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Discovery Communications' board of directors held its quarterly meeting today but anyone looking for news about Oprah Winfrey and her cable network was sorely disappointed. While some of the cable programming giants top executives made glowing presentations to the board,...
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Discovery Communications' board of directors held its quarterly meeting today but anyone looking for news about Oprah Winfrey and her cable network was sorely disappointed. While some of the cable programming giant's top executives made glowing presentations to the board,...
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Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav has extended his contract with the cable programming giant through early 2015 and will get a big raise as well. Zaslav will see his salary jump from $2 million a year to $3...
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The union of Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications seemed like a match made in heaven. But 18 months into their relationship, the couple still hasn't officially made it down the aisle, figured out what china pattern to select or how...
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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...