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Discovery Communications has promoted Kelly Day to COO of its digital media and commerce division. Ms. Day will be responsible for the company’s U.S. Web sites, interactive technology, digital operations and programming, and licensing and home entertainment. She was previously the COO of Discovery’s...
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Even with the economy in recession, even with television distribution models in upheaval, even with the advertising business suffering, business was surprisingly good at the Cable Show ’09. Beating predictions of a serious attendance drop, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s annual...
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Executives at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show ’09 last week were relatively upbeat about their prospects. “We’re an industry that is still growing customers,” said Pat Esser, CEO of Cox Communications. Consumers see their broadband connection and their cable TV connection...
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Discovery Communications rolled out new shows for the Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC, Animal Planet and Science channel at its upfront presentation of programming for advertisers. TLC is renewing its vows with the wedding genre with three new wedding themed series. One series, “Eat, Drink and Be Married...
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Crime is paying for Discovery Communications as its Investigation Discovery channel prepares for a second season with a slate of 11 new original series, including shows from Paula Zahn and Whoopi Goldberg. The channel was known as Discovery Times until a joint venture with the New York Times dissolved...
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Discovery Communications is suing Amazon.com Inc. alleging that Amazon’s Kindle electronic book product infringes on a patent the media company holds. The suit was filed in United States District Court in Delaware. Discovery says it and its founder, John Hendricks were significant players in the development...
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Discovery Communications will outsource its interactive commerce business to Delivery Agent in a multi-year deal. Discovery is shifting its commerce strategy from an international operation to a lower risk, royalty-based model. Delivery Agent will handle Discovery’s direct-to-consumer operation, including...
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Discovery Communications is expected to name Laura Michalchyshyn to run its Planet Green network, said sources familiar with the situation. Ms. Michalchyshyn currently is general manager of Sundance Channel, which was acquired by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media last year. She would replace Eileen O’Neill...
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Discovery Communications reported a profit in the fourth quarter after recording a loss in the year-ago quarter. The company expects revenues and earnings to be flat next year. “This past year was one of significant accomplishment for Discovery, as we delivered strong operating performances across our...
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Discovery Communications is set to name a new chief for its Planet Green network, CEO David Zaslav said. Eileen O’Neill launched Planet Green, which features environment-centric programming. She was moved to Discovery’s struggling TLC network last year. Speaking on Discovery’s fourth-quarter conference...
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Former MTV President Christina Norman has been named CEO of Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, OWN, which is a joint venture with Discovery Communications. Ms. Norman, who left MTV last year, will start her new job Feb. 17. She’ll be based in Los Angeles. OWN’s previously named top executives, Robin...
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Chicago-based Towers Productions, producer of such cable series as “American Justice,” “Inside 911” and “Storm Stories,” is kicking off its 20th year in business with a number of new assignments from Discovery Communications. With the economy in recession, Towers this year may not be able to top the...
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Comcast Corp. and Discovery Communications have quietly agreed to a new long-term carriage agreement—proving that not all negotiations between cable operators and programmers have to result in the kind of fireworks that Time Warner Cable and Viacom produced late last year. Like the Viacom-Time Warner...
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Discovery Communications will begin using TNS Media Research’s DirecTView audience measurement services for viewer data across the company’s cable and satellite networks. DirecTView uses return-path data from 100,000 DirecTV satellite subscribers to give clients insight into the viewing habits of DirecTV...
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Ted Koppel sounded like a young boy who’s just been told that the rest of the school year will consist only of snow days. In a phone call only a few hours after the announcement last week that Discovery Communications was ending its relationship with Mr. Koppel and his crew, he sounded positively giddy...