Discovery News, 2008
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Science Channel Names Roger Henry Vice President, Programming and Development
September 23, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Deborah Adler Myers, senior vice president of programming and development for Discovery Emerging Networks, announced today the appointment of Roger Henry to ...
Discovery Showcases High-Definition Programs in Sony Blu-ray Disc(TM) Cross-Promotion
September 22, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Consumers purchasing Sony Blu-ray Disc(TM) players this fall will be able to view spectacular high-definition programming from Discovery Channel and HD Theater, ...
Discovery Channel World Premiere Series Gives Viewers an Inside Look at One of the Toughest Races on Earth
September 19, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Through dense forests, over mountain ranges and across frozen rivers and isolated tundra in the wilds of Alaska - Discovery Channel was ...
Discovery Communications Begins Trading as a Public Company
September 18, 2008
(New York, N.Y.) Discovery Communications' Founder and Chairman John Hendricks and President and Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav today rang the opening bell at the ...
Animal Planet Media Names Whitney Holland Vice President of Program Planning and Scheduling
September 16, 2008
(New York, N.Y.) Rick Holzman, senior vice president of programming and scheduling for Animal Planet Media, named television veteran Whitney Holland to the position of ...
National Middle School Sustainability Challenge Launches Today
September 15, 2008
(New York, N.Y.) Starting today, middle school students across the United States are being encouraged to "go green" and team up for the Siemens We ...
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Announces Key Management Promotions and New Lines of Business
September 11, 2008
(Singapore) Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, a division of the number one non-fiction media company Discovery Communications, today announced several executive promotions and the creation of two ...
Verizon Wireless and Discovery Communications Launch TLC, Animal Planet, Planet Green and Discovery Kids Channels on V CAST
September 10, 2008
(San Francisco, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Silver Spring, Md.) From CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco, Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of ...
Nicole Nichols Named Senior Vice President, Communications and Strategy for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
September 8, 2008
(Los Angeles, Ca.) Nicole Nichols has been named senior vice president, communications and strategy for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. In her new role, Nichols ...
Animal Witness: The Michael Vick Case Delivers Best Series Debut in Animal Planet History
August 26, 2008
(Silver Spring, Md.) Up against behemoth competition of NBC’s closing ceremonies of the Olympics, the launch of new series ANIMAL WITNESS, which premiered with a ...