Discovery Communications and The BBC this morning announced a two-year extension to their long-term co-production agreement, taking it through 2014, and the sale of the BBC's 50% stake in two
international TV channels - Animal Planet and Liv - to Discovery for $156 million. Following that sale, the BBC said it would focus on expanding its wholly owned channels - BBC America, BBC
Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC HD, and CBeebies. The BBC and Discovery's programming partnership has developed series such as "LIFE," "Planet Earth," "Blue Planet," and "Wonders of
the Solar System."
