Telemundo Boosts World Cup Rights, New President in Upfront Presentation
NBCUniversal's Telemundo is taking a victory lap for its World Cup acquisition back in 2011 during the upfront this season. Sitting in the driver's seat during that lap is newly [...]
David Zaslav Will Run Discovery Communications Through 2019
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, will continue in that role through 2019, the cable conglomerate announced today.
Discovery Ad Revenue Up, Continues to Digest Giant SBS Nordic Acquisition
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav had a lot of questions to field about international business this morning, not least because of the company's massive purchase (which it's still digesting) of [...]
Goodfellas Writer to Pen Scripted Ongoing Series for Discovery
Cable conglomerate Discovery is getting made: The company has greenlit (for an unspecified network, and maybe even more than one) a miniseries called The Five Families, written by Goodfellas scribe [...]
I Fucking Love Science Gets Its Own Web Series on Discovery’s Test Tube
Facebookers, rejoice: I Fucking Love Science now has its own video series on Discovery's digital network Test Tube. IFLS's progenitor, Elise Andrew, hosts the three-minute science news roundup, and it's [...]
A Solid Upfront Buoyed TV Stocks
A solid if slow-moving $19 billion upfront marketplace that segued nicely into a stream of upbeat quarterly numbers has propelled TV media stocks to new heights as darlings of Wall Street.