Discovery News, 2008

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Discovery Communications CFO Brad Singer to Present at the Citi 19th Annual Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference

December 29, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) today announced that Senior Executive Vice President and CFO Brad Singer will present at the Citi ...

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Animal Planet's WHALE WARS Ends Maiden Voyage as the Network's Most-Watched Series Ever

December 23, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md.) Animal Planet’s WHALE WARS stormed audiences in its maiden season earning the best performance of any series in the network's history among ...

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Discovery Communications Sets Annual Meeting Date

December 19, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md.) The Board of Directors of Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA DISCB, DISCK) has set May 11, 2009, as the date for Discovery's ...

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An EXTRA-Special Announcement for the Host of the 2009 Miss America Pageant Live on TLC

December 9, 2008

(Los Angeles, Ca.) As announced during the December 8 broadcast of EXTRA, TLC and The Miss America Organization have named Mario Lopez as the host ...

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John Chianese Named Vice President, Integrated Advertising Sales Marketing, Discovery Communications

December 8, 2008

(New York, N.Y.) Discovery Communications announced today that John Chianese has been named vice president, integrated advertising sales marketing, U.S.In this role, Chianese is responsible ...

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Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav to Present at the UBS 36th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference

December 4, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) today announced that President and CEO David Zaslav will present at the UBS 36th Annual Global ...

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Discovery To Launch Investigation Discovery (ID) Internationally

December 4, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Networks International, a division of number-one nonfiction media company Discovery Communications, today announced that it will launch a 24-hour Investigation Discovery ...

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Discovery Channel and TLC Soar in November

December 3, 2008

(New York, N.Y.) Discovery Channel and TLC posted primetime year-over-year gains in November among all key demos, and ranked in the top 5 of all ...

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Timothy Kuryak and Jill Dickerson Join OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network as Vice Presidents of Programming

December 2, 2008

(Los Angeles, Ca.) Timothy Kuryak and Jill Dickerson have each been named Vice President of Programming for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network reporting to both ...

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Science Channel and Overbrook Entertainment Announce New Production Deal

November 24, 2008

(Silver Spring, Md., and Los Angeles, Ca.) Today, Overbrook Entertainment and Science Channel announced a partnership to produce an innovative, new two-hour television event, Young ...

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