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Foxtel, Discovery renew content deal

The Foxtel Group (Australia) and Discovery have announced a new multi-year partnership to supply the Foxtel Group with factual, documentary and reality content from the flagship Discovery Channel, as well as the TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet channels. The agreement includes thousands of hours of local and international content live and on […]

February 9, 2022

France Channel on Struum

France Channel content is now available on Struum, the streaming service created by senior-level Disney and Discovery executives, and backed by investments from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company, Canadian-based media and content company Corus Entertainment, and Gaingels. France Channel has gathered thousands of hours of French content, including: French romantic comedies, […]

February 9, 2022

Discovery selects Take 1 for access services

Take 1 has announced that the company has been appointed as an approved access services provider for Discovery Networks in the UK. The transcription, access and localisation services provider has been selected to provide hard of hearing captioning services to support the growing inventory of discovery+ content streamed to UK audiences. “Take 1 has been […]

February 8, 2022

Matt Edmondson, Mollie King host discovery+ UK reboot of Beauty And The Geek

Discovery UK has announced the commission of two discovery+ original reality series – the classic and highly popular Beauty And The Geek and a brand-new contemporary format Zodiac Island (w/t). Both shows will drop on discovery+ in the UK later this year. Matt Edmondson and Mollie King (The Saturdays), presenters of BBC Radio 1’s Matt […]

February 8, 2022

Discovery nears BT Sport JV, DAZN dropped

Although recent reports had suggested that streaming service DAZN was on the verge of clinching a deal to acquire BT Sport, Discovery has emerged as the frontrunner, with confirmation from BT that it has entered into exclusive discussions with Discovery regarding a new joint venture between BT Sport and Eurosport UK. The telco also revealed […]

February 3, 2022By Colin Mann

Discovery orders 2nd season of Richard Hammond’s Workshop

Discovery, Chimp Television and Krempelwood have once again joined forces to produce the second season of Richard Hammond’s Workshop, which will air exclusively on discovery+ this summer. The first season, which launched in October 2021, was a huge success with discovery+ audiences – it was the top performing new factual series for discovery+ since launching […]

February 3, 2022

AT&T spins off WarnerMedia to shareholders

US multiplay telco AT&T has confirmed that its board of directors has determined to spin off AT&T’s interest in WarnerMedia in connection with the previously-announced transaction with Discovery. The transaction, which will spin off 100 per cent of AT&T’s interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T’s existing shareholders in a pro rata distribution, followed by the merger […]

February 1, 2022By Colin Mann

discovery+ India announces new Original – Dangals of Crime

discovery+ India has launched a new investigative docuseries Dangals of Crime – The Untold Truth About Indian Wrestling. The discovery+ Original, available exclusively on the streaming platform in India, is set to captivate audiences by not only tracing the journey of the meteoric rise of the Olympic sport, but also explores the dark underbelly often […]

January 28, 2022

Analysis: Discovery extends commissioning lead

Discovery was the greatest global commissioner of TV shows in 2021, with a record-breaking 556 first-run TV titles commissioned in the year, according to Ampere Analysis. This extends Discovery’s lead of 46, recorded in 2020, to 153 titles by the end of 2021. ViacomCBS pipped Netflix for second place with 406 titles, compared to Netflix’s […]

January 27, 2022

Say Yes to The Dress Arabia on Starzplay in partnership with Discovery

Starzplay, the SVoD service in the MENA region, has partnered with Discovery to present its ‘Original’, ‘Say Yes to the Dress Arabia,’ available to stream exclusively on the platform from February 11, 2022, with two episodes released each week. ‘Say Yes To The Dress Arabia’, a Starzplay Original, is coming to the Middle East for […]

January 26, 2022