All Discovery articles – Page 22
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NewsEurosport snatches live Australian Open rights
Eurosport has snatched the exclusive live rights to the Australian Open tennis tournament.
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NewsDiscovery sets out shopping list
US cable network Discovery Channel is looking for British indies to pitch crime series and social experiments as it moves away from shows featuring “weirdos in the woods”.
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NewsSky & Discovery strike TCB deals
Sky and Discovery have acquired 45 hours of programming from Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights.
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NewsLionsgate eyes All3Media partnership
Lionsgate is keen to forge stronger ties with All3Media in the UK after the super-indie’s owners invested in the Orange Is The New Black producer.
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NewsDiscovery & Liberty Global to take stakes in Lionsgate
Discovery and Liberty Global plan to pay $195m (£128m) for separate stakes in the indie studio.
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NewsDiscovery opts not to replace Phil Craig
Phil Craig will not be replaced as the chief creative officer of Discovery Networks International (DNI), as new boss Marjorie Kaplan bids to build relationships with the UK indie sector.
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NewsPhil Craig quits Discovery to return to indie sector
Phil Craig has left Discovery Networks International after eight months to return to the production sector.
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NewsBetty takes Bear Grylls to China
Discovery-owned indie Betty has inked a deal with Shanghai Media Group to produce a Bear Grylls-fronted celebrity survival show for China.
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NewsDiscovery eyes UK broadcasters
Discovery Communications is open to the prospect of buying a major UK broadcaster according to president David Zaslav – but he remained cool on the prospect of bidding for Premier League rights.
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NewsDiscovery targets 1m OTT subs
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has targeted signing up 1m subscribers to its video-on-demand services D Play and Eurosport Player over the next two years.
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CommentMultichannel doesn’t cut it any more – let’s change it
The terminology used to describe non-PSBs must be modernised, says Susanna Dinnage
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NewsDiscovery hunts car and crime shows
Discovery has kicked off a hunt for cars and crime shows as it bids to cement a move back into its traditional factual heartland.
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NewsDiscovery plots Idris Elba follow-up
Discovery chief creative officer Phil Craig has revealed that the broadcaster is working with Idris Elba on a follow-up to his high-octane series No Limits.
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NewsBarcroft expands Behaving Badly franchise to US
Barcroft Productions has won two 10-part order from US network Discovery Family focusing on animals and babies.
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NewsDiscovery's Rich Ross promoted
Rich Ross, president of the US Discovery Channel, will oversee Animal Planet and the Science Channel as part of a widening of his responsibilities.
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NewsBetty launches US arm
The Undateables producer Betty has launched a US production arm headed up by Discovery exec Jon Sechrist as it attempts to crack America.
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RatingsKatie Hopkins' TLC show fails to rule the world
THURSDAY: Katie Hopkins’ much-publicised TLC talk show failed to rule the world, scraping slot average and falling well short of her previous project for the channel.
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NewsDiscovery appoints international content boss
Discovery veteran Marjorie Kaplan is to become president of content for Discovery Networks International (DNI), overseeing the US giant’s international commissioning hub and working closely with its UK indies including All3Media.
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NewsDiscovery hit by net income fall
Discovery Communications struggled with a foreign currency crunch, a content write-off and costs relating to its recent acquisition of Eurosport as net income dropped 25% in the last quarter.
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NewsEd Sayer leaves Nat Geo for Discovery
Discovery Networks International has boosted its commissioning team by hiring Nat Geo’s Ed Sayer.