With Discovery buying Scripps could we see some mergers/closures/rebrands of some channels? Still Scripps channels focus more on home improvement/DIY/Food/country living programming which the Discovery networks don't feature really.
They will hardly get rid of the established brands Discovery, ID, Science, TLC, Animal Planet, OWN or Velocity. Could the axe the Spanish networks or sell Discovery Family? American Heroes Channel, Discovery Life and Destination America get first run shows and have their own focus. All their networks have their own focus what is the need to axe any? Excluding the Spanish channels, OWN and Discovery Family (Part owned) Discovery Communications operate 9 cable channels in the US they operate 12 in the UK. Why would the choose to shut any completely? The Scripps networks have a different type of programming
Could the do something to gac (most likey get rid of music videos the other programs on that channel that air in primetime are stuff that Discovey would air). Maybe rebrand/rename to Fine Living Network or HGTV2 Scripps seemed to be pushing this brand worldwide along with Food Network and Travel Channel.
The other channels will problay be kept because it seems like Discovey is interested in all there channel except gac and would do great under the Discovey brandings?
