Discovery News, 2008
Page 14 of 15 (147 releases total)
In Its Premiere Weekend, More Than 19 Million Viewers Tune In* for Miss America
February 5, 2008
(Los Angeles, Ca.) After tallying the final numbers, more than 19.2 million people watched* TLC's telecast of the 2008 Miss America LIVE pageant over three ...
Discovery Communications Names Wonya Lucas As Chief Marketing Officer
February 5, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Wonya Y. Lucas has been named Chief Marketing Officer of Discovery Communications. Lucas joins Discovery from The Weather Channel Companies and will ...
Animal Planet Scores Big With Eight Million Viewers During Annual PUPPY BOWL Eve
February 5, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Animal Planet’s PUPPY BOWL IV scored a Giant win on Sunday with a ratings touchdown drawing in more than 8 million unique ...
Tom Bergeron to Host SUPPER CLUB, a New Planet Green Series
February 3, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Planet Green has inked a deal with Emmy Award-winning Tom Bergeron, host of ABC’s hit series, Dancing with the Stars, to host ...
Dueling Tribes Battle for Supremacy in Animal Planet’s New Series, LEMUR KINGDOM
January 28, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Strong Lady Macbeths, trouble-making and duplicitous offspring, and the treacherous males in their lives these are the stars of a new TV ...
Discovery Communications Awarded Highest-Level Certification from U.S. Green Building Council
January 27, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications today announced that its global headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland has been awarded Platinum-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ...
Discovery Times Channel Becomes Investigation Discovery on January 27, With Slate of New Fact-Based Programming
January 23, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) On January 27, Discovery Times Channel will turn the page and become Investigation Discovery (ID), a network that builds upon Discovery Times’ ...
Animal Planet Takes Viewers to Alaska Where the Wild Things Are in New Series
January 22, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Just a “short” 13-hour plane-ride from “the lower 48” is a world where moose have the run of Main Street, birds get ...
Discovery Channel Appoints Elli Hakami Vice President, Program Development; Stuart Cohn Named Director, Program Development
January 17, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) It was announced today that Elli Hakami has been appointed vice president, program development and Stuart Cohn has been named director, program ...
Planet Green Announces Partnerships With Leading Non-Profit Environmental Organizations
January 17, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ multiplatform environmental initiative, today announced partnerships with ten of the world’s leading non-profit environmental organizations and advocacy groups. ...