radarscreen: New Old Channels

This year, North America is seeing many revamped, relaunched channels dedicated to docs and factual. Canada's Documentary Channel has been re-invented under the moniker Documentary, and Discovery is in the midst of transforming a number of its channels. Discovery Times became Investigation Discovery in January, and 2009 will see Discovery Health switch to the Oprah Winfrey Network. Planet Green is the latest revamped channel from Discovery to hit televisions, out of the shadows of Discovery Home. Realscreen spoke with both Dan Russell, VP of programming and scheduling for Planet Green, and Bruce Cowley, creative head of digital channels for the CBC and the man in charge of Documentary.

June 1, 2008

This year, North America is seeing many revamped, relaunched channels dedicated to docs and factual. Canada's Documentary Channel has been re-invented under the moniker Documentary, and Discovery is in the midst of transforming a number of its channels. Discovery Times became Investigation Discovery in January, and 2009 will see Discovery Health switch to the Oprah Winfrey Network. Planet Green is the latest revamped channel from Discovery to hit televisions, out of the shadows of Discovery Home. Realscreen spoke with both Dan Russell, VP of programming and scheduling for Planet Green, and Bruce Cowley, creative head of digital channels for the CBC and the man in charge of Documentary.