The Polish Senate on Thursday, September 9 rejected the so-called “Lex TVN” that could result in Discovery being forced to exit the country.
Polish senators reject ‘Lex TVN’
Polish senators have in a joint committee meeting decided to reject in its entirety a controversial draft amendment to the Broadcast Act – the so-called ‘Lex TVN’ – that could […]
Poland seeking market solution to Discovery dispute
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda has indicated he may veto controversial amendments to broadcast legislation that could result in Discovery being forced to exit the country.
ProSiebenSat.1, Discovery sell maxdome to Splendid
Videociety, the video-on-demand (VOD) subsidiary of German media company Splendid Medien, is taking over online video store maxdome from ProSiebenSat.1/Discovery joint venture Joyn.
TVN24 secures Dutch licence
The Discovery-owned Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN has obtained a Dutch licence for its news channel TVN24.
Discovery grows Olympic subscriptions
Discovery says its strategy of “broad access” to the Olympics on free and pay-TV, while delivering all the action on Discovery+ has helped grow European audiences for the Olympic Games.
Discovery shown the door in Poland
The Polish parliament (Sejm) has approved amendments to the country’s Broadcast Law that could result in Discovery Communications being forced to exit the country.
German streaming platform Joyn adds HbbTV to ARD channels
Joyn, the joint German streaming platform operated by ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery, is now offering the TV channels of public broadcaster ARD with HbbTV.
Discovery achieves record Olympic audiences
Discovery says the first week of its Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 coverage has delivered record audiences across discovery+ and Eurosport digital services.
Telegraph: Discovery preparing Channel 4 bid
Discovery is lining up a possible bid for Channel 4, should the UK government go ahead with its plan to privatise the public broadcaster.