With the WarnerMedia/Discovery merger set to close next month, Discovery has confirmed that HBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined into one streaming offering. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels confirmed the news speaking at the Deutsche Bank 30th Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference. Wiedenfels said that combining HBO Max and Discovery Plus into a new […]
Discovery has announced that the Company’s stockholders have approved various matters relating to the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T to create Warner Bros Discovery. The transaction will bring together WarnerMedia’s entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses. At a Special Meeting of Discovery Stockholders, based on estimated preliminary […]
Probellum, the newly formed boxing promotion, has announced a multi-fight agreement with Discovery Sports. The partnership starts with back-to-back events on March 18th and 19th with Discovery Sports set to broadcast the two Probellum Evolution shows through Eurosport’s linear channels, discovery+ and Eurosport App to homes across 62 markets and territories in Europe and the […]
Discovery UK has announced the commission of Martine: Chasing Justice (working title) , a new documentary series focused on the high-profile investigation into the murder of 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen. The series is set to premiere in the UK on discovery+ this autumn. With unique access to Martine’s family, featuring Martine’s father Odd-Petter […]
Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann has told a conference “never say never” in response to being asked about whether the streaming platform would ever host adverts. “It’s not something in our plan right now,” Neumann added, speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. Some analysts have been urging Netflix to introduce a lower-tier […]
Discovery UK has has announced the commission of three new series: This Cop Life, The Saved & Remade Workshop and Scrapyard Millions (working title). Viewers can also look forward to the return of Shed & Buried, Nick Knowles Heritage Rescue, Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car and Ed Stafford First Man Out, as well as spin-offs from […]
As viewership on streaming platforms continues to grow, advertisers are chasing audiences. MediaRadar measures OTT advertising across a sampling of both standalone streaming platforms and TV Anywhere viewing from top linear networks in the US. Among this sample, which includes Hulu, Peacock and other big players in this space, MediaRadar reports that total ad spend […]
Discovery celebrates its 10th Say Yes To The Dress spin-off in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with Say Yes To The Dress: Dubai. The much-loved TLC show is travelling to the Middle East for the first time and is presented by Khalil Zein, a renowned Lebanese celebrity stylist. The show has a diverse roster […]
Discovery UK has unveiled plans to introduce an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering for discovery+ customers in the UK and Ireland. Discovery says discovery+ will be the first global SVoD service to launch an ‘Ad-Lite’ offering in the UK, this follows the successful launch of the product in the US, with a further roll-out across EMEA expected this […]
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 […]