Yahoo News Hooray! Discovery reaches last-minute deal with Sky
It's a telly miracle! Sky and Discovery have seemingly reached a last-minute deal to save 13 of your favourite channels.
Only hours before TLC, Animal Planet and Eurosport were due to be pulled from the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sky service, both sides went back to the negotiating table to hammer out an 11th hour agreement.
Related: What Sky TV's dispute with the Discovery Channel means for your TV package
Sky boss Stephen van Rooyen told Digital Spy and other media: "We are pleased that we will continue to carry the Discovery and Eurosport channels on Sky.
"The deal has been concluded on the right terms after Discovery accepted the proposal we gave them over a week ago. This is a good outcome for all Sky customers."
Just to clarify, this deal apparently means that Discovery Channel, TLC, Eurosport 1 and 2, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Quest, DMAX, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Shed, Discovery Science, Discovery History, Home & Health will not be leaving Sky's service tomorrow (February 1) as feared.
We've also reached out to Discovery for additional comment.
(Discovery spent £1 billion for pan-European rights to the Olympics)
More soon.
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