NEW YORK (AP) — The Discovery Network is canceling a daredevil’s planned jump off the summit of Mount Everest in a wing suit next month following the avalanche that killed […]
Discovery’s Storm Chasers stars Tim Samaras and Carl Young and Samaras’s son, Paul, died Friday night when an EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph turned on them near El Reno, Okla. They were among 13 people who died in the storm in Oklahoma City and its suburbs. Samaras was 55 and his son was 24 years old. Samaras’ partner Young was 45.
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Discovery’s New Slate Expands To Scripted, Live
NEW YORK (AP) – The Discovery network has ordered its first scripted miniseries and it isn’t much of a stretch. It’s about hunting for gold. The series, titled “Klondike,” is […]
From its 2008 inception through Dec. 31, 2011, OWN may have lost as much as $330 million, based on Discovery’s annual 10-K filing with the SEC. Even if OWN makes money in 2013, as predicted by a person with knowledge of the operation who was not authorized to speak publicly, it has saddled Discovery with such high costs that analysts say the company may eventually be forced to write off some of its current $420 million investment.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing captain who led a crew on the program that spawned the cable TV show “Deadliest Catch” will serve five years in prison for […]
Viacom, Discovery Post Rich Ad Sales Gains
Does Time Warner Cable have the right to provide iPad users with live TV channels? That’s at the center of a dispute between the cable operator and several large media […]
3net, a 24/7 3D TV network will launch in the U.S. on Feb. 13 on DirecTV.
