Eurosport, Discovery’s multi-sports brand, has selected Grass Valley solutions as part of a major technology transformation to provide ‘true cloud’ architecture supporting playout across the network’s sports broadcasts. To help achieve their goal of a unified content delivery system, Eurosport chose GV AMPP Playout, Grass Valley’s newly launched application suite for its Agile Media Processing […]
Orion, a media platform in Russia and CIS, and Media Alliance, a joint venture of the National Media Group and Discovery, have agreed to cooperate in the launch of a new ultra-high-definition TV channel in Russia, Discovery Ultra. The technical partner of the project – Orion group – provides integrated services of the TV channel […]
The increased time spent at home during the pandemic has led to a boom in demand for video streaming in Italy. On September 27th, the Digital Auditel (the ‘Total Audience’, which measures consumption through connected devices) set a new record, with 3.18 million hours of use. Research carried out by Samsung among Smart TV owners […]
Magnite, the independent, omnichannel sell-side advertising platform, has announced its expanded relationship with Discovery in support of its streaming service, dplay, to maximise programmatic advertising capabilities. Magnite’s platform provides Discovery with control for ad podding, inventory hierarchy, targeting, and real-time reporting. Magnite will also develop custom solutions to support Discovery’s product range and roadmap, as […]
Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil is launching a 24-hour news channel to rival those offered by the BBC and Sky. Neil will be the face and chairman of GB News, bringing to an end of his relationship with the BBC, where he has worked regularly since the 1990s. As well as being appointed chairman and […]
TAC Studios, the production arm of The Africa Channel, has concluded deals for several of its lifestyle shows to broadcast and digital networks around the globe. Networks include Tastemade (USA), SBS Food (Australia), Radio Television Brunei (RTB), Discovery Networks (Middle East and Africa), OSN (Middle East), and SABC (South Africa). These follow previously announced agreements […]
Discovery is eyeing a possible tie-up in Europe with Italian broadcaster Mediaset, according to reports in the Italian press. According to Il Sole 24 Ore, contact between Mediaset CEO, Piersilvio Berlusconi, and the main shareholder of Discovery, Liberty Media chairman John Malone, was made last summer. Details of the so-called ‘Amerigo’ project have emerged, which […]
New Zealand’s MediaWorks has confirmed it is selling its TV operations to Discovery. The deal includes TV channels Three and Bravo, streaming service ThreeNow, and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub, as well as the further channels Three+1, Bravo+1, The Edge TV and The Breeze TV. The company says the sale is subject to […]
Discovery has announced it is aligning several of its operating markets in EMEA to improve strategic focus and enable further investment in its D2C businesses. “We are working systematically to rationalise our operation and find synergies and efficiencies across our EMEA business. We have come a long way over the years and with this restructuring […]
Discovery has become the first broadcaster in the world to implement BRAVO, the newest addition to Evertz’ DreamCatcher suite of live production tools. By adopting this uniquely collaborative system as the production backbone for its high profile, direct-to-consumer streaming service, Food Network Kitchen, Discovery can deliver numerous, complex live shows from many different locations with […]