Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels says the mega-merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia — with an eventual combination of the Discovery+ and HBO Max streaming services — is on track for a mid-2022 closi...
The Burger King partnership comes on the heels of recent collaborations and merchandise programs for the Animal Planet brand, including the successful toy line at Target and brand-new, educational kid...
A month after its highly anticipated launch, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network solidifying its slate for the fall and beyond.
Magnolia Network has handed out season two renewals for eight of...
Discovery CEO David Zaslav has big ambition to build up the Warner Bros. Discovery venture to reach some 200 million streaming subscribers around the world.
But first, he has to close the $43 billion...
Advertising rebounded strongly in the second quarter, enabling Discovery Communications to easily beat Wall Street’s estimates.
Total revenue climbed 21% over the prior-year quarter, reaching $3.06...
Discovery has announced a content and advertising partnership with Google-owned YouTube for the upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The most notable part of the deal will see the broadcaster provide l...
As Shark Week lurks around the corner, merchandising partners are looking to take a big bite of this Discovery program’s hype with releases of apparel, accessories, toys, food, and more.
Veteran pa...
It’s tough to understand why dwindling TV ratings are not having a negative impact on advertising revenues. Discovery’s David Zaslav, one of the brightest CEOs in the business, doesn’t quite get...
Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to focus on "pure play" content, and HBO Max has rolled out its AVOD tier.
WarnerMedia and Discovery have revealed the moniker for their post-merger entity, and a...
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, whose position was destabilized last week after Discovery and AT&T announced plans for a merger, says he will remain as CEO for the next 12 months.
“My plan and my ...
Whatever the future hold for Jason Kilar, the current WarnerMedia CEO wasn’t about to let what is surely his last Upfronts pass him by.
Kicking off the pre-recorded virtual hootenanny full of Lesli...
MGM, Lionsgate and AMC Networks have all been subject to takeover chatter on Wall Street.
Will more media dominos start falling in a new media M&A merry-go-round? That is a question Wall Street i...
In 1988, Ted Turner had a vision: CNN should merge with Discovery Channel.
It was still early days for cable television (Discovery debuted an experiment called “Shark Week” that year), but the ou...
As the news sank in about AT&T winding down its Hollywood foray via a $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, one word summed up the film industry’s prevailing reaction.
Relief.
Not o...
David Zaslav was officially named Monday to lead a new combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery, propelling him to the top ranks of operators in the industry and offering just the latest example of co...
The telecommunications giant will spin off WarnerMedia in a transaction that will combine HBO and CNN with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN and HGTV.
AT&T, the wireless carrier that thundered its way into t...
Discovery revealed the big challenge behind getting involved in the media industry’s streaming wars: A new broadband hub can bring in millions of new customers — but it also requires millions of d...
Media group Discovery has announced the launch of new content to support its broadcast across Europe of the postponed 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The new content will be launched as Wednesday...
John Stephens and Gunnar Wiedenfels spoke during the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference.
The CFOs of AT&T and Discovery touted their companies' early streaming momentum during ...
US-based mass media company Discovery has expanded its content and advertising partnership with Snapchat to bring Olympic Games coverage to the photo and video sharing platform’s European users.
Th...
On Monday, Discovery+ entered an increasingly crowded landscape of services vying to attract your eyeballs to their endless selection of programming.
Discovery+ features more than 55,000 episodes fro...
Ronan Dunne reports Discovery+, headlined by Chip and Joanna Gaines, has gone to No. 2 in the phone giant's app store after launching on Jan. 4.
Verizon looks set to keep investing in its wireless pho...
"It remains unclear whether 'original' unscripted programming will be as much of a draw for a pay TV/OTT service as scripted originals on other platforms," says one analyst.
Discovery has entered a c...
As Disney, Netflix and WarnerMedia try to boost new streaming-video hubs with glitzy movies and TV celebrities, rival Discovery plans a different hook: real life.
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The owner of Food Network, HGTV and the Discovery Channel will formally launch into the media industry’s rough-and-tumble streaming wars.
For the full story, visit Variety - https://variety.c...
HGTV, known for programs focusing on home makeovers, is doing some remodeling work on a non-traditional structure: its programming lineup.
For the full story, visit Variety - https://variety.co...
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