Discovery Mulls Possible Bid for UK’s Channel 4

Telegraph: Media giants and private investors including Discovery Communications, BT and a consortium led by its former chairman Luke Johnson are circling Channel 4 as the government prepares to sell off the broadcaster. Sources familiar with thinking at Discovery, the global television giant behind pay-TV programs such as “Deadliest Catch,” said it was keeping a close eye on government plans for Channel 4 and weighing a bid.