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Discovery Communications

August 2022

  • Leslie Grace in her blue and gold Batgirl costume

    Notebook
    Cancel culture is rife at newly merged HBO and Warner Bros isn’t immune either

    Alex Clark
    The bean-counters have axed Batgirl and some other favourite TV shows are disappearing too

April 2022

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Flogging Channel 4 won’t bring about the longed-for British reply to Netflix

    Nils Pratley
    Prospective buyers will see a clear tension between public service obligations and making profits

February 2022

  • BT has spent billions on sports rights to drive the growth of BT Sports.

    BT enters exclusive talks with Discovery on BT Sports

    Potential joint venture with US pay-TV firm and Eurosport owner is a blow to Dazn, the ‘Netflix of sports’

October 2021

  • (From left) Sex, Love & Goop; Hightown; American Horror Story; Invasion; I Like the Way U Move

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Invasion to Sex, Love & Goop: the seven best shows to stream this week

    Aliens are coming … plus more American Horror Story, Robin Hood vigilantes and sex advice from Gwyneth Paltrow’s top team

August 2021

  • Adam Peaty’s victory in the 100m breast stroke was a big ratings hit for the BBC.

    Can the BBC stay with the pace in the fight for Olympic viewing rights?

    Tokyo was the Games at which the corporation’s tradition of wall-to-wall coverage ended, and that trend is set to continue

May 2021

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    GSK’s late entry to the vaccine race will help protect it from aggressive investors

    Nils Pratley
  • WarnerMedia’s Game of Thrones

    AT&T agrees deal to combine WarnerMedia with Discovery

April 2019

  • Blue Planet

    BBC to take control of UKTV in £180m deal with Discovery

    Corporation will also license natural history shows such as Blue Planet to US pay-TV giant

February 2019

  • Only Fools and Horses

    UKTV CEO quits as BBC prepares to take full control of broadcaster

    Darren Childs linked with football and rugby union roles while BBC plans deal

October 2018

  • Still from Discovery programme about sharks

    Sky warns Disney and Discovery of no-deal Brexit blackout

    Broadcasters would need new licences for Sky to carry them on UK and Ireland service

September 2018

  • Top Gear.

    UK Netflix rival looms as BBC and Discovery eye UKTV breakup

    Splitting channels between them would have big impact on Britain’s TV industry

May 2018

  • Bear Grylls.

    Discovery to shut European TV hub as it mulls post-Brexit plan

    Bear Grylls broadcaster may move from London to Poland or Netherlands if EU-wide TV deal not struck

August 2017

  • John Malone

    John Malone, the ‘swamp alligator’ chewing up the UK’s media market

    The global ambitions of Malone, owner of Discovery, have brought him repeatedly into conflict with his rival Rupert Murdoch

July 2017

  • Bear Grylls: Born Survivor 6<br>Bear Grylls: Born Survivor 6 Bear is in the red rock canyons of southern Utah where he descends a major rock pinnacle, gets trapped in a canyon and attempts his craziest aeroplane stunt ever.

    Discovery Communications to buy Scripps Networks for close to $12bn

    The owner of Animal Planet will buy the owner of Food Network, tying together two powerful stables of TV shows

October 2016

  • Bear Grylls: Born Survivor

    The Lad Bible strikes deal with Discovery for TV show clips

  • The BBC’s Rio Olympics team: Michael Johnson, Gabby Logan, Clare Balding, Hazel Irvine and Sir Steve Redgrave.

    BBC kept Olympics as Discovery feared backlash if it withdrew rights

September 2016

  • Ralph Rivera, who joined the BBC from Major League Gaming in New York in 2010.

    Eurosport hires ex-BBC digital chief to build online TV service

    Ralph Rivera, who joined the BBC in October 2010, was made redundant by the corporation earlier this year

June 2016

  • Eurosport is to air the Wimbledon 2016 finals weekend live.

    Eurosport gets green light for live Wimbledon coverage

  • The Maracana stadium in rio de janeiro

    Channel 4 still in Discovery’s sights as likely ITV price cools interest

September 2015

  • Closing ceremony London Olympic Games

    ITV to bid for Olympics in competition with BBC

    Broadcaster in the running to sub-license rights from US Discovery in bid to show games
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