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MUMBAI: Discovery Channel has been funding an unusual experiment for the past four years. It took two captive-born tigers and taught them to survive in the...
MUMBAI: Kristin Stevens has been named VP of marketing at Discovery Networks International. Stevens will report to Rebecca Batties, the senior VP of creative development and...
MUMBAI: Blame it on Titanic! A potent mixture of risk and glamour, travel in luxury liners is such a great lure that makers often push themselves...
MUMBAI: BBC Two channel’s controller Jane Root is to leave BBC to join Discovery Networks as executive vice president and general manager of the Discovery Channel...
BBC World director of airtime sales Jonathan Howlett joined BBC World in 1994 from the UK-based Carlton Communications. A former director of sales at Meridian Broadcasting...
MUMBAI: The brains behind Discovery Communications – founder and chairman John Hendricks – is stepping down as the company’s CEO. Company president and COO Judith McHale...
MUMBAI: Discovery has announced a major programme initiative Dinosaur Planet, a show that will air every Wednesday this month at 10 pm. The show combines the...
MUMBAI: After tennis and basketball it is now the turn of wrestling to have its own channel. Satellite services company Globecast has announced that it has...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced that it is is making the global movie industry dive into Deep Blue with its new theatrical distribution deals BBC Worldwide...
MUMBAI: Discovery has gems in its eyes this month. The infotainment channel will be airing a programme about about Cartier’s exquisite masterpiece, The Patiala Neclace, once...
NEW DELHI: The sceptics can gulp. The ASC Enterprise and Zee combine promoted Dish TV direct-to-home (DTH) KU-band television service has signed a deal with ESPN...
MUMBAI: This should provide a welcome break to those fed up with watching the likes of Tagodia creating trouble between communities. A Discovery India special examines...
MUMBAI: Think movies! Think big! Think HBO! That is the message HBO is looking to get across to the viewer when it kicks off its new...
MUMBAI: It was an unexpected finale to a long drama and Discovery Channel is set to make it a special. Capturing Saddam , a programme portraying...
People at NGC India, especially managing director for south Asia, Zubin Jehanbux Gandevia, these days chant the history mantra more than geography. And, why not? The...
MUMBAI: In a bid to strengthen production capabilities, Discovery Communications Inc announced the launch of Discovery Media Services, last week. The Media Services will provide end-to-end...
MUMBAI: Sony Digital Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Music India, has now become the marketing and distribution partner of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Sony...
HONG KONG: Discovery Networks Asia has expanded its penetration in the Asia Pacific region. The broadcaster has signed a five-channel carriage deal with Hong Kong Cable...
MUMBAI: The war regarding who is numero uno among the music channels is getting red hot. Yesterday Channel [V] held a party boasting that it was...
MUMBAI: While in India it is Star Plus that rules, looking at the Asian region as a whole, leading English movie channel HBO is the winner...
MUMBAI: If it’s Everest for National Geographic then for Discovery the trick to hooking viewers lies at the bottom of the ocean! The channel has announced...
MUMBAI: Niche channel Discovery is upping the ante on India-specific programming under its Discover India block. Discover India, a one-hour series focusing on various facades of...
MUMBAI: One of the best ways to build viewer cachet is to showcase programmes that are easy for them to identify with. Keeping this in mind,...
MUMBAI: One of the best ways to build viewer cachet is to showcase programmes that are easy for them to identify with. Keeping this in mind,...
MUMBAI: As far as historical significance goes, this could well rival the discovery in 1922 of the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamen. On Sunday, 17...
MUMBAI: Alliance One’s infotainment channel Discovery has slotted a slew of new programmes to ring in the New Year 2004. The channel – which claims to...
MUMBAI: Star Movies may lay claim to being India’s number one movie channel but if one looks at the 2003 Asia Pay Television Operators’ Survey, then...
NEW DELHI: Fifteen days away from the implementation of CAS, decisions still remain to be taken; discussions are still to be had to iron out glitches...
MUMBAI: The Discovery Channel has announced that Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher has perhaps discovered and identified the mummy believed to be that of ancient Egypt’s stunningly...
MUMBAI: The television business is all a matter of perception and Discovery is well aware of this. The broadcaster is trying to boost desi content through...
MUMBAI: Discovery has set itself the agenda of widening its viewership spectrum by increasing the depth of programming. As part of this aim the channel will...
MUMBAI: What better way to celebrate Mother’s day than to celebrate miracle of birth. One Alliance’s infotainment branch Discovery will be celebrating Mothers day by launching...
MUMBAI: The disconnection virus seems to be spreading in Mumbai. Following ESPN-Star Sports, SET-Discovery One Alliance bouquet of channels has switched off its service to Hinduja’s...
MUMBAI: When it finally happened, a terse three-paragraph statement was all that was offered. Viacom kids channel Nickelodeon India today formalised a break that has been...
Anita Horam's career graph reads like the glossary of television channels operating in India. In the 12 years she has spent in the profession, she has...
LONDON: This is an initiative through which BBC Worldwide, Discovery and ProSieben are looking to build on the critical and commercial success they have had with...
MUMBAI: Niche infotainment network Discovery channel has launched Discover India, a new series which will showcase modern and contemporary India. The series will present...
PARIS: The concern over the Iraq conflict saw a drop in attendance for the 40th anniversary edition of MIPTV (International Television Programme Market) . The Cannes...
WASHINGTON: Noted zoologist Jane Goodall has moved to the Discovery network, ending a long association with National Geographic, where she worked as the explorer-in-residence. The network...
Shantonu Aditya, Sony Entertainment Television India’s head of distribution as well as president of the Discovery-SET India joint venture company, is a satisfied man from the...
MASSACHUSSETTS(US): Discovery Communications, Inc.(DCI) and CameraPlanet have announced a joint venture for a series of films Discovery Docs. CameraPlanet will distribute the films theatrically in at...
MUMBAI: Looking ahead to the future, Discovery channel is all set to spend $65 million over the next five years on Atlas HD, an ambitious series...
Cartoons are serious business for Duncan Morris. As vice president of research, Turner International Asia Pacific, Morris is responsible for assessing the potential and effect of...
No frills. All business. That’s Alexander “Sandy” Brown for you. In and out of meetings at his headquarters in Singapore’s International Plaza, head down to the...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has tied up with Discovery Channel, to air the prestigious international TV campaign called Incredible India. The...
2002 has come to a close and its time to take stock again. If truth be told, the singular feeling that seemed to pervade through last...
Where is Discovery India chief Kiran Karnik headed? The buzz is that Karnik, who announced yesterday that the network was looking for a replacement for him,...
BBC World has emerged as the most-watched channel in a decision makers’ survey conducted by market research firm ORG-Marg for the news and information channel. The...
MUMBAI: When premium movie channel HBO launched in India two years ago, it had set itself a goal of breaking even within three to five years....
NEW DELHI: News channel Aaj Tak is going from strength to strength. Recently it won the award for Best News Channel at the Indian Telly Awards....
