Discovery Opts In To Comcast On Demand Broadband Trial
Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is putting some full-length programs online but sticking to its guns when it comes to free broadband… Discovery Opts In To Comcast On Demand Broadband Trial...
View ArticleMicrosoft Lands Significant Ad Deal With Discovery
With display ads out of favor, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has been making a push to do more cross-platform ad sales, and the company has now lan… Microsoft Lands Significant Ad Deal With Discovery...
View ArticleIndustry Moves: Discovery’s Kelly Day Adds Media To Digital Duties
Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) has added to Kelly Day's responsibilities as COO of the commerce division by putting di… Industry Moves: Discovery’s Kelly Day Adds Media To Digital...
View Article@ Discovery Upfront: CEO Zaslav: Free Doesn’t Work
Following the Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) upfront at the *Time Warner* Center in New York, I talked with CEO David Zaslav (pictur… @ Discovery Upfront: CEO Zaslav: Free Doesn’t Work...
View ArticleUpdated: Discovery Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement Over Kindle E-Book...
Turn away for a second and the damnedest things drop in your inbox: Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), home of Shark Week… Updated: Discovery Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement Over...
View ArticleDiscovery Communications Launches New Mobile Services After Triple Digit Growth
Discovery Communications, which as well as the Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Channel runs TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Inves… Discovery Communications Launches New Mobile Services After...
View Article@ CES: Discovery’s Kathy Kayse: ‘We’re Better-Equipped To Deliver On Digital...
*Discovery* Communications gobbled up online reference site HowStuffWorks for $250 million back in late 2007, and network brass told us that… @ CES: Discovery’s Kathy Kayse: ‘We’re Better-Equipped To...
View Article@ UBS Media Week: Discovery’s Zaslav: Long-Form Content Doesn’t Pay Online
Do not expect to see any long-form programming on the web from *Discovery Communications*, David Zaslav, the cable programmer's president an… @ UBS Media Week: Discovery’s Zaslav: Long-Form Content...
View ArticleDiscovery To Invest Up To $100 Million in Oprah Network; Has Spent $7 Million...
The high-profile launch of "OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network" in late 2009 has attracted its share of speculation since it was announced earli… Discovery To Invest Up To $100 Million in Oprah Network;...
View ArticleSassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com Closing Down; Investors Pulled Out
What happened here? Two months ago I met Scott Sassa in our offices when he was all gaga over Uber.com's chances. In those two months, it tu… Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com Closing Down;...
View ArticleEarnings: Discovery Q2 Revs Up 10 Percent; Ad Revs Up 10 Percent
Cable ad revenue has been consistently solid this quarter, and Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is continuing the trend... Revenue for… Earnings: Discovery Q2 Revs Up 10 Percent; Ad Revs Up 10...
View ArticleDiscovery Communications: Executive Pay, $31 Million In Digital Media Revs;...
As Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) gets set to trade as a standalone company, it has filed a detailed, preliminary proxy filing, expl… Discovery Communications: Executive Pay, $31 Million In...
View ArticleDiscovery Holdings Finalizes Deal With Advance/Newhouse Combining Stakes In...
This was announced in principle last December, and now the details have been worked out: Discovery Holdings and Advance/Newhouse are combini… Discovery Holdings Finalizes Deal With Advance/Newhouse...
View ArticleDiscovery Invests in Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com; UMG Other Investor
Last we knew, Scott Sassa, the former CEO of Friendster, had left his EIR position at Kleiner Perkins and taken over as the CEO of an obscur… Discovery Invests in Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com;...
View ArticleIndustry Moves: Discovery Hires Time Warner Veteran Kayse To Head Digital Sales
Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) has hired 24-year Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) veteran Kathleen Kayse as EVP of digital media sales. Kayse… Industry Moves: Discovery Hires Time Warner Veteran Kayse...
View ArticleCable and Broadcasters Align to Fight FCC
The switch to digital cable isn’t just yielding a multibillion spectrum auction, it’s also prompting cable companies and broadcasters to join forces and fight against a government mandate. The...
View ArticleDiscovery And Oprah Form New JV Called OWN; Focus On Multi-Platform
Updated below: In a curious deal, Oprah Winfrey and Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) have formed a new 50:50 joint ventu… Discovery And Oprah Form New JV Called OWN; Focus On...
View ArticleDiscovery Holding And Advance/Newhouse Combine Stakes, Form New Holding Company
Discovery Holding Company and Advance/Newhouse are combining their respective stakes in cable net Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) to… Discovery Holding And Advance/Newhouse Combine Stakes, Form...
View Article@ UBS Media Week: Discovery CEO Zaslav; HowStuffWorks on Prime Web Real Estate
It's been a busy year for Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) and its CEO David Zaslav, who took the job in January. In August, the compa… @ UBS Media Week: Discovery CEO Zaslav; HowStuffWorks on...
View ArticleDiscovery is planning a streaming service — but it won’t be ready for several...
Discovery Communications, which owns channels like TLC and the Discovery Channel, is planning a streaming service that could give existing cable subscribers access to recent episodes of shows like Here...
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