Happy Friday Discovery! This week brought the start of a new season and some other changes here at Discovery. Check out some of the happenings of the week and enjoy a Flashback Friday to Discovery’s Skywire Live in honor of Nik Wallenda’s upcoming Skyscraper Live. Cosgrove Named GM for Discovery Family (Broadcasting & Cable) Discovery, Liberty Global Complete Acquisition of U.K. Producer All3Media (The Hollywood Reporter) Discovery’s New Show ‘Tethered’ Ties…
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This Week In…DiscoveryBuzz
Happy Friday, Discovery! We’re wrapping up an exciting week here, with a big leadership honor for our President and CEO, David Zaslav, and multiple programming awards. Catch up with the stories below, and then celebrate National Donut Day with the Cake Boss‘ little ones, Carlos and Marco! Discovery’s David Zaslav Feted at Mirror Awards Presentation (Deadline) “Skywire Live,” “Deadliest Catch” Triumph at 2014 Realscreen Awards (Realscreen) Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ Still…
Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and HowStuffWorks Nominated for Webby Awards
Today, the prestigious Webby Awards’ Winners Gallery was announced, revealing its nominees and honorees across all categories and several Discovery projects were among them. Selected from more than 12,000 entrants from across the world, the projects below were chosen to represent the best of their field. Beginning today through April 24, fans can click the links below to vote for their favorite nominated projects to win a People’s Voice Award.…
This Week in…Discovery Buzz
Happy Spring, Discovery! As evidenced in the stories below, this week was a monumental one for Discovery, with some bittersweet goodbyes, great honors and exciting announcements. Catch up with the stories below and then start your weekend with an irrestibly cute video from Animalist’s Petsami. Cable Pioneer John Hendricks to Retire from Discovery Communications (Variety) Baker Tapped as Discovery International COO, (Multichannel) “Skywire Live,” “Inside Man” among IMPACT winners (RealScreen)…
Guest Post: The Convergence of Social Media and TV
Today’s guest post on Discovery Blog is from Pam Pearce, Senior Director of Ad Sales Research, for Discovery Communications. TV watching has always been an inherently social experience. However, over the past few years, the rapid growth of social media platforms and the recognition of this by programmers has significantly changed the way many viewers watch television. According to Nielsen, nearly half of U.S. smartphone and tablet owners use their…
Vote Discovery to SXSW 2014!
It’s that time of the year again…PanelPicker voting for SXSW Interactive and SXSWedu 2014. If you missed us at SXSW last year, SXSW Interactive Festival, held annually in Austin, brings together leaders in technology and digital creativity to showcase the best technologies of today and explore what’s to come tomorrow, while SXSWedu brings together leaders from the education landscape to collaborate, create and change how we teach and learn. This…
This Week in Discovery Buzz…
“The world is just awesome.” As Nik Wallenda completed his record-breaking walk on Sunday night, the Discovery family rejoiced – celebrating the amazing feat Wallenda accomplished and the fortune we had to share it with the world. And, just two days later, we celebrated another company milestone: the release of A Curious Discovery: An Entrepreneur’s Story, a memoir by our founder and chairman, John Hendricks, that details how Discovery Communications came…
Viewers Around the Globe Reach New Heights with Skywire Live
If you were among the 13 million viewers who tuned in to last night’s Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda on Discovery Channel, you saw the seventh-generation daredevil become the first person to cross the Grand Canyon on a wire. The feat was a hand-wringing, finger-tapping event for viewers across the globe, as Nik walked across a wire 1,500 feet above the ground with no net or safety tether. Twitter lit…
Get ‘Wired In’ to ‘Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda’
On Sunday, June 23, daredevil Nik Wallenda will be walking a tightrope across the Grand Canyon – 1,500 feet above ground, live and untethered. As someone with a severe fear of heights, even thinking about this feat gives me some serious sweaty palms. The event, Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda, will be one you wont want to miss, with every step broadcast live to a global audience on Discovery Channel,…
This Week in Discovery Buzz…
The sun is finally out, and it feels like summer at One Discovery Place in Silver Spring! This week, our family was kept busy at the Cable Show in Washington, DC and preparing for Discovery Channel’s Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda, with the big walk just days away now. We’ve shared some highlights below as well as an Expert Guide to Summertime Fishing, from Eric Young, host of Animal Planet’s…