Today’s guest post on Discovery Blog is from David Ernst, Vice President of Cross Platform Media for the Market Resources at Discovery Communications. There have been many reports in the popular and trade press over the past 10 years that have proclaimed “The Death of Television.” No doubt, recent innovations have spawned new methods of discovering, viewing and sharing video content which, in turn, are forever altering the way people…
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American Heroes Channel Premieres ‘Against the Odds’ at Newseum Event
With American Heroes Channel, formerly the Military Channel, officially rolling out on Monday, March 3, the network rallied its troops at the Newseum Tuesday night to celebrate the occasion and honor the bold veterans featured in its launch series, Against the Odds, premiering Monday, March 3 at 10PM ET. Multiple generations of military veterans and their families came together from across the country to attend the special event. The evening was…
Discovery to Lend Support to ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative
Today, President Barack Obama will announce a new public and private partnership, My Brother’s Keeper, to address a U.S. crisis with regard to minority men and boys. Discovery Communications, as a part of its commitment to equality and education — regardless of color or economic circumstances, will join the President and other leaders in the business, philanthropic and non-profit sectors to develop an aggressive agenda targeted at narrowing and eliminating…
Welcoming Oprah to Silver Spring
One of the perks of working at Discovery is getting to hear from and meet amazing guests — from Bear Grylls to the Duggars. However, in my 11+ years at the company, I’ve never witnessed the level of excitement One Discovery Place experienced today. The catalyst? OWN CEO Oprah Winfrey and network presidents Sheri Salata and Erik Logan. Joined by Discovery President & CEO David Zaslav, Winfrey spoke to a…
Creating Change 2013: Now Accepting Applications
As summer winds down and we ease into fall, it’s hard to believe that we are about to embark on our fourth-annual iteration of Creating Change, Discovery’s annual creative marathon that harnesses the talents of our employees to support our charitable partners in the community. Each year, non-profits apply to participate in Creating Change to work with Discovery for an inspirational reset; to breathe new life into a campaign or…
Watching It My Way: Multiscreen Viewers Want It All
Today’s guest post on Discovery Blog is from Pam Pearce, Senior Director of Ad Sales Research, for Discovery Communications. Watching it My Way: Multiscreen Viewers Want it All There has likely not been a time since the inception of television during which the fundamental aspects of the medium have changed as rapidly and dramatically as they have recently. As we’ve written about in earlier editions, a television set is no…
Discovery and Revision3 Bring Bite to VidCon
With Shark Week just around the corner, Discovery Communications and Revision3 are bringing some of your favorite personalities and a bit of toothy fun to this year’s VidCon in Anaheim, CA. The annual conference, now in its fourth year, attracts the world’s top online video creators, and many of them will come face to face with Shark Week’s mechanical megalodon, Sharkzilla, which will be chomping items in his gigantic jaws…
Discovery Education STEM Camp Boosts Summer Learning
When students stepped out of the classroom this summer, Discovery Education stepped in with the Discovery Education STEM Camp to ensure students continue to learn, even out of school. The Discovery Education STEM Camp is a dynamic series of standards-aligned STEM curricula that is available at no cost to schools, districts, non-profit organizations and parents. It features hands-on and virtual labs, engineering challenges, digital investigations, videos and career connections designed…
An Entrepreneur’s Story of Discovery
There are people you have the fortune of crossing paths with that leave a lasting impression. Perhaps it’s their gravitas, their intelligence, their compassion…in some cases, it’s all of the above. I’ve had the fortune of being a part of the Discovery Communications family for 11 years and that would never have been the case without one man: John Hendricks. Before Discovery was the international media company it is today,…
Discovery at E3 2013
Last week, Los Angeles welcomed leaders of the video game industry for E3 2013, the world’s premiere gaming trade show. The Revision3 gang and TechStuff‘s Jonathan Strickland reported on the event, sharing their industry insights with audiences around the world. In fact, Revision3 produced a total of 110 episodes surrounding E3, reporting on the news and insights coming out of this mega-gathering for the gaming industry. If you weren’t able…