Discovery Communications News

Destination America is owned by Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel family of cable networks, and hasA actuallyA been around since 1996.

Fred Hopkins, a teacher at Eureka Springs Middle School, has been selected for a fellowship to attend the Siemens STEM Institute.

Latinum Network and Discovery Communications will convene Fortune 500 marketing executives June 13-15 in Gateway, Colo., to share and discuss ways to approach multicultural marketing and create a "Total Market" plan to resonate with the ever growing US Hispanic and multicultural population.

As African media ventures have grown quickly in recent years, members of the diaspora in the United States are contributing to the surge of production.

According to a release , the show promises to offer "essential tips for navigating the ever-winding drive thrus and ordering secret menu items, as well as delve into never-before-seen test kitchens of some of America's favorite chains." There'll also be some interesting fast food tidbits and trivia, like this one: The inventor of KFC's signature ... (more)

Discovery Communications is the world's #1 nonfiction media company. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity through 147 worldwide television networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science and Investigation Discovery, as well as US joint venture networks OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, The Hub and 3net, the first 24-hour 3D ... (more)

Science has secured off-network syndication rights to Fringe, beginning this fall.

The Huffington Post has teamed up with the Oprah Winfrey Network to introduce an Oprah Winfrey section in August, the companies said Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 , Discovery Communications beat expectations on revenue and missed estimates on earnings per share.

Getting there is half the fun, so the saying goes. Msnbc.com's travel team examines the issues of the day and, of course, the joy and hassle of traveling.

Discovery Communications bills itself as the "No. 1 nonfiction media company," which made it even odder when an article titled "Why Shouldn't We Vaccinate Our Children?" popped up recently on one of its websites.

This week, the New York Post is hiring a feature designer , while Desert Publications is on the hunt for a creative director .

Discovery Communications owns some of the most appealing and impressively growing channels in cable.

Discovery Communications cashed in on the attractive bond market, selling almost $1 billion of debt yesterday - a move that prompted instant speculation about what it might do with the money.The TV programmer run by CEO David Zaslav said it would sell $500 million in unsecured notes at 3.3 percent and another $500 million at 4.95 percent.

Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville reported that its first-quarter profit grew to $44.1 million from $32.4 million in the prior-year quarter.

Discovery Communications, Inc. announced today that Discovery Communications, LLC has priced an offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.30% senior notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.95% senior notes due 2042 .

Supporting Oprah Winfrey's struggling OWN cable network may be well and good for now, but a senior Bloomberg analyst wants to know how long Discovery Communications, which is half-owner of the network, intends to keep on doing so.

Discovery Communications reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by losses at the Oprah Winfrey Network , sending its shares down 6.5 percent.

Discovery Communications reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by losses at the Oprah Winfrey Network , sending its shares down 6.5 percent.

On his company's first-quarter earnings conference call, he said the company expects funding to OWN in 2012 to come in below its funding in 2011.