What’s Premiering This Week (July 29-Aug. 7)
AMCs ‘Preacher’ debuts final season; Hulu’s ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ HBO’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ premiere
Discovery
New Season of ‘Alaskan Bush People’ on Discovery Aug. 4
Noah and Rhain Alisha bring a new member to the bush
Cord-Cutters Show Interest in Discovery Channel: Survey
35% of subscribers extremely or very interested in dropping cable
Studios Caution FCC About Protecting C-Band Incumbents
Give C Band Alliance proposal props for 200MHz cut-off, attention to incumbents
‘Man v. Food’ Shifts From Travel Channel to Cooking Channel
New season begins July 2, with Casey Webb hosting
Discovery Buys Golf Digest
Golf Digest chairman and editor-in-chief Jerry Tarde to Join Discovery Golf
Discovery Promotes Butler to Travel Channel GM
Company veteran replaces Latman, who was promoted to head HGTV
Discovery Networks Dominate Beta’s Favorite Channels List
Viewers most likes to buy products seen on Food, CNBC
David Zaslav: Discovery Well Positioned in Crowded Media Environment
Discovery CEO says company’s lifestyle-themed programming stands up well in scripted-heavy TV environment
Discovery, YouTube TV Reach Distribution Agreement
Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, 4 other channels to launch April 10; OWN by year-end
Discovery, Chip and Joanna Gaines to Launch Cable Network
‘Fixer Upper’ stars to also launch subscription streaming service, TV Everywhere app
Discovery Names Brown to Communications Post
Former Fox communications director will be EVP of global communications
All Hands on Deck for ‘Deadliest Catch’
Extreme weather, intense competition in Discovery’s harshest series
Discovery Promotes Keith Kazerman to Executive Vice President, Digital Sales, Advanced Advertising and Research
Kazerman to Oversee Sales for All Digital Products Including TV Everywhere GO Apps, Video on Demand, Brand Websites and Social Media
Discovery, AMC, Viacom Shares Hit Hard Amid DirecTV Now Changes
Stocks down as much as 5% as AT&T confirms new packaging won't include some nets
WICT at 40: Broadband Power Players Launch Diversity Campaign
Comcast, Cox, Discovery, Spectrum, Turner join forces