery agree UKTV break-up and ‘biggest ever’ content deal for new SVOD platform
The BBC and Discovery have confirmed plans for a break-up of UKTV channels, and unveiled…
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Discovery to launch HGTV in Germany
Discovery is due to launch home and lifestyle network HGTV in Germany, marking the channel’s…
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Discovery’s Quest secures MotoGP highlights
Discovery-owned UK free-to-air channel Quest has struck a two-year agreement to screen exclusive free-to-air next-day…
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ProSiebenSat.1 to turn ‘full focus’ on Discovery JV streaming launch after tough year
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Max Conze admitted that 2018 was “not a year we can be satisfied…
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Discovery launches HGTV in Vietnam
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific has launched home and lifestyle channel HGTV in Vietnam. The channel…
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Discovery reports 54% revenue increase post-Scripps acquisition
Discovery reported a 54% revenue rise for its first full-year accounts since its acquisition of…
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ProSiebenSat.1-Discovery JV makes key management appointments
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery’s German joint-venture 7TV’s CEO Alexander Vassilev has strengthened his management team by…
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UKTV’s Darren Childs to step down
UKTV boss Darren Childs is to step down from his role as CEO of the…
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Eurosport celebrates 30 years with new brand IT and Spotify initiative
Discovery-owned sports channel Eurosport has launched a new brand identity to mark its 30th anniversary….
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Discovery hires former Amazon exec as direct-to-consumer CTO
Discovery has appointed Amazon Marketplace’s former vice-president of technology, Avi Saxena, to the newly created…
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Discovery applies for Netherlands channel licences ahead of Brexit
Discovery is applying for new broadcast licences in the Netherlands for its European pay TV channel portfolio,…
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Discovery to launch DMAX in UK
Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMAX will launch…