B&C Today: Discovery-Scripps: Thin Is In; CBS Teams With Imagine Television

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   August 1, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Discovery-Scripps: Thin Is In Zaslav hints at skinny bundle, direct-to-consumer opportunities READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Discovery and Scripps ended weeks of speculation surrounding a possible pairing by announcing the deal this morning.   CBS, Imagine Television Form Partnership Co-financing and first-look deal to go for four years READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Imagine series include Fox's Empire, Netflix's Arrested Development, and National Geographic's Genius, Mars and Breakthrough.   Altice USA Forms Business Unit New division combines Lightpath, Optimum Business and Suddenlink Business READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Altice Business will deliver data, voice, video and managed services to large-, mid-sized and small businesses using its combo of fiber networks and its DOCSIS/HFC plant.   More Top Stories       Sprint Isn't Giving Up Charter Pursuit Discovery Says Second-Quarter Net Income Fell 8% Hackers Hit HBO Dish Serves TiVo's Metadata Charter Rebuffs Sprint Overtures Keith Hopkins Named Nexstar Senior VP of Distribution SlingStudio Does Drones Daugherty Named Executive VP of Marketing at ABC Entertainment, ABC Studios TCA17: Crown Media to Launch Hallmark Drama Cable Network WGN America Acquires 'Bellevue' Scripted Series more headlines »   Blog Of Note     'Manhunt: Unabomber' Offers Unique Peek at Kaczynski, Say Stars By Michael Malone Key figures in Discovery's Manhunt: Unabomber were drawn to the Ted Kaczynski project after finding out how much they didn't know about the man who mailed homemade bombs around the nation from 1978 to 1995, killing three and injuring 24. While the Unabomber was front page news throughout the world, peeks at the Manhunt scripts showed the series stars, including Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany, that much of Kaczynski's story had gone untold. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Currency: Discovery Agrees to Buy Scripps Networks for $14.6B Technology: Cox Enters Next Phase of Gigabit Rollout Fates and Fortunes: AT&T Names Stankey to Run Media Company After Time Warner Acquisition Programming: TCA17: PBS' Kerger Takes Threat to Budget 'Very Seriously'   Events     News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2017 | Atlanta Airport Marriott, GA Learn More Streaming Technology Leadership Summit October 16-17, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More NYC Television Week October 16-19, 2017 | NYC Learn More B&C Hall Of Fame October 16 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Learn More VR 2020 Summit October 17 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More NextTV Summit New York City October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More TV Data Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More more events »   Jobs     Director of Sales WROC – Rochester, NY, United States   Executive Producer WBNS 10TV – Columbus, OH, United States   Engineering Division Director NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations – Lincoln, NE, United States   Digital Content Producer / Production Assistant / IT Support Sinclair Broadcast Group – Wilkes-Barre, PA, US   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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